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FINA World Championships, 2005

(Montreal, Canada, July 17–31, 2005)MenTime50 m freestyle—Roland Schoeman, South Africa0:21.69100 m freestyle—Filippo Magnini, Italy0:48.12200 m freestyle—Michael Phelps, United States1:45.…

Ali, Muhammad

(Encyclopedia) Ali, MuhammadAli, Muhammadməhămˈəd älēˈ [key], 1942–2016, American boxer, b. Louisville, Ky. Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, he was a 1960 Olympic gold medalist. Shortly after upsetting…

A Boy's Will: The Tuft of Flowers

by Robert Frost In Equal SacrificeSpoils of the DeadThe Tuft of Flowers about fellowship; I WENT to turn the grass once after one Who mowed it in the dew before the sun. The dew was…

1988 Tony Awards

PlayM. ButterflyMusicalThe Phantom of the OperaRevivalAnything GoesActor—PlayRon Silver, Speed-the-PlowActress—PlayJoan Allen, Burn ThisFeatured Actor—PlayB. D. Wong, M. ButterflyFeatured…

larva, in zoology

(Encyclopedia) larva, independent, immature animal that undergoes a profound change, or metamorphosis, to assume the typical adult form. Larvae occur in almost all of the animal phyla; because most…

migration of animals

(Encyclopedia) migration of animals, movements of animals in large numbers from one place to another. In modern usage the term is usually restricted to regular, periodic movements of populations away…

State Symbols

StateSongBirdTreeFlowerAlabama“Alabama” (1931)yellowhammer (1927)Southern longleaf pine (1949, 1997)camellia (1959)Salt water fish: fighting tarpon (1955); Fresh water fish: largemouth bass (…

Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita was so controversial that it went unpublished in America for three years after it was first presented in France in 1955. Nabokov left his native Russia after the 1917…