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APBA Gold Cup

APBA Gold Cup Waves of controversy struck as Nate Brown won the APBA Gold Cup, piloting the U-10 Miss Detroit Yacht Club to victory July 18, 2004 on the Detroit River. Brown did not cross…

Most Gold Medals

MenNo Sport G-S-B8 Bjorn Daehlie, NOR Cross Country 8-4-06 Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, NORBiathlon5-3-15 Clas Thunberg, FIN Speed Skating 5-1-15 Eric Heiden, USA Speed Skating 5-0-04 Sixten…

Definitions of Gold Terminology

The term “fineness” defines a gold content in parts per thousand. For example, a gold nugget containing 885 parts of pure gold, 100 parts of silver, and 15 parts of copper would be…

cloth of gold

(Encyclopedia) cloth of gold, fabric woven wholly or partly of gold threads. From remote times gold has been used as material for weaving either alone or with other fibers. In India tapestries were…

international monetary system

(Encyclopedia) international monetary system, rules and procedures by which different national currencies are exchanged for each other in world trade. Such a system is necessary to define a common…

Lewis, Carl

(Encyclopedia) Lewis, Carl (Frederick Carlton Lewis), 1961–, American sprinter and jumper, b. Birmingham, Ala. A star in high school and at the Univ. of Houston, he became possibly the greatest track…

Amy Lowell: Azure and Gold

Azure and GoldApril had covered the hills With flickering yellows and reds, The sparkle and coolness of snow Was blown from the mountain beds.Across a deep-sunken stream The pink of…

1980: Heiden's Gold Heist

The man who won the speed skating equivalent of a sprint, a marathon, and everything in between by John Gettings Related Links 2014 Winter Olympics Speed Skating Through the Years…

Wally Gold 1998 Deaths

Wally Goldsongwriter Wrote the lyrics to the Elvis Presley hit, “It's Now or Never,” as well as Lesley Gore's “It's My Party.” Born: 1928?Died: 1998Rumer GoddenG - LBarry Goldwater