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Shelley Winters 2006 Deaths

Shelley WintersAge: 85 Oscar-winning actress whose character met a violent death at the hands of a man in several of her films: she was strangled in A Double Life and drowned in A Place in…

Brewer's: Vesper Hour

is said to be between the dog and the wolf; “betwixt and between,” neither day nor night; a breed between the dog and wolf; too much day to be night, and too much night to be day. Probably…

Brewer's: Gelert

(g hard). The name of Llewellyn's dog. One day a wolf entered the room where the infant son of the Welsh prince was asleep; Gelert flew at it and killed it; but when Llewellyn returned…

Escherichia coli

(Encyclopedia) Escherichia coliEscherichia coliĕshˌərĭkˈēə kōˈlī [key], common bacterium that normally inhabits the intestinal tracts of humans and animals, but can cause infection in other parts of…

Tiger's Place in History

Anything is possible when Woods plays in golf's biggest events by John Gettings Related Links Tiger Woods TimelineMasters WinnersU.S. Open WinnersBritish Open WinnersPGA Championship WinnersGolf…

Pulitzer Prizes: Special Local Reporting

1964James V. Magee, Albert V. Gaudiosi, and Frederick A. Meyer (Philadelphia Bulletin)1965Gene Goltz (Houston Post)1966John A. Frasca (Tampa Tribune)1967Gene Miller (Miami Herald)1968J.…

2001 National Medal of Science Recipients

Andreas Acrivos, Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering, City College of the City University of New York, for his pioneering research in fluid mechanics and leadership in the…

A Pill with a Purpose

A team of astronomers from the California Institute of Technology, led by S. George Djorgovski, may have glimpsed the dawn of our universe. In Aug. 2001, this team reported that it had spotted the “…

Farley Mowat

Farley Mowat is one of Canada's best-selling authors, known for his stories and memoirs that celebrate the natural beauty of the far North, including 1963's Never Cry Wolf. Mowat grew up in Ontario…