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1999-2000 MLS All-Star Game Goaltenders

East 9-4 Date: Saturday, July 29, 2000 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus; Attendance: 23,495; Coaches: Octavio Zambrano, NY/NJ (East) and Bob Gansler, KC (West); MVP: Mamadou Diallo, Tampa Bay…

Sundials

Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology Physics Laboratory Not until somewhat recently (that is, in terms of human history) did people find a need for knowing the time of day.…

1997 Academy Awards

The 1997 Academy Awards were presented on March 23, 1998 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles.Best PictureAs Good as It Gets, James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson and Kristi Zea, producers (…

2018 Year in Review: U.S. News

Top events for the nation in 2018 Logan Chamberlain Prev Next #MeToo #MeToo   The #MeToo movement remained a driving force in the cultural and political worlds. The preeminence of the…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 12, 1804

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 11, 1804July 13, 1804July 12, 1804 July 12th Thursday Som hunters out on the S. S. those on the L. S. did not return last night, our object…

One for the Ages

World Series MVP Scott Brosius celebrates the Yankees' 3-0 victory on Oct. 21 in San Diego, completing a four-game sweep of the Padres. It was New York's all-time record 125th win of the season and…

mosquito

(Encyclopedia) mosquitomosquitoməskēˈtō [key], small, long-legged insect of the order Diptera, the true flies. The females of most species have piercing and sucking mouth parts and apparently they…

Westphalia

(Encyclopedia) WestphaliaWestphaliawĕstfālˈyə, Ger. Westfalen, region and former province of Prussia, W Germany. Münster was the capital of the province. After 1945 the province was incorporated into…

Estienne

(Encyclopedia) Estienne,&sp;ÉtienneEstienne,both: ātyĕnˈ [key], or, Latinized, StephanusEstienne,stĕfˈənəs [key], family of Parisian and Genevan printers of the 16th and 17th cent., distinguished…

funeral customs

(Encyclopedia) funeral customs, rituals surrounding the death of a human being and the subsequent disposition of the corpse. Such rites may serve to mark the passage of a person from life into death…