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World Cup Challenge

The Information Please World Cup Challenge Correctly predict the outcome of the World Cup final game and enter to win a 1998 ESPN® Information Please Sports Almanac. Check out our Spotlight on…

Summer Olympics Through the Years: 1932

Los AngelesTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldSwimmingTeam SportsBoxingCyclingEquestrianFencingGymnasticsModern PentathlonRowingWeightliftingFreestyle WrestlingGreco-Roman…

Garretson, James Edmund

(Encyclopedia) Garretson, James Edmund, 1828–95, American pioneer in oral surgery, b. Wilmington, Del., M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1859. From 1874 he taught at Philadelphia Dental College (now part…

Dubawnt Lake

(Encyclopedia) Dubawnt LakeDubawnt Laked&oobreve;bôntˈ [key], one of the largest lakes of Canada, c.1,600 sq mi (4,140 sq km), in S Nunavut Territory. The Dubawnt River flows through it. Located…

Gilbert, William

(Encyclopedia) Gilbert, William, 1544–1603, English scientist and physician. He studied medicine at Cambridge (M.D., 1569), where he was elected a Fellow of St. John's College, and set up practice in…

weightlessness

(Encyclopedia) weightlessness, the absence of any observable effects of gravitation. This condition is experienced by an observer when he and his immediate surroundings are allowed to move freely in…

Bruce Jenner

Born: Oct. 28, 1949Track & Field won gold medal in 1976 Olympic decathlon.

DK Earth: Farming

WHICH KINDS OF ANIMALS ARE DOMESTICATED? HOW HAVE MODERN CROPS BEEN DEVELOPED? WHAT ARE STAPLE FOOD CROPS? WHERE IS RICE GROWN? MECHANIZED FARMING WHAT IS ORGANIC FARMING? FIND OUT MOREThousands…

Writing Well: Full Credit

Full CreditWriting WellWriting Across the CurriculumDifferent Strokes for Different FolksPlaying with the Big KidsFull CreditTwo's Company, Three's a Crowd— Unless You're Writing Writer's Block To…