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NBA Lockout Update

NBA Lockout update by Gerry Brown Check out Earlier Coverage in the Information Please Sports Almanac The labor impasse that has preempted the NBA's regular season thus far continues to drag…

Michael Jordan retires from the NBA

Letting the "Air" out of the NBA by Michael Morrison We all knew this day would eventually come, but that certainly makes the pill no easier to swallow. On January 13, Chicago Bulls…

Fungal Infections: Fungal Infections of the Skin

Fungal Infections of the SkinFungal InfectionsIntroductionTypes of InfectionFungal Infections of the SkinFighting Fungus Fungi that commonly cause skin diseases are called dermatophytes. “…

idealism

(Encyclopedia) idealism, the attitude that places special value on ideas and ideals as products of the mind, in comparison with the world as perceived through the senses. In art idealism is the…

State Department Notes on Togo

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography People History Economy U.S.-Togolese Relations GEOGRAPHY Togo is bounded by Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, and the Gulf of Guinea. It…

Women in Sports: Tennis

Mary Ewing Outerbride is credited with introducing lawn tennis to the United States in 1874. The first American woman to win the women's…

Gallatin, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Gallatin, AlbertGallatin, Albertgălˈətĭn [key], 1761–1849, American financier and public official, b. Geneva, Switzerland. Left an orphan at nine, Gallatin was reared by his patrician…

Biographies of Famous African Americans

  Aaliyah–Ewing | Farmer–Innis | Jackson–Ludacris | Mac–Puckett | Rabb–Swoopes | Tanner–Van Der Zee Browse by category Government Officials Civil…

August—History of the Month's Origin

A history of the month's name by Borgna Brunner Related Links Julius CaesarAugustusThe Roman EmpireHistory of the CalendarPerpetual CalendarNames of the MonthsGregorian Calendar…