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NCAA College Football Reception Leaders: 1996

Receptions ClNoYdsTDP/GmDamond Wilkins, NevadaSr.1141121410.36Marcus Harris, WyomingSr.1091650139.08Geoffery Noisy, NevadaSo.98143598.91Chad Mackey, Louisiana TechSr.851466107.73Nakia Jenkins…

Canadian art and architecture

(Encyclopedia) Canadian art and architecture, the various types and styles arts and structures produced in the geographic area that now constitutes Canada. For a discussion of the art of indigenous…

Icing the Stereotypes

Black hockey players in a traditionally white sport Anson Carter played for the Boston Bruins during the 1999-2000 season. "Fans would yell, 'Go back to the South,' and 'How come you're not…

August 1997 News and Events

1997 News Month-By-MonthWorldIsrael Steps Up Pressure on Palestinians (Aug. 1): Arrests dozens in wake of suicide bombing in crowded market. Delays drastic action against Palestinian leaders.…

New Year's Traditions

Auld Lang Syne and other New Year's customs "Auld Lang Syne" Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne.…

Women's Suffrage: Two Amendments and Many Women

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Politics After the WarThe Woman's Hour that Never CameTwo Amendments and Many WomenAt the annual woman suffrage convention of 1872, Miss…

Champlain, Samuel de

(Encyclopedia) Champlain, Samuel deChamplain, Samuel deshămplānˈ, Fr. sämüĕlˈ də shäNplăNˈ [key], 1567–1635, French explorer, the chief founder of New France. After serving in France under Henry of…

herring

(Encyclopedia) herring, common name for members of the large, widely distributed family Clupeidae, comprising many species of marine and freshwater food fishes, including the sardine (Sardinia), the…