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John KLINE, Congress, MN (1947)

KLINE, John, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Allentown, Pa., on September 6, 1947; BA., Rice University, Houston, Tex., 1969; M.P.A., Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania,…

DK Science & Technology: Light

WHAT IS LIGHT? HOW DOES LIGHT TRAVEL? WHAT ARE SHADOWS? WHAT MAKES SOME MATERIALS OPAQUE? REFLECTIONREFRACTIONLASERFIND OUT MORELight is a type of energy known as electromagnetic radiation. It is…

Spring Training 1998

For the first time in Major League Baseball history 30 franchises have migrated south to Florida and Arizona to participate in spring training. That's because two new teams, the Tampa Bay…

Forrest City

(Encyclopedia) Forrest City, city (2020 pop. 13,015), seat of St. Francis co., E central Ark., at the foot of Crowley's Ridge; inc. 1871. It is a rail…

Tenali

(Encyclopedia) TenaliTenalitānäˈlē [key], city (1991 pop. 143,726), Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, on the Krishna River delta. It is a market for rice.

DK Science: Black Holes

SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLESSPAGHETTIFICATIONFIND OUT MOREWhen the biggest stars explode as supernovas, their cores collapse in on themselves under gravity to become black holes. These regions…

Bowling Trivia

Restaurateur Joe Thum created America's first bowling organization on Sept. 9, 1895, when he pulled together representatives of various regional bowling clubs and formed the American Bowling…

Man, town, Côte d'Ivoire

(Encyclopedia) Man, town (1996 est. pop. 112,600), W central Côte d'Ivoire, at the foot of the Toura Mts. It is an administrative and commercial center for a region producing coffee, cacao, kola nuts…

Louisiana

Capital: Baton Rouge State abbreviation/Postal code: La./LA Governor: John Bel Edwards, D (to Jan. 2020) Lieut. Governor: Billy…

1993 Grammy Awards

Whitney HoustonArchive PhotosRecord of the Year“I Will Always Love You,” Whitney HoustonAlbum of the YearThe Bodyguard—Original Soundtrack Album, Whitney Houston (Arista)Song of the Year“A Whole…