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From Russia to Canada, Kenya to Nepal, the world is dotted with bodies of water. Whether you dip your toes into a large lake with fresh water or float in the saltwater salinity of…
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1987 William Buckley, U.S. hostage in Lebanon, reported slain (Jan. 20). Supreme Court rules Rotary…
2006 Coalition forces battle insurgents on the streets of Iraq, as secretarian violence intensifies; see Iraq Timeline 2006 for details (all year long). Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon suffers…
Distributor:billy budd Films, Inc.Age Level:5 and up Christopher Plummer narrates the nativity story, which is rendered in clay animation. Songs include “Silent Night” and “O Little Town of…
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1991 U.S. and Allies at war with Iraq (Jan. 15). Warsaw Pact dissolves military alliance (Feb. 25). Cease-…
(Encyclopedia) Third World, the technologically less advanced, or developing, nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, generally characterized as poor, having economies distorted by their…
(Encyclopedia) world soul, Lat. anima mundi, in philosophy, term denoting a universal spirit or soul that functions as an organizing principle. While many early Greek philosophers saw the world as of…
Seamus Heaney (1939– )Archive PhotosWilliam J. Clinton(1946– )The White HouseYitzhak Rabin (1922–1995)Archive Photos1995Republicans take control of Congress (Jan. 4). More than 5,000 dead in…
