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chess

(Encyclopedia) chess, game for two players played on a square board composed of 64 square spaces, alternately dark and light in color. London was the site of the first modern international chess…

1999 Sundance Award Winners

Grand Jury Prize—Dramatic Competition: Forty Shades of Blue Grand Jury Prize—Documentary Competition: Why We Fight World Cinema Grand Jury Prize—Dramatic Competition: The Hero (Angola/…

hurricane

(Encyclopedia) CE5 View into the eye of a hurricane showing the structure of the surrounding cloud wall hurricane, tropical cyclone in which winds attain speeds greater than 74 mi (119 km) per hr…

Waynesboro City, VA Census Data

People QuickFactsWaynesboro cityVirginiaPopulation, 2005 estimate 21,2697,567,465Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 9.0%6.9%Population, 2000 19,5207,078,515Persons…

Augusta County, VA Census Data

Virginia Augusta County, Virginia People QuickFactsAugusta CountyVirginiaPopulation, 2005 estimate 69,7257,567,465Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 6.3%6.9%Population,…

Philippines, The

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Philippines, ThePhilippines, Thefĭlˈəpēnzˌ [key], officially Republic of the Philippines, republic (2015 est. pop. 101,716,000), 115,830 sq mi (300,000 sq km), SW Pacific, in…

Wilson, Woodrow

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Woodrow (Thomas Woodrow Wilson), 1856–1924, 28th President of the United States (1913–21), b. Staunton, Va. Wilson's writings on history and jurisprudence include Division…