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1976 Men's Olympic Gymnastics Medalists

Individual   Points All-Around Nikolai Andrianov, USSR 116.65   Sawao Kato, JPN 115.650   Mitsuo Tsukahara, JPN 115.575 Floor Nikolai Andrianov, USSR 19.45…

Politics and Pipelines

Political problems, huge investments confront major oil discovery by David Johnson This article was posted on August 27, 2000. Oil drilling stations like the one above will…

Koestler, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Koestler, ArthurKoestler, Arthurkĕstˈlər [key], 1905–83, English writer, b. Budapest of Hungarian parents. Koestler spent his early years in Vienna and Palestine. He was an influential…

land

(Encyclopedia) land, in law, any ground, soil, or earth regarded as the subject of ownership, including trees, water, buildings added by humans, the air above, and the earth below. Private ownership…

isolationism

(Encyclopedia) isolationism, a national policy of abstaining from political, military, or economic alliances or agreements with other countries. Isolationism may be adopted in order to devote a…

MacDonald, Ramsay

(Encyclopedia) MacDonald, Ramsay (James Ramsay McDonald), 1866–1937, British statesman, b. Scotland. The illegitimate son of a servant, he went as a young man to London, where he joined the Social…

Timeline: The Taliban - 1979-2000

Key dates in the history of the Taliban and Contemporary Afghanistan 1979-2000 2001 2002-2006 2006-present 1979 Soviet Union invades Afghanistan. 1980 Soviet troops…

16-lb Hammer Throw

1900 John Flanagan, United States 167 ft 4 in 1904 John Flanagan, United States 168 ft 1 in 1908…