Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo , state (1996 pop. 2,786,126), 15,200 sq mi (39,368 sq km), E Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. Vitória is the capital.
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Mountain Bikers Ride Hard to Secure Olympic Berth
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 12/20/1995; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 For the first time, mountain bike racing will be an Olympic event in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games. Racers are vying for the four...two men, two women - on the U.S. Olympic team. NOAH ADAMS, Host: Would you...
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Absalon defends Olympic mountain biking crown
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 8/23/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...France won his second straight Olympic gold medal in men's mountain biking Saturday, easily holding...become the first man with two Olympic mountain biking titles. Absalon...It's never easy to win an Olympic title, but perhaps it was...
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Company Profile for Olympic Mountain School Press.
Business Wire; 4/1/2005; 472 words
; Olympic Mountain Press was formed for photographers by...It is an offshoot of the non-profit Olympic Mountain School of Photography located...Washington. Jana Bourne is the President of Olympic Mountain School Press. She is a graduate...
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Olympic Mountain School Press Announces That Biblio Distribution Inc. Agrees To Distribute ``88 Secrets to Photoshop for Photographers''.
Business Wire; 3/29/2005; 531 words
; GIG HARBOR, Wash. -- Olympic Mountain School Press announced today that...said Jana Bourne, president of Olympic Mountain School Press. "It's...Biblio agreed to distribute all future Olympic Mountain School Press titles as part...
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Olympic women's mountain biking team won't include Davis resident McConneloug appeal ends bizarre process that ousts Sue Haywood from Olympics
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 7/21/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Tuesday to be nominated to the Olympic women's mountain biking team, overturning USA...fine delegate of the U.S. Olympic team," USA Cycling CEO Gerard...formally be added to the official Olympic roster today. Haywood, who...
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Olympic Mountain Towns Getting Passed By
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/9/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...drains fresh cheese in the mountain village of Usseaux, northern...rural communities. In the mountains where the Olympic Alpine events will be held...little visited _ a rise in the mountain obscures it from the traffic...event and scant access to the Olympic bonanza as the games begin...
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Single-Track Minds; Off Road to Athens documents eight mountain bikers' Olympic quest.
Newspaper article from: Monterey County Weekly; 4/14/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...comes to it. Professional mountain bikers know no such luxuries...three spots on the 2004 US Olympic Mountain Biking Team, these cyclists...marshland and treacherous frozen mountains--without so much as a single...toughest part of the qualifying. Olympic ranking is based on cumulative...
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Conference on Eve of Earth Day Brings Wolves 'Back Home' to Olympic Mountains
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 4/18/1997; 674 words
; ...the majestic backdrop of the Olympic Mountains. Park, they served as ambassadors...begin celebrating Earth Day. Olympic National Park represents a perfect...wiped out all wolves from the Olympic Mountain region by 1930, as they did...
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Olympic Mountain Bike Test Race Results
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/16/2004; 202 words
; ...AP Worldstream 05-16-2004 Dateline: ATHENS, Greece Results Sunday from an Olympic mountain bike cross country test race at the Mount Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue: Men Cross Country 1. Julien Absalon, France, 1 hour, 57 minutes...
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London told to make its Olympic mountain bike course more difficult
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/1/2008; 650 words
; London needs to find a new mountain biking course for the 2012...15.5 miles) east of the Olympic Park in east London. The site...requirements that test the best mountain bikers in the world in 2012...Olympics. The International Olympic Committee describes the event...
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Olympic Mountains
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Olympic Mountains highest part of the Coast Ranges , on the Olympic Peninsula, NW Wash. Mt. Olympus (7,965 ft/2...fed by heavy winter snows. The greater part of the Olympic Mts. is included in Olympic National Park, 922,651...
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Seattle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...significant damage to the city, mainly in the historic Pioneer Square area. Situated between the majestic Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges, with Mt. Rainier to the southeast and Mt. Baker to the northeast, Seattle is not far from many national...
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Washington
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States
...chain forms two groups: the Olympic Mountains in the northwest, mainly on the Olympic Peninsula between the Pacific...southwest. The highest of the Olympic group is Mt. Olympus...300 ft (400 m) off a mountain crest that had been 9...
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Olympia: Recreation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States
...the Olympic Peninsula, nearby Olympic National Park encompasses the Olympic Mountains and Pacific Ocean beaches. Beautiful Olympic National Forest, which surrounds...along the Port Plaza provides mountain views from the working waterfront...
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United States of America
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...6 a.m. = noon GMT; Mountain, 5 a.m. = noon GMT...northern plains. In the Rocky Mountains, precipitation varies according...centimeters (140 inches) in the Olympic Mountains of Washington State. In...which begins with the Rocky Mountains, is by far the more extensive...
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