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Stanley Cup 1998 | Defense

Spotlight on the Stanley Cup: Defense Detroit Not a whole lot of weakness here either. The Wings' exceptional defense, led by Norris Trophy finalist Lidstrom, has given up a paltry 2.00 goals per…

Godzilla

It Breeds! Not surprisingly, this no-nukes allegory intrigued a generation of bomb-shelter-building American surburbanites. It spawned a stampede of like-minded films, all preying on audience's…

Triple Crown Races—2007

Kentucky Derby (Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky., May 5, 2007.) Purse: $2,000,000. Distance: 11/4 mi. Order of finish: 1. Street Sense (Borel), mutuel…

Kenneth Spicer WHERRY, Congress, NE (1892-1951)

Senate Years of Service: 1943-1951Party: RepublicanWHERRY, Kenneth Spicer, a Senator from Nebraska; born in Liberty, Gage County, Nebr., February 28, 1892; attended the public schools and…

John Sidney McCAIN, III, Congress, AZ (1936)

Senate Years of Service: 1987-Party: RepublicanMcCAIN, John Sidney, III, a Senator and a Representative from Arizona; born in Panama Canal Zone, August 29, 1936; attended schools in Alexandria…

Chemistry: Getting to Know Covalent Compounds

Getting to Know Covalent CompoundsChemistryGetting to Know Covalent CompoundsWhat Are Covalent Compounds?Formation of Multiple Covalent BondsProperties of Covalent CompoundsWhat's in a Name? Covalent…

poster

(Encyclopedia) poster, placard designed to be posted in some public place for purposes of commercial announcement or propaganda. Advertising makes wide use of posters, as do charitable and political…

Notre-Dame de Paris

(Encyclopedia) Notre-Dame de ParisNotre-Dame de Parisnôˈtrə-däm də pärēˈ [key] [Fr.,=Our Lady of Paris], cathedral church of Paris, a noble achievement of early Gothic architecture in France. It…

Ryder, Albert Pinkham

(Encyclopedia) Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847–1917, American painter, b. New Bedford, Mass. In 1867 his family moved to New York City. There he studied with W. E. Marshall, the engraver, and at the…