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Sacagawea

Sacagawea was a Shoshone Indian who traveled with the Lewis and Clark expedition from 1804-1806. Sacagawea was the slave wife of the expedition's French-Canadian guide, Touissaint Charbonneau; the…

Morocco Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Morocco Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Moroccan Relations PEOPLEMoroccans are predominantly…

Foday Sankoh, 2000 News

Sierra Leone rebel leader, was captured by pro-government soldiers in May, days after his Revolutionary United Front kidnapped more than 500 U.N. peacekeepers. Sankoh's forces ravaged Sierra…

Kelly Clarkson, 2002 News

singer, was named America's newest idol in September on FOX's talent-search show, American Idol. In each episode, a parade of young crooners performed in front of a live audience, and…

Ian Anderson

Ian Anderson is the flute-playing singer of the UK rock band Jethro Tull. Formed in England in 1967, the group mixed blues, rock and folk music and had a string of successful albums between 1969 and…

The Devil's Dictionary: Abatis

by Ambrose Bierce ABASEMENTABDICATIONABATIS -n. Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside.

Walt Whitman: The Bravest Soldiers

The Bravest SoldiersBrave, brave were the soldiers (high named to-day) who lived through the fight; But the bravest press'd to the front and fell, unnamed, unknown.

Ivan Pavlov

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov is famous as the man behind experiments that showed the relationship between a stimulus and a conditioned response. He studied medicine in Russia and Germany, accepting posts…