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(Encyclopedia) triathlon, athletic event made up of three contests. Since the 1970s the term has come to mean especially a race combining swimming, bicycling, and running. A notable example is Hawaii…Baumgartner, Felix
(Encyclopedia) Baumgartner, Felix, 1969–, Austrian skydiver and daredevil. He made his first skydive at age 16, and turned to BASE jumping [Buildings, Antennas, Spans (bridges), and Earth (mountains…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…Eustace, Alan
(Encyclopedia) Eustace, Alan (Robert Alan Eustace), 1956–, American computer scientist and adventurer, b. Pine Hills, Fla., Ph.D. Univ. of Central Florida, 1984. He worked for Digital Equipment Corp…springtail
(Encyclopedia) springtail, common name for any of the minute, primitive six-legged arthropods of the order Collembola. The springtail is named for a springlike mechanism on the underside of the…Szewińska, Irena
(Encyclopedia) Szewińska, Irena, 1946–2018, Polish sprinter and long jumper, b. Leningrad (now St. Petersburg, Russia) as Irena Kirszenstein, grad. Univ. of Warsaw, 1970. In her first Olympics (1964…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: Vision, II
by Rabindranath Tagore IIIIII My husband at last had finished his medical course. He went away from Calcutta to a small town to practise as a doctor. There in the country I felt with…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: Vision, III
by Rabindranath Tagore IIIVIII We passed a few happy months together. My husband gained some reputation in his profession as a doctor. And money came with it. But there is a mischief…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: Vision, IV
by Rabindranath Tagore IIIVIV Our two lives went on with their dull routine for some time. Then there was a break in the monotony. An aunt of my husband came to pay us a visit. The…The Hungry Stones: The Hungry Stones And Other Stories
by Rabindranath Tagore The Hungry Stones And Other StoriesContentsPrefaceThe Hungry StonesThe VictoryOnce There Was a KingThe Home-ComingMy Lord, the BabyThe Kingdom of CardsThe…Trending
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