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1998 Women's Olympic Biathlon Medalists
7.5 kilometers MT Time 1 Galina Koukleva, RUS 1 23:08.0 2 Ursula Disl, GER 1 23:08.7 3 Katrin Apel, GER 1 23:32.4 Best USA: 33rd, Kristina…Tales from Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing There lived in the palace at Messina two ladies, whose names were Hero and Beatrice. Hero was the daughter, and Beatrice the niece, of Leonato, the governor of Messina…Bienville, Jean Baptiste le Moyne, sieur de
(Encyclopedia) Bienville, Jean Baptiste le Moyne, sieur deBienville, Jean Baptiste le Moyne, sieur dezhäN bätēstˈ lə mwän syör də byăNvēlˈ [key], 1680–1768, colonizer and governor of Louisiana, b.…France, Anatole
(Encyclopedia) France, AnatoleFrance, Anatoleänätôlˈ fräNs [key], pseud. of Jacques Anatole ThibaultFrance, Anatolezhäk, tēbōˈ [key], 1844–1924, French writer. He was probably the most prominent…Meyerbeer, Giacomo
(Encyclopedia) Meyerbeer, GiacomoMeyerbeer, Giacomojäˈkōmō mīˈyərbĕr [key], 1791–1864, German operatic composer. He traveled in Italy and experimented in various styles of composition, but his real…Depardieu, Gérard
(Encyclopedia) Depardieu, GérardDepardieu, Gérardjĕˌrärdˈ dəpärˌdyöˈ [key], 1948–, French actor, b. Châteauroux. He is a versatile, highly successful actor, who has performed on stage and screen in…Bolton
(Encyclopedia) Bolton or Bolton-le-Moors Bolton-le-Moors bōlˈtən-lə-m&oobreve;rz [key…Washington, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Washington. 1 City (1990 pop. 10,838), seat of Daviess co., SW Ind.; settled 1805, inc. as a city 1871. Turkey processing and farming are the chief economic activities, and there is…Oyono, Ferdinand Léopold
(Encyclopedia) Oyono, Ferdinand LéopoldOyono, Ferdinand Léopoldōyōˈnō, ōˌyōnōˈ [key], 1929–2010, Cameroonian statesman and novelist writing in French. After studying in Africa and in Paris at the Law…Richard Le Gallienne: May is building her House
May is building her HouseRichard Le GallienneMay is building her house. With apple blooms She is roofing over the glimmering rooms; Of the oak and the beech hath she builded its beams…