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RunningEvent Time Date Set Location100 meters: World 10.49Florence Griffith Joyner, USA July 16, 1988 Indianapolis Olympic 10.62Florence Griffith Joyner, USA Sept. 24, 1988 Seoul American…The Pivot of Civilization: The Fertility of the Feeble-Minded
"Children Troop Down From Heaven...." The Cruelty of Charity The Fertility of the Feeble-Minded What vesture have you woven for my year? O Man and Woman who have fashioned…The Pivot of Civilization: The Fertility of the Feeble-Minded
by Margaret Sanger "Children Troop Down From Heaven...."The Cruelty of CharityThe Fertility of the Feeble-Minded What vesture have you woven for my year? O Man and Woman who have…Cleanest U.S. Cities for Ozone Air Pollution 2007
Ozone acts as a powerful respiratory irritant at the levels frequently found in most of the nation's urban areas during summer months. Symptoms include shortness of breath, chest pain…Biographies: Selected Mathematicians and Statisticians
Selected Mathematicians and Statisticians René Descartes See also Notable Women Scientists People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Branches of Mathematics…Mancini, Laura, duchesse de Mercœur
(Encyclopedia) Mancini, Laura, duchesse de MercœurMancini, Laura, duchesse de Mercœurlouˈrä mänchēˈnē düshĕsˈ də mĕrcûrˈ [key], 1636–57, eldest of five famous sisters, nieces of Cardinal Mazarin, who…Industrial Workers of the World
(Encyclopedia) Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), revolutionary industrial union organized in Chicago in 1905 by delegates from the Western Federation of Mines, which formed the nucleus of the…oratory
(Encyclopedia) oratory, the art of swaying an audience by eloquent speech. In ancient Greece and Rome oratory was included under the term rhetoric, which meant the art of composing as well as…Turin
(Encyclopedia) TurinTurint&oobreve;rˈĭn, ty&oobreve;rˈ–, ty&oobreve;rĭnˈ [key], Ital. Torino, city (1991 pop. 962,507), capital of Piedmont and of Turin prov., NW Italy, at the confluence…Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich
(Encyclopedia) Tchaikovsky, Peter IlyichTchaikovsky, Peter Ilyichĭlyēchˈ chīkôfˈskē [key], 1840–93, Russian composer, b. Kamsko-Votkinsk. Variant transliterations of his name include Tschaikovsky and…