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New Jersey

  New Jersey State Information Capital: Trenton Official Name: New Jersey Organized as a territory: June 24, 1664, as the “Province of New Jersey” Entered Union (rank): 1787 (3rd State to Enter…

On the Issues

How Gore and Bush stack up on education, foreign policy, health care, taxes, and social security by Beth Rowen This article was posted in September 2002. With only weeks to go…

The Fire Sermon

The Fire SermonThe river's tent is broken: the last fingers of leaf Clutch and sink into the wet bank. The wind Crosses the brown land, unheard. The nymphs are departed. Sweet Thames, run…

Hawaii, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 HawaiiHawaiihəwīˈē, häväˈē [key], 50th state of the United States, comprising a group of eight major islands and numerous islets in the central Pacific Ocean, c.2,100 mi (3,380…

glass

(Encyclopedia) glass, hard substance, usually brittle and transparent, composed chiefly of silicates and an alkali fused at high temperature. Glass has become invaluable in modern architecture,…

Chemistry: A Quantum Leap into Quantum Mechanics

A Quantum Leap into Quantum MechanicsChemistryThe Modern AtomBohr: What Is It Good For?Spectroscopy: Reading Between the LinesA Quantum Leap into Quantum Mechanics Unfortunately for Bohr, his…

Artistic Attempts

Artistic AttemptsIt takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. Amy was learning this distinction through much…

Breakfast Foods

(Source: Center for Science in the Public Interest.) Within each category, foods are ranked from least to most saturated fat, then total fat, then sodium (or total sugars for cereals, muffins…