Search

Search results

Displaying 31 - 40

Season of U.S. Travel in 2003

(percent of trips)Winter20%Spring23%Summer33%Fall24%Source: Travel Industry Association of America; Travelscope®.World's Top Ten Tourism Earners, 2004Travel StatisticsTop States Visited by U.…

Babism

(Encyclopedia) BabismBabismbäˈbĭzəm [key], system of doctrines proclaimed in Persia in 1844 by Ali Muhammad of Shiraz. Influenced by the Shaykhi Shiite theology that viewed the Twelve Imams as…

Aesop's Fables: The Apes and the Two Travellers

by Aesop The Boy and the SnailsThe Ass and His BurdensThe Apes and the Two Travellers Two men were travelling together, one of whom never spoke the truth, whereas the other never told a…

Aesop's Fables: The Traveller and His Dog

by Aesop The Vain JackdawThe Shipwrecked Man and the SeaThe Traveller and His Dog A Traveller was about to start on a journey, and said to his Dog, who was stretching himself by the door…

Baron Munchausen: Travels of Baron Munchausen

by Rudolph Erich Raspe IntroductionSecond VolumeTravels of Baron MunchausenContentsPreface to the First EditionTo the Public The Baron relates an accoun... In which the Baron proves h…

Interstate Highway System Trivia

Facts and figures on the U.S. highway system by Federal Highway Administration Related Links Quiz: Great American Highways The Story of the U.S. InterstateRoad Mileage Between U.S.…

What Your Car Color Says About You

Based on the DuPont Automotive rankings of most popular automotive colors in North America, here’s what Color Answer Book author Leatrice Eiseman says vehicles are revealing about their…

EU Blacklist of Unsafe Airlines

“Flying Coffins” are banned from landing in Europe In 2006, the European Union banned 92 airlines, the vast majority of them from Africa. Declared unsafe according to…