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August 2015 Current Events: Disasters & Science News
World News | Business News | U.S. News Here are the key events in science and disasters news for the month of August 2015…Results of 2006–2007 Bowl Games
BCS National Championship Game—Florida 41, Ohio State 14 Rose Bowl—Southern California 32, Michigan 18Orange Bowl—Louisville 24, Wake Forest 13Sugar Bowl— Louisiana State 41, Notre Dame…Kansas City
(Encyclopedia) Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte…Tilden, Samuel Jones
(Encyclopedia) Tilden, Samuel Jones, 1814–86, American political figure, Democratic presidential candidate in 1876, b. New Lebanon, N.Y. Admitted to the bar in 1841, Tilden was an eminently…transcontinental railroad
(Encyclopedia) transcontinental railroad, in U.S. history, rail connection with the Pacific coast. In 1845, Asa Whitney presented to Congress a plan for the federal government to subsidize the…truffle
(Encyclopedia) truffletruffletrŭfˈəl [key] [Fr.], subterranean edible fungus that forms a mutually beneficial (symbiotic) relationship with the roots of certain trees and plants. The part of the…Women's Suffrage: Hard Work for Special Sessions
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Campaigning for RatificationThe Legal Tests BeginHard Work for Special SessionsThere followed next a discouraging phase of the campaign,…July 2018 Current Events: Disaster News
Top of Page World News | US News | US News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world news events you need to…Steve Prefontaine
Charismatic, handsome and brashly confident, Steve Prefontaine was one of the leading American distance runners of the early 1970s. Steve Prefontaine won seven NCAA championships while running for…Ashton Eaton
Ashton Eaton is a Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the decathlon and the heptathlon. He grew up in central Oregon and attended the University of Oregon, where he won the NCAA world…Trending
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