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1952 Men's and Women's Olympic Figure Skating Gold Medalists
Event Points Men Dick Button, USA 1730.3 Women Jeanette Altwegg, GBR 1455.8 Pairs Ria Falk & Paul Falk, GER 102.6 Bobsled 1952 Olympics Ice Hockey…Men and Women's Most US Gold Medals Summer Olympics
Men No Sport G-S-B 14â Michael Phelps Swimming 14-0-2 10* Raymond Ewry Track/Field 10-0-0 9 Mark Spitz Swimming 9-1-1 9 Carl Lewis Track/Field…Alice Springs
(Encyclopedia) Alice Springs, town, Northern Territory, Australia. It lies in a pastoral area surrounded by desert near the center of the continent and is a stop on the Adelaide Darwin…chryselephantine
(Encyclopedia) chryselephantinechryselephantinekrĭsˌĕləfănˈtĭn, –tīn [key], Greek sculptural technique developed in the 6th cent. b.c. Sculptures, especially temple colossi, were made with an inner…reliquary
(Encyclopedia) reliquaryreliquaryrĕlˌəkwĕrˈē [key], receptacle containing the relics of saints and other sacred objects of the Christian religion. Reliquaries were often designed in shapes that…Seward Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Seward Peninsula, W Alaska, projecting c.200 mi (320 km) into the Bering Sea between Norton Sound and Kotzebue Sound, just below the Arctic Circle. The region is mostly bleak tundra,…Medford
(Encyclopedia) Medford. 1 City (1990 pop. 57,407), Middlesex co., E Mass., a residential and industrial suburb of Boston, on the Mystic River; settled 1630, inc. as a city 1892. Wax, paper, clothing…Charles I, king of Hungary
(Encyclopedia) Charles I, 1288–1342, king of Hungary (1308–42), founder of the Angevin dynasty in Hungary; grandson of Charles II of Naples, who had married a daughter of Stephen V of Hungary. On the…Chibcha
(Encyclopedia) ChibchaChibchachĭbˈchə [key], indigenous people of the eastern cordillera of the Andes of Colombia. Although trade with neighboring tribes was common, the Chibcha seem to have evolved…Christina Rossetti: Goblin Market
Goblin MarketMorning and evening Maids heard the goblins cry: 'Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy: Apples and quinces, Lemons and oranges, Plump unpecked cherries, Melons and…Trending
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