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Phil Mahre

Born: May 10, 1957Alpine skier 3-time World Cup overall champ (1981-83); finished 1-2 with twin brother Steve in 1984 Olympic slalom.

Jagan, Cheddi

(Encyclopedia) Jagan, CheddiJagan, Cheddichĕdˈē jäˈgän [key], 1918–97, prime minister of British Guiana (1961–64) and president (1992–97) of independent Guyana. Of South Asian descent, he was trained…

Maxwell, James Clerk

(Encyclopedia) Maxwell, James ClerkMaxwell, James Clerkklärk [key], 1831–79, great Scottish physicist. After a brilliant career at Edinburgh and Cambridge, where he won early recognition with…

Dream Team II

Head coach Don Nelson's 12-man NBA All-Star squad that cruised to gold medal at 1994 World Basketball Championships in Toronto— Derrick Coleman, Joe Dumars, Kevin Johnson, Larry Johnson, Shawn…

NFL Football Preview 2000: NFC West

  NFL Preview: NFC West St. Louis, Carolina, Atlanta, New Orleans, San Francisco   by Mike Morrison   1. St. Louis—Even if Kurt Warner's production drops 25…

The Spooky Book

Distributor:Spoken Arts Thunder rumbles, lightening crackles, and the wind howls as Andrew reads a book about a girl named ZoZo reading a book on a dark and stormy night. Where does the story end…

Two-Time All-Star MVP's

The Question: Has a player ever been named Most Valuable Player of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game more than once? The Answer: Since…

Victoria Tennant

actress, screenwriterBorn: 9/30/1953Birthplace: London, England Tennant acted in a number of British plays and films before coming to Hollywood in the 1980s. She appeared in the popular miniseries…

Tux, the Linux Penguin

The Question: How did a penguin come to be the mascot for the Linux operating system? The Answer: The short answer is that Linus Torvalds, founder of Linux, likes penguins, and he said so when…

NFL Football Preview - AFC Central

AFC Central Pittsburgh QB Kordell Stewart will be scrambling to get his Steelers deeper into the playoffs this year. As they have for the past two seasons, the Pittsburgh Steelers and…