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91ice hockey — a game played on ice between two teams of six skaters each, the object being to score goals by shooting a puck into the opponents cage using a stick with a wooden blade set at an obtuse angle to the shaft. [1880 85] * * * Game played on an ice… …
92novel — novel1 novellike, adj. /nov euhl/, n. 1. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. 2. (formerly) novella (def. 1). [1560 70; <… …
93sports and games — Recreational or competitive activities that involve physical skill, intellectual acumen, and often luck (especially in the case of games of chance). Play is an integral part of human nature. Throughout history, humans have invented sporting and… …
94Libraries and Museums — ▪ 2007 Introduction Libraries and museums grappled with ways to attract more patrons during the year, introducing innovative software (Library 2.0), technological wizardry (iPods as museum aides), and even “bib dating.” Efforts continued to… …
95Tragic Optimism for a Millennial Dawning — ▪ 1999 Introduction by Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould, Professor of Geology and Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at Harvard University since 1973, has gained worldwide renown as a paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and, not least,… …
96Churchill, Sir Winston — ▪ prime minister of United Kingdom Introduction in full Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill born Nov. 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, Eng. died Jan. 24, 1965, London British statesman, orator, and author who as prime minister… …
97Normandy Invasion — ▪ European United States history Introduction also called Operation Overlord during World War II, the Allied invasion of western Europe, which was launched on June 6, 1944 (the most celebrated D Day of the war), with the simultaneous landing… …
98Ronald Reagan: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, January 21, 1985 Senator Mathias, Chief Justice Burger, Vice President Bush, Speaker O Neill, Senator Dole, Reverend Clergy, members of my family and friends, and my fellow citizens: This day has been… …
99Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Good Neighbor Policy — ▪ Primary Source Three decades of strained relations with the Latin American countries were reversed during the Hoover administration, largely through the work of Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson. President Roosevelt, who later… …
100Woodrow Wilson: The League of Nations — ▪ Primary Source The agreements arrived at during the Versailles Peace Conference of 1919 dealt, among other things, with territorial adjustments, colonial claims, war reparations, and arms control. President Wilson, who headed the… …
