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Triple Crown Races—2008

Kentucky Derby (Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky., May 3, 2008.) Purse: $2,000,000. Distance: 11/4 mi. Order of finish: 1. Big Brown (Borel), mutuel…

Virgil Ivan Gus Grissom

astronautBorn: 4/3/1926Birthplace: Mitchell, Ind. Grissom was raised in Mitchell, Ind., the oldest of four children. Following high school, he served in the Army Air Corps from 1944 to 1945. With…

Lord of the Rings: Places

A Guide to Middle-earth Important locations in the history of Middle-earth by Laura Hayes The World RELATED LINKS Middle-earth TimelineJ. R. R. TolkienWho's Who in…

Neptune, in astronomy

(Encyclopedia) Neptune, in astronomy, 8th planet from the sun at a mean distance of about 2.8 billion mi (4.5 billion km) with an orbit lying between those of Uranus and the dwarf planet Pluto; its…

Venus, in astronomy

(Encyclopedia) Venus, in astronomy, 2d planet from the sun; it is often called the evening star or morning star and is brighter than any object in the sky except the sun and the moon. Because its…

Homework Center: Earth Sciences

Subjects » Geography » History » Language Arts » Mathematics » Science » Social Studies Homework Skills Writing | Research Speaking & Listening Studying Reference Sources…

Theories of the Universe: Geological Time

Geological TimeTheories of the UniverseCracks in a Newtonian WorldFaster Than a Speeding Light WaveIt All Depends on Your PositionThe Relative Nature of Space and TimeGeological TimeHow Can You Be in…

Weather: Ten Major Cloud Types

Ten Major Cloud TypesWeatherPartly to Mostly CloudyMoisture and HumidityIn the CloudsTen Major Cloud TypesForecasting by Clouds In biblical times, Job asked, "Can any understand the spreadings of…

Writers

When Dorothy Straight of Washington, D.C. was 4 years old, she wrote a story for her grandmother entitled “How the World Began.” Her parents thought it was good enough to be published. They were…

Poetry for the Seasons

Poetry for the Seasons To every thing there is a season There is no season such delight can bring, As summer, autumn, winter, and the spring. William Browne (c.1591–c.1645) "Variety…