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Lawrence Joseph DeNARDIS, Congress, CT (1938)

DENARDIS Lawrence Joseph , A Representative from Connecticut; born in New Haven, Conn., March 18, 1938; graduated from Hamden High School, Hamden, Conn., 1956; B.A., Holy Cross College, Worcester,…

Disasters in 2007

January Jan. 1, Indonesia: Adam Air Flight KI-574, flying from Java to Manado, crashed in stormy weather and strong winds, killing all of the 102 people on board. Jan. 12, Athens, Greece: the U.S…

May 2014 Current Events: World News

U.S. News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of May 2014. Fighting Escalates…

Mogadishu

(Encyclopedia) Mogadishu or MogadishoMogadishoboth: mŏgədĭshˈ&oomacr; [key], Ital. Mogadiscio, city (1990 est. pop. 1,200,000), capital of Somalia, on the Indian Ocean. It is the country's…

magnetic levitation

(Encyclopedia) magnetic levitation or maglevmaglevmăgˈlĕv [key], support and often propulsion of objects or vehicles by the use of magnets. The magnets used in magnetic levitation suspend an object…

Karachi

(Encyclopedia) KarachiKarachikəräˈchē [key], city (1998 pop. 9,269,265), largest city and former capital of Pakistan, SE Pakistan, on the Arabian Sea near the Indus River delta. The capital of Sind…

Xi'an

(Encyclopedia) Xi'anXi'anshēˈänˈ [key] or SianXi'anshēˈänˈ, sēˈ– [key], city (1994 est. pop. 2,114,900), capital of Shaanxi prov., China, in the Wei River valley. Situated on the Longhai RR, China's…

Benjamin Netanyahu Biography

Benjamin NetanyahuIsraeli political leaderBorn: 10/21/1949Birthplace: Tel Aviv, Israel Son of a history professor, and a leader of the conservative Revisionist movement, Netanyahu moved to…

July 2003 Disasters

July 1, Louisiana Tropical Depression Bill moved through Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, leaving four dead and 30 million dollars in damage.July 8, Port Sudan,…