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Road Show: A Guide to Summer Music Festivals

by Beth Rowen The Smashing PumpkinsSource:Archive Photos Sarah McLachlanSource:Archive Photos School's out and that means summer entertainment is in full swing. There's no shortage of…

The Largest States in the U.S. by Area

The United States of America is a country of immense geographical diversity, with a landscape that spans from snow-capped mountains to sun-kissed beaches, arid deserts to lush forests. The country's…

The Languages of Africa

What do people speak in Africa? Lagos is the capital of Nigeria, a country with over 500 native languages. European languages are official in most African countries, due to their colonial history.…

Race & Population

Cite /**/ The United States is home to people of many races, ethnicities, and heritages. Find data on population, immigration, diversity, and American Indians in the United States. Population…

Daniel: 7

Daniel Chapter 7 1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters…

India Map: Regions, Geography, Facts & Figures

Welcome to our comprehensive guide to India, a diverse and vibrant country in Asia. Situated between China and Pakistan, India is a mosaic of unique cultures, languages, and landscapes. This guide…

Georgia

Capital: Atlanta   Official Name: State of Georgia Organized as a territory: April 24, 1802 Entered Union (rank): January 2, 1788 (4th) Present constitution adopted: 1983 State abbreviation/…

Dred Scott Case

(Encyclopedia) Dred Scott Case, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1856–57. It involved the then bitterly contested issue of the status of slavery in the federal territories. In 1834, Dred Scott…

solid-state physics

(Encyclopedia) solid-state physics, study of the properties of bulk matter rather than those of the individual particles that compose it. Solid-state physics is concerned with the properties…

Webster, Noah

(Encyclopedia) Webster, Noah, 1758–1843, American lexicographer and philologist, b. West Hartford, Conn., grad. Yale, 1778. After serving in the American Revolution, Webster practiced law in Hartford…