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Billy Mills
Billy Mills 1938- American track and field athlete Lakota Sioux runner Billy Mills was responsible for one of the greatest upsets in Olympic history. A complete unknown in the track-and-field world, Mills outran a field of international track stars to win the gold medal in the 10,000-meter... Read more |
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Zulu War 1879
Zulu War, 1879. The war was the unforeseen result of the desire of Lord Carnarvon, the British colonial secretary, to unite the British colonies and Boer (Afrikaner) republics in South Africa to guarantee the security of white settlers. Sir Bartle Frere, sent out as high commissioner to implement... Read more |
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Rudolf Mossbauer
Rudolf Mössbauer Nobel Prize-winning physicist Rudolf M Read more |
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WinsLoew Furniture Inc
WinsLoew Furniture, Inc. 201 Cahaba Valley ParkwayPelham, Alabama 35124U.S.A.(205) 403-0206Fax: (205) 403-0403 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1994Employees: 1266Sales: $144 million (1996)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 2510 Household Furniture WinsLoew Furniture, Inc. designs, manufactures, and... Read more |
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Ne Win
Ne Win Ne Win (born 1911) was a Burmese general and political leader who twice seized power from elected premier U Nu and ruled Burma (now Myanmar) as a repressive and isolationist socialist government until he resigned in 1988. Born in Prome, Burma (now Myanmar), Ne Win was named Shu Maung... Read more |
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John Bardeen
John Bardeen , 1908-91, American physicist, b. Madison, Wis., grad. Univ. of Wisconsin (B.S. 1928, M.S. 1929), Ph.D. Princeton, 1936. He was a research physicist at the Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1945 to 1951. In 1951 he became professor of electrical engineering and physics at the Univ. of... Read more |
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Bobby Hull
Bobby Hull 1939- Canadian hockey player One of the most dynamic players in the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 1960s, Bobby Hull earned the nickname "The Golden Jet" for his quick moves and solid shooting ability on the ice and his colorful personality off the ice. Setting numerous... Read more |
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Patrick Victor Martindale White
Patrick Victor Martindale White Patrick Victor Martindale White (1912-1990) was the first Australian to win the Nobel Prize for literature. He used religious experience and symbolism to show man's struggle to transcend the "dreary, every day life." Patrick White was born in London on... Read more |
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Tom Daschle
Tom Daschle (Thomas Andrew Daschle) , 1947-, U.S. senator from South Dakota (1987-2005), b. Aberdeen, S.Dak. A Democrat, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978, where he served four terms; he was first elected to the Senate in 1986. A low-key centrist with a reputation as a... Read more |
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Tiger roars to life as U.S. forges a tie
...Kiawah Island, South Carolina. All...of us, until we win." History favors...on our side to win this." European captain Sam Torrance is sending his...have 12 lions," Torrance said. That one...rewarded for his solid play, ... |
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Cup hero Padraig is still thirsting for success; Volvo Order of Merit on the...
...would have to win here to have any...Merit, his fellow South African Retief...waiting for a huge roar, but all I could...Skipper Sam Torrance pulled out before...if he was to win this week he would...it was a good, solid ... |