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Fall Film Preview - Beloved

  Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey in Touchstone's adaptation of Toni Morrison's Beloved Several fall films take…

Notable Boxers

See also Muhammad Ali: Timeline, Biography, and Stats People in the News Recent Obituaries Related Links Boxing: Encyclopedia Boxing Summary Olympics: Boxing Biographies…

DK Space: Space Observatories

WHY ARE OBSERVATORIES LAUNCHED INTO SPACE? HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPEFIND OUT MOREA spacecraft launched to observe the Sun, stars, and remote galaxies is called a space observatory. The HUBBLE SPACE…

Space Glossary

This page provides explanations and images of bodies throughout the universe: galaxies, solar systems, planets, nebula, stars, asteroids, comets, quasars, black holes, and more. Asteroid This…

D - F

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

Modern Olympic Symbols and Traditions

Flames, doves, oaths, and more   Closing ceremonies in Nagano, Japan. Related Links 2014 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia:…

DK Science & Technology: Telecommunications

COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE HOW DOES A TELEPHONE WORK? HOW DOES A RADIO WORK? HOW DOES A TELEVISION WORK? HOW DOES A CELL PHONE WORK? BIOGRAPHY: GUGLIELMO MARCONI Italian, 1874-1937 ELECTROMAGNETIC…

1970 Grammy Awards

Record of the Year“Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Simon and GarfunkelAlbum of the YearBridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel (Columbia)Song of the Year“Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Paul…

liquid crystal

(Encyclopedia) liquid crystal, liquid whose component particles, atoms or molecules, tend to arrange themselves with a degree of order far exceeding that found in ordinary liquids and approaching…

Lovell, Sir Bernard

(Encyclopedia) Lovell, Sir Bernard (Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell), 1913–2012, English radio astronomer, b. Oldland Common, Gloucestershire, England, Ph.D. Univ. of Bristol, 1936. He was a member…