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Amelia Josephine Burr: A Lynmouth Widow

A Lynmouth WidowAmelia Josephine BurrHe was straight and strong, and his eyes were blue As the summer meeting of sky and sea, And the ruddy cliffs had a colder hue Than flushed his cheek when…

Jayson Williams

Jayson Williams played nine seasons (1990-99) in the National Basketball Association, but is now better known as the guy from the New Jersey Nets who shot his limo driver. A 6'10" power forward,…

NBA Playoffs, 2006

EASTERN CONFERENCEFirst Round(Best of 7)Detroit Pistons defeated Milwaukee Bucks, 4 games to 1Cleveland Cavaliers defeated Washington Wizards, 4 games to 2New Jersey Nets defeated Indiana…

1998 Speed Skating World Cup Champions

Men 500 meters Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN 1000 meters Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN 1500 meters Ids Postma, NET 5000 meters Gianni Romme, NET Women 500 meters Catriona LeMay-Doan…

Liaoning

(Encyclopedia) LiaoningLiaoninglyouˈnĭngˈ [key], province (2010 pop. 43,746,323), c.58,400 sq mi (151,295 sq km), NE China, on the Bohai and Korea Bay. The capital is Shenyang (Mukden). A part of…

chemical equilibrium

(Encyclopedia) chemical equilibrium, state of balance in which two opposing reversible chemical reactions proceed at constant equal rates with no net change in the system. For example, when hydrogen…

charge

(Encyclopedia) charge, property of matter that gives rise to all electrical phenomena (see electricity). The basic unit of charge, usually denoted by e, is that on the proton or the electron; that on…

sea level

(Encyclopedia) sea level, the level of the sea, which serves as the datum used for measurement of land elevations and ocean depths. Theoretically, one would expect sea level to be a fixed and…

Director Peter Jackson

Bringing Middle-earth to the silver screen by Laura Hayes Peter Jackson "I want to take movie-goers into Middle-earth, in a way that is believable and powerful." —Peter Jackson Frodo…