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Election 2008 - Willard "Mitt" Romney

  Candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination by Liz Olson Mitt Romney Related Links Mitt Romney’s campaign website Profile of Massachusetts Salt Lake City…

2006 Winter Olympics

Torino, ItalyFinal Medal Standings Alpine SkiingBiathlonBobsledCross Country SkiingCurlingFigure SkatingFreestyle SkiingIce HockeyLugeSkeletonNordic CombinedSki JumpingSnowboardingSpeed SkatingShort…

Ngorongoro Crater

(Encyclopedia) Ngorongoro Crater, caldera in the Great Rift Valley, Arusha region, N Tanzania. It is one of the world's largest unbroken volcanic calderas, created in an eruption some 3 million years…

Glacier National Park, United States

(Encyclopedia) Glacier National Park, 1,013,572 acres (410,497 hectares), NW Mont.; est. 1910. Straddling the Continental Divide, the park contains some of the most beautiful primitive wilderness in…

Harris, Thomas Lake

(Encyclopedia) Harris, Thomas Lake, 1823–1906, American Christian mystic. Born in England, he was brought to the United States as a child. In 1845 he was called to the pulpit of the Fourth…

blueprint

(Encyclopedia) blueprint, white-on-blue photographic print, commonly of a working drawing used during building or manufacturing. The plan is first drawn to scale on a special paper or tracing cloth…

2002 Pacific Coast League<br/>All-Star Team

As selected by the league's managers and media representatives.Pos.Name, Team (Affiliate)CJavier Valentin, Edmonton (Twins)1BLyle Overbay, Tucson (Diamondbacks)2BJoe Thurston, Las Vegas (…

Grand Coulee Dam

(Encyclopedia) Grand Coulee Dam Grand Coulee Dam k&oomacr;ˈlē [key], 550 ft (168 m) high and 4,173 ft (1,272 m)…

Beginning a Long Journey

Chapter 1 Chapter 3 Beginning a Long Journey In 1803, availing himself of a plausible pretext to send out an exploring expedition, President Jefferson asked Congress to…