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David Bowie
David Bowie 1947-, British rock and roll singer and songwriter, b. Brixton as David Robert Jones. He scored his first hit with "Space Oddity" (1969), in which he assumed the role of astronaut Major Tom. A student of mime, the tall, slender, theatrical Bowie has been the ultimate pop chameleon. ... Read more
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry Chuck Berry (born 1926), creator of the "duck walk" and known as the "father of rock and roll," has been a major influence on popular music. Even though his career and life reached great peaks and declined to low valleys, he still prevails in music while his contemporaries have vanish... Read more
Kerouac, Jack 1922-1969
KEROUAC, JACK 1922-1969 BE at novelist The Right Time Jack Kerouac was a writer who earned his place in cultural history because of timing more than literary merit. In his books, most notably On the Road (1957), he expresses the spirit of the 1950s for an audience aimlessly seeking a suita... Read more
Rust Belt
Rust Belt or Rustbelt, economic region in the NE quadrant of the United States, focused on the Midwestern (see Midwest ) states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, as well as Pennsylvania. The term gained wide use in the 1970s as the formerly dominant industrial region became noted for t... Read more
Elisha Gray
Elisha Gray 1835-1901, American inventor, b. Barnesville, Ohio. He patented many electrical devices, most of them having to do with the telegraph . His telautograph (1888) for transmitting handwriting and line drawing was widely used. While experimenting in 1875 with the idea of sending musical no... Read more
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton 1946-, country singer, songwriter, and actress, b. Sevier County, Tenn. Among the most popular country singers of the 1970s and 80s, Parton is known for her Nashville-style flamboyance, talent for self-parody, and intelligent and witty approach to popular, country, and bluegrass music.... Read more
hovercraft
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public utility
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SARS
SARS or severe acute respiratory syndrome, communicable viral disease that can progress to a potentially fatal pneumonia. The first symptoms of SARS are usually a high fever, headache and body aches, sore throat, and mild respiratory symptoms; diarrhea may occur. A dry cough and shortness of br... Read more
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke case decided in 1978 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court held in a closely divided decision that race could be one of the factors considered in choosing a diverse student body in university admissions decisions. The Court also held, however, that th... Read more

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Karen Silkwood
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Crescent, however, her car went off the road, skidded for a hundred yards, hit a guardrail, and plunged...employer whose integrity had never been challenged, as a part...nuclear power industry it had many adversaries. The...unlikely candidate to have had such a dramatic ... Read more
Francis Ford Coppola
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...director/producer has been behind the scenes on...actress who at one time had appeared in films. Coppola...Coppola's father, who had achieved success as a...School and College While a student at Great Neck High School...acted in and directed student productions, and founded...that he once ... Read more

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Careening pickup kills girl near school.(Accidents)(The vehicle hits two other cars before running down Lindsay Mae Tracey, who had been walking on a sidewalk)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 3/14/2003; 700+ words ; ...School where a 17-year-old student was crushed by a careening...walked home from school. Students stood in small clusters...full-size Ford pickup already had hit two other vehicles on Silver...dead at the scene. Police had not yet determined what...scene. A group of weeping students ... Read more
Student (17) killed as his car hit tree.
Newspaper article from: Spalding Guardian & Lincs Free Press (Spalding, England); 12/5/2006; 206 words ; A TEENAGER was killed when his car smashed into a tree near Long Sutton...course at King's Lynn College, where he had many friends. Josh will be sadly missed. His family said he had attended Terrington St Clements High School...Lincolnshire's roads this year. There had been 57 road deaths by ... Read more
Student dies in car crash.
Newspaper article from: Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England); 7/18/2007; 138 words ; ...Myerscough College student has been killed in a car crash. Christopher...he was driving hit a lamppost on...hospital and has been discharged. Mr...Golf Club. He had played since the...tragic death, had been accepted by the...three years, he had worked as an ... Read more
Leeds hits 'saturation point for student flats.
Newspaper article from: Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England); 12/2/2006; 383 words ; ...saturation point for student housing, planners were...mill and create 160 student cluster flats with...enough. The developers had reduced their scheme...This would be managed student accommodation, and...developers could have been more imaginative and...Experience showed that ... Read more
UO student dies of hit-and-run injuries.(Crime)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 3/6/2007; 318 words ; ...University of Oregon student who was hit by a car as he crossed a street...Springfield police found a car later Sunday that had damage consistent with...people associated with the car, but no one has been charged, Lt. Tony Baker...about Sunday's fatal hit-and-run ... Read more
Golf student killed in car crash.
Newspaper article from: Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England); 7/19/2007; 208 words ; A former student of Myerscough College has been killed in a car accident. Christopher...Volvo he was driving hit a lamppost in Blackley...Myerscough College, and had played the sport...before his death, had been accepted by the...last three years he had worked as an ... Read more
Vandals hit charity drive by students.
Newspaper article from: The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England); 8/24/2006; 294 words ; ...GROUP of Sheffield students gearing up for...road trip have had the brakes put...damaged their car. Thugs destroyed...a camera which had been installed onto the roof of the car to record the...Hallam University students need to raise...400 to get their car back on the ... Read more
Teen deaths shake up Coos Bay classmates.(Accidents)(Marshfield High students Marisa Cuiriz and Danny Lowry die in car crash)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 5/13/2003; 700+ words ; ...COOS BAY - Students at Marshfield...killed in a car wreck on their...Three other students were injured...helicopter. He had critical head...group of teens had been partying there...teeming with students from Marshfield...into Lowry's car and headed...stopped when it ... Read more
Student death car driver 'lost it' on bend.
Newspaper article from: Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England); 5/7/2008; 376 words ; ...university student was killed instantly when the car he was travelling...a jury has been told. Back...Hesketh, 18, a student at the University...injuries after the car his friend...Preston, and hit the taxi on...friend, fellow student and part-time...teenager in the car ... Read more
Student learns fast on car-racing scene.
Newspaper article from: Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England); 3/6/2008; 405 words ; A driven Sunderland student is looking for support to fuel his car-racing ambitions. Hal...university studies - and has been known to drive all night...I'm building a new car at the moment to race...in everything. We've had some dire events, but...of help repairing a car or fixing ... Read more