(Encyclopedia) rock crawler, name applied to the slender, wingless insects of the family Grylloblattidae in the order Orthoptera. They have long antennae and range in length from 1&fslsh;2 to 1…
The 2012 Academy Awards were presented on February 24, 2013, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar winners are in bold. Best Picture Amour…
HOW DO RIVERS BEGIN? WHAT IS A RIVER’S LOAD? HOW DO RIVERS SHAPE THE LANDSCAPE? WHAT IS AN ESTUARY? HOW ARE DELTAS FORMED? LAKESFIND OUT MOREA river is a natural channel down which water flows to…
Maurice F. Rabb, Jr.Joseph Rainey Virginia RandolphNancy Davis ReaganBenjamin ReifelHiram RevelsJoseph Jones ReynoldsCondoleezza RiceBill RichardsonElliot RichardsonNorbert RillieuxJ. Catherine…
It’s unlikely that we’ll ever know who first tied wooden boards to their feet to travel over snow, since the sport may have been invented more than 5,000 years ago. In the frozen northern…
BUTLER, William, (father of William Butler [1790-1850] and Andrew Pickens Butler and grandfather of Matthew Calbraith Butler), a Representative from South Carolina; born in Prince William…
Born: Mar. 25, 1971Hockey American women's hockey pioneer; captain of U.S. team that won gold at the inaugural olympic women's hockey competition in 1998 at Nagano; sister of NHL veteran Tony.
(Encyclopedia) Garland, Judy, 1922–69, American singer and film actress, b. Grand Rapids, Minn., originally named Frances Gumm. She sang in her father's theater from the age of four as one of The…
Senate Years of Service: 1907-1913Party: RepublicanDIXON, Joseph Moore, a Representative and a Senator from Montana; born in Snow Camp, Alamance County, N.C., July 31, 1867; attended Earlham…
