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NHL Realignment for 1998-99

With the Nashville Predators joining the NHL in 1998-99 and three more teams joining in the following two years, the league voted to expand from four divisions to six. Nashville will join…

Final NHL Standings

Western ConferenceEastern ConferenceNHL Realignment for 1998-99Home & Away, Division, Conference Records

Soka Gakkai

(Encyclopedia) Soka GakkaiSoka Gakkaisōˈkä gäkˈkī [key] [Jap.,=Value Creation Society], Japan-based independent lay Buddhist movement. A theological offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism, it was founded (…

League Divisional Series

League Divisional Series National League American League In 1994, leagues were realigned into three divisions, the East, Central, and West with division winners and one wildcard team…

Review: Earth (1999)

Director/Writer:Deepa MehtaZeitgeist Films; NR; 99 minutesRelease:10/99Cast:Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna Earth is Deepa Mehta's second installment in a series of…

How Long To Mars?

The Question: How long would it take to land a manned spacecraft on Mars? The Answer: According to NASA, a vessel with humans on it would take roughly six months…

Beverly Barton Butcher BYRON, Congress, MD (1932)

BYRON Beverly Barton Butcher , a Representative from Maryland; born Beverly Barton Butcher in Baltimore, Md., July 27, 1932; graduated from National Cathedral School for Girls, Washington, D.C.,…

Samuel GORDON, Congress, NY (1802-1873)

GORDON Samuel , a Representative from New York; born at Wattle's Ferry, Delaware County, N.Y., April 28, 1802; attended the public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits until attaining the…

James Andrew COURTER, Congress, NJ (1941)

COURTER James Andrew , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., October 14, 1941; graduated from Montclair Academy, Montclair, N.J., 1959; B.A., Colgate University…

Alan John DIXON, Congress, IL (1927)

Senate Years of Service: 1981-1993 Party: Democrat DIXON Alan John , a Senator from Illinois; born in Belleville, St. Clair County, Ill., July 7, 1927; attended the public schools; graduated,…