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1998 Ski Jumping World Cup Champions

World Cup Champions 1 Andreas Widhoelzl, AUT 2 Primoz Peterka, SLO 3 Kazuyoshi Funaki, JPN 4 Masahiko Harada, JPN 5 Dieter Thomas, GER   Sven Hannawald, GER  …

1999 Ski Jump World Cup Champions

World Cup Champions 1 Martin Schmitt, Germany 2 Janne Ahonen, Finland 3 Noriaki Kasai, Japan 4 Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japan 5 Hideharu Miyahira, Japan Nation's Cup: Japan…

Ski Jumping<br/>World Cup Champions

MEN OverallPts1Adam Malysz, Poland14752Sven Hannawald, Germany12593Matti Hautamaeki, Finland10484Andreas Widhoelzl, Austria8745Martin Schmitt, Germany795Nordic CombinedWorld Cup…

Lively, Dame Penelope

(Encyclopedia) Lively, Dame Penelope, 1933–, English novelist, b. Cairo, Egypt, moved to London at 12 when her parents divorced, grad. Oxford (1954). Her earliest books were children's novels—the…

Davis, Richard Harding

(Encyclopedia) Davis, Richard Harding, 1864–1916, American author and journalist, b. Philadelphia; son of Rebecca Harding Davis. After attending Lehigh and Johns Hopkins universities, he became a…

Lardner, Ring

(Encyclopedia) Lardner, Ring (Ringgold Wilmer Lardner), 1885–1933, American humorist and short-story writer, b. Niles, Mich. He was a sports reporter in Chicago, St. Louis, and Boston from 1907 to…

Wollstonecraft, Mary

(Encyclopedia) Wollstonecraft, MaryWollstonecraft, Maryw&oobreve;lˈstənkräft, –krăft [key], 1759–97, English author and feminist, b. London. She was an early proponent of educational equality…

treehopper

(Encyclopedia) treehopper, any member of three families of winged insects, remarkable for the curious shapes of most species. The shapes are due to the enlargement of the dorsal (upper) covering of…

Mason, Bobbie Ann

(Encyclopedia) Mason, Bobbie Ann, 1940–, American regional author, b. Mayfield, Ky., grad. Univ. of Kentucky (B.A., 1962), State Univ. of New York, Binghamton (M.A., 1966), Univ. of Connecticut (Ph.D…