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2006 Men's Olympic Ski Jumping Normal Hill Medalists
Score 1 Lars Bystoel, NOR 266.5 2 Matti Hautamaeki, FIN 265.5 3 Roar Ljoekelsoey, NOR 264.5 Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All…2006 Olympic Men's Team Ski Jump (Large Hill)
Pts 1 Austria 984.0 2 Finland 976.6 3 Norway 950.1 Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Large Hill Ski…1998 Men's Olympic Ski Jumping Normal Hill Medalists
1st (ft) 2nd (ft) Pts 1 Jani Soininen, FIN 295 292 234.5 2 Kazuyoshi Funaki, JPN 287 297 233.5 3 Andreas Widhoelzl, AUT 289 270 232.5…Hausa
(Encyclopedia) Hausa or HaussaHausaboth: houˈsə, –sä [key], black African ethnic group, numbering about 23 million, chiefly in N Nigeria and S Niger. The Hausa are almost exclusively Muslim and…Ladysmith
(Encyclopedia) Ladysmith, town, part and seat of Emnambithi-Ladysmith local municipality, KwaZulu-Natal prov., E South Africa. The town has railroad yards and food-processing, textile, and tire…Johnson, Judy
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Judy (William Julius Johnson), 1899–1989, American baseball player, b. Snow Hill, Md. His father, a boxing coach, wanted him to be a prizefighter, but he started playing…Apia
(Encyclopedia) ApiaApiaäpēˈə [key], town (1983 est. pop. 35,000), capital of Samoa, on the northern coast of Upolu island. The economic, social, and political center of Samoa, Apia is the nation's…Ellora
(Encyclopedia) ElloraElloraĕlōˈrə [key], village, E central Maharashtra state, India. Extending more than 1 mi (1.6 km) on a hill are 34 rock and cave temples (5th–13th cent.), most of them Hindu but…Blanchot, Maurice
(Encyclopedia) Blanchot, MauriceBlanchot, Mauricemōrēsˈ bläNshōˈ [key], 1907–2003, French novelist and literary critic. One of the first intellectuals in France to be interested in questions of…border terrier
(Encyclopedia) border terrier, breed of hardy, medium-sized terrier developed in the Border districts of N England in the 18th and 19th cent. It stands about 12 in. (30 cm) high at the shoulder and…Trending
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