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Doctor Jokes

Doctor, doctor, I have this feeling that I'm invisible! Doctor, doctor, I've lost my memory! – When did you lose it? When did I lose what? Doctor, doctor, I keep hearing a…

2022 Winter Olympics: Ice Hockey

A tournament of veterans Source: AP Photo/Kiichiro SatoRelated Links 2022 Winter Olympics Julie Chu Ice Hockey Through the Years Encyclopedia: Ice Hockey Memorable Moments…

Nuclear Ambitions Ebb and Flow

—Borgna Brunner On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake > the largest earthquake in 40 years—ruptured the floor of the Indian Ocean off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The…

Epidemics of the Past: Smallpox

Smallpox: 12,000 Years of Terror Epidemics of the Past Smallpox: 12,000 Years of Terror Bubonic Plague Influenza: A Twentieth-Century Epidemic Smallpox is one of greatest scourges in human…

Sports Features

Recent Features Biography | Business | Entertainment | Health & Science | History & Gov't | Society & Culture | Sports | United States | World Jump to: A…

The Swallows of San Juan Capistrano

Back from winter vacation in Argentina by Gerry Brown The interior of the San Juan Capistrano mission. Related Links San Juan CapistranoswallowJunipero SerraThey're on their way…

Halloween: Witchcraft in Film, Part 3

A Little Hocus Pocus Can't Hurt, Right? by Beth Rowen Related Links Halloween Trick and TreatsAll-Time Scariest MoviesInterview with a Real-Life WitchInterview with Blair Witch…

Taekwondo

First Olympic Appearance: 2000 by Mike Morrison and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? American Esther Kim earned a spot on the 2000 Olympic team by winning the United States selection trials.…

Brewer's: Deuce-ace

A throw of two dice, one showing one spot and the other showing two spots. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Deuce of CardsDeuce A B C D E F G H I J…

Brewer's: Chintz

means spotted. The cotton goods originally manufactured in the East. (Persian, chinz, spotted, stained; Hindu, chint, plur. chints; Sanscrit, chitra, variegated.) Source: Dictionary of…