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League Championship Series

League Championship SeriesNational LeagueAmerican League League Championship Series Division play came to the major leagues in 1969 when both the American and National Leagues expanded to 12…

Home & Away, Division, Conference Records

Sixteen teams— eight from each conference— qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs; (*) indicates division champions.Western Conference PtsHomeAwayDivConf1Dallas*10926-8-723-14-414-10-432-17-…

Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards

The comically inept British "ski jumper" by Gerry Brown Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards Related Links 2010 Winter Olympics Memorable Olympic Moments Birth of the Modern Olympics…

metamorphism

(Encyclopedia) metamorphism, in geology, process of change in the structure, texture, or composition of rocks caused by agents of heat, deforming pressure, shearing stress, hot, chemically active…

August 2005

WorldSudan Leader Killed in Crash (Aug. 1): Government confirms that John Garang, leader of the opposition Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) who was recently named vice president, had…

Russo-Turkish Wars

(Encyclopedia) Russo-Turkish Wars. The great eastward expansion of Russia in the 16th and 17th cent., during the decline of the Ottoman Empire, nevertheless left the shores of the Black Sea in the…

Mauritius Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Mauritius Index: History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations Defense U.S.-Mauritian Relations HISTORY While Arab and…

Solomon Islands Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Solomon Islands Index: Geography People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Solomon Islands Relations GEOGRAPHYThe…