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Malcolm in the Middle

FoxSunday 7:00–7:30 p.m.Cast:Frankie Muniz Fox could very well have another huge hit on its hands with Malcolm, a sharp, quirky comedy about a precocious fourth-grader who, despite his genius…

The Middle Atlantic

Source: The U.S. Department of State If New England provided the brains and dollars for 19th-century American expansion, the Middle Atlantic states provided the muscle. The region's largest…

Finding the Northwest Passage

The search for the Northwest Passage was an important part of Arctic and Antarctic exploration during the 1800s. But what do you know about the expeditions that set off to find this fabled passage?

Inside Passage

(Encyclopedia) Inside Passage, natural, protected waterway, c.950 mi (1,530 km) long, threading through the Alexander Archipelago off the coast of British Columbia and SE Alaska. From Seattle, Wash…

Mona Passage

(Encyclopedia) Mona PassageMona Passagemōˈnä, –nə [key], strait, c.80 mi (130 km) wide, between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Connecting the N Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea, it is a…

Northeast Passage

(Encyclopedia) Northeast Passage, water route along the northern coast of Europe and Asia, between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Beginning in the 15th cent., efforts were made to find a new all-…

Northwest Passage

(Encyclopedia) Northwest Passage, water routes through the Arctic Archipelago, N Canada, and along the northern coast of Alaska between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Even though the explorers of…

Windward Passage

(Encyclopedia) Windward Passage, strait, c.50 mi (80 km) wide, between Cuba and Haiti, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It provides a direct route from the E United States to the…

Brewer's: Middle Ages

A term of no definite period, but varying a little with almost every nation. In France it was from Clovis to Louis XI. (481 to 1461). In England, from the Heptarchy to the accession of…

Middle East Cooperation

The Question: I am a student of international relations at the University of Geneva, and I am researching a paper about the relations between UAE and Iran,…