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Phelps, Michael Fred

(Encyclopedia) Phelps, Michael Fred, 1985–, American swimmer, b. Baltimore. One of the world's greatest competitive swimmers, Phelps became (2001) the youngest world record holder (in the 200-m…

1980: Heiden's Gold Heist

The man who won the speed skating equivalent of a sprint, a marathon, and everything in between by John Gettings Related Links 2014 Winter Olympics Speed Skating Through the Years…

Amy Lowell: Azure and Gold

Azure and GoldApril had covered the hills With flickering yellows and reds, The sparkle and coolness of snow Was blown from the mountain beds.Across a deep-sunken stream The pink of…

Thomas Gold 2004 Deaths

Thomas GoldAge: 84 astrophysicist known for his unconventional and often controversial theories, including the steady-state theory of the cosmology, which stated the universe is infinite and…

Joe Gold 2004 Deaths

Joe GoldAge: 82 bodybuilder who opened Gold's Gym in Venice Beach, California, in 1965. The 1977 film Pumping Iron was set at the gym. Died: Los Angeles, Calif., July 11, 2004Nicolai…

Wally Gold 1998 Deaths

Wally Goldsongwriter Wrote the lyrics to the Elvis Presley hit, “It's Now or Never,” as well as Lesley Gore's “It's My Party.” Born: 1928?Died: 1998Rumer GoddenG - LBarry Goldwater

Neil Young: Silver & Gold

Silver & GoldReprise For a guy once known as "the godfather of grunge," Neil Young can be quite a perfectionist. He's been fine-tuning Silver & Gold since 1997, and previewed it out…

Brewer's: Cunobelin's Gold Mines

Caverns in the chalk beds of Little Thurrock, Essex; so called from the tradition that King Cunobelin hid in them his gold. They are sometimes called Dane-holes, because they were used as…

Brewer's: Marks of Gold and Silver

The date-mark on gold or silver articles is some letter of the alphabet indicating the year when the article was made. Thus, in the Goldsmith's Company of London:- From 1716 to 1755 it was…

Brewer's: Gold Purse of Spain

Andalusia is so called because it is the city from which Spain derives its chief wealth. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894GoldenGold A B C D E F G H…