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Amy Lowell: The Bombardment

The BombardmentSlowly, without force, the rain drops into the city. It stops a moment on the carved head of Saint John, then slides on again, slipping and trickling over his stone cloak. It…

Chemistry: Separating Mixtures

Separating MixturesChemistryElements, Compounds, and MixturesPure SubstancesShake It Up: MixturesColloids: Somewhere in BetweenSeparating Mixtures One of the most important things that chemists do…

Milestones in Presidential Debates

Memorable events from the U.S. presidential and vice presidential debates by Beth Rowen John Kennedy Related Links Memorable Quotes from U.S. Presidential Debates How…

NBA Finals 2000

Infoplease's guide to basketball's world championship by Gerry Brown The Pacers have a tall task on their hands: Trying to keep Shaq down. (Source/AP) Where & When Game 1…

Albuquerque, N.M.

Mayor: Richard J. Berry (to Nov. 2017)2010 census population (rank): 545,852 (32); Male: 265,106 (48.6%); Female: 280,746 (51.4%); White: 380,552 (71.6%); Black: 17,933 (3.3%); American Indian and…

Osborne Again

The first season of the bowl alliance delivered a second national championship to Tom Osborne's Nebraska Cornhuskers.—Mark Blaudschun—Mark Blaudschun has been the national college football…

Portland, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Portland. 1 City (1990 pop. 64,358), seat of Cumberland co., SW Maine, situated on a small peninsula and adjacent land, with a large, deepwater harbor on Casco Bay; settled c.1632, set…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 18, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 17, 1806July 19, 1806July 18, 1806 Friday July 18th 1806. We set out this morning a little before sunrise ascended the river hills and…

New First Pets

Spot, Ernie, and India go to Washington by Holly Hartman This article was posted on February 4, 2000. Socks on the podium in the White House briefing room. The former First Cat belongs to…