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Cloning Milestones

Scientists hope that the advances in the cloning process can bring back animals that are nearly extinct Cloned bull named Got AP Photo/I.Lopez 1938 Cloning envisioned…

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Bjorn DaehlieChuck DalyJohn DalyStanley DancerBeth DanielAlvin DarkRon DarlingTamas DarnyiLindsay DavenportAl DavisDwight DavisErnie DavisGlenn DavisJohn DavisTerrell DavisDominique DawesPat DayRon…

Major Biomes of the World

Have you visited any biomes lately? A biome is a large ecosystem where plants, animals, insects, and people live in a certain type of climate. If you were in northern Alaska, you would be in a…

Marion, Francis

(Encyclopedia) Marion, FrancisMarion, Francismârˈēən [key], c.1732–1795, American Revolutionary soldier, known as the Swamp Fox, b. near Georgetown, S.C. He was a planter and Indian fighter before…

The 1998 Emmy Awards

50th Emmy Awards: Comedy Series Nominees prev | outstanding series | directing | writing | next Outstanding Comedy Series Ally McBeal (Fox) Frasier (NBC) The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) Seinfeld…

Asian-American Athletes

Grace ParkBiographies ofNotable Asian Pacific AmericansA-Z ListGovernment Officials and PoliticiansBusiness and Media LeadersAthletes & Sports PersonalitiesScientistsEntertainers:…

clan

(Encyclopedia) clan, social group based on actual or alleged unilineal descent from a common ancestor. Such groups have been known in all parts of the world and include some that claim the parentage…

Pratt, Charles, 1st Earl Camden

(Encyclopedia) Pratt, Charles, 1st Earl Camden, 1714–94, British jurist. Appointed (1761) chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, he earned wide popularity as a result of his ruling in Entick v.…

Hergé

(Encyclopedia) Hergé, pseud. of Georges Remi, 1907–83, Belgian cartoonist, creator of the cartoon character Tintin. The boy reporter and his faithful fox terrier Milou (Snowy in English translations…