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Intensive diplomacy during 1990 sought to end the warfare that has ravaged Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea) for two decades. But fighting continued between the Communist regime and an unstable coalition of three guerrilla groups. Two of the groups are ...


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experienced a troubled year in 1990. The federal government, led by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, head of the Progressive Conservative Party, found itself frustrated in achieving its principal objectives. The goal of reconciling French-speaking ...


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Short-story collections were prominent in 1990, with a new book by Alice Munro probably the strongest work of Canadian fiction of the year. Friend of My Youth demonstrated Munro's mastery, capturing ironic, frequently tragic patterns of life. Audrey ...


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Chemists in the United States identified the essence of body odor in 1990. George Preti of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia made the announcement at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in August. Preti and his colleagues ...


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More than 16 years of military rule ended on March 11, 1990, when Patricio Aylwin Azocar, 72, was sworn in as Chile's president for a five-year term. A Christian Democrat, Aylwin was Chile's first popularly elected leader since a 1973 military coup. ...


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China drifted through 1990 without a clear sense of direction. While most other Communist countries were rejecting centralized economic controls and seeking to establish new economic systems, China's leaders, almost all of whom were men in their ...


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The worldwide sales growth of computers continued to slow in 1990. According to one market research company, the International Data Corporation of Framingham, Mass., computer sales during the year rose approximately 9.7 per cent to nearly $151 billion....


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The second and final session of the 101st Congress, in 1990, triggered a mounting public outcry about the way in which lawmakers go about their business. Yet the election-year session produced landmark legislation and made a start on significant ...


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A bitter conflict between the timber industry and the environmental community came to a head on June 22, 1990, when the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the northern spotted owl a threatened species (a species not yet endangered ...


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A grisly series of murders shocked the residents of Gainesville, Fla., in August 1990. Five college students, all but one of them women, were found stabbed to death near the campus of the University of Florida. All had suffered multiple stab wounds. ...


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Tension between Cuba and the Soviet Union grew worse in 1990. As aid from the Soviet Union was either delayed or cut back, rationing and shortages in Cuba became widespread. Even newsprint was scarce. ...


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The "velvet revolution," which quickly and peacefully toppled Czechoslovakia's Communist government in 1989, found the road to reform difficult in 1990. Sharp conflict arose between those who wished to dismantle the old ruling structures by the ...


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Dispirited after losing three straight presidential elections, the Democratic Party found an energizing rallying cry in 1990: unfair taxation. Democrats painted Republican President George Bush as a friend of the rich who wanted to place the heaviest ...


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Danish Prime Minister Poul Schluter called for parliamentary elections in 1990 following disagreements with the opposition Social Democrats on how to boost Denmark's slumping economy. His Conservative People's Party lost 5 seats in the December 12 ...


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The midterm elections of 1990 produced modest Democratic gains in the United States Congress. Democrats won a 56 to 44 edge in the Senate, picking up 1 seat in 36 contests. Two-term Republican Rudy Boschwitz of Minnesota was upset by liberal Democrat ...


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As the Cold War came to an end in 1990, Europe faced a dramatic restructuring. For more than four decades, the Cold War had split Europe into two blocs: one in western Europe allied with the United States and the other in eastern Europe backed by the ...


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Finland felt the impact of changes in the Soviet Union in 1990. After World War II (1939-1945), Finland had developed a strategy, often dubbed Finlandization, for accommodating the Communist superpower politically and economically. This strategy ...


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The New York Giants became champions of the National Football League's (NFL) 1990 season, defeating the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV by a score of 20 to 19, the closest Super Bowl ever. The University of Colorado and Georgia Tech shared the ...


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A number of events during 1990 called into question France's future role on the international scene. Among them were German unification, changed east-west relations, and an erosion of French prestige in Africa. French President Francois Mitterrand ...


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The discovery of a sample of what is believed to be the oldest known ocean floor was reported in January 1990 by a team of geologists working on the drillship JOIDES Resolution. The team found the 175-million-year-old rock in the far western Pacific ...


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Germany was reunited on Oct. 3, 1990, ending 45 years of division that had followed World War II. For Germans, the year revolved around events that merged the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) ...


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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher stunned Great Britain and the world when she resigned on Nov. 22, 1990, after failing to win the Conservative Party's leadership election on November 21. She had been expected to run in a second round of balloting ...


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Prospects brightened in 1990 for a stable, effective government in Greece. Constantine Mitsotakis was sworn in as prime minister on April 11 after April 8 elections gave his conservative New Democracy party 150 seats in the 300-member Parliament. ...


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In a landslide victory, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a Roman Catholic priest and advocate for the poor, was elected president of Haiti on Dec. 16, 1990. Early official results gave Aristide 70.6 per cent of the vote, compared with 12.6 per cent for his ...


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The Edmonton Oilers, in their 11th season in the National Hockey League (NHL), won the Stanley Cup for the fifth time. They did it without some key figures from their previous championship teams--center Wayne Gretzky (traded), defenseman Paul Coffey ...


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Hungary faced a tough winter as 1990 drew to a close and the government battled the social problems that resulted from economic reform. Mounting inflation--30 per cent by October--and rising unemployment seriously aggravated the political problems ...


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The coalition government of Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh lost a confidence vote in the lower house of Parliament on Nov. 7, 1990, by 346 votes to 142. On November 10, Chandra Shekhar became prime minister at the head of a minority government....


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An 11-week stand-off between armed Mohawk Indians and the Canadian Army in Oka, Que., near Montreal, ended on Sept. 26, 1990, after the Indians laid down their weapons. The confrontation erupted over plans by Oka officials to expand a golf course ...


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Indonesia had steady economic growth during 1990, spurred by soaring oil and natural gas export earnings after events in the Middle East hiked international fuel prices. Domestic and foreign investment surged, and the government encouraged more ...


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The coalition government headed by Prime Minister Charles Haughey enjoyed a relatively calm 1990 until late in the year. Political excitement stirred on November 7, when the presidential election was won for the first time by a woman, Mary Robinson. ...


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Israel's coalition government collapsed on March 15, 1990, in a bitter debate over a United States-sponsored plan for holding Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The right wing Likud bloc, headed by Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, rejected the plan, which ...


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Voicing concern about the spread of organized crime in Italy, President Francesco Cossiga said in an open letter to Parliament on Sept. 26, 1990, that the Mafia controlled whole sectors of the nation. Gang wars became increasingly violent, with 775 ...


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Japan's ruling Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP), which was rocked by scandals and a tax dispute in 1989, made a comeback in 1990. After decades of prominence, the LDP had lost control of the upper house of parliament in July 1989 elections. But on Feb. ...


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Relations between Communist North Korea and its only traditional supporters, the Soviet Union and China, cooled in 1990. Neither neighbor sent the amount of economic aid that President Kim II-song had long depended upon. In addition, the Soviet Union ...


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Obtaining credit to put people to work topped the political agenda of Latin-American leaders during 1990. Country after country sought to reach terms with foreign banks and lenders and restore their credit ratings. There was a special urgency about ...


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Leader of the Revolution Muammar Muhammad al-Qadhafi kept a low profile in 1990 after suffering a number of political reverses during the late 1980's. ...


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Mahathir bin Mohamad won a third term as prime minister by leading his political party, the New United Malays National Organization (UMNO), to victory in parliamentary elections on Oct. 20 and 21, 1990. For months, observers had speculated that the ...


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Premier Gary A. Filmon's two-year minority government won a narrow majority in elections on Sept. 11, 1990. The Progressive Conservative (PC) administration increased its standing from 25 to 30 members in the 57-seat Legislative Assembly. Political ...


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A long-awaited era in medicine began in the United States on Sept. 14, 1990, when a 4-year-old girl became the first human being to undergo a federally approved attempt at gene therapy. Gene therapy involves inserting new genes into a patient's cells ...


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A major advance in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) occurred in 1990. In January, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the drug clomipramine to treat the disorder. OCD is a mental condition that ...


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President Carlos Salinas de Gortari continued to display exceptional skill in 1990 in managing Mexico's economic revival. Salinas also managed to maintain an approval rating of 70 per cent among the country's diverse voters. ...


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The Middle East once again became the focus of an international crisis when Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990. Iraq's President Saddam Hussein ordered the attack on Kuwait after negotiations between the two countries over oil production ...


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The environment continued to shape political debate in the Netherlands during 1990. The year before, the government had fallen in a dispute over financing an antipollution program that was to cost $7.5 billion per year by 1994. After parliamentary ...


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Premier Frank J. McKenna and his Liberal Party continued in 1990 to control New Brunswick's Legislative Assembly, the only one-party legislature in Canada. The party has held all of the 58 seats in the Assembly since the October 1987 election. A poll ...


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Gloomy prospects for the fishing industry were balanced in 1990 by hope for offshore oil development in Newfoundland, Canada's most economically troubled province. On January 2, the federal government announced a 16 per cent reduction in cod quotas ...


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The outlawed Irish Republican Army (IRA) intensified its campaign of violence on the British mainland in 1990, attacking what it claimed were military and political targets. ...


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Protection of the fragile Arctic environment was a main concern in the vast Northwest Territories in 1990. An environmental review panel made up of federal and Inuit (Eskimo) appointees issued a harsh indictment of the federal government's ability to ...


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In 1990, Norway debated whether to apply for membership in the European Community (EC or Common Market). The issue, which had simmered for years, boiled up during the year as the other Scandinavian countries demonstrated growing interest in seeking EC ...


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Premier John Buchanan resigned on Sept. 12, 1990, to accept an appointment to the Canadian Senate. Some political analysts said that Prime Minister Brian Mulroney gave the seat to Buchanan, a Progressive Conservative, as a reward for support of the ...


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Oceanographers launched their largest scientific effort ever in January 1990, after more than seven years of planning. The World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) will combine the efforts of scientists from some 40 nations to conduct the first ...


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After five secret ballots, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sept. 18, 1990, chose Atlanta, Ga., to host the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. In previous years, the IOC selected Barcelona, Spain, for the 1992 Summer Games; Albertville, France, ...


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Ontario voters removed the Liberal Party from its majority position and elected Robert K. Rae as the province's first-ever New Democratic Party (NDP) premier on Sept. 6, 1990. The NDP increased its strength in Ontario's Legislative Assembly from 19 to ...


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Some of the most ancient birds were good fliers and not gliders or land dwellers, an analysis of a 135-million-year-old bird fossil found in China has revealed. The bird, whose discovery was reported in October 1990, is 10 million years older than the ...


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Alberto Fujimori, the son of Japanese immigrants, was sworn in for a five-year term as Peru's president on July 28, 1990. An expert in farm management and a former university official, Fujimori beat the favored candidate, novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, ...


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The threat of an uprising by rebellious soldiers loomed over the Philippines throughout 1990. The nation also suffered a severe earthquake and economic troubles. For many citizens, the belief that President Corazon C. Aquino was indecisive and ...


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A long-standing mystery deepened in 1990: Why does the sun seem to produce fewer neutrinos than scientists think it should? New neutrino detectors have so far uncovered few clues about these elusive subatomic particles, but they have focused attention ...


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Poland took another big stride toward democracy on Nov. 25, 1990, when it held its first popular election for president. No candidate received the 50 per cent majority needed for election, though Lech Walesa, leader of the labor union Solidarity, ...


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A legal controversy over whether the lyrics of some popular music are obscene erupted almost immediately as 1990 began. Guidelines set by the Supreme Court of the United States say an artistic work can be judged obscene if it lacks serious artistic ...


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The dream of a fixed link between this island province and the Canadian mainland faded on Aug. 15, 1990, when a federal environmental review panel concluded that a proposed 13-kilometer (8-mile) bridge should not be built. The panel stressed the ...


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Young adults have nightmares far more frequently than scientists previously thought, according to a study published in February 1990. This new study also indicates that emotionally stable people have about the same number of frightening dreams as ...


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A major United States government report, issued on Feb. 27, 1990, urged for the first time that virtually all Americans adopt low-fat, low-cholesterol diets. Previously, federal health experts believed that such diets would be of the greatest benefit ...


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Puerto Ricans focused their attention in 1990 on the United States Congress, where legislation that would permit them to vote on their future political status took a sizable step forward. On October 10, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a ...


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The failure of the Meech Lake constitutional accord in 1990 brought political difficulties to Premier Robert Bourassa and his Liberal government. Committed to a working federal system, Bourassa faced supporters of a sovereign Quebec who argued that ...


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Going into 1990 from a position of strength, the Republican Party (GOP) was thrown into disarray by President George Bush's June 26 decision to abandon his winning 1988 campaign pledge of "no new taxes." Bush shifted gears to fashion a deficit-cutting ...


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Saskatchewan, which has almost 40 per cent of the farmland in Canada, faced bleak prospects during an agricultural depression in 1990. A bumper wheat crop could not be sold because of a worldwide glut and prices too low to cover production costs. ...


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Saudi Arabia began 1990 with good prospects for economic growth and a relatively quiet political environment. Then, on August 2, Iraq invaded Kuwait. United States President George Bush announced on August 8 that, at the invitation of Saudi Arabia, he ...


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West Germany won the 1990 World Cup, for most nations the most important of all sports events. The United States, playing in its first World Cup finals in 40 years, was eliminated in the first round. ...


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In a historic policy reversal announced on Feb. 2, 1990, the white minority government of State President Frederik Willem de Klerk lifted long-standing bans on the African National Congress (ANC) and 33 other opposition groups. Even more dramatic was ...


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Fuel leaks grounded the United States space shuttle fleet for much of 1990. Nevertheless, astronauts launched the largest telescope ever put into orbit and sent a spacecraft to the polar regions of the sun. A probe launched in 1989 reached Venus in ...


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The governing Socialist Workers' Party suffered continuing blows to its popularity in 1990. The party's troubles came on the heels of its disappointing showing in October 1989 parliamentary elections. ...


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In 1990, Sweden's Social Democratic government began paring back the programs that have made the nation a welfare state, proposing sharp cuts in benefits and state jobs to stop the country's economic decline. Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson emphasized ...


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The return of animated cartoons to evening programming; the introduction of an innovative, brooding, and often confusing murder-mystery soap opera; and the use of amateurs' home videos to get laughs. Those were three of the trendsetting high-lights on ...


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A political duel between the prime minister and a rival with ties to the military disturbed Thai political waters in 1990. After four years as army commander in chief, General Chaovalit Yongchaiyut resigned the post on March 30 to become deputy prime ...


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Increased cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union and the advance of democracy in eastern Europe created serious challenges for Turkey in 1990. Turkey's strategic importance as the southern anchor of the North Atlantic Treaty ...


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Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the president of the Soviet Union and general secretary of the Communist Party, struggled through 1990 to keep his reform policies alive and hold the country together. For much of the year, he steered a middle course between ...


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The Communist Party Central Committee, which sets Vietnamese policy, argued inconclusively during 1990. At issue was the moderation of Vietnam's rigid Marxist political and economic system. ...


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Above-average temperatures continued to dominate the United States weather pattern for most of 1990. In January 1991, scientists at the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C., announced that 1990 was the seventh warmest year in this century. ...


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The federation of six republics that make up Yugoslavia came dangerously close to breaking apart in 1990. Conflict deepened between Serbia, the largest and most populous republic, and the more Westernized and prosperous republics of Slovenia and ...


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A final agreement on land claims was initialed on April 1, 1990, the culmination of 17 years of on-and-off talks between representatives of the 6,500 Yukon Indians and the federal and territorial governments. The agreement gave Indians title to 16,000 ...


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West German primatologist Bernhard Meier reported in a scientific journal in 1990 the rediscovery of the hairy-eared dwarf lemur, a tiny primate that scientists had feared was extinct. Meier had found three of the dwarf lemurs in a burrow in April ...


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Thurgood Marshall retired from the Supreme Court in 1991 and died in 1993. He had been a tireless advocate for civil rights and the poor--and a dissenting voice on an increasingly conservative high court. ...


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A Troubled Past; a Cloudy Future for the Balkans

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Bitter conflicts that led to civil war in what had been Yugoslavia are rooted deep in that troubled region's past....


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Long-standing cultural and political tensions between the English-speaking majority of Canada and French-speaking Quebec have led this province to the brink of secession from Canada....


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The 1990 Census: An American Self-Portrait

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The latest figures from the United States Bureau of the Census reveal a changing picture of who Americans are and where and how they live. ...


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Some of Iraq's ancient archaeological sites and treasures were among the victims of the Persian Gulf War and the civil uprisings that followed. ...


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Using massive air strikes and surprise movements by troops on the ground, an international military force spearheaded by the United States drove Iraqi invaders from the oil-rich nation of Kuwait....


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After ruling the Soviet Union for 74 years, the Communist party proved to be beyond reform and, despite a last-ditch coup attempt by party stalwarts, lost power. ...


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The lives and artistic achievements of Martha Graham and Dame Margot Fonteyn ended the "war" between ballet and modern dance....


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Natural underground reservoirs of water, which provide drinking water for millions of people and irrigation for many farms, are threatened by overuse and by pollution from many sources....


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While debates about the controversial and uncensored lyrics of some rappers continue to flare up, the music is becoming more popular than ever....


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Developments in Africa in 1991 demonstrated that African nations are attempting to solve many of the political and economic problems that have been holding the continent back. Several of Africa's long-standing civil wars ended or were winding down ...


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The fact that AIDS can strike anyone was dramatically emphasized when Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Earvin (Magic) Johnson, Jr., announced on Nov. 7, 1991, that he was infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes ...


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Alberta's efforts to diversify its economy in 1991 were set back by the failure of several government-backed enterprises. In April, a magnesium smelter in High River was closed. Alberta's government had supported the project with $103 million ($91 ...


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The discovery of prehuman fossilized bones believed to be from 3 million to 3.5 million years old was reported in March 1991. The bones, found at Hadar in Ethiopia, have expanded scientists' knowledge of the earliest known hominid species. (Hominids ...


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A 40-year monopoly on access to the Dead Sea Scrolls, one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 1900's, was broken in 1991 by the actions of two scholars and of the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif. The Dead Sea Scrolls are a ...


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During the second half of 1991, there were several signs that the Argentine economy, long mired in recession, was at last on the road to recovery. The economic turnaround came suddenly in August, when inflation was held to 1.3 per cent, its lowest ...


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Asia suffered from natural disasters in 1991 while groping toward peaceful resolutions to its largest wars. All Asian nations felt the effects of upheavals in the Communist world. ...


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For astronomers who observe the universe by using instruments aboard spacecraft, 1991 was a year of frustration, as two spacecraft experienced malfunctions, but it was also a year of great success. One recently launched satellite operated flawlessly, ...


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On Dec. 19, 1991, Australian Prime Minister Robert Hawke was toppled in a leadership challenge by parliamentary members of his party, the Australian Labor Party. In a 56 to 51 vote, the party elected former treasurer Paul Keating as its head. The ...


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Few years have been as rich in freshly designed cars and trucks or as poor in sales as 1991. Although there were dozens of attractive new models, sales of new cars and trucks in the United States fell to an estimated 12.5 million, down 11.3 per cent ...


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The economic recession in the United States and a sharp drop in air travel because of concerns about possible terrorist activities in connection with the Persian Gulf War pummeled the airline industry in 1991. Analysts predicted that the nation's ...


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In 1991, for the first time in the 1900's, a major league team rose from last place to first in one year and played in the World Series. Two teams achieved that feat--the Minnesota Twins in the American League and the Atlanta Braves in the National ...


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The Duke University men, the University of Tennessee women, and the Chicago Bulls won major basketball championships during 1991. In international basketball competition, the usually dominant United States did poorly. The University of Nevada, Las ...


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Geneticists continued to make new discoveries in 1991. In July, researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore; Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in Portland, Ore.; and the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City independently ...


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A political dynasty ended in 1991 when the Social Credit Party, in office for 36 of the last 39 years, was ousted in a provincial election. The party sank amidst scandal and resignations. Thirteen Cabinet ministers had resigned due to allegations of ...


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Four warring factions in Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea) signed a peace treaty in Paris on Oct. 23, 1991. The treaty called for the United Nations (UN) to administer a transitional government, leading to elections by early 1993. ...


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Public discussion in Canada in 1991 centered on proposed changes to the Constitution and on whether Quebec would secede from the nation. Discussion of these topics became heated in 1991 partly because the Meech Lake Accord had not been approved by all ...


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The Canadian recession took a toll on Canada's publishing industry in 1991 as book sales plummeted. Publisher Lester & Orpen Dennys closed its doors, as did Summerhill, Western Producer Prairie Books, and Hurtig Publishers. ...


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The process in nature that produces bones, teeth, sea shells, and other hard tissues was successfully mimicked in the laboratory, chemists reported in January 1991. Despite the importance of this process, known as biomineralization , much about its ...


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Chile's economy benefited in 1991 from the peaceful settlement of labor disputes and the decision by a rebel group to work within the system. These developments helped attract substantial new foreign business investment. ...


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China improved its relations with several important nations during 1991. This improvement followed a period of strained international relations which began in June 1989, when Chinese soldiers killed hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing, ...


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Bill Clinton (1946- ), threw his hat into the presidential ring on Oct. 3, 1991, and became the fifth candidate to announce his bid for the Democratic nomination. The five-term governor of Arkansas hoped to appeal to the middle class with statements ...


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The United States computer industry saw wide changes in 1991. Significant new products were introduced, including a computer that can read printed handwriting and also accept data entry from a keyboard. Leading computer companies formed new alliances ...


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Two dramatic happenings in Congress in 1991 captured public attention: a debate over authorizing the nation to wage war in the Middle East and televised Senate hearings on sexual harassment charges against a nominee for the Supreme Court of the United ...


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A major environmental battle began taking shape in the United States in May 1991 over the definition of wetlands (swamps, marshes, bogs, and other frequently damp ecosystems). On May 14, several federal agencies proposed new criteria to define ...


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More than in most years, murder dominated crime headlines during 1991. The arrest in Milwaukee, Wisc., of an alleged killer of at least 17 people was especially startling because of the gruesome fate of the victims. And in a scene that has become ...


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The collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union in 1991 brought an end to Soviet assistance to Cuba. Nevertheless, Cuban President Fidel Castro positioned himself and Cuba to survive, if not embrace, a changed world. Addressing members of Cuba's ruling ...


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The two political movements that in 1989 had united to end Communist rule peacefully in Czechoslovakia broke into factions in 1991. These two movements were the Civic Forum in the Czech Republic--the party of Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel--and ...


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A Democratic Party in disarray found new life on Nov. 5, 1991, as Pennsylvania voters handed the Administration of Republican President George Bush a major defeat in a special election for the U.S. Senate. Republican Richard L. Thornburgh, a former ...


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In 1991, Denmark forged closer ties with the 12-nation European Community (EC or Common Market). Then, in August, it became one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with the newly independent Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and ...


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Elections in the United States in 1991 ended with a controversial flourish on November 16 in Louisiana with the defeat of Republican David E. Duke in the governor's race. Duke, a former Ku Klux Klan leader and Nazi sympathizer, lost to Edwin W. ...


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Europe continued to reshape itself in fundamental ways in 1991. The industrialized countries of western Europe increasingly integrated their economies into a powerful trading bloc, while the former Communist countries of eastern Europe struggled to ...


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In April 1991, Finland formed a new government, a four-party coalition led by the Center Party. In elections held on March 17, the Center Party won 55 of the 200 seats in the Eduskunta, Finland's parliament, more than any other political party. The ...


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Professional and college football in the United States crowned new champions in the 1991 season. The New York Giants, who won Super Bowl XXV in January 1991, slipped to an 8-8 record as the Washington Redskins won Super Bowl XXVI in January 1992. The ...


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In international affairs, France sought to underscore its role as a leading power by sending about 15,000 soldiers to the Persian Gulf as part of the multinational coalition that drove Iraqi occupying forces from Kuwait. In February, French troops ...


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Large eruptions from three volcanoes made headlines in 1991. These, like most of Earth's volcanoes, were located along subduction zones, areas where one tectonic plate is descending beneath another. (Tectonic plates are huge segments of Earth's outer ...


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The joy that accompanied the unification of East and West Germany in 1990 gave way in 1991 to the reality: Raising the living standards of the 17 million former East Germans was going to be costly and difficult. Even so, Germany's economy remained the ...


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Prime Minister John Major struggled in 1991 to establish himself as a competent successor to Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher had dominated the British political scene as prime minister for more than 11 years, until November 1990, when she resigned and ...


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In 1991, Greece struggled to shore up a weak economy that threatened to prevent the country from benefiting fully from the removal of most trade barriers within the 12-nation European Community (EC or Common Market) by the end of 1992. ...


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On Sept. 30, 1991, the Haitian military overthrew the nation's first democratically elected head of state, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The leader of the coup, Brigadier General Raoul Cedras, seemed unable to control his troops, and as many as ...


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The National Hockey League's (NHL's) 1990-1991 season ended on an improbable note. The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Minnesota North Stars were unlikely opponents in the Stanley Cup finals. The Penguins won the championship, 4 games to 2. ...


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Public confidence in the ruling Hungarian Democratic Forum (HDF) and the country's fledgling parliamentary democracy slipped during 1991 despite some notable economic success. Foreign investment helped reduce the country's $20-billion foreign debt by ...


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Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the leader of India's largest political party, was assassinated on May 21, 1991, as he campaigned during elections for the lower house of Parliament. Gandhi was the second member of his family to die as a result of ...


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Native people in the Canadian province of Ontario have an innate right to self-government "flowing from the Creator and from the First Nations' original occupation of the land," according to a historic agreement signed by Ontario officials and 12 ...


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Living standards for Indonesia's 186 million people continued to improve in 1991 despite inflation of more than 9 per cent and other economic problems. Industrial growth, primarily on the island of Java, led the expansion of the economy, which has ...


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The political future of Ireland's Prime Minister Charles J. Haughey seemed uncertain in 1991. The possibility arose that he would be replaced as leader of the Fianna Fail (Soldiers of Destiny) party, which he has led since 1979. In local elections ...


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Iraq launched 39 surface-to-surface missiles at Israel in February 1991 during the Persian Gulf War, killing 4 people and injuring 300 others. Despite intense public outrage, Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir did not order a military ...


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Italy in 1991 struggled to contend with organized crime and a disorganized government. In addition, a huge influx of poverty-stricken refugees arrived from nearby Albania, Europe's poorest nation. ...


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Leaders of the ruling Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) forced Toshiki Kaifu from the prime minister's job despite polls showing that between 55 and 65 per cent of the public supported him. Kiichi Miyazawa became prime minister on Nov. 5, 1991. ...


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Two defectors from North Korea, a diplomat and an intelligence officer, said in 1991 that the secretive Communist state was close to completing its first nuclear weapons at a hidden underground plant. North Korean officials in June negotiated an ...


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Latin Americans turned to the pursuit of an old dream in 1991--the forging of a regional economic union. Governments that were, with rare exceptions, democratically elected reported progress toward the goal of economic union during the year. ...


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Libya was accused in 1991 of involvement in the bombings of two civilian aircraft, in which 441 people died. On November 14, the United States accused two Libyan intelligence officials of building and planting the bomb that exploded aboard Pan ...


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Lithuania, which first tried to secede from the Soviet Union in 1990, saw independence become a reality in 1991. Before that occurred, however, Lithuania stood up to military intimidation as the Soviet government attempted to crush the country's ...


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in 1991 launched a New Development Policy intended to make the nation an economically "fully developed country" by the year 2020. Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad presented the policy on June 17 to replace the New Economic Policy that had guided ...


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A month-long nursing strike, the longest such strike in Canada's history, ended Feb. 1, 1991, when Manitoba's 10,500 nurses accepted a two-year contract giving them a salary increase of 14 per cent over two years. The settlement disappointed many ...


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A Michigan doctor helped two women commit suicide on Oct. 23, 1991, refueling a nationwide debate concerning the medical ethics of such action. In a remote cabin in the Detroit area, pathologist Jack Kevorkian attached suicide devices that he had ...


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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may occur far more often than previously believed, psychologists reported in March 1991. PTSD features a variety of symptoms, including recurring nightmares and memories of a traumatic event, difficulty ...


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Mexico's highly centralized government in 1991 continued to emphasize economic modernization and closer ties with the United States. The success of free-market policies, including selling government-owned businesses to private business owners, ...


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The Persian Gulf War, fought by a United States-led coalition to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation in January and February 1991, had important political effects on the Middle East during the year. The collapse of Arab unity before the war opened ...


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During the last half of 1991, the Netherlands held the presidency of the Council of Ministers, the policymaking body of the 12-nation European Community (EC or Common Market). The EC presidency, which rotates among member nations every six months, ...


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The Liberal Party retained power after elections on Sept. 23, 1991. The party, which was led by Premier Frank J. McKenna, had held all 58 legislative seats since 1987. In the September elections, the Liberals captured 46 seats and won just less than ...


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The Canadian recession, poor fishing conditions, and a drastic reduction in anticipated federal funding resulted in Newfoundland's harshest budget cuts since the province joined the Dominion of Canada in 1949. The budget, which was released on March 7,...


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The first phase of negotiations aimed at returning self-government to Northern Ireland began in Belfast on June 17, 1991. But the talks were called off on July 3 by British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke in order to prevent a ...


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Canada drew up a tentative agreement on Dec. 16, 1991, to give the Inuit (Eskimo) people political control over a 770,000-square-mile (2-million-square-kilometer) area in the Northwest Territories, as well as exclusive ownership of 135,000 square ...


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In 1991, Norway debated whether to apply for membership in the 12-nation European Community (EC or Common Market). Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland of the Labor Party tried to rally nationwide support for a decision to join, but opinion polls ...


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The province gained its 21st premier on Feb. 26, 1991. Donald Cameron, a former dairy farmer and minister of industry, succeeded interim premier Roger S. Bacon. Cameron was elected to the post at a Progressive Conservative Party (PC) convention on ...


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In an effort to obstruct allied forces during the Persian Gulf War, Iraq allegedly opened Kuwaiti oil tankers, pipelines, and wells in January 1991 and flooded the Persian Gulf with crude oil. Scientists could not determine the exact amount of oil ...


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The recession that began in Canada in April 1990 hit Ontario hard as nearly 226,000 people in the province lost their jobs. This number represented three-fourths of all jobs lost in Canada during this time period. Ontario's unemployment rate climbed ...


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The development of complex life forms more than 500 million years ago was more sudden and widespread than scientists had believed. That conclusion was reported in May 1991 by paleontologists L. Ramskold of the Swedish Museum of Natural History in ...


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A cholera outbreak began in northern Peru in late January 1991. By November, the outbreak had reached epidemic proportions, with doctors reporting more than 275,000 cases and 2,664 deaths, according to the Pan American Health Organization. ...


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Flash floods on Nov. 5, 1991, left about 6,000 people dead on the central Philippine islands of Leyte and Negros. A less deadly disaster but one with more repercussions occurred in June, when Mount Pinatubo, a volcano 55 miles (89 kilometers) ...


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One of chemistry's most fascinating molecules, a carbon molecule in the shape of a soccer ball, became a plaything for physicists in April 1991. At that time, a team of researchers at AT&T Bell Laboratories announced that the molecules, popularly ...


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had a difficult year in 1991. The living standards of many Poles continued to slide and political divisions splintered the Solidarity movement, which had toppled the Communist government in 1989. ...


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A new method for ranking top-selling country and popular music albums was used for the first time in charts appearing in the May 25, 1991, issue of Billboard, a major recording industry magazine. The chart rankings were based on actual retail store ...


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Exporters of one of the province's major agricultural products, potatoes, suffered a severe setback when food inspectors found a virus called PVY-n on seed potatoes in January 1991. The United States imposed a partial ban on imports of potatoes from ...


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High levels of psychological stress substantially increase a person's chances of catching a cold, according to a study published in August 1991. The investigation found a link between mental stress and the functioning of the body's immune system, said ...


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The American Red Cross on May 19, 1991, announced a $100-million program to overhaul its blood bank system in an effort to improve the safety of its blood supplies. Red Cross officials said there had been incidents in which regional centers ...


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On Dec. 8, 1991, Puerto Ricans defeated by a 55 to 45 per cent margin a referendum that was supported by those who would like to see the island continue as a commonwealth of the United States in any future vote on Puerto Rico's politicalstatus. The ...


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The province's political parties debated in 1991 the issue of whether Quebec should seek independence from Canada. The Parti Quebecois (PQ) was committed to independence but divided on how to achieve it. At a convention in Quebec City in January, ...


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The elections of Nov. 5, 1991, provided three notable bright spots for the Republican Party (GOP)--in Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia. But one race, for a United States Senate seat from Pennsylvania, resulted in a stunning defeat with national ...


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President Turgut ozal in early 1991 offered political support to the United States-led military coalition against Iraq despite overwhelming opposition from Turkey's public, its military establishment, and many of its politicians. ozal had also ...


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The Soviet Union officially ceased to exist as a political entity on Dec. 25, 1991. That day, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev resigned, after six years in power. And the Soviet red flag, with its hammer standing for the workers and its sickle ...


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experienced a change in leadership during 1991. Nguyen Van Linh resigned as general secretary of the ruling Communist Party due to old age and poor health. He was succeeded on June 27 by Do Muoi, the prime minister. On August 9, Vo Van Kiet replaced ...


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For the lower 48 states in the United States, 1991 was one of the warmest years in recent history. Continuing a trend that began in the 1970's, above-normal temperatures prevailed during eight of the first nine months of the year, with the highest ...


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Yugoslavia was torn apart by a bloody civil war during 1991, after a year of escalating violence between the country's two largest nationality groups, Serbs and Croats. Yugoslavia's breakup had struck many observers as inevitable after the death in ...


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New negotiations in 1991 between the Canadian federal and territorial governments and the Yukon's 14 bands of Indians involved land rights and self-government. By year's end, four bands expected to sign contracts specifying their land rights. Bands ...


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President Mobutu Sese Seko in 1991 faced the greatest challenge ever posed to his rule. Although Mobutu, Zaire's ruler since 1965, had promised in 1990 to allow multiparty democracy in Zaire, he used many tactics in 1991 to keep from making good on ...


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Zoologists announced the discovery of a new whale species in February 1991. James G. Mead of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and Koen Van Waerebeck of the Peruvian Center for Cetalogic Studies in Lima, Peru, made the announcement ...


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At a national convention held in Johannesburg on Dec. 20 and 21 ,1991, representatives of some 20 racial, ethnic, and political groups gathered to lay the groundwork for a new constitution for South Africa in 1992. The goal is to give South Africa's ...


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In 1991 prepared for the removal of most trade barriers within the 12-nation European Community (EC or Common Market) by the end of 1992. In April 1991, the Spanish government removed the last remaining restrictions on moving currency in or out of ...


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Increased charges for cable television prompted the Federal Communications Commission in June 1991 to approve a plan to reregulate cable TV charges in communities having fewer than six broadcast stations. Cable rates, which had increased 61 per cent ...


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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) flew six successful space shuttle missions during 1991 and unveiled its newest shuttle, Endeavor. Completed in April, Endeavor replaced Challenger, which was destroyed in an exploration soon ...


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On the evening of Jan. 16, 1991, more Americans were watching a single television broadcast than they had at any other time in history. Hours before, a United States-led international coalition had started bombing Iraq, and President George Bush, in a ...


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Voters on Oct. 21, 1991, ousted the ruling Progressive Conservative Party (PC) led by Tory Premier Grant Devine. They voted in the New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Roy Romanow, a middle-of-the-road leader who promised fiscal responsibility. The NDP ...


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Government funding of the arts in America has been a flash point for controversy since the nation's founding....


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The Nuclear Threat in the New World Order

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As the United States and the former Soviet Union reduce their nuclear arsenals, smaller countries strive to acquire the means of nuclear destruction....


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The Los Angeles riots focused attention on the unpleasant fact that many large U.S. cities are plagued with violence, poverty, and decay--problems that can no longer be safely ignored. ...


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Canada has agreed to carve out a large section of the Northwest Territories as a homeland for its native Inuit people....


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Educators, parents, and politicians are debating whether market forces such as competition can help improve America's schools....


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What is happening to the U.S. job market?

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Global competition, technological change, and layoffs are fueling anxiety about the loss of American jobs. ...


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Isaac Asimov died in 1992. He left a profound literary legacy in the fields of science fiction, popular science, and children's nonfiction--among others....


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Marlene Dietrich, who died in 1992, transcended her remarkable film and cabaret careers to become a cultural icon....


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The "war on drugs" has led to rampant prison overcrowding, forcing officials to explore alternative punishments....


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National borders may have changed, but the Olympic spirit endured as the world's best athletes performed in France and Spain....


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Despite the differences between industrialized nations and developing nations, the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992 may have ushered in a new era in forging international environmental agreements....


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America's national forests and other federal public lands have become a bitter battleground on which private industry and conservationists are contending for very different interests....


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Events and trends in Africa in 1992 were a blend of movement toward, and stubborn resistance to, more democratic government; war and efforts to bring peace; and continuing economic, climatic, and health problems. World attention was drawn to the ...


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There were reports in 1992 of an AIDS-like disease that did not show evidence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS. The accounts first circulated at the Eighth International Conference on AIDS, held from July 19-24 in Amsterdam,...


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Ralph Klein, a former mayor of Calgary, was chosen to lead Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party on Dec. 5, 1992, after Premier Donald R. Getty announced his resignation on September 9. Klein was sworn into office on December 14. ...


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An ongoing debate over the origins of modern human beings remained intense in 1992. Two studies published in February strongly challenged a landmark genetic study that traced the origin of all modern people to a hypothetical woman living in Africa ...


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A bronze foot found on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea off Brindisi in southern Italy in July 1992 led archaeologists to one of the most important discoveries of ancient Greek and Roman statues ever made. At the site, archaeologists uncovered a ...


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Continuing its fight against inflation, Argentina began 1992 with a new currency, its fifth since 1971. The new currency unit, the peso, replaced the austral, which had dropped to an exchange rate of 10,000 to $1 U.S. because of hyperinflation. To ...


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The most exciting announcement of 1992 in astronomy occurred in April, when astrophysicist George Smoot of the University of California at Berkeley reported data showing variations in temperature in the microwave background radiation that permeates ...


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in 1992 endured its third consecutive year of deep recession. The most fundamental economic problem was unemployment, which reached a record 11.4 per cent in November and remained well above 10 per cent for the entire year. The industries hardest hit ...


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"Troubled" was the word that best described the global automobile industry in 1992, dragged down by an economic slump that hit all of the major industrial countries. But as usual, most automakers persevered and continued introducing attractive, ...


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The major airlines in the United States struggled through a financially disastrous year in 1992, with losses projected at almost $2 billion. That meant that losses for 1990 through 1992 totaled almost $8 billion. The red ink, which experts blamed on ...


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In a traumatic 1992 season, major league club owners took control of the game from Francis (Fay) Vincent, Jr., the commissioner they elected in 1989. They forced Vincent to resign on Sept. 7, 1992, and prepared to restructure the office so that the ...


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The Chicago Bulls won the 1992 National Basketball Association (NBA) championship, and Duke University won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's title, each for the second consecutive year. Stanford University captured the NCAA ...


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The sequoia tree and the blue whale, long contenders for the title of the Earth's largest living organism, both took a back seat to the lowly fungus in 1992. In April, researchers from the University of Toronto in Mississauga, Ontario, and the ...


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Bosnia and Hercegovina proclaimed its independence from Yugoslavia on March 3, 1992. But the new nation, which is often called simply Bosnia, immediately became engulfed in a civil war that divided the country along ethnic lines and threatened its ...


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The New Democratic Party (NDP) government, led by Premier Michael Harcourt, unveiled a series of measures in 1992 to protect the Pacific coast province's spectacular environment. In January, the NDP established a commission on land use to draw up a ...


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In a final use of his presidential power, Bush in early December began sending U.S. troops to the African country of Somalia to protect shipments of food aid to starving Somalis. And on December 24, the President pardoned six people implicated in the ...


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A United Nations (UN) force of about 16,000 troops, 3,600 police monitors, and 2,400 civilian administrators was deployed in Cambodia during 1992 in the most ambitious peacekeeping operation ever undertaken by the UN. The aim of the forces, named the ...


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With Canada's next federal election due in 1993 and the discussion over proposed changes to the nation's Constitution, books on Canada's history and political process were in abundance in 1992. Canada My Canada, a passionate history by Laurier ...


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Chemists at the University of California at Irvine in August 1992 reported creating the world's smallest battery, measuring about a millionth of an inch across. It was made using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM), a device that can manipulate ...


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President Patricio Aylwin Azocar in 1992 continued to struggle against the influence of the Chilean armed forces. Significant political power remained with former Chilean military dictator General Augusto Pinochet, who can remain as head of the ...


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Deng Xiaoping, China's senior leader, in 1992 stepped up his drive for market-oriented economic reforms while maintaining the Communist Party's grip on political power. Deng holds no official position in the country but dominates policymaking by the ...


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Price wars for personal computers heated up in 1992, as the industry leaders--International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Apple Computer Company, and Compaq Computer--tried to regain ground lost to makers of lower-priced "clones." The three ...


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Scandal, reelection jitters, and veto battles with President George Bush marked the 1992 session of the 102nd Congress. As a result, Congress's accomplishments in 1992 were limited. ...


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The Endangered Species Act (ESA), scheduled for renewal in 1992, seemed endangered itself. Conservation groups advocated strengthening the act, which was designed to protect plant and animal species threatened with extinction. The Adminis-tration of ...


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Carjacking, a combination of auto theft and armed robbery, became a growing menace to U.S. motorists in 1992. In the typical carjacking episode, a driver is approached at a stoplight or in a parking lot by a person armed with a gun or knife and ...


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On March 8, 1992, the United Nations (UN) began deploying peacekeeping troops in Croatia. The move effectively ended the war launched by Serbia, the dominant republic of Yugoslavia, after Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in June 1991. ...


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The Cuban economy continued to falter in 1992, the first full year without financial aid from the former Soviet Union. Increased shortages of everything from cooking oil to gasoline inspired increasing numbers of Cubans to flee the island. ...


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Czechoslovakia in 1992 agreed that the federation, which had united Czechs and Slovaks in one state since 1918, would cease to exist as of Jan. 1, 1993. On Nov. 25, 1992, the Federal Assembly (parliament) approved legislation under which the Czech and ...


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The presidential election victory of Bill Clinton, Democratic governor of Arkansas, on Nov. 3, 1992, marked only the second time in 24 years that a Democrat had captured the White House. It ended, at least for the moment, a widespread belief that ...


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In 1992, Denmark threw a roadblock across plans of the 12-nation European Community (EC or Common Market) for rapid economic and political union. In a national referendum on June 2, Danish voters rejected the so-called Maastricht Treaty, the EC's ...


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Democrat Bill Clinton, five-term governor of Arkansas, was elected 42nd President of the United States on Nov. 3, 1992. Clinton defeated the incumbent, Republican President George Bush, by an Electoral College landslide but by only five percentage ...


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In 1992, Finland remained in its worst recession since World War II (1939-1945). In October, almost 14 per cent of the Finnish work force was unemployed. But by December, the recession seemed to be nearing an end. The government estimated that ...


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Dramatic changes came to professional and college football in 1992. The professional game, without a collective-bargaining agreement between club owners and players since 1987, came closer to adopting a system that would eventually grant free agency ...


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France was hit by unexpected political turbulence in 1992. Much of the turmoil surrounded the country's central role in promoting closer economic and political unity within the 12-nation European Community (EC or Common Market). In the meantime, the ...


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Four large earthquakes registering at least 6.3 on the Richter scale and a number of strong aftershocks shook California in 1992. On April 25, an earthquake registering 7.1 struck northern California about 35 miles (56 kilometers) south of Eureka near ...


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In 1992, the second year after East and West Germany became one country in October 1990, the high cost of unification remained a central issue. The country struggled to maintain its status as Europe's strongest economy. It also confronted difficult ...


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Marital problems made 1992 one of the worst years for the British royal family. Speculation that the 1981 marriage of Charles, Queen Elizabeth II's eldest son and heir to the throne, and Princess Diana was in difficulties ended on Dec. 9, 1992, when ...


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During 1992, Greece worked to strengthen its ailing economy in preparation for increased economic and political integration within the 12-nation European Community (EC or Common Market). Meanwhile, it maintained a stand-off with the EC and other ...


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On June 19, Haiti's military leaders installed Marc L. Bazin, 60, as prime minister. A former World Bank official, Bazin replaced Joseph Nerette, who was installed as the country's interim president following the September 1991 military coup that ...


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In a tumultuous 1991-1992 season marked by a first-ever players' strike and the ousting of the league president, the Pittsburgh Penguins emerged as the National Hockey League (NHL) champions. Even though they finished only third in their division ...


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The governing coalition headed by the Hungarian Democratic Forum (HDF) began its third year in power in May 1992. The HDF faced a growing rift within its own ranks, as well as increasingly energetic political opposition and a loss of public support ...


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Hindu fundamentalists on December 6 tore down a 430-year-old Muslim mosque, setting off riots throughout the country between Hindus and Muslims. The mosque had been located in the city of Ayodhya in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Within a week, ...


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Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D., Colo.), the only Native American serving in the Congress of the United States, on Nov. 3, 1992, became the first Native American to win a seat in the U.S. Senate since 1929. Campbell, who had served in the House of ...


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Repercussions from the 1991 massacre of demonstrators calling for independence for East Timor continued in 1992. The massacre by Indonesian soldiers had taken place on Nov. 12, 1991, at the funeral of an independence advocate in Dili, the capital of ...


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Prime Minister Charles Haughey, tainted by financial scandals involving friends, resigned Feb. 10, 1992. He had been prime minister since January 1989, though he was first elected to the office in December 1979. Since then, his terms as prime minister ...


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Italy encountered serious political, social, and economic problems in 1992. A new president and a new prime minister took office and began to grapple with the seemingly insoluble problems of organized crime, an economy deeply in debt, government ...


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What was shaping up to be the biggest political scandal in Japanese history rocked the country in 1992. In February, investigators raided the offices of the country's second-largest parcel-delivery firm, Tokyo Sagawa Kyubin Company, long rumored to be ...


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North Korea in 1992 allowed foreign inspection of its nuclear facilities for the first time. In May, a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency made a six-day visit to the country. They toured three nuclear plants, an elaborate ...


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A five-month standoff between Libya and three Western countries over international terrorism led the United Nations (UN) Security Council on March 31, 1992, to approve a resolution imposing limited economic sanctions against Libya. The action followed ...


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Lithuania returned former Communists to power in elections held on Oct. 25, 1992. The Democratic Labor Party (DLP), formerly the Communist Party, defeated the governing Sajudis, the Lithuanian nationalist movement. The DLP gained an absolute ...


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The United Malays National Organization (UMNO), Malaysia's ruling party, in 1992 moved to curb the power of the hereditary rulers who head 9 of Malaysia's 13 state governments. Although they are not part of the elected governments, the nine sultans ...


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The federal House of Commons on March 10, 1992, passed a resolution honoring Louis Riel, the metis (people of mixed Indian and white ancestry) leader hanged as a traitor in 1885. The resolution recognized Riel's "unique and historic role" as a founder ...


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The world's first transplant of a baboon liver into a human being was carried out by surgeons at the University of Pittsburgh (Pa.) Medical Center on June 28, 1992. The patient was a 35-year-old man whose own liver was being destroyed by hepatitis B, ...


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Psychiatric facilities for people with mental illness are so scarce in the United States that jails have begun to serve as the nation's largest mental institution, a study concluded in September 1992. The study, which tabulated data from 1,391 local ...


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The North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada was signed by Mexico on Aug. 12, 1992. Trade representatives from the United States and Canada signed the agreement on the same day. To many Mexicans, the successful ...


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The year 1992 was marked in the Netherlands by difficult economic times and by concern for the future of the Maastricht Treaty, a blueprint for European economic and political union named for the Dutch city where it was approved in December 1991. The ...


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Premier Frank J. McKenna's government in 1992 faced official opposition for the first time in four years. The Liberal Party, which once held all 58 seats in the legislature, had lost 12 seats to three other parties in the September 1991 elections. ...


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The largest single layoff in Canadian history hit Newfoundland in July 1992 when federal Fisheries Minister John Crosbie announced a two-year shut-down of the inshore cod fishery located on the province's east coast. The fishery supported about 20,000 ...


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Negotiations to restore self-government to Northern Ireland and end years of violence between the nation's Protestants and Roman Catholics made some progress in 1992. The British government wanted a new regional government for Northern Ireland based ...


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In a November 1992 referendum, 69 per cent of the Inuit (Eskimo) people voting approved a land-claim settlement that will split the Northwest Territories and create a primarily Inuit territory called Nunavut. ...


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In 1992, Norway continued to move on a measured timetable toward membership in the European Community (EC or Common Market), despite political problems at home and in the EC. The country formally applied for EC membership on November 25. The move ...


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An explosion of methane gas deep underground at the Westray Mine in Plymouth killed 26 miners on May 9, 1992. The mine, located in Pictou County along the Foord Seam, holds the world's largest depository of bituminous coal--as well as high levels of ...


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The most advanced space mission ever designed to study ocean currents was launched in 1992. The Topex-Poseidon mission is a joint project undertaken by the United States and France. The European Ariane rocket, launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on ...


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Hit hard by the economic recession, Canada's leading manufacturing province tightened spending for public services in 1992. Premier Robert K. Rae, head of the New Democratic Party (NDP) government, went on television on January 21 to announce stiff ...


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The discovery of six transitional species of dinosaurs in Montana, reported in July 1992, has helped paleontologists determine that dinosaurs living in that area about 75 million years ago were the descendants of earlier inhabitants and not migrants ...


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On Sept. 22, 1992, President Alberto Fujimori predicted victory in an armed struggle that had cost Peru an estimated 25,000 lives, $22 billion in damages, and 12 years of civil strife. His assessment followed the September 12 capture of Abimael Guzman ...


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Fidel V. Ramos, a 64-year-old retired general and former defense secretary, on June 30, 1992, was inaugurated as the new president of the Philippines. Ramos garnered about 24 per cent of the votes in May 1992 elections, beating six other contenders. ...


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Scientists in April 1992 announced the discovery of the long-sought "cosmic seeds" needed to start the formation of stars and galaxies in the early universe after the big bang. The team studied data from the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite,...


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Political infighting and a weak government clouded progress toward economic and political reform in Poland in the first half of 1992. But a hopeful turn came with the formation in July of a new government and the resolution of conflicts between ...


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Even the popular music industry was not immune from the 1992 presidential election campaign in the United States. In June, Democratic candidate Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas criticized rap artist Sister Souljah for allegedly racist remarks she ...


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Islanders were stunned on Oct. 30, 1992, when Premier Joseph Ghiz announced he was resigning his post for personal reasons. Ghiz had been a strong supporter of Canada's failed constitutional reform package and the controversial free trade agreement ...


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People experience more nightmares in the weeks following a natural disaster, such as an earthquake, than they usually experience. But those nightmares pack a surprisingly modest emotional punch, psychologists reported in May 1992. ...


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Citing increased concern about the effects of exposure to lead, United States health officials in September 1992 ordered that millions of children covered by the Medicaid program be tested for lead poisoning. Lead poisoning can cause mental ...


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Pedro Rossello of the New Progressive Party was elected governor of Puerto Rico in November 1992. Rossello, a pediatric surgeon with no previous political experience, was to take office in January 1993. He pledged an early plebiscite on whether Puerto ...


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More than 5,000 Quebecers marched in Montreal on Oct. 24, 1992, demonstrating opposition to proposed revisions to Canada's Constitution and foreshadowing the "No" vote Quebec delivered two days later. All but four of Canada's provinces voted against ...


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President George Bush was defeated in the election of Nov. 3, 1992, marking the end of a 12-year grip on the United States presidency by the Republican Party (GOP). The balloting also ended GOP hopes of scoring big gains in Congress. Although the ...


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Russia remained in a state of political, economic, and social transition through 1992. The country, formerly the dominant republic of the Soviet Union, had become independent when the Soviet Union was dissolved in December 1991. The newly sovereign ...


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After a decade of drought, the central prairie province experienced a disastrously wet and cold summer in 1992, resulting in a projected $1-billion ($802-million U.S.) loss in the grain crop. By mid-September, only 23 per cent of the crop had been ...


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Increasingly vocal Islamic activists in Saudi Arabia in 1992 criticized the pro-Western policies of the government and its attempts to modernize Saudi society. The country's Islamic religious establishment, which has traditionally supported the ...


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The United States National Team, looking forward to the 1994 World Cup on home soil, made progress in 1992. But the collapse in July 1992 of the Major Soccer League (MSL), the only nationwide professional league, set American soccer back. ...


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Mass starvation, brought on by civil war and drought, claimed at least 300,000 lives in Somalia in 1992. Responding to this mounting tragedy, the United Nations (UN) Security Council on December 3 authorized military intervention in Somalia to protect ...


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The many political factions in South Africa made progress in 1992 in their quest to resolve their differences and establish a new democratic political system in which all of the nation's racial groups are fairly represented. Outbreaks of violence were ...


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The world celebrated "International Space Year" during 1992, as nations sought to promote global cooperation in space exploration. Many of the missions launched in 1992 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States ...


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Two events focused the world's attention on Spain in 1992. They were the 25th Summer Olympic Games, which opened in the city of Barcelona on July 25, and Expo '92, which took place in Seville from April 20 to October 12. ...


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In 1992, Sweden moved ahead with plans to reduce generous government benefits and heavy government involvement in the economy. But it encountered some serious problems along the way. A currency crisis in September forced the coalition government of ...


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Television, which had long been involved in the political process, had an even more pronounced role during the 1992 presidential election year. Much of that was due to the decision by Vice President Dan Quayle to criticize the popular CBS comedy ...


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In 1992, Thailand experienced its worst civil unrest since 1973. The National Peacekeeping Council (NPC), set up by the military after its February 1991 coup, held its first parliamentary elections on March 22, 1992. A coalition of five promilitary ...


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Ukraine in 1992 made little headway in transforming its economy from a Communist system to a free-market one. Political struggles, as well as a number of disputes with neighboring Russia, slowed progress toward economic reform during the country's ...


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The National Assembly, Vietnam's law-making body, adopted a new Constitution on April 15, 1992. The document recast the country's executive branch and fortified the market-oriented economic reforms undertaken in the mid-1980's. The Constitution said ...


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The year 1992 began with the warmest winter on record in the contiguous United States, surpassing by nearly 1 Fahrenheit degree (0.5 Celsius degree) the previous record set in the winter of 1953-1954. Above-normal temperatures prevailed in every major ...


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War continued to rage in what was once Yugoslavia as the country in 1992 completed its breakup into five separate states. The process had begun in June 1991, when the Yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence. Macedonia ...


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Yukon Territory held a general election on Oct. 19, 1992, in which the New Democratic Party (NDP) government, led by Tony Penikett, was narrowly defeated for a third term in office. The Yukon Party, a new party drawn from the Progressive Conservatives,...


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A political crisis that began in 1990 when opposition leaders demanded that Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko allow multiparty democracy persisted through 1992. But during the year, opposition leaders formed a transitional government. ...


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An octopus can learn by imitating another octopus, according to an April 1992 report by Italian biologists at the Zoological Station of Naples. The biologists trained one group of octopuses to attack a red ball and a second group to attack a white ...


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European nations continued to redefine their economic, political, and security relationships in 1992, as they adjusted to the new Europe created by the dramatic events that ended with the breakup of the Soviet Union in December 1991. The countries of ...


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Cable TV reregulated. The U.S. Congress on Oct. 5, 1992, overrode Bush's veto of a bill to reregulate cable television. In 1984, Congress had deregulated cable TV, allowing cable companies to determine on their own how much they would charge customers....


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Much of Asia in 1992 pursued economic change with varied success. Civil wars and rebel insurgencies were obstacles to progress in a few countries. ...


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Israel's Labor Party won a strong victory in national parliamentary elections held on June 23, 1992. The victory gave Labor, led by Yitzhak Rabin, control of Israel's government for the first time since 1977. Many people hailed Rabin's rise to prime ...


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In a referendum held on Oct. 26, 1992, Canadians voted down proposed amendments to the nation's Constitution. In a 55 per cent to 45 per cent vote, Canadians rejected the Charlottetown Accord that had been jointly fashioned by the federal government, ...


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The United States-led coalition that ousted Iraqi forces from Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War (1991) felt less certain of its victory in 1992. Despite Iraq's military defeat and the punishing consequences of economic sanctions imposed by the United ...


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Social scientists are working to understand why street gangs are a growing presence in America's urban centers. ...


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Marian Anderson: A Voice Heard Once in 100 Years

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A singer known for her great range and for her unique part in a landmark civil rights protest dies at the age of 96. By Ellen ...


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How did a secret criminal organization that originated in Sicily in the 1860's infiltrate the top levels of the Italian government? ...


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Twenty years after the last U.S. troops pulled out of Vietnam in 1973, this poor Southeast Asian nation was trying to awake from a long nightmare of decline. ...


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Dancer and choreographer Rudolf Nureyev brought a special grace, power, and charisma to the world of ballet. ...


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Supporters said the North American Free Trade Agreement would spur an economic boom, but critics said it would cost jobs and create more pollution. ...


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Taking a cue from the 1993 motion picture Jarassic Park, a prominent paleontologist explores the idea of running a real dinosaur zoo--and reaches some surprising conclusions....


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The health risks of cigarette smoking are not confined to smokers but extend to illnesses such as lung cancer and asthma in nonsmokers, said the United States Environmental Protection Agency. By John ...


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The Lure and Lore of the Dead Sea Scrolls

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After almost 50 years under the control of a small group of editors, fragments of ancient religious scrolls are at last available to all scholars eager to discover their significance for the history of Judaism and Christianity....


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Seeking new sources of revenue, state governments are turning increasingly to lotteries, casino gaming, and other forms of legalized gambling, but critics warn that the social costs can be high....


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The movement in many African countries toward more democratic forms of government continued in 1993. There were serious setbacks in some countries, however, suggesting that further progress in achieving democratic reforms may be difficult. Adding to ...


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A major European study published on April 3, 1993, questioned the long-term benefit of administering AZT, a commonly prescribed AIDS drug, before patients develop infections or other symptoms of full-blown AIDS. The AZT study involved 1,749 patients ...


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Powered by the popularity of Premier Ralph Klein, the Progressive Conservative Party on June 15, 1993, swept to its seventh straight electoral victory since 1971. Klein, who was chosen premier in December 1992, had distanced himself from his ...


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A new analysis of finds from the Middle East may help resolve a debate over the relationship between modern human beings and Neanderthals, according to research published in May 1993. Neanderthals were a type of prehistoric people who lived in parts ...


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The discovery of an inscription bearing the first known mention outside the Bible of the House of David, the Israelite dynasty founded by the Biblical King David in about 1000 B.C., was announced by an Israeli archaeologist in August 1993. The ...


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President Carlos Saul Menem reached an agreement on Nov. 14, 1993, with the opposition Radical Civic Union that will permit Menem to seek a second term in 1995. Argentina's Constitution allows the nation's president only a single six-year term, but ...


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Asia engaged in an arms race in 1993, though the continent was generally peaceful and its nations did not face any immediate external threats. The weapons buildup was fueled by rapid economic growth, which for the year averaged about 7 percent for ...


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Several asteroids that appear to orbit at the very edges of the solar system were reported by astronomers in 1993. Asteroids are small bodies that orbit the sun, most of them between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. They are made of leftover material ...


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The federal Labor government was returned to office on March 13, 1993, marking the Labor Party's fifth consecutive electoral victory. Prime Minister Paul J. Keating, who was facing his first election since becoming Labor Party leader in December 1991, ...


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Although 1993 was no boom year for automakers, it was filled with good news for the resurgent United States auto industry. After more than a decade of heavy investment in new products, better tools, and modern business methods, the Big Three ...


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For airlines in the United States, 1993 was a year of long-awaited recovery. The flow of red ink continued--experts estimated that the industry would lose at least $500 million in 1993. But signs of profitability led airline analysts to predict that ...


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The major leagues thrived in 1993, in part because of a last-to-first-place improvement by the Philadelphia Phillies and a tense battle in the National League Western Division between the Atlanta Braves and the San Francisco Giants. But in the end, ...


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In exciting professional play-off finals that matched superstars Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley, the Chicago Bulls won the National Basketball Association (NBA) championship for the third consecutive year. Three and a half months later, Jordan ...


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In 1993, researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder attempted to lay to rest the notion that the world's largest living organisms are fungi. During the previous year, two different research teams claimed they had identified a huge fungal ...


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Bosnia and Hercegovina in 1993 remained in the grip of a civil war that began soon after the former Yugoslav republic declared independence in March 1992. The fighting had pitted the government of Bosnia (as the country is often known), which sought ...


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Premier Michael Harcourt announced on April 13, 1993, a decision to reduce but not ban commercial logging in one of Canada's last temperate rain forests located on Vancouver Island. Attempting to balance environmental and economic interests, the ...


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Cambodia enthroned Norodom Sihanouk as king on Sept. 24, 1993, under a new Constitution. But Sihanouk's path to a restored constitutional monarchy had been anything but smooth. ...


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Canadians chose between two national political parties--both of which were committed to maintaining national unity--in a general election held on Oct. 25, 1993. The voters decisively rejected the Progressive Conservative Party (PC), which had governed ...


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After Kim Campbell replaced Brian Mulroney as prime minister of Canada on June 25, 1993, a stampede of books on Canada's first woman leader hit the bookstores. The most substantial was Robert Fife's Kim Campbell: The Making of a Politician. The ...


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Two chemists surprised the scientific world in June 1993 when they reported they had produced diamondlike carbon by baking a liquid in an oven at a relatively low temperature and at atmospheric pressure. Previously, synthetic diamond was created by ...


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Senator Eduardo Frei Ruiz Tagle, son of a popular former Chilean president, was elected president of Chile on Dec. 11, 1993. Frei represented the Coalition for Democracy, Chile's five-party ruling coalition. Chileans gave Frei 58 percent of the vote, ...


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China in 1993 confronted world opinion that opposed the Chinese government's handling of several volatile issues, including a nuclear weapons test, human rights issues, and weapons sales to Pakistan. China's government also faced domestic opposition ...


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United States President Bill Clinton was sworn into office on Jan. 20, 1993. Clinton began his term with boundless optimism, but his first year in office turned out to be fairly rocky. He managed, however, to get his economic plan through ...


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Increasingly powerful personal computers, the introduction of "personal digital assistants," and the convergence of computing, telecommunications, and television were among the leading developments in the computer industry during 1993. But these ...


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The first session of the 103rd Congress gave President Bill Clinton a narrow victory on his budget package and enacted much of his domestic agenda in 1993. Despite sharp criticism of some of the new Administration's foreign policy actions, Congress ...


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Two of United States President Bill Clinton's Cabinet appointments won praise from conservationists in 1993: Bruce Babbitt as secretary of the interior and Carol M. Browner as head of the Environmental Protection Agency. The U.S. Senate confirmed both ...


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Most forms of crime fell to 20-year lows in the United States during 1993, but the number of violent crimes increased slightly. Religious fanaticism appeared to be the common element in the year's two most staggering incidents of violence. ...


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In January 1993, Croatia renewed its fight to regain territory seized by ethnic Serbs and the Serb-dominated federal Yugoslav army during a seven-month war that followed Croatia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia in June 1991. Croatian ...


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Those favoring a peaceful conclusion to the 34-year political stand-off between Cuba and the United States spoke out boldly in 1993. Their numbers included moderate Cuban exiles in the United States, who suggested various formulas for coping with what ...


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On Jan. 1, 1993, the Czech Republic became an independent state, as a 1992 agreement dividing Czechoslovakia into two separate nations went into effect. The transition to independence for the Czech Republic and neighboring Slovakia was peaceful and ...


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Buoyed by its first presidential election victory in 16 years, the Democratic Party began 1993 with boundless optimism. But the gala inaugural of President Bill Clinton on January 20 proved to be a high point, with troubles mounting for Democrats ...


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In 1993, Denmark reversed a 1992 vote against the Treaty on European Union, also known as the Maastricht Treaty. The treaty, set forth by the 12nation European Community (EC or Common Market), calls for much closer political, economic, and defense ...


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Bouncing back from the loss of the White House, the Republican Party (GOP) scored big election victories in 1993 at state and local levels. GOP candidates won governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia and, against the odds, captured mayor's seats in ...


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The year 1993 was supposed to have ushered in an era of increased harmony for Europe, but it turned out instead to be filled with problems that will not be easy to resolve. Many of the difficulties centered on the implementation of the Treaty on ...


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The 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, formerly a ready market for Finnish goods, and a recession in Western Europe caused Finland's economic output to drop by about 10 percent from 1990 to 1993. During 1993, unemployment hovered around 20 percent, ...


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The Dallas Cowboys, professional football's best team in 1992, were strong again in 1993, but not as dominant, sharing the honor of most regular season wins with the Buffalo Bills and the Houston Oilers. Four college teams entered the postseason bowl ...


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Conservative political parties won a stunning victory in parliamentary elections on March 21 and 28, 1993. The conservative Rally for the Republic Party (RPR) won 247 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly, one of the two houses of Parliament. ...


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Earth's strongest earthquake since 1990 struck the Sea of Japan west of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on July 12, 1993. The quake, which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale, occurred in an active fault zone where geologists believe the ...


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in 1993 struggled through economic, social, and political problems arising from the reunification of Communist East Germany and democratic West Germany in October 1990. The country also worked to find a military role in world affairs that it--and its ...


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Andreas Papandreou, who was prime minister of Greece from 1981 to 1989, returned to the post in 1993 after his Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) won the most seats in parliamentary elections held on October 10. The victory capped a remarkable ...


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Efforts to restore democracy to Haiti failed miserably in 1993. A United Nations (UN) plan to return exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power fell apart on October 11 when armed opponents of Aristide prevented UN peacekeepers from land-ing in ...


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The Pittsburgh Penguins, who had won the Stanley Cup championship two consecutive seasons, rolled into the play-offs in April 1993 with an 18-game undefeated streak and the best regular-season record, only to lose in the second round. The Montreal ...


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Hungary's internal political divisions became more confused in 1993 when Prime Minister Jozsef Antall, leader of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (HDF), died in office on December 12. President Arpad Goncz appointed Interior Minister Peter Boross as ...


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South Asia's deadliest earthquake since 1935 struck a rural area southeast of Bombay in the predawn hours of Sept. 30, 1993. About 10,000 people were killed. Entire villages were virtually wiped out as brick and stone buildings collapsed. ...


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Concern was aroused in the Southwestern United States in 1993 when people on and near the Navajo reservation on the Arizona-New Mexico border began dying of a mysterious viral infection. The disease first surfaced in the spring in the Four Corners ...


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On March 10, 1993, the People's Consultative Assembly unanimously elected 71-year-old President Suharto to his sixth consecutive five-year term. The next day, the assembly approved Suharto's choice as vice president, Try Sutrisno. Speculation arose ...


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After an inconclusive general election on Nov. 25, 1992, plunged Ireland into political turmoil, a new coalition government was finally sworn in on Jan. 12, 1993. Prime Minister Albert Reynolds retained office and forged a coalition between his ...


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On Sept. 13, 1993, representatives of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) signed a "Declaration of Principles" in Washington, D.C., setting forth details for Palestinian self-rule in the Israeli-occupied Arab territories of the Gaza ...


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Italy endured political, social, and economic turmoil in 1993 as a corruption scandal spread to nearly every aspect of Italian life. Public outrage helped usher in a new government and voting system. ...


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Japan experienced a political revolution in 1993. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) that had governed since 1955 split and lost power to a coalition of seven parties. Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa resigned on July 22, 1993, and on August 6, the Diet ...


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Throughout 1993, North Korea stalled international efforts to determine whether it was making nuclear weapons in violation of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which North Korea had signed in 1985. While stalling, the government successfully ...


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Six present or former Latin-American leaders faced trial in 1993 on charges of corruption or abuse of human rights while in office. Charges ranged from looting the public treasury to murder. ...


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Libya failed to meet an Oct. 1, 1993, deadline to hand over two terrorist suspects, so the United Nations (UN) Security Council voted on November 11 to toughen economic sanctions against Libya. Previous UN sanctions, including bans on air traffic and ...


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Lithuanians on Feb. 14, 1993, elected Algirdas Brazauskas, head of the governing Democratic Labor Party (formerly the Communist Party), as president in Lithuania's first presidential election since it regained independence in 1991. Brazauskas won 60 ...


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A contest for the future leadership of the governing party, United Malays National Organization (UMNO), dominated Malaysian politics during 1993. The UMNO president, and Malaysia's prime minister since 1981, was 69-year-old Mahathir bin Mohamad. The ...


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Yvon Dumont, 41, a leader of the metis (people of mixed Indian and white ancestry), was selected as lieutenant-governor of Manitoba on Jan. 22, 1993, by then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. The largely ceremonial post corresponds in each province to ...


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French researchers on Dec. 15, 1993, announced a major advance in an international effort to identify all the genes in the human body--a 15-year undertaking known as the Human Genome Project. The French breakthrough amounted to a rough map of the 23 ...


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A major gap exists in the United States between the number of adults who have mental or addictive disorders and the number who seek treatment for those disorders, according to a comprehensive study reported in February 1993. The study was sponsored by ...


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Debate over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) dominated the news in Mexico during 1993. The treaty will eliminate tariffs on goods traded between Mexico, the United States, and Canada over 15 years, beginning on Jan. 1, 1994. The ...


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The Middle East was once again the site of startling developments in 1993 when the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel revealed in August that they had been conducting secret peace negotiations in Norway since January and were close to ...


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The Netherlands in 1993 stayed committed to a more united European Community (EC or Common Market). The Dutch currency, the guilder, was one of the strongest in the European Monetary System (ERM), which links the values of the EC members' currencies. ...


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Deriving 40 percent of its revenue from the federal government, the New Brunswick Liberal government under Premier Frank J. McKenna sought to raise more funds within the province. The 1993-1994 budget, introduced on March 31, 1993, raised the ...


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The province reeled from an ongoing crisis in its fishing industry, the mainstay of its economy for 400 years. A two-year closing of the northern cod fishery in 1992 was followed in 1993 by fishing quotas and bans. Overfishing both within and without ...


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Peace efforts appeared to take a fresh turn in September 1993, when John Hume, the leader of the moderate Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), met with Gerry Adams, the leader of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the outlawed Irish Republican ...


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The Northwest Territories moved closer to division in 1993 as proceedings continued for the creation of Nunavut, a future home for Canada's Inuit (Eskimo) people. On May 25, 1993, then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signed the final land-claims ...


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Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland on Sept. 13, 1993, won reelection as the head of the minority Labor Party government. But the most striking feature of the national elections was the strong showing of the Center Party, which had based ...


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In provincial legislative elections on May 25, 1993, the Liberal Party toppled the Progressive Conservative government, which had been in office for 15 years. The Conservatives had held 25 seats in the 52-seat legislature, compared with the Liberals' ...


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The TOPEX-Poseidon satellite, a joint project of the United States and France, was a spectacular success in 1993. The satellite was launched in August 1992 to map the topography (shape) of the ocean surface. During the first six months of its ...


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In a controversial decision, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted on Sept. 23, 1993, to award the Summer Olympics in the year 2000 to Sydney, Australia, over Beijing. The United States Congress adopted a resolution on July 26, 1993, saying ...


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The New Democratic Party (NDP) government of Premier Robert K. Rae undertook decisive steps in 1993 to reduce a ballooning public deficit. Ontario had secured lower-than-anticipated revenues because of a recession. At the same time, a loss of ...


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A fossilized insect dating to the early Cretaceous Period (135 million to 120 million years ago) has yielded the first genetic material recovered from the age of the dinosaurs, researchers reported in June 1993. The researchers extracted DNA--the ...


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Peruvians voted to approve a new Constitution on Oct. 31, 1993. The new Constitution dissolved Peru's two houses of Congress in favor of a smaller, one-house legislature. It also allowed the president to run for a second term and to promote military ...


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President Fidel V. Ramos struggled with economic problems during 1993 in an effort to combat his nation's widespread poverty. On April 5, he signed a bill that granted him emergency powers for one year to deal with the chronic shortage of electrical ...


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In October 1993, the United States Congress halted construction of the world's largest experimental physics instrument, the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) particle accelerator near Waxahachie, Tex. A particle accelerator is a device that ...


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Foreign investment and steady economic growth in 1993 gave Poland the strongest economy in the former Communist Eastern Europe. However, the economic situation of many Poles remained difficult. By September, officials estimated that about 15 percent ...


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Many music retailers reacted against high compact disc (CD) prices in 1993 by selling used CD's. This move created conflict with the major record labels and their distribution companies, who saw the practice as damaging to the sale of new CD's and ...


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Prince Edward Island's voters on March 29, 1993, affirmed Catherine Callbeck as leader of their province. She became the first woman ever elected to head a Canadian province. British Columbia's Rita Johnston had been appointed interim premier in 1991, ...


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From adolescence to young adulthood, boys and girls differ in the development of self-esteem, according to a study reported in June 1993 by psychologists Jack Block and Richard W. Robins of the University of California at Berkeley. The researchers ...


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In May 1993, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began investigating a mysterious flulike illness in the Four Corners area, where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet. On June 11, the CDC reported that the ...


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Puerto Ricans voted on Nov. 14, 1993, to keep Puerto Rico a commonwealth of the United States. As residents of a commonwealth, Puerto Ricans have some, but not all, rights of U.S. citizens. Although the vote was nonbinding, voters were asked whether ...


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Quebec and Canada were stunned on Sept. 14, 1993, when Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa, leader of the provincial Liberal Party, announced he would retire from active politics as soon as a successor could be named. Daniel Johnson, a Bourassa Cabinet ...


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Disheartened and nearly demoralized after the 1992 defeat of incumbent President George Bush, the Republican Party (GOP, for Grand Old Party) rebounded smartly in 1993. In June, Los Angeles got a Republican mayor for the first time since 1961. And in ...


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The difficulty of managing public finances during a recession became apparent on Jan. 8, 1993, when Saskatchewan's deputy premier and minister of finance, Edward Tchorzewski, resigned his position because of stress. Associate Finance Minister Janice ...


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King Fahd and other members of Saudi Arabia's ruling Saud family came under increasing criticism from the Saudi people in 1993. They were accused of autocratic rule, corruption, and financial mismanagement. ...


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Slovakia became an independent state on Jan. 1, 1993, when the Czechoslovak federation broke apart into its two republics. The separation of Slovakia and the Czech Republic, approved by Czechoslovakia's parliament in November 1992, created problems ...


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The most significant moments of 1993 soccer involved France's Olympique Marseilles team, first on the playing field, then before police interrogators and in court. On May 26, in the European Cup final in Munich, Germany, Olympique Marseilles defeated ...


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United States and United Nations (UN) forces managed in 1993 to end the terrible famine that killed more than 300,000 Somalis in 1992. They were unable, however, to resolve the civil war that, along with drought, had led to the mass starvation. ...


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Negotiations aimed at establishing a multiracial democracy in which South Africa's black majority will finally be granted political power made great progress in 1993. But that progress--which included the adoption of an interim Constitution in ...


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Mission failures and delays troubled the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1993. An unmanned mission to Mars disappeared in space. Three spy satellites blew up, and communications were lost with a weather satellite and a science ...


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Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez Marquez lost his parliamentary majority in national elections on June 6, 1993, but he and his Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) were able to stay in power with the support of two smaller nationalist parties. It was ...


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In 1993, Sweden continued in its deepest recession since World War II (1939-1945). The country's economic output declined almost 2 percent in 1993. And Sweden's currency, the krona, plummeted almost 25 percent after the Swedish government in late 1992 ...


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Companies from once separate industries such as telephone, cable television, and motion pictures rushed to form alliances in 1993. They were preparing for a new telecommunications era in which video, voice, and data will be carried over the same ...


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The television industry's fondness for sensational subjects reached new heights in 1993. During the first week of January, three networks--CBS Inc., the American Broadcasting Companies (ABC), and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC)--televised ...


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Two major accidents in 1993 focused attention on the unregulated nature of Thailand's rapid economic growth. On May 10, a fire swept through a toy factory outside Bangkok, the capital, killing 188 workers. Investigators reported that most doors in the ...


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A political era ended in Turkey when President Turgut ozal, leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP), died unexpectedly on April 17, 1993. Although popular in the West for his support of a free market economy and of the coalition against Iraq during the ...


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Internal struggles over the pace of economic reform brought Ukraine to the point of economic collapse in 1993. Reform-minded Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma resigned in September, leaving most power in the hands of President Leonid Kravchuk. At the time ...


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British Prime Minister John Major saw a dramatic slump in his Conservative Party's fortunes and in his own popularity during 1993. His premiership was marked by economic difficulties, party divisions, policy reversals, and a public perception that he ...


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The secretary general of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), Do Muoi, visited a Buddhist pagoda and a Roman Catholic cathedral in early 1993. Buddhism and Roman Catholicism are the country's two main religions, but both have suffered years of ...


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Persistent heavy rainfall created havoc in many parts of the world during 1993. The central United States experienced the costliest flooding in its history, estimated at between $10 billion and $20 billion in damages, during the summer. Exces-sive ...


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Yugoslavia remained a focus of the world's attention in 1993, as the violence that had accompanied the country's breakup in 1991 and 1992 continued to flare. Political and economic life in Serbia and Montenegro--the only two of the six original ...


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The Yukon's largest employer, Curragh Incorporated, owner of a lead and zinc mine at Faro, went into receivership in September 1993. Beset by high costs and falling metal prices, the mine had not operated through the year, leaving almost 1,000 ...


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A political crisis that began in 1990 continued throughout 1993 as President Mobutu Sese Seko stubbornly hung onto power. During the year, the country seethed with unrest. In late January in Kinshasa, the capital, violence erupted after soldiers who ...


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Elaborate ornamentation on male birds, such as fancy feathers, attract female birds of the same species, enabling the fancy males to acquire mates more easily than less conspicuous males. But in crested auklets, a sea bird, both males and females have ...


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Formerly seen mainly in Africa and among homosexual men in the West, the AIDS epidemic has spread to parts of Asia and among women and intravenous drug users. ...


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Fifty years after the historic World War II invasion that liberated France from the Germans, the Allies gather once again on the beaches of Normandy....


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The widely publicized murder trial of O.J. Simpson focused the public's attention on the use of DNA testing in criminal investigations....


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New approaches to fighting crime were part of federal crime legislation enacted in 1994, but will the new law be effective in deterring crime?...


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Richard Nixon: How Will History Judge His Legacy?

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Richard M. Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, died in April 1994, but controversies about his political career live on and probably will be revisited by historians for years to come....


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The Soviet Union no longer exists. The Cold War is over. Yet the United States still spies on other countries and maintains a vast espionage network....


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Recent legislative defeats for the labor movement underscore a long-term slide in union membership and influence....


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Revelations about government-sponsored radiation experiments on human subjects have shocked Americans....


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South Africa's first free multiracial elections in April 1994 finally ended the system of apartheid (racial segregation), but the new government faced the difficult task of raising the living standards of the largely impoverished black majority....


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A new era in telecommunications raises questions about who will have access to the coming information highway....


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Innovative technologies have allowed aquariums in the United States and around the world to provide more realistic views of the underwater world....


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The emergence of democracy in Africa continued in 1994, though falteringly. The greatest success story was South Africa, which ended decades of white-minority rule, but several other nations also made progress. There were also setbacks, however, ...


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Researchers in the United States and France reported on Feb. 21, 1994, that the drug AZT can greatly reduce the risk that a pregnant woman infected with the AIDS virus will transmit the virus to her unborn child. The National Institute of Allergy and ...


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Fossils of an apelike human ancestor that lived more than 4 million years ago were discovered in Ethiopia, according to a September 1994 report by anthropologists Tim D. White of the University of California at Berkeley, Gen Suwa of the University of ...


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In 1994, DNA testing helped solve archaeological mysteries ranging from the colonization of the Pacific and the Americas to the spread of disease in the ancient world. (DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule of which genes are made.) ...


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Argentina's first substantially new Constitution since 1853 took effect on Aug. 24, 1994. The document was drafted by a special assembly, which was elected in April and comprised 305 delegates from the country's major political parties. ...


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Asia overcame a variety of natural disasters in 1994 to make uneven progress toward improving the lives of its diverse people. Civil wars disrupted life in areas of Afghanistan, Burma, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. ...


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The most spectacular astronomical event of 1994, if not of the entire century, occurred in July as pieces of a disintegrated comet plunged into the atmosphere of Jupiter. The impacts caused huge, fiery explosions on the giant planet. ...


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The Australian economy boomed in 1994, growing faster than it had for nine years. Unemployment fell to 9.5 percent of the work force in July 1994, its lowest level in three years. The rate had topped 11 percent during the depth of the recession, which ...


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Consumers grew weary of their old models in 1994 as the average age of cars and trucks in the United States reached eight years. De- mand for new cars and trucks soared, overwhelming dealers and auto factories. Sales of cars and light trucks in the ...


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U.S. airlines pared down to essentials and restructured their finances in 1994, often turning to employees for bailouts. But hopes for a major airline recovery soured as the price of fares fell an average of 3 percent, largely due to the pressure put ...


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The longest work stoppage in the history of professional sports ended the 1994 regular season 52 days early. There were no play-offs and no World Series. And as the year ended, negotiations between club owners and players were still stalled, and the ...


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Partly because Michael Jordan, their star player, had given up the sport and become a minor league baseball player, the Chicago Bulls failed in 1994 to win a fourth consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) championship. Instead, the Houston ...


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A biological research project in July 1994 raised questions about a long-standing belief in sociology--that overcrowding in America's inner cities contributes substantially to stress and aggressiveness and thus to crime. That conclusion was based ...


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Civil war continued in 1994 to ravage Bosnia (as the nation is often called), despite international efforts to end the hostilities. When the nation declared its independence from the Yugoslav federation in March 1992, the government intended to ...


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People in Burundi watched anxiously in 1994 as neighboring Rwanda became a killing ground, with the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, murdering the minority Tutsis by the tens of thousands. Because Burundi has the same division as Rwanda between Hutus ...


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Despite a $2-billion United Nations (UN) effort to bring peace and a popularly elected government to Cambodia, the country was mired in warfare, bureaucratic inefficiency, and official corruption in 1994. The UN had finally organized elections in May ...


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Canada in 1994 again faced the possibility of losing Quebec, one of its largest provinces, when Quebecers voted the separatist Parti Quebecois (PQ) into provincial office on September 12. Immediately following the election, PQ leader and Quebec's new ...


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Two of Canada's foremost authors, Robertson Davies and Alice Munro, led a strong showing by the nation's fiction writers in 1994. Davies, who turned 81 during the year, showed no signs of flagging as a storyteller. In his new novel, The Cunning Man, ...


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A new coating material is a loner in the world of materials: Paints, marker inks, dirt, tar, adhesive tape, and even water hold no attraction for it. Chemist Donald L. Schmidt and his colleagues at Dow Chemical Company of Midland, Mich., described the ...


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Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle of the center-left Coalition for Democracy was sworn in to a six-year term as president on March 11, 1994. Frei, the son of a former Chilean president, promised to fight poverty and double the nation's economic output. ...


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The ruling Communist Party made minor leadership changes in 1994 as it anticipated the death of Deng Xiaoping, China's dominant leader since 1978. Deng turned 90 on Aug. 22, 1994, and other aging Communists opposed to his policies seemed poised to ...


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President Bill Clinton suffered enormous political setbacks in 1994. He failed to get a health care reform bill enacted, and Republicans won control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1954 in the November 8 midterm elections. Clinton ...


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Rapid growth in traffic on the "information superhighway" dominated personal computer news during 1994. By year's end some sources estimated that as many as 30 million individuals were using modems (devices that connect computers to telephone lines) ...


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The Democratic-controlled 103rd Congress tried but failed in 1994 to pass a health care bill, the number-one item on President Bill Clinton's priority list. Nor did Clinton manage to get a welfare-reform bill passed. The President waited until late in ...


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The United States Congress approved the California Desert Protection Act on Oct.8, 1994, designating about 7 million acres (2.8 million hectares) of arid but scenic landscape as national parks and preserves. The act was the largest land-preservation ...


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Crime captivated the public during 1994, from the sensational trial of former football star O. J. Simpson on murder charges to the passage of a major federal anticrime bill. Regardless of statistics that showed that most violent crime rates dropped ...


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Croatia agreed on Jan. 19, 1994, to establish low-level diplomatic relations with Serbia, the dominant republic of Yugoslavia, ending fighting that had erupted sporadically since Croatia split from Yugoslavia in June 1991. But Croatian leaders ...


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Amid growing unrest over a seemingly endless string of hardships, Cubans fled their island nation by the thousands during 1994. Some 30,000 Cubans struck out for Florida during the year, often aboard fragile, unseaworthy craft. The exodus was the ...


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The Czech Republic remained politically stable in 1994, the nation's second year of independence since splitting from the former Czechoslovak federation in January 1993. The Czech economy also continued to show promise, in contrast to the troubles ...


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The Democrats suffered a crushing defeat in the Nov. 8, 1994, midterm elections, losing control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1954. In addition, Republicans took away governorships in New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and several ...


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Danish voters in 1994 kept Social Democratic Party Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen in office, though his four-party coalition government suffered major losses in the general election on September 21. Rasmussen, whose coalition won only 75 seats in ...


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Republicans scored a smashing victory in the Nov. 8, 1994, midterm elections, seizing control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1954 and taking governorships in a number of states. The outcome was seen by many observers as a dramatic ...


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The year 1994 saw Europe emerge unevenly from a long, deep economic recession and continue to adjust to the changing political climate of the post-Communist era. The European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Western ...


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Finland voted to join the European Union (EU), formerly known as the European Community, in a national referendum held on Oct. 16, 1994. The vote, which was 57 percent in favor of membership, made Finland part of the EU on Jan. 1, 1995. Opposition to ...


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In a professional season in which National Football League (NFL) teams produced more touchdowns and more points because of new rules favoring the offense, the teams with the best records were the San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys, and the ...


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Politics in France heated up in 1994 as candidates jockeyed to succeed President Francois Mitterrand in the May 1995 presidential election. In the meantime, Mitterrand continued his battle with prostate cancer and on July 18, underwent surgery to ...


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Geological research during 1994 ranged from the traditional to the highly innovative, with particular emphasis on studies of the geologic record of global environmental change. Earth scientists are keenly interested in learning how the climate varied ...


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German Chancellor Helmut Kohl was narrowly named to a fourth four-year term on Oct. 16, 1994, despite a drop in popularity for his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. ...


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Greece came into disfavor in the European Union (EU), formerly the European Community, on Feb. 16, 1994, when it unilaterally imposed a trade embargo on Macedonia, a former republic of the federal state of Yugoslavia. Since the breakup of Yugoslavia ...


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On Oct. 15, 1994, Jean-Bertrand Aristide reclaimed the presidency of Haiti, as some 20,000 United States troops guarded the peace of the troubled, bankrupt nation. Behind a bullet-proof glass enclosure outside the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, ...


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The New York Rangers, who last won the National Hockey League's (NHL) Stanley Cup in 1940, captured it again in 1994. Then they endured a bitter dispute when their coach, Mike Keenan, quit a month after the season ended, citing a contract technicality....


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In parliamentary elections held in May 1994, Hungarians rejected the government of former Prime Minister Jozsef Antall, who died in office in December 1993. Antall's Hungarian Democratic Forum (HDF), led by Acting Prime Minister Peter Boross, lost ...


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India suffered from an outbreak of pneumonic plague that began in September 1994 in Surat, a city of 1.6 million in western India. The plague, an airborne infection originally harbored in rats, spread panic, causing hundreds of thousands of people to ...


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On April 29, 1994, United States President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, and all but one member of the Cabinet met at the White House with 300 elected Native-American leaders of 547 federally recognized tribes. The White House said the meeting ...


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President Suharto said on March 12, 1994, that he would retire in 1998 at the end of his current five-year term, when he will be 77 years old. He was first elected president in 1968. ...


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Strains developed within the ruling coalition of Fianna Fail (also known as the Republican Party) and the Labour Party in 1994. Disagreements over actions taken by Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds finally led to a collapse of the government in ...


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Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) head Yasir Arafat all received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 in recognition of a 1993 accord between the PLO and Israel that could lead to ...


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Italy faced a tumultuous year politically in 1994. It began when Italian voters broke up the political order that had ruled their country through a succession of unstable governments for nearly 50 years by choosing a coalition of parties led by ...


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Japan had three different prime ministers in 1994 as its political system continued to change and its economy struggled out of a long recession. Political change had begun in 1993, when the conservative Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP), which had ...


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Kim Il-song, the ruler of North Korea since the state was created in 1948, died on July 8, 1994, of a heart attack at the age of 82, his government announced. His son Kim Chong-il reportedly took over as president as well as general secretary of the ...


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Political turmoil in Haiti and Mexico captured world attention during 1994. In Haiti, international determination combined with high-level diplomatic efforts by the United States and a show of U.S. military force allowed democracy a second chance. In ...


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Libyan leader Muammar Muhammad al-Qadhafi celebrated 25 years in power on Sept. 1, 1994, with a massive military parade in Libya's capital, Tripoli. Qadhafi and 11 other military officers had won power in a coup on Sept. 1, 1969. All but 2 of the ...


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Lithuania on Jan. 27, 1994, joined the Partnership for Peace, a new North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) program of cooperation with nations that had belonged to the Warsaw Pact, a military alliance led by the former Soviet Union. Lithuania had ...


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Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad spent much of 1994 preparing his United Malays National Organization (UMNO) for parliamentary elections, expected in early 1995. The UMNO has held power in the region since before Malaysia became a unified country ...


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A worldwide effort to isolate the gene that causes an inherited form of breast cancer culminated on Sept. 14, 1994, in an announcement of the gene's discovery. The gene, called BRCA1, is thought to cause half of all cases of hereditary breast cancer. ...


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The American Psychological Association (APA) on Aug. 24, 1994, cautioned that a widely used procedure termed facilitated communication has no scientific basis. Facilitated communication has been adopted in educational programs throughout the United ...


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The Dec. 1, 1994, inauguration of Mexico's new president, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), capped a tumultuous year in which rebellion and political assassination rocked Mexico's political system. Zedillo's ...


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The Arab-Israeli peace process moved forward so rapidly and on so many fronts in 1994 that few observers could predict its economic and political impact on the Middle East. But hopes for peace were also tempered by some of the bloodiest acts of ...


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The Netherlands elected a new government on May 3, 1994. Willem Kok, leader of the Labor Party, became prime minister on August 22, at the head of an unusual, three-party coalition. Kok had been finance minister in the last coalition government, which ...


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Efforts to achieve peace in Northern Ireland took a historic step forward when the Irish Republican Army (IRA) announced a "complete cessation of military operations" on Aug. 31, 1994. Demonstrations of relief and delight reverberated throughout ...


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Norway voted against joining the European Union (EU), formerly the European Community, in a national referendum held Nov. 28 to 29, 1994. About 52 percent of the voters opposed joining the EU, with most of the opposition coming from rural areas. ...


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After years of preparation, teams of scientists from the United States, Japan, and Europe embarked in June 1994 on a pioneering program to study an undersea vent and a growing mound of material around it. The mound was located 2,250 miles (3,620 ...


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A new format for the Olympic Games took effect in 1994. Since 1924, the Winter and Summer Olympic Games had taken place in the same year, and both were held every four years. The International Olympic Committee, realizing that world attention and ...


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Two discoveries of fossil whales in Pakistan provided new insight in 1994 into how aquatic mammals such as whales and dolphins evolved from their four-legged, land-dwelling ancestors. ...


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A soap opera unfolded during 1994 in Lima, Peru's capital, as Peruvians prepared to go to the polls in April 1995 to select a new president. The drama was played out in the presidential palace, where President Alberto Fujimori, 56, though credited ...


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Political parties in the Philippines moved in 1994 to consolidate into two or three major parties in preparation for 1995 congressional elections. Political parties had proliferated after President Ferdinand Marcos was deposed in 1986. He had ruled ...


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The final missing piece in the puzzle of subatomic matter appeared to have been found, according to an April 1994 announcement by physicists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Ill. The scientists released evidence of the ...


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Poland's coalition government struggled in 1994 to sustain economic reform while easing the burden of those reforms on the population. The parliament, led by Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak's Polish Peasant Party and the Democratic Left Alliance, ...


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A 25th anniversary concert commemorating the legendary Woodstock rock festival rivaled the original in 1994. The event drew an estimated 350,000 people to a field in Saugerties, N.Y., where performances were held from August 12 to 14. Another 250,000 ...


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By 4 1/2 months of age, babies can recognize their own names upon hearing them and prefer their names over similar-sounding names, psychologists reported in June 1994. Infants begin to build a mental vocabulary in their native language during the ...


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Efforts to prevent lead poisoning have resulted in a major decline in levels of lead in the bloodstreams of Americans, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Ga., reported on July 27, 1994. Previous studies had ...


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On Jan. 7, 1994, a barge carrying 1.5 million gallons (5.7 million liters) of heavy diesel oil struck a coral reef and spilled half its cargo along 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) of pristine beaches in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. As the year ...


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Republicans dealt Democrats an overwhelming defeat in the midterm election of Nov. 8, 1994, winning control of both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives for the first time since 1954 and scoring big gains in governors' races. ...


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Russia's advocates of Western-style reform were in a defensive position as 1994 began. Elections held on Dec. 12, 1993, had produced a parliament dominated by right wing nationalists and Communists, who were elected by a public that was weary of ...


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Economic problems and charges of human rights abuses tarnished Saudi Arabia's image in 1994. On August 24, the United States granted asylum to Mohammed al-Khilewi, former first secretary at the Saudi United Nations mission, who claimed that the ...


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Slovakia endured political turbulence in 1994, the nation's second year of independence since splitting from the former Czechoslovak federation in January 1993. A parliamentary vote of no confidence on March 11, 1994, ousted Prime Minister Vladimir ...


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The World Cup, the quadrennial (every four years) event with perhaps more international prestige than the Olympics, came to the United States in 1994 for the first time. For the organizers and for the sport itself, it was a major success. It was ...


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Hopes rose in 1994 for the possibility of bringing peace to Somalia, but at year-end the outlook did not look bright. The United Nations (UN), even though it had failed to achieve its objective of ending strife in the east African nation and ...


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The democratic reforms of recent years in South Africa reached fruition in 1994 with the country's first all-race elections in April and the installation of a new government in May. On May 9, the newly seated National Assembly chose Nelson R. Mandela ...


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Astronauts on the seven space shuttle missions flown in 1994 carried out a variety of scientific experiments, took spacewalks and measured how human activity has changed the surface of Earth. The first flight of the year began on February 3, when the ...


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Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez Marquez plunged in political popularity polls as his government was rocked by scandal in 1994. On April 30, Interior Minister Antoni Asuncion resigned, reportedly to spare the government further embarrassment, ...


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Sweden voted to join the European Union (EU) in a national referendum held on Nov. 13, 1994. The vote was 52.2 percent in favor of membership. Sweden joined Austria and Finland in becoming members of the EU, formerly known as the European Community, ...


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The communications landscape became more diverse in 1994 as telephone, cable, and entertainment companies expanded aggressively through mergers and alliances. The lengthy battle for control of Paramount Communications Incorporated came to symbolize ...


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In February, record numbers of viewers tuned in to the Winter Olympics, which were broadcast from Lillehammer, Norway, by CBS Inc. and Turner Network Television (TNT). Viewers were particularly interested in the rivalry between United States ...


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Scandals involving drugs and stolen gems flared during 1994. First, on May 10, United States officials said Thanong Siripreechapong, a member of the main opposition party, Chat Thai, had been indicted in 1991 in California on charges of smuggling tons ...


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Turkey suffered a financial crisis in 1994 when at least three banks failed in April and $9 billion of Turkey's $60-billion debt fell due. Inflation soared in May by nearly 30 percent, and the Turkish lira fell in value by 58 percent. In response to ...


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Ukraine began to show signs of stability in 1994, after approaching the brink of economic and political collapse in the final months of 1993. In presidential elections held in July, former Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma, a proponent of reform, defeated ...


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The year 1994 began with a succession of scandals involving members of the ruling Conservative Party. As the year continued, Conservatives fared poorly in elections and dropped lower in opinion polls. Yet at year's end, the Con-servatives, in power ...


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The last international restriction placed on Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War (1957-1975) was lifted on Feb. 3, 1994, when United States President Bill Clinton removed a U.S. embargo on trade. Clinton's decision, which followed earlier steps ...


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Extreme weather battered many areas of the United States and the world in 1994. Severe cold and heavy snow descended on the Great Plains, the Midwest, and the Northeast in January, followed by record heat in many areas of the Southwest and the East in ...


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Yugoslavia continued to play a crucial role during 1994 in the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina (often called Bosnia), which declared its independence from Yugoslavia in March 1992. Serbia and Montenegro--the two republics that now make up Yugoslavia--began ...


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Zaire continued to be disrupted by an ongoing political crisis in 1994 as forces opposed to President Mobutu Sese Seko fought to bring about democratic reform and oust Mobutu. But Mobutu held on. ...


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Dutch biologists in March 1994 demonstrated an important link between the chemical composition of soil and the populations of snails and birds in forests in the Netherlands. Since the late 1980's, bird watchers had seen fewer birds in the forests, and ...


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In a televised address on Jan. 17, 1994, Premier Ralph Klein introduced a program of spending cuts designed to balance Alberta's budget by 1997. Klein told Albertans that his Progressive Conservative Party would reduce government spending by 20 ...


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The management of British Columbia's rich forests remained a crucial issue in the Pacific coastal province's affairs in 1994. Premier Michael Harcourt and the ruling New Democratic Party sought to balance the interests of environmentalists and the ...


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Manitoba became in 1994 the first province in Canada to abolish tax-free benefits for its legislators. An independent commission determined that a tax-exempt portion of the salaries of legislators should be eliminated after the next provincial ...


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The first World Congress of Acadians was held in southeastern New Brunswick for two weeks in August. More than 70,000 Acadians and their descendants gathered to celebrate their survival as a distinct national group. Acadia was the name of a region in ...


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The year 1994 brought more bad news for Newfoundland's fishing industry, as scientists reported that fish stocks continued to decline. In spite of a two-year fishing ban, declared in 1992, on cod, haddock, and flatfish, stocks of northern cod in 1994 ...


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In a report released on July 13, 1994, Canada's Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples concluded that the federal government showed negligence when it relocated 17 Inuit (Eskimo) families to the Northwest Territories, far north of the Arctic Circle, ...


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Nova Scotia enacted tough measures to reduce its deficit in 1994. The budget imposed a 3 percent wage cut on public employees who earn more than $25,000 a year. The reduced wages will be frozen for the next three years. Budget cuts in health care will ...


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The ruling New Democratic Party, led by Premier Robert K. Rae, sponsored a series of landmark bills that came to a vote in June 1994, during the spring session of the Ontario legislature. The legislature passed a law that prohibits the sale of ...


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The provincial budget, released in April, included broad spending cuts intended to reduce Prince Edward Island's budget deficit. One of the budget's most dramatic measures involved the Public Sector Pay Reduction Act, which reduced the wages of civil ...


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Quebec faced two changes in leadership in 1994, and Quebecers continued to demonstrate their desire for reform in the province's government. On January 11, Daniel Johnson succeeded retiring Robert Bourassa as premier and head of the Liberal Party, ...


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The New Democratic Party government of Premier Roy Romanow continued in 1994 on its course to balance Saskatchewan's budget by the 1996-1997 fiscal year. Facing a projected deficit of $1.3 billion when it came to power in 1991, the Romanow government ...


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Indians of the Yukon Territory moved closer to autonomy on June 22, when the Canadian Parliament approved two bills granting them land ownership and limited self-government. Passage of the bills was held up for a time by the western-based Reform Party,...


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The destruction caused by earthquakes and hurricanes can be minimized with good design and solid construction....


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Affirmative Action: Opportunity or Obstacle?

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Affirmative action programs have enabled minorities and women to improve their job and educational opportunities. But have they erected barricades to others?...


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The comic strip officially reached the age of 100 in 1995....


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Overfishing has severely depleted the world's fish stocks and created painful choices in the effort to rebuild an essential natural resource....


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Mexico's financial crisis of 1995 added to the burdens of a country already deeply troubled by poverty and political corruption....


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The Pursuit of Peace in Northern Ireland

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DID The cessation of paramilitary activities in Northern Ireland mark the beginning of a peace process that could lead to the end of an age-old conflict in the region?...


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As a large group of Americans nears retirement age, those who administer social security say it needs reform to avoid going broke in the next century....


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Are Professional Team Sports Striking Out?

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Fans are growing frustrated with the labor unrest that has been plaguing professional baseball, basketball, football, and hockey....


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The explosive growth of the Internet has brought a wealth of information to homes, businesses, and institutions around the world. ...


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Terrorists around the world use random acts of violence in an attempt to achieve political, national, or religious aims through fear and intimidation....


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Deadly new infections and old diseases once thought to have been conquered are breaking out in many places around the world....


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Freedom fighter turned military strategist and politician, Yitzhak Rabin brought Israel to the brink of a lasting peace with its long-time enemies....


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Some African countries, most notably South Africa, continued to make progress toward democratic rule in 1995, but definite setbacks occurred in several other African nations, including Nigeria and Kenya. In still others, the democracy movement seemed ...


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A panel of scientific experts recommended in July 1995 that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allow Jeff Getty, an AIDS patient at San Francisco, to receive a transplant of bone marrow cells from a baboon. Physicians hoped that the ...


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Four-million-year-old fossils discovered in northern Kenya may belong to the oldest known humanlike species. That finding was reported in August 1995 by anthropologist Meave G. Leakey of the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi; anthropologist Alan ...


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The discovery in Zaire of 80,000-year-old bone points used for hunting and fishing suggests that human beings in Africa were making and using tools thousands of years before tool use developed elsewhere. The finding was reported in April 1995 by ...


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President Carlos Saul Menem of the Justicialist (Peronist) Party, was sworn in for a second term on July 8, 1995. Due to a 1994 change in Argentina's Constitution that allowed Menem to seek another term, he became only the second Argentine president ...


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Asia led the world in economic growth during 1995, raising the living standards of many people, though millions of Asians remained in poverty. The Asian Development Bank, an affiliate of the United Nations (UN), said in April that the economies of ...


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In 1995, astronomers discovered tiny moons that orbit Saturn and a bright new comet. Looking beyond our solar system, they found new evidence of distant planets, black holes, and the mysterious dark matter that fills the universe. ...


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A sharp increase in exports helped the national economy achieve a 3.75 percent growth rate during 1995. The Treasury predicted the economy would continue to grow at that rate for the next three years. Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent from 9.5 percent ...


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Analysts had expected American automobile sales in 1995 to continue the strong momentum of 1994 and predicted near-record sales of 16 million vehicles. But their forecasts were far too optimistic. After a disastrous start, sales of cars and light ...


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Denver International Airport, located 23 miles (37 kilometers) northeast of downtown Denver, opened for business on Feb. 28, 1995. The 53-square-mile (137-square-kilometer) airport's opening came amid complaints about cost overruns and delays due to a ...


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Despite all its positives--marvelous regular seasons for the Cleveland Indians and the Atlanta Braves, a World Series win for the Braves, and Cal Ripken, Jr.'s besting of a supposedly unbreakable record--the 1995 baseball season was almost a disaster. ...


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The National Basketball Association (NBA), whose 1994-1995 season escaped the labor shutdowns that hurt major-league baseball and hockey, locked out its players after the season because of little progress toward a collective-bargaining agreement. ...


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California scientists reported in May 1995 that they had successfully revived 25 million-year-old bacteria and thus produced the oldest living organisms. The bacteria, which were identified as an ancient strain of Bacillus sphaericus , were isolated ...


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In 1995, international negotiators brought about agreement on a plan to end the nation's civil war. The plan called for dividing Bosnia (as the nation is often called) into two entities, one dominated by a Muslim-Croat federation and the other by ...


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Burundi teetered on the brink of total collapse in 1995. The country's ethnic groups, the majority Hutu and the minority Tutsi, parallel those of Rwanda, and violent conflict between these groups has characterized the history of both countries. Since ...


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Cambodia slumped more deeply into corrupt, inefficient, and autocratic government in 1995. First Prime Minister Norodom Ranariddh said in August that "the Western brand of democracy and freedom of the press is not applicable to Cambodia." Only after ...


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Canada moved to the brink of dissolution in October 1995 when voters in Quebec considered--then narrowly rejected--a referendum proposing separation from the Canadian federation. About 60 percent of French-speaking Quebecers voted to assert their ...


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As Canada focused on an October 1995 referendum--narrowly defeated--that proposed Quebec's separation from the Canadian federation, Canadian writers reflected a preoccupation with the state of the nation. In Nationalism Without Walls: The Unbearable ...


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New hope for insomniacs, at least those of the feline variety, was announced in June 1995. Chemist Richard A. Lerner and his colleagues at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, reported that they had identified and synthesized a ...


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Chile's economy grew by nearly 7 percent as 1995 closed. In the year's first quarter, the country more than tripled its trade surplus to $827 million compared with $238.8 million in 1994. ...


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The ruling Communist Party in 1995 launched a largely unsuccessful campaign to end China's rampant corruption. The Chinese public increasingly resented the high lifestyle of party officials while they themselves earned meager wages. Reportedly, ...


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While both sides claimed victory in the standoff, polls suggested that in terms of public opinion, President Clinton came out ahead. The skirmish paved the way for an even bigger battle over a bill, rejected by Clinton, that would slash spending, cut ...


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Windows 95, a major new version of the operating system used on most of the world's personal computers, was introduced in August 1995 by the Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Washington. Windows 95 was designed to upgrade Microsoft's existing ...


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The deadlock occurred after Congress failed to pass all of its 13 regular appropriations bills by the start of the 1996 fiscal year, which began on Oct. 1, 1995. Instead, Congress approved legislation to continue spending through November 13 in hopes ...


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Amid heated controversy, gray wolves returned to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, after an absence of nearly 70 years. In March, biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released 14 wolves as part of a program the service initiated in the ...


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The United States experienced the worst terrorist attack in its history within its borders on April 19 when a truck packed with 4,800 pounds (2,200 kilograms) of explosives blew up outside the nine-story Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma ...


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There was a resumption of conflict between government troops and Croatian Serbs in 1995. The two sides had observed an uneasy truce since the end of a 1991-1992 war between the newly independent Croatia, Serbia--one of two remaining republics in ...


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Dressed like a businessman rather than in his usual military outfit, President Fidel Castro courted good will and foreign investment in 1995 during visits to France, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Argentina, China, and the United States. While ...


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The Czech Republic continued to enjoy stability in 1995. President Vaclav Havel won widespread approval, and most citizens supported the country's move toward an open-market economy. ...


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The Democrats, struggling against Republican domination of Congress, suffered setbacks in 1995. Democrats groped for a successful strategy to counter congressional Republicans, who pushed through legislation to slash federal spend-ing and cut taxes in ...


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Denmark continued to enjoy one of Europe's strongest economies in 1995. The economics ministry forecast growth of 3.8 percent for the year, which was weaker than the exceptionally strong 4.5 percent rate recorded in 1994 but still more than the 2.7 ...


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Embattled Democrats showed scattered signs of a political comeback in 1995 as they won the governor's race in Kentucky and staved off a strong Republican drive for control of the Virginia legislature. Democrats also regained a majority in one branch ...


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The worst war in Europe in 50 years came to a close in 1995 as warring factions in Bosnia-Herzegovina negotiated a partition of the former Yugoslav republic. Also in 1995, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Western defense alliance, ...


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A broad, five-party coalition led by the Social Democratic Party took control of the Finnish government in 1995 after general elections held on March 19. Social Democratic Party leader Paavo Lipponen was named prime minister, replacing Prime Minister ...


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For the first time ever, major colleges had an actual, if not official, national championship game to determine the top team of 1995, and it was won by the University of Nebraska. At the professional level, the National Football League (NFL) attracted ...


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Voters in 1995 ushered in a change in French politics by electing the leader of the Rally for the Republic (RPR) party, Jacques Chirac, as president on May 7. Chirac, the former mayor of Paris, replaced Socialist leader Francois Mitterrand, ending ...


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Geological research during 1995 continued a trend toward nontraditional, interdisciplinary studies, which provided some startling discoveries. New insights were gained from the relatively recent geologic record of the last 1,000 years, as well as from ...


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Chancellor Helmut Kohl and his Christian Democratic Party maintained a firm grip on power in 1995 despite the continued weakening of their coalition partner, the Free Democratic Party (FDP). In local elections on May 14, the FDP failed to achieve the ...


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In 1995, Greece reached an interim agreement to resolve a four-year-old border dispute with the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia. Greece had refused to recognize the republic since it declared its independence during the breakup of Yugoslavia in ...


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Haitians went to the polls on Dec. 17, 1995, to elect a new president to succeed Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The winner in the election, Rene Preval of the Lavalas Party, was due to become Haiti's next president on Feb. 7, 1996, when Aristide's term was ...


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Labor troubles almost wiped out the National Hockey League's 1994-1995 season before it began. Owners of the 26 teams, unable to reach a labor agreement with the players, locked them out for 103 days. When the season was finally played, the New Jersey ...


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Economic issues dominated the government's agenda as it fought a $4-billion budget deficit in 1995. In March, Prime Minister Gyula Horn's socialist-liberal government unveiled an austerity plan that raised taxes, reduced the number of civil servants ...


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The Congress Party, which had governed India for most of the years since it gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, grew weaker in 1995. The party still controlled the national Parliament, but it held power in only a few state governments....


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Gambling on Indian lands, permitted by a 1987 Supreme Court ruling, continued to grow in 1995. But it also met with resistance. ...


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President Suharto in 1995 celebrated the nation's 50th anniversary of declaring independence from the Netherlands by removing a special stamp from the identity cards of 1.35 million Indonesians. The stamp indicated that they had been accused of ...


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The coalition government of Ireland, led by Prime Minister John Bruton and with the help of Foreign Minister Dick Spring, devoted most of its energy in 1995 to the search for a peace settlement in Northern Ireland. Throughout the year, the Irish ...


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Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, the man who spearheaded the nation's historic peacemaking effort with its Arab neighbors, died by a Jewish assassin's bullets on Nov. 4, 1995, as he left a peace rally in Tel Aviv, Israel. Rabin's slaying stunned the ...


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The country's political turmoil deepened in 1995. A government of nonelected technocrats moved hesitantly to reform the country's debt-ridden economy, while corruption allegations continued to undermine the credibility of the major political parties. ...


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Japan was battered by major problems in 1995. A January earthquake in Kobe killed thousands of people, and in March members of a religious sect released poisonous gas in the Tokyo subway system, sending thousands of commuters to the hospital. The ...


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The heaviest rains in 100 years caused widespread flooding in July and August 1995. The floods killed 70 people and left 500,000 homeless, according to government reports addressing internal problems--a rarity for North Korea. The government said the ...


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Business occupied center stage in Latin America during 1995 as local and foreign companies scrambled to position themselves for what many observers believed was a coming economic boom. Politicians and governments played a supporting role with efforts ...


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Political turbulence, mass deportations, and economic troubles marred the 26th year of leadership of Libya's Muammar Muhammad al-Qadhafi in 1995. Confrontations between Libyan security forces and Islamic militants erupted in June in Benghazi, Libya's ...


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For most of 1995, Lithuanian citizens focused on threats to their health-care and banking systems, while politicians looked ahead to a parliamentary election scheduled for 1996. In June 1995, the government announced that it could no longer afford to ...


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Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad called for parliamentary elections in April 1995, six months ahead of schedule, giving opponents of his United Malays National Organization (UMNO) little time to prepare. The UMNO dominated a 14-party coalition, ...


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Researchers in Texas announced in November 1995 that a gene dubbed BRCA1 was responsible for nearly all breast cancers. The gene, first identified in October 1994, was previously linked only with hereditary breast cancers, which account for about 5 ...


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A severe but largely unrecognized epidemic of mental illness and behavioral problems is occurring in the world's poorest countries, according to a study presented to the United Nations (UN) on May 15, 1995. The study, which involved researchers from ...


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His country gripped suddenly and unexpectedly by a severe economic crisis, newly inaugurated President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon called on the Mexican people for sacrifice on Jan. 3, 1995. But even as he spoke of harsh measures to right the ...


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The Arab-Israeli peace process sustained a tragic blow on Nov. 4, 1995, when a Jewish extremist hoping to halt the process assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel. The act shook the Israeli nation to its core ...


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The Netherlands in 1995 had one of the strongest economies in Europe as consumer demand and corporate investment increased at a brisk pace. The output of goods and services grew an estimated 3 percent, the highest growth rate in the Netherlands since ...


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The British government proceeded in 1995 with steps toward normalizing life in Northern Ireland, as the cease-fire announced by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in August 1994 continued to hold. The suspension of violence in the region offered the hope ...


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The government of Norway in 1995 worked to maintain its economic and political links with the rest of Western Europe in the wake of the rejection by voters in November 1994 of membership in the European Union (EU). The country's main ties with Europe, ...


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The area of ocean covered with ice at Earth's poles appears to be shrinking. That finding was announced in October 1995 by oceanographer Ola Johannessen and his colleagues at the Nansen Remote Sensing Center in Bergen, Norway. The researchers based ...


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In June 1995, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the Winter Olympics for the year 2002 to Salt Lake City, Utah. Salt Lake City won on the first ballot, receiving 54 votes to 14 for Ostersund, Sweden; 14 for Sion, Switzerland; and 7 for ...


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Research in 1995 provided missing details about the transition between the Permian and Triassic periods, some 250 million years ago. This interval, called the Permo-Triassic (P-T) boundary, was the time of the greatest mass extinction in the history ...


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On April 9, 1995, Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, 56, of the Change 90/New Majority coalition was elected to a second five-year term. He was inaugurated on July 28. Fujimori's success in guiding Peru's 1994 economic growth to a rate of 12 ...


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Voters in the May 1995 midterm elections for Congress gave President Fidel V. Ramos a weak vote of confidence. In the Senate, 12 of 24 seats were up for election, and Ramos candidates won 9. In the House of Representatives, all 204 seats were up for ...


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The year 1995 saw two long-awaited discoveries in physics. In March, physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) near Batavia, Illinois, confirmed the existence of the top quark, the last of the 12 fundamental building blocks of ...


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On Nov. 5, 1995, President Lech Walesa, whose popular support had been slipping all year, was defeated by Alexander Kwasniewski, 41, a former Communist. After Poland's Communist government was ousted in 1989, Kwasniewski had helped form a new ...


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Popular music once again became a target for public criticism in 1995, when Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole attacked the entertainment industry in a speech in Los Angeles on May 31 for "bombarding our children with destructive messages of casual ...


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The brains of men and women work differently during an important step in understanding language, according to a study published in February 1995. The difference appears in a frontal area of the brain that helps regulate the perception and use of ...


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People with a weakened immune system should ask their physicians about the safety of their drinking water before drinking any more of it, two federal government agencies said on June 15, 1995. The agencies made the recommendation after studies ...


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Puerto Ricans were increasingly angry in 1995 that their commonwealth had become a place of violence, beset by drug trafficking, gangs, and a growing murder rate. In an attempt to stem drug trafficking and the crime that goes with it, authorities ...


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Emboldened by their control of both houses of Congress for the first time in 40 years, Republican party leaders in 1995 translated their electoral ''revolution'' into legislation designed to slash taxes and federal spending. Grand Old Party (GOP) ...


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Two events dominated Russian politics for most of 1995: the Russian invasion of the separatist region of Chechnya and preparations for the parliamentary elections that were held on December 17. Despite the turmoil caused by these events and by Russian ...


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Saudi Arabia, the world's largest petroleum producer and one of the biggest welfare states, took steps in 1995 to correct an economic crisis caused by sagging oil prices and more than a decade of overspending. On January 1, the kingdom released a ...


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Political life in Slovakia was full of conflict in 1995. The coalition government that formed in December 1994, made up of Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar's Movement for a Democratic Slovakia, the Peasant Party, the Slovak National Party, and the ...


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In the summer of 1995, the United States national team enjoyed its best six-week stretch ever. In that span, it won the U.S. Cup by defeating three of the world's 10 highest-ranked teams and reached the semifinals of the South American championship. ...


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Somalia faced political difficulties in 1995, but events were not as bloody or chaotic as many observers had predicted. The decision of the United Nations (UN) in 1994 to remove its peacekeeping forces from the country in March 1995 did not lead to an ...


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South Africa continued to make progress in 1995 in solving the many political, economic, and social problems that had resulted from decades of apartheid (racial separation). In local elections held on November 1, the African National Congress (ANC), ...


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Two historic dockings took place in 1995 between a United States space shuttle and the Russian space station Mir. A U.S. astronaut was carried into space aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft for the first time and spent nearly four months on Mir. And ...


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The government of Spain in July 1995 was shaken by allegations that Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez Marquez in the 1980's had authorized death squads to hunt down members of the Basque separatist group ETA (the initials stand for Basque Homeland and ...


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Swedes voiced growing misgivings about the 15-nation European Union (EU) within months of joining, even though a faster-than-expected economic recovery raised the prospect that Sweden could join a common EU currency in 1999. The anti-Union sentiment ...


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The big players in the communications world opened up their wallets in 1995 in hopes of positioning themselves for a new competitive order. Barriers separating broadcasting, cable, and telephone companies continued to break down after the expiration ...


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The most memorable television event of 1995 may have been the murder trial of football star-turned-actor O. J. Simpson. Simpson was accused of the stabbing deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald L. Goldman on June 12, 1994. ...


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In April 1995, Chuan Likphai set a record for coup-plagued Thailand by serving 32 months as a democratically elected prime minister. He was credited with liberalizing the nation's financial system and other reforms. ...


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Prime Minister Tansu Ciller's True Path Party lost to a Muslim group, the Welfare Party, in general elections held on Dec. 24, 1995. The next day, Ciller resigned, along with her cabinet, though she was expected to stay in office until a new ...


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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma expanded his powers at the expense of the Rada (parliament) in 1995. Kuchma's economic reforms began to bear fruit, and the long-awaited recovery of the Ukrainian economy appeared within grasp. A potential conflict ...


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Government leadership by the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom (U.K.) faced challenges in 1995, as attacks on the prime minister, scandals, and infighting rocked the nation's ruling party. Britain's Labour Party, however, gained strength under ...


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United States President Bill Clinton announced full diplomatic recognition of Vietnam on July 11, 1995, 20 years after the Vietnam War (1957-1975) ended. Some American political leaders as well as veterans' groups opposed the move because many U.S. ...


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The first few days of 1995 featured cold weather in the Northeastern United States and warm dry weather in the Southwest. A string of Pacific storms from January 8 to 15 dropped torrential rains on coastal areas in California and up to 10 feet (3 ...


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The presidents of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia (one of two republics making up the nation of Yugoslavia) sat down together at the peace table on Nov. 1, 1995, to seek an end to the war that had torn apart the Balkan region since 1992. U.S. ...


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President Mobutu Sese Seko remained in power in 1995, more securely than in previous years. Prime Minister Kengo wa Dondo achieved some success in bringing Zaire's inflation problem under control. But the impasse between Mobutu and opposition leader ...


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Plant physiologist Jane Shen-Miller at the University of California in Los Angeles reported in November that she and her colleagues had forced a 1,300-year-old lotus plant seed to sprout. The seed, one of several brought to California from the Beijing ...


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A virus whose genes were incorporated into human genes in ancient times may help prevent a mother's immune system from rejecting the placenta during pregnancy. British and American researchers reported in August that cells in the wall of the placenta ...


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Premier Ralph Klein, a fiscal conservative, pressed ahead with drastic spending cuts introduced when his Progressive Conservative Party (PCP) assumed power in 1992. The budget, released on Feb. 21, 1995, posted an estimated surplus of $110- million in ...


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Strengthened by a change in leadership, the New Democratic Party (NDP) narrowly won a second mandate to govern British Columbia in an election held on May 28, 1996. Glen Clark, an aggressive 38-year-old former labor organizer, was elected leader of ...


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The PCP administration of Premier Gary Filmon won a third term in office on April 25, 1995, increasing its standing in the 57-seat legislature from 29 to 31 members. The opposition NDP gained two seats to control 22. The Liberal Party fell from six ...


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New Brunswick, a small lumbering and fishing province heavily dependent on federal transfer payments, emerged in 1995 as a major Canadian center for customer service operations. The transformation began when the province set up the first telephone ...


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Economic prospects for Newfoundland, hard hit by the collapse of the cod-fishing industry, brightened in 1995 as prospectors and geologists rushed to Voisey Bay on the mainland coast of Labrador, where a rich deposit of nickel, cobalt, and copper was ...


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The Northwest Territories, which cover one-third of Canada's land mass, elected a new assembly on October 16. The 24 members of the assembly, which does not have political parties, planned to choose a speaker and a premier (leader of the government) ...


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After two years of internal dissent, members of the governing Liberal Party voted on June 24, 1995, to continue their support for Premier John Savage, the party's leader. Had he been ousted, it would have been the first time in Canadian history that a ...


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Provincial elections on June 8, 1995, handed power to the PCP, which had promised the most sweeping changes in the role of government in Canada's most populous province since the end of World War II (1939-1945). The victorious PCP was led by Michael ...


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The calm of Canada's smallest province was disturbed on April 20, 1995, when a bomb exploded outside historic Province House, the seat of the province's legislature and the site of a conference held in 1864 that led to the formation of the Canadian ...


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The debate over independence that dominated public affairs in Quebec before the October referendum showed no signs of abating after voters narrowly rejected the measure--50.5 percent to 49.4 percent. The day after the vote, Jacques Parizeau, Quebec's ...


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The NDP government of Premier Roy Romanow swept to a solid electoral victory on June 21, 1995, winning a second majority in the legislature. The NDP took 42 seats in the 58-seat assembly and captured 48 percent of the popular vote. The Liberals moved ...


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The economic prospects of the Yukon Territory's 31,000 inhabitants brightened in 1995 with the reopening of the Faro mine, 125 miles (200 kilometers) northeast of Whitehorse. The mine, which produces silver, zinc, and lead, was formerly the Yukon's ...


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Deng Xiaoping transformed China into a global economic power. After his death, new leaders vying for control faced an array of problems unleashed by Deng's reforms....


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A singer legendary for her taste, purity of sound, and stylistic innovations dies at age 79....


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George Burns kept people laughing for more than 90 years....


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Russians have gained new freedoms since the 1991 fall of Communism, but at what price?...


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Recent moves toward greater democratization across Africa raised the hopes of millions of people--but the future remained uncertain....


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Panic hit the beef industry and the British public as "mad cow disease" killed animals and contaminated the beef supply....


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In a process many people take for granted after more than 200 years, Americans elected a new president on Nov. 5, 1996....


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The University of Pennsylvania throws a party for the 50-year-old computer that introduced the world to the age of information....


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Royal scandals, on levels unprecedented in modern times, have brought into question the future role of the once mighty British monarchy....


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Poverty and both civil and political instability were serious concerns in Africa in 1996. However, the climate for economic growth and democracy seemed more positive than in many past years. African immigrants in Europe, women's issues, and disease in ...


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In March 1996, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ritonavir and indinavir, which are from a new class of HIV drugs called protease inhibitors. (HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, is the virus that causes AIDS.) The new drugs ...


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Alberta, rich in oil, gas, and other natural resources, achieved another year of spectacular success in budget cutting in 1996. On June 24, the Progressive Conservative Party (PCP) government of Premier Ralph Klein announced that the $506-million ...


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Important fossil discoveries of distant human ancestors highlighted anthropology in 1996. New discoveries shed light on the relationship between Neanderthals and modern human beings. Scientists also announced that a third human species may have walked ...


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Significant archaeological finds in 1996 expanded knowledge of prehistory (the period of human history before writing) and yielded ancient treasures. Researchers also unearthed traces of the 1607 fort in Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent ...


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On July 26, 1996, President Carlos Saul Menem announced the resignation of Domingo Cavallo, the minister of economy, who was widely credited for playing a major role in stabilizing Argentina's economy and bringing inflation under control. Cavallo was ...


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Territorial disputes flared in Asia during 1996, spurring a continuing race for more modern weapons. China fired missiles at Taiwan in an attempt to influence voting in Taiwan's first direct election for president. But none of the disputes came to ...


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In 1996, astronomers studied a rock believed to be from Mars and examined data from a spacecraft orbiting Jupiter. They found new planets and were able to see the universe just as it was after the formation of the earliest galaxies. An amateur ...


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John Howard succeeded Paul Keating as prime minister after early elections on March 2, 1996, gave Howard's Liberal Party 77 seats in the House of Representatives. Keating's Australian Labor Party, which had governed the nation for 13 years, captured ...


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Automakers had anticipated that 1996 would be a good year, and they were not disappointed. Through the first nine months of the year, sales of light vehicles in the United States reached 11.6 million units, or 3.2 percent more than sales for the same ...


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On June 11, 1996, executives of British Airways and American Airlines, a subsidiary of Dallas-based AMR Corp., announced an alliance. The airlines would coordinate schedules for nearly 500 weekly flights across the North Atlantic, jointly market their ...


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A memorable 1996 season produced the greatest home-run barrage in major-league history and ended with the New York Yankees dethroning the Atlanta Braves as World Series champions. In December, the owners of the 30 National and American league clubs ...


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Old reliables won the major basketball championships of the 1995-1996 season. The Chicago Bulls captured the National Basketball Association (NBA) title for the fourth time in six years under Coach Phil Jackson. The University of Tennessee won the ...


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Major new clues into the nature and origin of life were reported in 1996 by scientists in Europe and the United States. In April, Belgian and American researchers announced that they and colleagues in several other countries had identified each of the ...


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In 1996, Bosnia-Herzegovina (often called Bosnia) began to see effects of the peace treaty brokered in November 1995 in Dayton, Ohio, and signed one month later in Paris by Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian leaders. But obstacles to peace remained in ...


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The growing season for plants in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere was a week longer in the mid-1990's than it was 20 years earlier, researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, reported in July 1996. Their ...


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In 1996, the government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien, stunned by the razor-thin defeat of a 1995 referendum (a bill or political question submitted to the people for a direct vote) proposing Quebec's separation from the Canadian federation, moved ...


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The Canadian literary scene in 1996 showed particular strength and vitality in the field of adult fiction. Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance (1995), about urban life in India, and Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace, based on the notorious case of convicted ...


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New insights into the chemical structure of spider silk were reported in January 1996 by scientists at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The researchers described how silk components come together to produce a fiber stronger and more elastic ...


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On June 25, 1996, Chile became the fifth member of South America's Southern Cone Common Market (known as Mercosur). The agreement, signed in San Luis, Argentina, opened Chile's markets to unrestricted trade with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and ...


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As the Chinese Communist Party celebrated its 75th anniversary on July 9, 1996, it grappled with problems of leadership, economics, and China's political role in the world. Jiang Zemin, general secretary of the party, as well as the nation's president ...


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The number of people who owned a personal computer (PC) continued to rise in 1996. The trend was fueled by falling prices, improved power and performance of the machines, and the wealth of information available on the World Wide Web. As PC's became ...


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Partisan clashes between the Republican-controlled United States Congress and Democratic President Bill Clinton subsided in 1996 as Americans voiced their opposition to radical changes in government policy. President Clinton moved toward the political ...


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In 1996, the United States National Park Service tottered on the edge of insolvency. According to service officials, the U.S. Congress between 1983 and 1996 allowed the service's annual budget (adjusted for inflation) to decline by $202 million. ...


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A series of mail-bomb attacks that had baffled law-enforcement officials for 17 years may have been solved in April 1996 with the arrest in rural Montana of Theodore J. Kaczynski, 53. Kaczynski was accused of being the so-called Unabomber, an ...


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In 1996 Croatian leaders, with the leaders of Bosnia and Serbia, came under continued pressure from international organizations and governments to live up to the commitments made in the 1995 Dayton accords. The international community complained about ...


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On Feb. 24, 1996, Cuban MiG jet fighters shot down two small airplanes belonging to Brothers to the Rescue, a Miami-based Cuban exile organization. The incident occurred in international air space, but south of the 24th parallel, Cuba's legally ...


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The Democratic Party retained control of the presidency in 1996. President Bill Clinton became the first Democrat to win a second term since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. Demo-crats, however, lost their battle to regain a majority of seats in both ...


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Denmark enjoyed a strong economy in 1996. Although the European Union (EU) forecast Danish economic growth would slow to 1.3 percent, below the EU average, unemployment in Denmark was expected to fall to 6.1 percent in 1996, well below the EU average ...


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President Bill Clinton easily won a second term in the 1996 presidential election, defeating Republican challenger former Senator Robert Dole of Kansas. The president captured electoral votes in 31 states and Washington, D.C. He took 379 electoral ...


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The countries of Europe struggled in 1996 to define the economic, political, and security arrangements that would guarantee the region's stability into the next century. The nations of the European Union (EU), an organization of 15 Western European ...


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Finland boasted one of Europe's strongest economies in 1996. The government forecast growth of 2.8 percent, down from 4.2 percent in 1995, but nearly double the average growth rate for the 15-nation European Union (EU). Inflation fell below 1 percent ...


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A variety of problems struck both college and professional football in 1996. Among colleges, the bowl alliance created to crown an undisputed--if unofficial--national champion triggered confusion instead. Among the professionals, the Dallas Cowboys, ...


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President Jacques Chirac attempted in 1996 to regain the influence France had once wielded in Middle Eastern and African affairs. In April, Foreign Minister Herve de Charette tried to negotiate a cease-fire in southern Lebanon between the Israeli army ...


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In July, seismologists Xiaodong Song and Paul G. Richards of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York, reported the first observations of evidence that Earth's solid inner core actually rotates 1.1 percent faster ...


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Germany struggled economically in 1996 as a brief recession drove unemployment to its highest level since the end of World War II (1939-1945). Despite the difficulties and the unpopularity of some of the government's policies, Chancellor Helmut Kohl ...


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The country's political leadership underwent dramatic change in 1996 with the death of Andreas Papandreou, the Socialist leader who dominated Greek politics for two decades. Costas Simitis, a moderate, was elected as his successor....


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On Feb. 7, 1996, Rene Preval, 53, took office as president for a four-year term. His inauguration was the first peaceful transfer of power from one democratically elected president to another since Haiti achieved independence from France in 1804. ...


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In their first season at their new home in Denver, the Colorado Avalanche (formerly the Quebec Nordiques) won the Stanley Cup, becoming the 1995-1996 champions of the National Hockey League (NHL). This outcome surprised many fans because the Detroit ...


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More than 340 million voters cast ballots between April 27 and May 7, 1996, in parliamentary elections that ousted the Congress Party, the party that held power for the nearly half century since India gained independence from Great Britain in 1947. ...


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On Jan. 23, 1996, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno announced the return of four acres of land, considered sacred, to the Karuk Indians of northwestern California. The federal government had seized the site of the ancient Karuk village of Katimin after ...


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Indonesia experienced its worst riots in more than two decades in 1996, after the government of President Suharto tried to weaken the political power of Megawati Sukarnoputri. Megawati, a daughter of Indonesia's former President Sukarno, was seen as a ...


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Ireland held the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU) for six months in 1996, beginning July 1, and so led the negotiations aimed at creating a single currency for EU countries. The EU hoped to begin the circulation of a single currency in ...


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Four suicide bombings in Israel killed 61 people and injured more than 200 between Feb. 25 and March 4, 1996, reopening a divide among Israelis over the Arab-Israeli peace process. The militant wing of the pro-Iranian group Hamas claimed ...


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Italy made strides toward greater political stability in 1996 as voters elected a center-left (moderate to liberal) government that promised to modernize the economy and the constitution. The election--Italy's second in two years--was called after ...


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Ryutaro Hashimoto was reelected prime minister on Nov. 7, 1996. In early elections on October 20, his conservative Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) won 239 of the 500 seats of the lower house that dominates the Diet, the Japanese parliament. Elections ...


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Summer flooding in North Korea's main farming regions hurt food production in 1996 just as it had in 1995. In September 1996, two United Nations agencies reported that food rations for a large part of the population were "well below minimum quantities ...


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Terrorist guerrillas stormed the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru, on Dec. 17, 1996, and took 490 hostages. Members of the Tupac Amaru, a Marxist, pro-Castro (Fidel Castro, leader of Communist Cuba), vowed to kill hostages one at a time ...


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Antigovernment violence in Libya in 1996 led observers to speculate about the stability of Muammar Muhammad al-Qadhafi's regime. In March, armed Libyan rebels clashed with security forces trying to recapture escaped prisoners near Benghazi, Libya's ...


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In January 1996, Prime Minister Adolfas Slezevicius admitted to having shifted his personal savings only days before Lithuania's two largest commercial banks were declared insolvent in December 1995. President Algirdas Brazauskas demanded ...


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Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad maneuvered during 1996 to keep tight control of his United Malays National Organization (UMNO), the nation's dominant political party. Mahathir has been president of the UMNO, as well as prime minister, since 1981 ...


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Manitoba suffered several outbreaks of labor unrest by public employees in 1996. A three-day walkout by about 800 prison guards beginning on May 4 followed a riot at Headingley Correctional Institution near Winnipeg on April 25 and 26. Seven guards ...


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The first scientific evidence showing a direct link between smoking and lung cancer was reported in October 1996 by researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. The researchers reported finding that a chemical ...


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Physical differences in specific areas of the brains of men and women may explain why women tend to have better verbal abilities than men, researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, reported in February 1996....


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On Aug. 28, 1996, armed rebels of the Popular Revolutionary Army (known by the Spanish acronym EPR) attacked police and military posts in four Mexican states: Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Mexico. The raids, which left 13 dead and 23 wounded, marked ...


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Hopes of stability in the Middle East were dashed in 1996. The election of a hard-line Israeli government froze the Arab-Israeli peace process. Interfactional Kurdish fighting in northern Iraq threatened to embroil other states. And Islamic militants ...


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The economy of the Netherlands continued to outperform most of its European Union (EU) partners in 1996 as demand for Dutch products from consumers at home and abroad grew. The government forecast growth of 2.5 percent, compared with an EU average of ...


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New Brunswick--led by Premier Frank McKenna, who commanded an overwhelming Liberal Party majority in the legislature--continued in 1996 on its course of attracting new investment and putting its financial house in order. The budget, presented on ...


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On Jan. 23, 1996, a team led by former U.S. Senator George Mitchell proposed a solution for breaking the deadlock in peace talks between the British and Irish governments and various political parties of Northern Ireland. The British had demanded that ...


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Employment in the Northwest Territories, which had a jobless rate of about 17 percent, was expected to receive a much-needed boost with the establishment of what would be the first diamond mine in North America. The $750-million open-pit mine was to ...


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Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland announced on October 23, 1996, that she would resign from office. Brundtland, 57, stated that she was relinquishing her job to Labor Party Chairman Thorbjoern Jagland to settle questions about her succession well ...


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Nova Scotia, with fewer than 1 million inhabitants, boasts 13 universities, one of the largest concentrations of such institutions in Canada. In April 1996, after several years of talks, eight universities and colleges in Halifax announced an ...


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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced in July 1996 that the TOPEX-Poseidon satellite, a joint project of the United States and France, was capable of mapping the topography of the ocean's surface to the unprecedented ...


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The world's best athletes gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, to compete in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games and mark the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympics. ...


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The PCP government of Premier Michael Harris worked in 1996 to implement its 1995 campaign pledge to cut provincial spending, lower Ontario's income tax, and produce a balanced budg-et within five years. On Jan. 29, 1996, Ontario's legislature passed ...


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Paleontology in 1996 was dominated by the unearthing of a gigantic, carnivorous dinosaur, electrifying fossil finds, discoveries concerning the origins of sharks and fishes, and an intriguing new theory regarding the world's greatest known mass ...


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On Dec. 17, 1996, in Lima, the capital, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement--a Marxist, pro-Cuban rebel group--seized the residence of the Japanese ambassador to Peru during a party for the Japanese emperor's birthday. The 490 hostages included ...


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On Sept. 2, 1996, the government signed a treaty ending about 25 years of civil war with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), the main Muslim guerrilla group that had sought an independent state in the southern Philippines. In August, President ...


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In January 1996, researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, demonstrated that hydrogen, the lightest element, could become a metal under the right conditions. A tiny sample of liquid hydrogen, squeezed by the ...


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In a close election, Aleksander Kwasniewski, a former Communist, was elected president of Poland in November 1995. Winning with only 51 percent of the vote, Kwasniewski pledged to respect democracy and the market economy and reaffirmed Poland's desire ...


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President Bill Clinton was reelected on Nov. 5, 1996, the first Democratic president to win a second term in office since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. Clinton swept to a decisive victory, taking 31 states and the District of Columbia to win 379 ...


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Catherine Callbeck, the first woman to be elected premier of a Canadian province, stunned her supporters on Aug. 6, 1996, by announcing her resignation as premier of Prince Edward Island. Appointed premier in 1993, Callbeck led the Liberal Party to an ...


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Australian researchers implemented an extensive program in 1996 for early intervention and treatment of schizophrenia. Researchers found that early treatment and relapse detection might improve the outcome of this illness. Scientists also revealed in ...


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Regulations to control the marketing of tobacco to teen-agers were issued in August 1996 by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA predicted that the rules would reduce teens' use of cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and other ...


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On Sept. 10, 1996, Hurricane Hortense slammed into Puerto Rico with 80-mile- (130-kilometer-) per-hour winds and up to 20 inches (51 centimeters) of rain. In its wake, Hortense left 24 people dead and more than $200 million in damage. The United ...


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Lucien Bouchard, leader of the separatist Parti Quebecois (PQ), resigned his seat in Canada's Parliament to become premier of Quebec on Jan. 29, 1996. He replaced Premier Jacques Parizeau, who resigned after the narrow defeat of an October 1995 ...


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Radio led the deregulatory revolution in 1996. The year began on a grim note for the telecommunications world but changed quickly after the United States Congress made a number of major revisions to laws governing the industry. On February 1, Congress ...


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The Republican Party in 1996 failed to win the presidency but retained control of both houses of the United States Congress. Republicans picked up two seats in the Senate to widen their majority but lost several seats in the House of Representatives, ...


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Uncertainty over the political and physical health of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dominated Russian affairs throughout 1996. After staging a stunning political comeback to win reelection as president in July, Yeltsin immediately entered a ...


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The NDP government of Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow swept to a solid electoral victory on June 21, 1995, winning a second majority in the legislature. The NDP took 42 seats in the 58-seat assembly and captured 48 percent of the popular vote. The ...


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Questions about the health of King Fahd and growing signs of Islamic extremism created unease in Saudi Arabia in 1996. After suffering a stroke in November 1995, King Fahd appointed a half-brother, Crown Prince Abdullah, regent in January 1996. ...


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Major League Soccer (MLS), a new, top-tier professional league, began its first season in the United States in 1996 and received greater public enthusiasm than anticipated. In October, D.C. United became the league's first champion. In international ...


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The most significant event in Somalia in 1996 was the death on August 1 of General Mohamed Farah Aideed, leader of the Somali National Alliance (SNA). The SNA has been one of the three major factions in the country's civil war, which began in 1991. ...


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South Africa continued in 1996 to struggle with the problems of transition from apartheid (racial separation) to an open, democratic system of government. While the nation achieved progress in the political sphere, daunting social and economic ...


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During 1996, U.S. astronaut Shannon W. Lucid spent 188 days in space, setting both a U.S. space endurance record and a world space endurance record for women. U.S. space shuttle crews flew seven missions. Two unmanned spacecraft were launched to Mars. ...


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Spain experienced a dramatic change of leadership in 1996 as voters ended 14 years of Socialist rule and elected a government led by the conservative Popular Party. The party, which ran a strong nationalist campaign, won 156 seats in the March 3 ...


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Sweden underwent a generational change of leadership in 1996 as Goran Persson, the 47-year-old, former finance minister, succeeded the retiring 61-year-old Ingvar Carlsson as prime minister on March 21. The changeover followed a December 1995 decision ...


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AT&T Corp., the long distance telephone giant, shocked the corporate world on Jan. 2, 1996, by announcing the elimination of 40,000 jobs, the largest single job cut ever in the telephone industry. AT&T later said that only 18,000 employees would ...


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The Telecommunications Reform Bill, the most sweeping legislation affecting the United States telecommunication industry in 62 years, was signed into law on Feb. 8, 1996, by President Bill Clinton. The law lifted controls on cable television rates, ...


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Thailand held elections on Nov. 17, 1996, for the lower house of the National Assembly. The New Aspiration Party, 1 of 13 political parties in the race, won the election by two seats. Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, head of the New Aspiration Party, formed a ...


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Ukraine in 1996 experienced political and economic turmoil surrounding the adoption of a new constitution and a new currency. The year ended with a controversial agreement with neighboring Russia to resolve a long-standing dispute over the former ...


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In 1996, John Major survived as prime minister of Great Britain with the backing of only a small majority in the House of Commons. With the Conservatives far behind the Labour Party in the polls, Major delayed the general election until the last ...


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Rather than risk factional fighting by selecting younger officials, the ruling Communist Party decided in 1996 to retain its aging leadership. More than 1,100 delegates to the eighth party congress held in June in Hanoi, the national capital, decided ...


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Extremes--heavy snow and rain, record cold, and drought--characterized weather in the United States during the winter of 1996. Particularly hard hit were the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast, where excessive precipitation caused significant ...


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Although officially a federal republic, Yugoslavia in 1996 continued to be dominated politically by Serbia. The former Yugoslavia, which comprised six republics, broke apart in 1991. The two remaining republics--Serbia and Montenegro--formed a new ...


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Zaire's political situation deteriorated dramatically in 1996. In November, hundreds of thousands of refugees abandoned camps in Zaire and started for home amidst the chaos of war. Most of the refugees were of the Hutu ethnic group and had left Rwanda ...


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Scientists once believed that human beings could be defined by their ability to make and use tools, but that belief was shattered more than 20 years ago by the discovery that chimpanzees and other primates are also proficient in tool use. In January ...


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Despite a growing free-market economy, the coalition government of Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus failed in 1996 to win a majority in the parliamentary elections held May 31 and June 1. Klaus's moderate Civic Democratic Party captured only 29.6 percent ...


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Hungary in 1996 remained one of the most successful of former Communist nations in shifting to a free-market economy. Seeking to qualify for membership in NATO and the European Union, the Socialist-led government sought to improve Hungary's relations ...


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Politics in Slovakia remained turbulent in 1996. Tensions continued between Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar and President Michal Kovac. ...


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Clashes in 1996 between the parties of Cambodia's governing coalition triggered international concern about the government's stability. The fighting occurred between the National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative ...


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Burundi teetered on the brink of ethnic war between the minority Tutsi and the majority Hutu in 1996. The Tutsi continued to dominate the army and government, while the Hutu organized in the countryside. The legacy of the 1995 Hutu slaugher of Tutsi ...


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The chain of secular (not associated with a religion) governments that had ruled Turkey since the founding of the modern state in 1923 was broken on June 28, 1996, when Necmettin Erbakan, leader of a Muslim group called the Welfare Party (Refah), ...


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In 1996, reunion tours by veteran 1970's bands, such as the flamboyantly theatrical Kiss and the punk band the Sex Pistols, received widespread attention....


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Information about dinosaurs, from the University of California at Berkeley.


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Information about the Triassic dinosaur exhibit at Chicago's Field Museum.


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Dinosaur research at the Paleontological Research Institution.


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Dinosaur reference materials, from the Illinois State Geological Survey.


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Visit Dino Russ's Lair for links to Internet resources about dinosaurs.


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The Jurassic dinosaur exhibit at Chicago's Field Museum.


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The Cretaceous dinosaur exhibit at Chicago's Field Museum.


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Archaeology (Rome Reborn:The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture)

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What archaeologists have learned about Rome.


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Mathematics (Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture)


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Music (Rome Reborn:The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture)


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Medicine (Rome Reborn:The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture)

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Information about ancient medicine and biological studies.


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Nature (Rome Reborn:The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture)

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Ancient views of nature and natural history.


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How the Orient Came to Rome (The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture)

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Information about early Vatican studies of the Middle East.


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How Rome Went to China (The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture)

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Information about early Vatican studies of China.


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Introduction (Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture)


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Information about the contents of the Saxon State Library, located in Dresden, Germany.


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Pictures and descriptions of manuscripts in the Saxon State Library, in Dresden, Germany.


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Pictures and descriptions of the first printed books.


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Text and illustrations of books important in the Protestant Reformation in Saxony.


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An exhibit of early Bibles published in Germany.


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An exhibit of books owned by the electors of Saxony.


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Examples of early, beautifully bound books.


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The music collection of the Dresden Court ensemble from the 1500's.


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Information about a major church in Dresden, Germany, destroyed during World War II.


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A brief history of Dresden and its state, Saxony, in Germany.


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Important dates in the history of Dresden and Saxony, Germany.


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Remarks at the Opening of the Exhibition

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An extensive history of Saxony and its electors, or princely rulers.


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Pictures of the city of Dresden, Germany, before it was firebombed in World War II.


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Stories of women journalists and photographers in World War II.


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An exploration of the relationship between French culture and history.


Title:
Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents

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A chronology of events leading to the American Declaration of Independence in 1776.


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Services and information for the women of British Columbia, Canada.


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Canadian Women's Internet Association Home Page

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An Internet resource page for Canadian women.


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Information for parents and child-care professionals of Canada, in English and French.


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Links to Internet resources of interest to women.


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Links to information about breast cancer prevention and treatment.


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The National Organization for Women ( NOW ) Home Page

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Infomation about the National Organization for Women (NOW) and issues in which NOW is involved.


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Information and hosted chat areas related to women's interests and issues.


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Links to Internet-based resources for women's studies.


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How Lincoln drafted and delivered his famous Gettysburg Address.


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The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures

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How the Russian Orthodox Church affected Native Americans in pioneer Alaska.


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The story of how America was discovered by Europeans.


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Information about the first voyage of Columbus to the New World.


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Links to information about repressive measures in the former Soviet Union.


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Repression and Terror: Stalin in Control

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Information about Stalin, the dictator of the Soviet Union from the late 1920's until his death in 1953.


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Information about flaws in the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, which led to the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986.


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The story of the famine that gripped the Ukraine in the 1930's.


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An exploration of the relationship between the superpowers from before World War II through the Cold War.


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Exhibits and collections at the Field Museum, in Chicago.


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Information about prehistoric animals and evolution.


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Descriptions and photos of carved Javanese masks.


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Evidence of early humans in an Amazon cave, discovered by an archaeologist.


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Information about plants of Andean South America.


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Sherlock Bones, "Tracer of Missing Pets"

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Information about how to find lost pets.


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Dogs International Marketplace - Breeder Home Pages

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Information about breeders of various types of dogs.


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Information about the American Kennel Club.


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A list of all American Kennel Club breed clubs and information for contacting them.


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The Official Afghan Hound Club Of America Home Page


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Bernese Mountain Dog Club of the Rockies

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Information about the Bernese Mountain Dog Club.


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Information about bull terriers and dog shows.


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Links to information about the dog breed known as Doberman Pinscher.


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Dogs (Malamute, Siberian, Samoyed, Chinook) and Dog Sledding

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Information about dog sledding and dogs that pull sleds.


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The Saint Bernard Club of America (SBCA) Home Page

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Information about St. Bernard clubs and shows.


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Information about doberman clubs in Australia, Canada, and the United States.


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Information about the Weimaraner breed, shows, and clubs.


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Canine Directory @ Acme Pet - Your Guide to Dogs on the Internet!


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Feline Directory @ Acme Pet - Your Guide to Cats on the Internet!


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Aquaria Directory @ Acme Pet - Your Guide to Fish on the Internet!


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Equine Directory @ Acme Pet - Your Guide to Horses on the Internet!


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Avian Directory @ Acme Pet - Your Guide to Birds on the Internet!


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Herp Directory @ Acme Pet - Your Guide to Reptiles on the Internet!


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Acme Pet's Exotic Pet Directory -Your Guide to Pets on the Internet!

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Information about exotic pets such as ferrets and gerbils.


Title:
An Interactive Guide to Massachusetts Snakes


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Information about the poisonous North American snake known as the copperhead.


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Information about the common garter snake.


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Information about the timber rattlesnake.


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Information about the black racer snake.


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The Pigmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius) Home Page

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Information about the pigmy rattlesnake.


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Information about Burmese and ball pythons.


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Information about this association for scientists who study reptiles and amphibians, and its newsletter.


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Links to information about big cats in the wild.


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Information about jaguars and where they live.


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Cat shows and information about cat breeds.


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Questions and answers about the disease of feline leukemia, which affects cats.


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Descriptions of 67 cat breeds, with pictures.


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Information about cat shows, cat breeds, breeders, and veterinary care.


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Articles on the history, evolution, feeding, and genetics of cats.


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Information on saber-toothed cats, catlike animals that have been extinct since prehistoric times.


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Information about baleen whales and conservation measures to preserve them from extinction.


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Information about beluga whales and conservation measures to preserve them from extinction.


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Scientific classification of the killer whale, and a picture showing this whale compared with other whales.


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Varied information on all kinds of whales, which belong to the scientific order known as cetaceans.


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Current world news about whales, whale FAQ's, and a history of whaling.


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Information about thoroughbred horse racing and trading.


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The story of the horse and its relationship to humans.


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Links to websites about horse health, racing, and breeding.


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Information on how to adopt a wild horse or burro.


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A magazine dedicated to preserving and promoting the American quarter horse.


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The National Cowboy Hall of Fame Rodeo Page


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Information about polo, a game played on horseback.


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Information about the constitution of Japan.


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A Japanese language and cultural exchange.


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Information about traditional Japanese lacquerware.


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Information about traditional Japanese art.


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Information about traditional Japanese dance.


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Information about Japanese calligraphy, or the art of writing Japanese characters.


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Information about kabuki, traditional Japanese theater.


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Selected artifacts from the University of Memphis Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, with text and photos.


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Questions and answers about Egyptian mythology.


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Information about Egypt, from the Egyptian government.


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A guide to Alexandria, Egypt's great Mediterranean port.


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Information about 5,000 years of Chinese cultural heritage.


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Information about Beijing, China's capital.


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Information about food in Shanghai, China.


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Sound clips of a variety of Chinese music.


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An explanation of the tradition of the Chinese tea ceremony.


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Lessons in Chinese language, with Mandarin phonetics.


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Celebrate Chinese New Year on the Internet


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Information about Oktoberfest, the fall festival in Munich, Germany.


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Information about the museum, which features German history and German art.


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Links to Internet-based resources in Germany by cities (map presented).


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Information about the Arkansas state government, economic development, parks, and tourism.


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Information on the history, culture, economy, and natural resources of California.


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Colorado state government information, and information about education, jobs, and organizations.


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Information about the Connecticut state government, economic development, recreation, and the environment.


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Links to information about Delaware state government, education, tourism, and other topics.


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Information about government, arts and culture, and business and economic development sources in Florida.


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Links to government websites for the U.S. state of Georgia.


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Links to the Governor's Message page, media releases, and a Directory of Information Services for Hawaii.


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Links to state agencies, educational institutions, tourism, libraries, museums, and government agencies.


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Links to Indiana state government, business, and organization sites.


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Links to information about business, government, education, tourism, jobs, and Iowa Profiles.


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Kansas state laws and legislation, state government, banking, and access to library catalogs.


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Links to Kentucky state parks, a state "top 10" list, state government information, and a virtual tour.


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Louisiana Profiles plus information about state government, job listings, and a searchable database.


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Maine State Government  (www)  Home Page

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Information about Maine state agencies, cities and  towns, tourism, weather, and financial resources.


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Access to Massachusetts government information and services.


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State government resources, news, and video clips about the state of Michigan.


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State of Minnesota  -  North Star Options

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Information on the history and government of Minnesota.


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Information about community development, education, health, and technological services in Mississippi.


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Missouri state information and weekly features about government resources.


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Montana On-line:  Home Page for the State of Montana

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Links to state government, educational, and employment information for the state of Montana.


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Information about Nebraska government offices and agencies, and links to state college and university sites.


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An index of government agencies and departments in Nevada.


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The New Hampshire State Government On-line Information Center

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Links to all three branches of the state government, plus information on employment and tourism.


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Information about New Mexico state agencies, elected officials, and other topics.


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Information about state government, education, tourism, and associations in New York.


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Information about North Dakota government resources and links to other state agencies.


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Ohio government documents, a state directory, and a trophy room.


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Current events in Oklahoma and information about arts, tourism, commerce, and state government.


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Information about state government, commerce, and education in Oregon.


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Information about the history and government of Pennsylvania, along with a visitor's guide.


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Information about Rhode Island's state government, along with information about cities and  towns.


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State of South Carolina - Public Information Home Page

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Information about South Carolina state agencies, government, history, tourism, and education.


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Information about government, tourism, parks, education, and cultural affairs in South Dakota.


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Tennessee information plus links to the Governors Web, News Releases, and other state resources.


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State of Texas Government World Wide Web Server

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Information about government and state agencies in Texas.


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Information about Utah state agencies, government, business, current affairs, and other topics.


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Information about state government and education along with maps of Vermont.


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Virginia state government information, a visitor's guide, and a quick reference Index.


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Information about Washington state agencies, government, business, technology, transportation, and recreation.


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Information about West Virginia state government and agencies, plus a fall foliage report (in season).


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Information on the history and government of Wisconsin.


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A virtual tour and general information about Wyoming.


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A Library of Congress resource for the study of African American history and culture.


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Selected Civil War Photographs Home Page

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A collection of 1,118 Civil War-era photos and information for ordering reproductions, plus a timeline of the Civil War.


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A transcription of the U.S Constitution, with links to information about the delegates from the 13 colonies.


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The text of the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.


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Information about U.S. congressional documents.


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A virtual archaeological excavation for middle school students.


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Information about Metropolis Home magazine, with links to archived issues.


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Information about Frank Lloyd Wright, a great American architect of the 1900's.


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Information about Eastern Orthodox Christianity, with links to the St. Pachomius Library.


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Information about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and her marriage to artist Diego Rivera.


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Welcome to The Art Gallery of Ontario's Home Page

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Information about collections and programs of this Canadian art museum.


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Images and documents relating to Leonardo de Vinci, with links to recent reviews.


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Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Information about the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City.


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Information about the George Eastman House, a museum of photography and film in Rochester, New York.


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National Museum of American Art Home Page

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Information about the museum's collections and exhibitions.


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Information about this Chicago museum's exhibitions, collections, programs, and publications.


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Time Warner's commercial interactive site, with links to various publications.


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An electronic art networking project focusing on women and information technology.


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Information about a project to study Byzantine structures.


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Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Italy

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Information about architectural structures of Italy in the 1400's.


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Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Florence

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Information about the architecture of Florence in the 1400's.


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Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Filippo Brunelleschi

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Photos of the Italian Renaissance architecture of Filippo Brunelleschi.


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Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Brunelleschi's Lesser Works

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A photograph collection of the lesser works of Italian Renaissance architect, Brunelleschi.


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Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Venice

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Photos of architecture in Italy, including Venice.


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Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: The Vatican


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Photos of the architecture of various famous Italian architects.


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Links to information about Renaissance and Baroque architecture.


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Resources for medieval studies, sponsored by Georgetown University.


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Information about the Eastern Orthodox churches and  doctrines.


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A variety of image collections and small presentations about art history.


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Information about research activities in the study of Byzantine chant.


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Information about the Quran (or Koran), the sacred book of Islam.


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Information about Winslow Homer, an American artist.


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A complete history of the English National Ballet, including information about performances and performers.


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Information about the New York City Ballet, including performances and history.


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Information about events, dining, and entertainment in the San Francisco Bay area.


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Information about dance theater in Japan and a list of foreign companies that perform in Japan.


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More than 1,118 links to classical ballet and modern dance sites on the Internet.


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Information about this print and interactive design firm, with links to a portfolio and a net cafe.


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About this magazine on creativity for graphic designers, copywriters, multimedia designers, and other artists.


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Information about communication arts, graphic arts, the prepress, and printing industry.


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Information about the history and practice of typesetting.


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Los Angeles: Revisiting the Four Ecologies

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Information about contemporary architecture in the city of Los Angeles.


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A virtual library for archaeology, with links to schools, museums, and projects.


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Information and images about the Chetro Ketl Great Kiva in the southwestern United States.


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Descriptions and publications about projects in ancient Near Eastern archaeology and philosophy.


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An electronic exhibition catalog, with links to the Bayly Art Museum.


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Home Page:  American Memory from the Library of Congress

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A listing of primary sources and archival materials relating to American culture and history.


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Classics of Out(land)ish Anthropology (Lawrence University, WI)

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Information about bigfoot, UFO's, and other "outlandish" topics.


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Anthropology Resources at the University of Kent

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Anthropology resources, provided by the University of Kent, in England.


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A large genealogical database from around the world.


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College class schedules and links to ceramics, art, clay art, and pottery sites.


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Information about the College of Ceramics, on the campus of Alfred University, in Alfred, New York.


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An exhibition of contemporary ceramics using the Internet as the gallery space.


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Information about the American Insititute of Architects.


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Information about the American Institute of Architects in Baltimore, Maryland.


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Information about The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.


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Information about the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University in England.


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Information about this state museum of natural and cultural history in Hawaii.


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Information about the Canadian Museum of Civilization and its collections.


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Information about the Canadian War Museum and its collections.


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Field Museum of Natural History Exhibits

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About the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and its natural history and culture exhibits.


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Information about the Zeughaus, a medieval building that houses a historical museum, in Cologne, Germany.


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Administrative Departments and FLMNH Collections

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Information about the Florida Museum of Natural History, its departments and collections.


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Heritage Map Museum Location -- Lititz, PA, USA

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Information about the Heritage Map Museum and its collections.


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A system of museums and galleries serving the people of Illinois.


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Kelsey Museum Educational and Outreach Programs

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This University of Michigan museum features ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman exhibits.


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Documents about the Mary Rose, an English warship of the 1500's that sank and was later raised.


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A major museum of archaeology in northeast England, with links to the Society of Antiquities of Newcastle upon Tyne.


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Museum of the City of New York -- General Information

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Information about this nonprofit, private organization dedicated to the history of New York City.


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Information about this resource center for San Francisco Bay area history.


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Information about the various military museums in London, England.


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Information about this world-famous museum, which displays works of humans from prehistoric times to the present.


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On-line Resources on Subjects of Air and Space

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A list of resources relating to air and space, with links to sites about astronomy, aviation, and earth science.


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Information about the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.


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Natural History Museum of Berne, Switzerland (NMBE) - Home Page

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Information about this museum and its world-famous diorama displays of birds and mammals.


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North Carolina Museum of Life and Science Home Page

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Information about this regional education center for science and technology.


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Information about the Smithsonian Institution.


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Smithsonian Natural History Web Home Page

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Information about the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution.


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The text from this Italian science museum is available only in Italian.


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Information about the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, its mission, exhibits, and programs.


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An index of on-line books, with links to the Internet public library, book sellers, repositories, and catalogues.


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Information about Fortune, a business magazine.


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Information about Ford Motor Company vehicles, dealers, history, and customer service.


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Information about financial business, with links to CNN stories, markets, and stock quotes.


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Information about products, customer support, technology, and research of Apple Computer, Inc.


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Information about this common malignancy and its diagnosis and treatment.


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Information about the Walt Disney television channel, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and other products.


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Information about popular comics, with links to Peanuts, Dilbert, and other popular comic strip home pages.


Title:
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange--The Exchange of Ideas

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Information about market and trade opportunities.


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Information about the Boeing Company, one of the world's leading manufacturers of commercial airplanes.


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Information about the Eastman Kodak Company and its products.


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News, features, book excerpts, and columns from The New York Times Syndicate.


Description:
The corporate website for Silicon Graphics Computer Systems.


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Information about California State University, San Marcos campus


Title:
Retrieve Results from the Public Netperf Database

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Information about Netperf and the performance of systems running the Netperf benchmark.


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Information about computers, including interactive exhibits and educational materials.


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Information about the history of computers.


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Links to Brazilian destinations on the Internet, sponsored by the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, D.C.


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The official website of the Australian Government.


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Information about acoustic neuroma, a tumor of the auditory nerve in the ear, and its treatment.


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Information about the treatment of arteriovenous (blood-vessel) malformations.


Title:
Asthma FAQ: Asthma -- General Information


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A catalog of human genes and genetic disorders.


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Information about disorders of the endocrine system in the human body.


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Information on the genetic disease called haemochromatosis.


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Information on the diseases of the liver caused by alcohol abuse.


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Information on how to cope with allergies to live a better life.


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AARRC (Allergy and Asthma Rochester Resource Center)

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Information for those concerned with allergy and asthma health care.


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Information and news for asthma and allergy patients, and for the parents of young patients.


Title:
Arthritis - Doctor's Guide to the Internet

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Information and resources on arthritis, with links to medical news about arthritis.


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Information about a form of hepatitis caused by an autoimmune response.


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Information about chronic fatigue syndrome, with links to related sites.


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Information about cirrhosis, a disease of the liver.


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Information about Crohn's disease, an inflammatory disease of the small intestine.


Description:
Facts about Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.


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Information about cystic fibrosis, with links to support groups, publications, and conferences.


Title:
Ebola Virus Hemorrhagic Fever: General Information

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Information about Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever.


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Information about a genetic disease that affects the liver and lungs.


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Information about endometriosis, a disease of the female reproductive system.


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Information about the prevalence of the fragile X gene in the general population.


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Information about the care of box and water turtles.


Title:
Central Florida Herpetological Society, Inc.


Description:
An elementary/junior-high essay on sea turtles, with illustrations.


Description:
Frequently asked questions about dolphins.


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Information about the study of dolphins in the wild.


Description:
A critical look at the theory of dolphin/whale communication.


Description:
Information about the study of bottle-nosed dolphins, including sound and video clips.


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Information about this institution and its role in electing the U.S. President and Vice-President.


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WelchWeb: Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University


Title:
Agricultural Genome Information Server (AGIS)

Description:
Information about agricultural genetic research sponsored by government and universities.


Description:
Links to various websites about archaeology.


Description:
Links to various anthropology resources on the Internet.


Title:
Religion, Zoroasterism (Part of The WWW Virtual Library)

Description:
Information about the Zoroasterian (or Zoroastrian) religion.


Description:
Information about the National Zoological Park, maintained by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.


Description:
Information about Yale University's government document collections.


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Historic Mount Vernon - The Home of George Washington

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A visitor's guide and information about George Washington's home near Washington, D.C.


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An on-line game that allows players to experience the political campaign process.


Description:
Information about Abraham Lincoln, including quizzes, writings, and recommended reading.


Description:
Information about Abraham Lincoln, provided by the White House.


Title:
The History Place Presents Abraham Lincoln

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Information about Lincoln, including a timeline, photos, and quotes.


Description:
Information about the Civil War, including many Lincoln documents.


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Fun facts and scientific information on more than 25 animals.


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The Department of Crop Protection Home Page

Description:
Information about agricultural research at the University of Adelaide's Waite campus (Australia).


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Information and links to resources about the 1700's.


Description:
Information about the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.


Title:
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center

Description:
Information about alternative agricultural techniques.


Description:
Information about crop, soil, and environmental sciences from Purdue University.


Description:
Information about American farming, ranching, and other rural businesses.


Title:
AGROPOLIS -- Texas A&M Agriculture & Life Sciences Information

Description:
Information about gardening, agriculture, environment, and family living.


Description:
Information about exhibits at the U.S. Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.


Description:
Information about the Air & Space/Smithsonian Magazine.


Title:
Welcome to the Albuquerque Journal On-line

Description:
An on-line version of the Albuquerque Journal.


Description:
Information about the University of California/Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoololgy.


Title:
Communication with Parrots: The Pepperberg Home Page

Description:
Information about animal behavior studies.


Description:
Information about spiders and links to other sites having spider information.


Description:
News and other information from this Arizona daily newspaper.


Description:
The website of the Arizona Daily Star newspaper.


Description:
Links to sports, news, business, and other information.


Description:
A monthly magazine of politics, society, the arts, and culture.


Title:
Australian National Botanic Gardens Biodiversity Server

Description:
Information about Australia's flora, or plant life.


Description:
Information about Car and Driver Magazine.


Description:
Information about and resources for the Bahai faith.


Description:
Local news in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, area.


Description:
A database of over 117,000 records of breeding birds in Washington state.


Description:
An electronic "Boston Common": information about the Boston area.


Title:
Religion, Buddhism (part of The WWW Virtual Library)

Description:
Information about Buddhism, a major world religion.


Description:
Information about cactuses and other succulent plants, and links to other resources.


Description:
Information about Canada-based agriculture, and links to other resources.


Description:
The regional newspaper of the Caribbean basin, on-line.


Title:
Religion, Christianity (part of The WWW Virtual Library)

Description:
Information about Christiantity, a major world religion.


Description:
Information about CompuServe, including its services.


Description:
A magazine that appeals to scientific, educational, and cultural interests.


Description:
An introduction to genealogy and family history.


Title:
National Genealogical Society - Home Page

Description:
Information about the National Genealogical Society's programs, publications, and services.


URL:
http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/~saw/genealogy-full.html -- moved to www.genhomepage.com/

Description:
Genealogy research guides and other information about genealogy.


Description:
Introduction to GenWeb and tools to create a worldwide genealogy database.


Title:
Athens News-Electronic Edition (Home Page)


Description:
Information about Hanukkah (or Hannuka, or Chanukah), the Jewish Festival of Lights.


Title:
Religion, Hinduism (part of The WWW Virtual Library)

Description:
Information about Hinduism, a major world religion.


Description:
Articles from the society's magazine, The American Gardener.


Description:
Links to information about horticulture.


Description:
Information on horticulture programs in the Texas A&M University System.


Description:
A daily briefing from the Huntsville (Ala.) Times.


Description:
National Museum of the American Indian website.


Title:
The World Wide Web Virtual Library:  Law

Description:
Information on law schools, law publications, and other legal topics.


Description:
Information about insects from the Department of Entomology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.


Description:
Information about the computer software company, Adobe Systems.


Description:
Information on this Internet service company.


Description:
Information about EUnet, a leading Internet service provider in Europe.


Description:
Links to resources on the Internet, including a newsletter for children.


Description:
Information about this Internet service provider.


Description:
A worldwide listing of Internet service providers.


Description:
Information about this company, which produces Internet and enterprise software.


Description:
Information about Pipex World Server Park, home to the many blue-chip companies.


Description:
Information about this company, which produces remote access products.


Description:
Information about Big Board, a financial market data provider.


Description:
Information about this company and its products.


Description:
Information about Farallon Networking and its Internet products.


Description:
Information about this company and its communication products and services for personal computer users.


Description:
Information about this company and its products and services.


Description:
Information about this company, a producer of computer software.


Description:
Information about this organization, which promotes computer and communications technologies.


Description:
Information about Microsoft's services and products.


Title:
Religion, Islam (Part of The WWW Virtual Library)

Description:
Information about Islam, a major world religion.


Title:
Ariga:  Publishing for Business, Pleasure and Peace: Table of Contents


Description:
Information about Jainism, a religion of India.


Title:
Religion, Judaism (Part of The WWW Virtual Library)

Description:
Information about Judaism, a major world religion.


Description:
In the National Archives, a collection of material relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.


Description:
Abstracts of articles, notes, and comments from this law periodical.


Title:
Information About Arkansas Children's Hospital

Description:
Information about this hospital--the only paediatric medical center in Arkansas, and one of the 10 largest in the U. S.


Title:
Kent State College Educational Resources

Description:
Educational resources on the Internet for everyone--students, children, and teachers.


Description:
Information about leprosy and its treatment.


Title:
Library of Congress World Wide Web (LC Web) Home Page

Description:
Resources and databases of the Library of Congress.


Title:
List of WWW Servers (USA - Federal Government)

Description:
Information about agencies of the U.S. federal government.


Title:
Listing By Interest: Florida Agricultural Information

Description:
From the Fla. Agricultural Information Retrieval System, information on animals, crops, pest management, and gardening.


Description:
Information on the diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema, swelling caused by an increase of lymphatic fluid.


Title:
Lymphedema:  Unlocking the Doors to Successful Treatment

Description:
Information about lymphedema (swelling caused by excess lymphatic fluid)  and the lymphatic system.


Title:
Medical Library Association: MLANET Home Page

Description:
Information about this professional organization of individuals and institutions in the health information field.


Description:
Information about NASA's mission and strategic vision.


Description:
A brief overview of the Montana Medical Association.


Description:
Information about mononucleosis, a usually mild infectious disease most common in young adults.


Title:
National Archives and Records Administration

Description:
The U.S. government agency responsible for overseeing the management of federal government records.


Description:
Information about dysphagia, or difficulty in swallowing.


Description:
Information about protease inhibitors, the new class of drugs that fight the virus that causes AIDS.


Description:
Information about glycogen storage disease.


Description:
A guide to the political arena in the United States.


Description:
Information about this magazine of politics.


Description:
Information on and images of the United States presidents.


Description:
Information about the Galileo space probe, including photos.


Title:
Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter

Description:
Information and photos of the spectacular 1994 crash of a comet into the planet Jupiter.


Description:
Information about Martin Luther King, Jr., from the King Papers Project at Stanford University.


Title:
A Discography of Sources by and about Martin Luther King, Jr.

Description:
A list of published recordings of Martin Luther King, Jr., and other materials about King.


Title:
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Sources in Louisiana State University Libraries

Description:
A listing of books by and about Martin Luther King, Jr.


Description:
Information on Martin Luther King, Jr., presented by the Seattle Times.


Description:
Text of speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., and his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."


Description:
Color images of flags of many countries, plus information about each country.


Description:
Color images of flags of nations, provinces, regions, and cities worldwide.


Description:
Images of flags of Australia, plus information about the flags.


Description:
Images of country, maritime, and auto racing flags, plus information about the flags.


Description:
Images and information on current and historical flags of the United States.


Description:
Information about the Mars Global Surveyor satellite, from NASA.


Description:
From NASA, information about recent findings of possible evidence for the existence of life at one time on Mars.


Description:
From NASA, animated images of Mars and information about its relationship to Earth.


Description:
A daily weather report for Mars from the Mars Global Surveyor satellite.


Description:
Internet-based resources on astronomy, including links to NASA sites.


Description:
Information about the birth of the radio.


Description:
A virtual tour  of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.


Description:
Information about helicobacter pylori, a spiral-shaped bacterium implicated as a cause of stomach ulcers.


Description:
Information about home schooling, with links to services, staff, curriculum, and registration.


Description:
Information about the Association of Family Practice Administrators and its role in many aspects of health care.


Description:
Resources for African studies, available on-line from the University of Pennsylvania.


Title:
American Health Information Management Association(R)

Description:
Information about the American Health Information Management Association.


Title:
American Academy of Ophthalmology - What is Glaucoma?

Description:
Information about the eye disease, glaucoma.


Title:
American Academy of Ophthalmology--Amblyopia FAQs

Description:
Facts about amblyopia, a condition in which a weak eye becomes progressively weaker.


Title:
American Association of University Women

Description:
Information about this U.S. organization that promotes education and equality for all women and girls.


Title:
American Chiropractic Association:  Information for Consumers

Description:
Resources for consumers interested in learning about chiropractic care.


Title:
American Lebanese Medical Association (ALMA)

Description:
Information about this nonprofit corporation, its mission statement, bylaws, and officers.


Description:
A homeowner's guide to the ecology and environmental management of Lyme disease, which is spread by ticks.


Description:
Educational programs and products, sponsored by Apple Higher Education Learning Connection of Apple Computer, Inc.


Description:
Facts about the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (the study of ear, nose, and throat diseases).


Title:
ASGS, the Association for Graduate Students

Description:
A service organization that helps graduate students complete their theses and obtain their degrees.


Title:
Asian Studies at the University of Texas

Description:
Information about degrees in Asian cultures and languages at the University of Texas at Austin.


Title:
Baltimore County Public Library Home Page

Description:
Links to the library and to the Baltimore community.


Description:
Information about Bowman Gray School of Medicine Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University.


Description:
An interactive educational resource and biotechnology reference tool.


Description:
Updated information about gastric (stomach) cancer.


Description:
Research and activities of the High Energy Physics Group.


Title:
Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1996

Description:
The budget message of President Clinton, and the President's budget proposals.


Description:
Links to the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Library of Congress, federal agencies, and political caucuses.


Description:
Information about Hepatitis B, a viral disease of the liver.


Description:
Research on artificial language, Native American Language, Albanian lexicography, and the use of sound in computers.


Title:
Centre for Teaching and Learning Support

Description:
Links to information on audio-visuals, curriculum development, and desktop telematics (computer communications).


Description:
The documents of the National Archives, the federal agency that preserves the historical records of the United States.


Description:
Management of health care technology from the Capital Health Authority in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


Description:
Information about the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science.


Title:
College of Education and Human Development Home Page

Description:
Information about the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota.


Description:
Information to help companies establish safety practices that comply with current OSHA regulations.


Description:
An Internet-based information service from the U.S. Department of Defense, with links to all branches of the armed forces.


Description:
Studies of nutrition and food science, covering the food continuum from producer to consumer.


Description:
Information about evolutionary theory and history.


Description:
National Archives links to original documents in American history.


Description:
An on-line overview and image of the Magna Carta, an important document in England's constitutional history.


Description:
A collection of interactive exhibits in science, art, and human perception, housed in San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts.


Description:
Information about fatty liver, a condition called steatosis.


Title:
Gifted and Talented (TAG) Resources Home Page

Description:
On-line resources about gifted children, including programs and associations.


Description:
Information about the Healthcare Association of New York State,an advocate for health care facilities in the state.


Description:
Information on hemochromatosis, a disease characterized by excess iron in the bloodstream.


Description:
Information about hepatitis A, a viral disease of the liver.


Description:
Information about hepatitis D, a viral disease of the liver.


Description:
Information on hepatitis G, a novel human hepatitis virus.


Description:
Internet-based resources for historical research at colleges in the United States and in other countries.


Description:
Internet-based resources for information about homeopathy and homeopathic therapy.


Description:
Information about the International Federation of Medical Students Association.


Title:
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

Description:
Information about an institution that provides engineering education and research for the industrial growth of India.


Description:
Information about exhibits and specimens at the University of California Museum of Paleontology.


Description:
Facts about cataracts, a condition in which the lens of the eye becomes clouded.


Description:
Information about hemophilia, a blood-clotting disorder.


Description:
Information about the University of Michigan's anthropological collection.


Description:
The website of a company that provides Internet solutions for businesses.


Description:
Information about Shamanism, a traditional tribal religion in which shamans claim to control or influence spirits.


Description:
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: information on awards and programs.


Description:
United Artists home page (motion pictures and entertainment information).


Description:
Exhibits in paleontology, animal diversity, and other topics in natural history.


Description:
Information about a cooperative 4H farm that enables children to learn to raise farm animals.


Description:
The physiology, life cycle, and conservation of cheetahs.


Description:
Conservation information about cheetahs, including an activity page for children.


Description:
Information about a very rare cheetah with an unusual variation of coloring.


Description:
Information about the program at the National Zoo to study and breed cheetahs.


Description:
Information about a cheetah breeding program in South Africa; includes fine photos of cheetahs.


Description:
Information on the Byrd Polar Research Center, sponsored by Ohio State University.


Description:
Information about spiders, with interactive exercises for students.


Description:
Information about Salticidae, the jumping spider family.


Description:
Information about this venomous spider that is frequently confused with the recluse spider.


Description:
Mythological stories about Jupiter and its moons.


Description:
Information about educational resources at Columbia University.


Title:
School of Education - The University of Nottingham

Description:
Information about the School of Education at the University of Nottingham in Nottingham, England.


Description:
Information about Saratov State University in Russia.


Description:
Information about this centre for research education in the School of Education at England's University of Nottingham.


Description:
Information about sclerosing cholangitis, a chronic liver disease.


Description:
Information about lupus, a chronic, autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of various parts of the body.


Description:
Information about Stanford Testing Systems, Inc., which provides on-line test-preparation courses.


Title:
The American Association of Immunologists

Description:
Information about the American Association of Immunologists and its publication, the Journal of Immunology.


Title:
The American Institute of Hypnotherapy -- On-line Catalog

Description:
Information about a hypnosis training institute.


Description:
Information about the American Library Association, with links to on-line resources for libraries.


Title:
The American Medical Student Association

Description:
Information about the American Medical Student Association, and general resources for medical students.


Title:
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Description:
Information about this U.S. association of physicians.


Description:
Information about Hiroshima, Japan, with links to atomic bomb and peace sites.


Description:
The morning newspaper in Iowa City, Iowa.


Description:
An information service for law and policy issues, provided by the Villanova Center for one-stop, federal-site shopping.


Description:
Information about Chicago's museum of natural history.


Description:
Information about the Franklin Institute Science Museum of Philadelphia-- its publications, library, and programs.


Description:
Programs from the History Channel to enhance middle school, junior high school, and high school curriculums.


Title:
The Legislative Process on the Senate Floor: 1

Description:
An introduction to debate, filibusters, and other parliamentary procedures of the U.S. Senate.


Description:
Information about the Long Island College Hospital, including programs and research.


Description:
Information about the Methodist Hospital, which is affiliated with the Texas Medical Center in Houston.


Description:
Information about the New York Botanical Gardens, located in Bronx Park in the borough of the Bronx.


Title:
The Parenting Community: the Parenting Resource Center

Description:
A commercial site offering support, dialog, and shopping opportunities for parents.


Description:
Information about the Pentagon, the mammoth, five-sided building that serves as Defense Department headquarters.


Title:
The UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute & Hospital World Wide Web Site

Description:
Information about a major center for research and education in the fields of mental health and developmental disabilities.


Description:
Information about the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.


Description:
Information about the University of Chicago Hospitals, including information about services.


Title:
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Subject Catalogue

Description:
An Internet-based resource for educational materials on many subjects.


Description:
Information about this Tucson, Arizona, library site, with links to other Tucson resources.


Description:
Information about Hepatitis C prevention.


Description:
Information about the University of California at Berkeley's school psychology Ph.D. program.


Description:
Information about the United Nations, international law, economic and social development, and human rights.


Title:
The U.S. Coast Guard -- Office of Boating Safety Home Page

Description:
Information about safe boating and U.S. Coast Guard safety regulations.


Title:
University Hospitals & CWRU - Department of Radiology

Description:
Information about the Department of Radiology at the University Hospitals of Cleveland, in Cleveland, Ohio.


Title:
University of Michigan Medical Center Home Page

Description:
Links to information about the many units within the University of Michigan Medical Center.


Description:
Information about the University of Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


Description:
Information about the Virginia Institute of Government, with links to other resources.


Description:
A virtual tour of the Acropolis, the world-famous monument in Athens, Greece.


Description:
Information about the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.


Description:
A federally funded information service about education.


Description:
A system for delivering on-line courses from the Division of Continuing Education at the University of Massachusetts.


Description:
On-line information about the Los Angeles Public Library.


Description:
A project promoting study of the life and work of Charles Dickens, sponsored by the University of California.


Description:
Georgetown University Legal Explorer: information on laws and court opinions.


Description:
From the American Academy of Ophthalmology, information about macular degeneration, a major cause of blindness.


Title:
What is Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)?

Description:
Information about this disease, characterized by inflammatory destruction of the small bile ducts within the liver.


Description:
Displays and information about the California "wine country."


Description:
Information about the culture of the Mediterranean world in late antiquity.


Title:
3D Reconstruction of Ancient Egyptian Mummy

Description:
A three-dimensional reconstruction of an ancient Egyptian mummy.


Description:
Information and services of the United States Navy.


Description:
An Internet-based news and information service about Australia.


Description:
Information about Nobel Prize categories.


Description:
Information about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).


Description:
Information and links to other on-line resources about Ohio.


Description:
An Internet-based news service distributed by Knight-Ridder/Tribune; subscription information provided.


Description:
Information about the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.


Description:
A database of information about threatened species, maintained by the World Conservation Union.


Description:
Information about endangered animals of the United States, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.


Description:
A political look at Washington from the citizen's perspective.


Description:
Information about hemochromatosis, a disease caused by a genetic defect.


Description:
Information about the U.S. Peace Corps and its programs.


Description:
Information about schools of architecture at the University of Manitoba and the University of Calgary, in Canada.


Title:
Primate Handedness and Brain Lateralization


Description:
Information about a major polling organization in the United States.


Description:
Information about National Public Radio (NPR).


Description:
Information about rock stars, concerts, and other related subjects.


Description:
Information about the public library in Seattle, Washington.


Description:
Links to resources on Christian church history.


Description:
Roman Catholic news, writings, and history.


Description:
Information about liturgical rites of the Roman Catholic Church.


Description:
News and tourist information about Rome, Italy.


Title:
Table of Contents (The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture)

Description:
Information about Rome, Italy, with links to other on-line resources.


Description:
Information about the Science Museum of Minnesota, including some on-line exhibits.


Description:
The complete works of William Shakespeare.


Description:
Information about the Basking Shark Project.


Description:
Information and links to other on-line resources about sharks.


Title:
Religion, Sikhism (Part of The WWW Virtual Library)

Description:
Information and resources about Sikhism, a religion of India.


Description:
About the libraries of the Smithsonian Institution.


Description:
News briefings from South African press agencies.


Description:
Information about NASA's Ames Research Center.


Description:
Information about NASA's primary center for spacecraft development and mission planning--the Johnson Space Center.


Description:
Information about space launch missions, presented by NASA.


Description:
Observations from space, presented by NASA.


Description:
Information about the Kennedy Space Center, including employee publications.


Description:
Information about the Marshall Space Flight Center, in Huntsville, Alabama.


Description:
The Internet edition of the Daily News, the English daily with the largest circulation in Sri Lanka.


Description:
Information about Taoism, a major religion in China.


Title:
Welcome to UTV: The Ultimate Television Network

Description:
Links to television news, programming, and other information.


Description:
Information and images of the Shroud of Turin, with links to other resources.


Description:
Video selections from the Cable News Network (CNN).


Title:
Welcome to U.S. News & World Report On-line

Description:
Links to major news events and the current issue of U.S. News & World Report.


Description:
Portraits and information on famous Americans, from the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution.


Description:
A scientific description of the giraffe.


Description:
Links to several articles and websites on wolves.


Description:
A comprehensive description of the sea creature known as the octopus (plural: "octopi" or "octopuses").


Title:
GEARS Internet Classroom Topic: What Are Bees?

Description:
Information about bees of several different types.


Description:
Scientific descriptions of wasps and bees.


Title:
UF/IFAS AgriGator: The American Alligator


Description:
Descriptions of several kinds of seals and sea lions.


Description:
Information about iguanas, with links to other resources.


Description:
Biological information about polar bears.


Description:
Descriptions of various kinds of leopards.


Description:
A scientific description of the bobcat of North America.


Description:
An examination of the lives and habits of cougars.


Description:
Information about the North American lynx, a member of the cat family.


Description:
A scientific look at the ocelot, a member of the cat family.


Description:
A description of the caracal, a member of the cat family.


Description:
Information about the serval, a member of the cat family.


Description:
Information on the biology and life of the snow leopard.


Description:
Information about the wart hog, a wild pig of Africa.


Description:
Scientific information about the lemur, including its habitat.


Description:
Information about the sloth bear, a bear of India and Sri Lanka.


Title:
Brown and Grizzly Bears--by the Bear Den

Description:
Scientific descriptions of brown and grizzly bears.


Description:
Descriptions of many kinds of Australian plants.


Description:
Descriptions of many kinds of Hawaiian plants.


Description:
Information about the hedgehog (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about the meerkat, a burrowing animal of Africa.


Description:
Information about the birds known as purple martins.


Description:
Information about the badger (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about the dormouse (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about the red squirrel (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about the brown hare (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about the red fox (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about the grey seal (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about the common seal (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about the pine marten (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about the weasel (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about the wood mouse (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about the roe deer (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about the mole (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about rabbits (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about the bottle-nosed dolphin (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about the water vole (in Great Britain).


Description:
Information about Russia: food, historical materials, weather conditions, and other information.


Description:
Information about the history of India, with emphasis on the Mogul dynasty.


Title:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National AIDS Clearinghouse

Description:
Information about AIDS, including hotlines, treatments, and new developments.


Description:
Concerns about sexually transmitted diseases in the context of dating.


Description:
Information about space discoveries, research, and exploration, with links to other resources.


Title:
What Does Handedness Have To Do with Brain Lateralization

Description:
Information about how left- or right-handedness is determined in the brain.


Description:
A portion of Marco Polo's account of his travels to China in the late 1200's.


Description:
Chapter 44 of Marco Polo's account of his trip to China.


Description:
A biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States.


Title:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Inaugural Addresses

Description:
The complete text of all four inaugural addresses of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933, 1937, 1941, 1945).


Description:
Information about stars and astronomy equipment.


Description:
Information about topics such as "Environmental Justice," "Defense of Homelands," and "Grassroots Activism."


Title:
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet

Description:
Links to resources about Native Americans; topics include culture, history, archaeology, education, and law.


Description:
Information about Pueblo populations, including historical data as well as these tribes' modern lifestyles.


Description:
A comprehensive guide to Israel, including topics such as politics, education, food, and finances.


Description:
Many resources about Israel, in both Hebrew and English.


Description:
Links to resources about the Netherlands: government, politics, cities, education, media, and commerce.


Description:
Links to a wide range of information about the Netherlands, including sports, religion, health care, and many other topics.


Title:
Home of the Eugene (Oregon) Astronomical Society

Description:
Information about a group of dedicated amateur astronomers.


Description:
Descriptions of degree programs supporting operations research and management sciences.


Description:
Information about the South Carolina Botanical Garden.


Description:
An electronic tour of the White House, an American historical treasure.


Description:
Information about the advanced analytical electron microscope (AAEM).


Description:
Information about the American Association of Variable Star Observers.


Description:
Textbooks, therapeutic games, training materials, and technological aids from the Center for Applied Psychology.


Description:
Information about the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.


Description:
Information about the University of California's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics in La Jolla, California.


Description:
Information about the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.


Description:
Information about RAND, a nonprofit institution that helps improve public policy through research and analysis.


Description:
Information related to snow and weather, including activities, resorts, and associations.


Title:
About the American Holistic Medical Association

Description:
Information about the AHMA, founded in 1978 to unite physicians who practice holistic medicine.


Description:
The website for Nano Technology magazine.


Description:
Information about the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and its events.


Description:
Website of the Andalusian Horse Association of Australasia; information about the Spanish Andalusian horse.


Description:
Information about the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.


Description:
Information about the Houston branch of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.


Title:
Air Force Link - Official Web Site of the United States Air Force

Description:
Information about the United States Air Force.


Title:
America Quarter Horse Association - On-Line

Description:
Information about the American Quarter Horse Association and results of the World Championship Show.


Title:
American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists

Description:
Information about this association dedicated to the study of fossil plant spores and pollen.


Description:
Information about the major North American professional society for astronomers.


Description:
Information about the American Geological Institute, a federation of 29 geoscience societies.


Description:
News and information about automobile racing.


Description:
Information about the society dedicated to promoting the culture and improvement of the iris.


Description:
A networked research facility for social sciences and Asian studies.


Description:
Information about Argonne National Laboratory.


Title:
Armagh Observatory Information & Resources

Description:
Information about Armagh Observatory in Ireland, including its history.


Description:
Information about the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.


Title:
Astronomical Observatory of Trieste - OATs

Description:
Information about the Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, Italy, which dates back to 1753.


Description:
Information about a society in Denmark for people interested in astronomy.


Description:
Information about a research facility in Jena, Germany, that is associated with the Max Planck Society.


Title:
Australian Sports WWW - Australian Sports Commission

Description:
Information on organizations involved in sports in Australia.


Description:
Information about the American Association of Professional Apiculturists (beekeepers).


Description:
Information about the Behavior Analysis program at the University of South Florida.


Title:
Berkeley Lab, the First of the National Laboratories

Description:
Information about the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, operated by the University of California.


Description:
Information about research in the field of X-ray crystallography.


Description:
Articles on Bosnia from Time News Service Daily.


Title:
Bradford Robotic Telescope Observatory Site

Description:
Information about the astronomical observatory of Bradford University, in England.


Description:
Information about the national geological survey of the United Kingdom.


Description:
Information about Britain's space agency.


Description:
An on-line newsletter from the Newfoundland Insectarium.


Description:
Information about the astronomy program at the California Institute of Technology--"Caltech."


Description:
A database with 3,000 entries on carnivorous (meat-eating) plants.


Description:
A wide range of sports information, from CBS Sports.


Description:
Information about Europe's Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Council.


Description:
At Western Kentucky University, a center dedicated to the study of karst--terrain characterized by caves and sinkholes.


Description:
Information about Mars and missions to Mars.


Title:
Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition

Description:
Information about this center for research in cognitive science, at Indiana University.


Title:
CERN/ANU - Demography & Population Studies WWW VL

Description:
Information about facilities and researchers in demography, the science of the statistics of human population.


Description:
Information about the Carnegie Institution of Washington.


Description:
Information about this nonprofit, interdisciplinary organization for promoting the study of classification and clustering.


Description:
Links to basketball information, including news, schedules, and tournaments.


Description:
Information about the comet that collided with Jupiter in 1994, the first such event ever to be observed.


Title:
Cornell University Geological Sciences Department

Description:
Information about Cornell University's Geological Sciences Department.


Description:
Information about a project that builds computer models for studying earthquakes.


Description:
Information about the Center for Research in Language at the University of California at San Diego.


Title:
Department of Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture

Description:
Information about floriculture (cultivation of flowering plants) and ornamental horticulture at Cornell University.


Title:
Department of Psychology at Bonn University

Description:
Information about the Department of Psychology at Bonn University, in Germany.


Title:
Department of Wood Science and Forest Products

Description:
Information about the Department of Wood Science and Forest Products at Virginia Polytechnic University.


Description:
Information about the Department of Plant Sciences at Oxford University, in England.


Description:
Information about programs for the study of earthquakes at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.


Description:
About Discovery Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a science museum.


Description:
Television programming on science, nature, and the earth.


Description:
Information about NCAA Basketball, with links to tournament results, team home pages, scores, and regional rankings.


Title:
Earth Sciences--Geological Survey of Canada

Description:
Information about the Geological Survey of Canada, a part of the Earth Sciences Sector of Natural Resources Canada.


Title:
Elizabeth and Crow's Organic Cybergarden

Description:
Information about organic gardening (privately maintained website).


Title:
Engineering Library - Cornell University

Description:
Information about the Engineering Library at Cornell University.


Description:
Information about the entomology program (for the study of insects) at Colorado State University.


Description:
Information about the entomology program (for the study of insects) at Iowa State University.


Description:
Information about environmental law, provided by the Chicago law firm of Ross & Hardies.


Description:
A resource for news and information about horses.


Description:
Information about the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center, with links to other resources.


Description:
Information about the European Science Foundation (ESF).


Description:
Information about the European Southern Observatory (ESO).


Description:
A commercial service displaying resources on sports news, scoreboards, and other information about sports.


Description:
Information about this international organization for space exploration, composed of 14 European member nations.


Title:
Faculty of Forestry, Warsaw Agricultural University

Description:
Information about the forestry department at Warsaw Agricultural University, in Poland.


Description:
A commercial site with football rankings, team reports, and other football news.


Description:
A resource for information about major-league baseball.


Description:
Information about horticulture, the cultivation of plants, from the Florida Community College at Jacksonville.


Title:
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Home Page

Description:
Information about the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).


Description:
Links to agencies that provide federal funding for research.


Description:
Information about the forestry program at the Australian National University.


Description:
An academic and research network linking research institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences.


Description:
Information about Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prizes.


Description:
Information about the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).


Description:
Information about the Geological Society of America.


Description:
Information about this institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.


Description:
Information about the United Kingdom affiliate of the International Association of Mathematical Geologists.


Description:
Information about the Department of Geotechnology of Lund Institute of Technology at Sweden's Lund University.


Title:
Golf Web - Everything Golf on the World Wide Web!

Description:
Information about golf, including professional tournament scores and an on-line "pro" shop.


Description:
Links to Government Printing Office databases of selected texts published by the U.S. government.


Description:
Information on geology and earthquakes from GTRI Research.


Title:
Guide to Microscopy and Microanalysis on the Internet

Description:
An annotated list of websites about surface science and various types of microscopy.


Description:
A listing of public museums, with a strong emphasis on interactive science education.


Description:
Information about publications and new releases from Harper Collins Publishers.


Title:
History and Scope of the Lepidopterists' Society

Description:
Information about the  Lepidopterists' Society--an association of people who collect and study butterflies.


Description:
Information about horses, with links to other resources.


Title:
Houston Museum of Natural Science Virtual Tour

Description:
An electronic tour of the Houston Museum of Natural Science.


Description:
Information about the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City.


Description:
Information about the National Center for Science Information Systems, founded in 1986 for use by universities.


Description:
Information about the Human Genome Project, a project to map all human genes.


Description:
A University of Illinois resource for information about insects.


Description:
History of the Negro baseball leagues and racial discrimination against African American ballplayers.


Description:
Information about the PPG IndyCar World Series and the Indy Racing League.


Description:
Information about the triathlon, an athletic endurance competition in three segments.


Description:
Virtual, real-time coverage of major-league baseball.


Description:
Information about the geophysics program at Purdue University.


Title:
The University of Montana School of Forestry

Description:
Information about the School of Forestry at the University of Montana.


Description:
Information about forests in urban areas, from the California Polytechnic State University.


Title:
Welcome to the ACSWeb from the American Chemical Society

Description:
Information about the American Chemical Society.


Title:
OFranklin Delano RooseveltO by Katie Jeffreys

Description:
Information about Franklin D. Roosevelt, including a life timeline and some 1990's assessments of the New Deal.


Description:
Information about Alexander Graham Bell--inventor of the telephone--for children.


Title:
Alexander Graham BellOs Path to the Telephone

Description:
Information about Alexander Graham Bell, with links to information about other inventors.


Description:
Links to information about Ireland and the Irish, including news, politics, and entertainment.


Description:
An electronic magazine about Asian life.


Description:
Links to information about Indian art, education, government, history, business, humor, and other information.


Description:
A collection of photos and fact tables for celestial bodies in our solar system.


Description:
Views of the surface of Mars from multiple zoom-levels.


Description:
Information about bats (the flying mammal), with links to educational programs and published articles about bats.


Description:
Information about bats (the flying mammal).


Description:
A biography of Benjamin Franklin designed for children.


Description:
Biographical information about Benjamin Franklin, a founder of the United States.


Title:
Benjamin Franklin: How I Became a Printer in Philadelphia

Description:
Autobiographical text about Benjamin Franklin, a founder of the United States.


Description:
Information about Alexander Graham Bell, including pictures and text.


Description:
A monthly newsletter about British history, for children.


Description:
Descriptions of various trees that are native to Great Britain.


Description:
Descriptions of various species of trees in Canada.


Description:
A China home page, with links to information about China's history, government, land, food, and culture.


Description:
Links to information about cities, provinces, and territories of the Netherlands.


Description:
Links to information about the cities and cantons of Switzerland.


Description:
Information about Somalia, including the country's civil war, peacekeeping efforts, and armed forces.


Description:
Information about the history of India, with links to related sites.


Description:
Information about desert plants and animals.


Description:
Information on earthquakes, with links to other resources.


Description:
Information about ancient Egyptian history, mythology, hieroglyphics, and artifacts.


Title:
European Countries, Regions & Cities/Portugal


Title:
Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Ancient Egypt Home Page


Description:
A collection of political cartoons about President Franklin Roosevelt (1933-1945).


Description:
Information about President Bill Clinton's boyhood home in Arkansas.


Description:
A colorful display of flags of the American Revolution, accompanied by descriptions.


Description:
Quotes by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945).


Title:
From Revolution to Reconstruction and What Happened Afterwards

Description:
A history of the American Revolutionary War.


Description:
Views of the sky as it looks from different places on the earth.


Description:
Information about the giant panda and its status as an endangered species.


Description:
Information about the giant panda, with pictures.


Description:
Information about the giant panda, including its appearance, size, habitat, distribution, and reproduction.


Description:
General information on the giant panda, with photo.


Description:
Information about the gorilla, from Busch Gardens.


Description:
Information about the endangered status of gorillas, with links to protection agencies and other gorilla sites.


Description:
Information about mountain gorillas, gorilla pictures, and links to other sites.


Title:
Great Lakes Regional American Indian Network

Description:
Links to information resources about Native Americans.


Description:
Information about the history of the American Civil War (War Between the States).


Title:
Health: Diseases and Conditions: Brain Injury

Description:
Information about brain injuries, with links to other resources.


Title:
HellOs Bells: A Radio History of the Telephone

Description:
Eight episodes of a radio history of the telephone in two formats--audio and script.


Title:
His MajestyOs 64th Regiment of Foot Home Page

Description:
A description of life in a British Army regiment during the American Revolutionary War.


Title:
Historical Text Archive: Articles of Confederation

Description:
The texts of the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence, documents in U.S. history.


Title:
History and Geography of the Underground Railroad

Description:
An overview of slavery and the underground railroad--the escape route for slaves from slave states to free.


Title:
Holocaust Glossary: Terms, Places, and Personalities


Description:
Information about rabbits as pets: their behavior, adoption, and care.


Description:
A description of the apple-growing process, divided into seasons.


Description:
Information about how HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is transmitted.


Title:
Index of Civil War Information Available on the Internet

Description:
Links to Internet resources about the Civil War.


Description:
Information about India: culture, land, government agencies, universities, media, and business.


Description:
Information about India, provided by the Indian Embassy in Washington, D.C.


Description:
Guidelines on when and where in the sky to look for stars.


Description:
Information about Northern Ireland, with links to information about government, news, sports, and tourism.


Description:
Links to Internet-based resources on Asia, sponsored by the University of Hawaii.


Title:
Internet Sites with Information About Portugal

Description:
Links to Internet resources for Portugal, covering topics of regions, cities, language, and education.


Description:
Links to Internet resources about Ireland.


Description:
Research articles about suspects in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.


Description:
Information about President John F. Kennedy, including photos and text of his inaugural address; links to other resources.


Description:
A biography of President John F. Kennedy.


Description:
Questions and answers about King Tut, the Rosetta Stone, mummies, pyramids, and other topics about ancient Egypt.


Description:
Information about King Tutankhamen of ancient Egypt.


Title:
Letters from an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War

Description:
Letters written by a Civil War soldier (the great-great grandfather of the website author); links to other Civil War sites.


Description:
Information on a wide variety of endangered animals.


Description:
A British map of 1777 that shows George WashingtonOs defeats in 1776; also, descriptions of battles.


Description:
A biography of Marco Polo, the Italian explorer of the late 1200's.


Title:
Marco Polo Saw Chinese with Framed Lenses

Description:
A website about eyewear, with information about the eyeglasses Marco Polo saw in China in the late 1200's.


Description:
Information about Mars, including moons, clouds, volcanoes, and images of the planet.


Description:
Information on plate tectonics and Richter magnitude scales, and answers to frequently asked questions.


Description:
A timeline that puts the events of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency into a historical perspective.


Description:
Definitions of neurological terms such as spine, neurotrauma, and cerebellum.


Description:
A list of events in Northern Ireland in the 1900's.


Description:
Information about the role of trees in the oceanic ecosystem.


Description:
Information about the Oneida people, with links to other resources about American Indians.


Description:
An account of the successful efforts to save the panda from extinction.


Description:
Information about Peruvian arts, commerce, education, and other topics.


Description:
Information about the increase in human population and corresponding decrease in forest cover.


Description:
Links to information about Portugal, including government, politics, entertainment, and the arts.


Description:
Links to Internet-based information about Portugal.


Description:
Information about rabbits, including pictures, with links to other rabbit resources.


Description:
Links to Internet-based information ranging from CIA maps to an electronic tour of the Czar's palace in Russia.


Description:
A map of regions of the United Kingdom, with links to Internet-based information by region.


Title:
Rings Node of NASAOs Planetary Data Center

Description:
Information on the planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.


Description:
An Internet guide to information about Russia.


Description:
Topics in Russian history, including Russians in Alaska, a tour of the Kremlin, Marxism-Leninism, and other topics.


Description:
Information about Saturn, including its satellites and a chronology of earth exploration of the planet.


Description:
The complete works of Shakespeare, plus articles about this greatest of English writers.


Description:
Information about animal IQ's, memory, bacteria "minds," and other unusual brain topics.


Description:
Information about Somalia, with links to other resources for Somalia.


Description:
Information about Peru from the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Electronic Embassy, and other resources.


Title:
Space Radar Reveals Ancient Segments of China's Great Wall

Description:
Information about how archaeologists use images of the Great Wall produced by radar on the space shuttle.


Description:
Statistical data about the Netherlands and the Dutch people.


Description:
Information about President Bill Clinton, with links to other resources.


Title:
The (Almost) Complete Guide to WWW in Israel

Description:
Links to Internet sites about Israel, covering a wide variety of topics.


Description:
A list of Benjamin Franklin's 13 favorite virtues.


Description:
Information about Somalia, with links to information about related nations such as those in Africa, and India and Singapore.


Title:
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare


Description:
Detailed textual and visual information on stars.


Title:
The First Steps Leading to the OFinal SolutionO

Description:
Information about events leading to the Holocaust, the destruction of the Jews in Europe by Hitler's Third Reich.


Description:
Pictures, history, and descriptions of the various sections of the Great Wall of China.


Title:
The History Place: John Fitzgerald Kennedy Photo Gallery

Description:
An extensive gallery of captioned photos of John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States.


Title:
The History Place: the Rise of Adolf Hitler

Description:
A timeline illustrating the rise of Adolph Hitler to power in Germany in the 1930's.


Description:
Information about Marco Polo, the Italian explorer of the late 1200's.


Description:
Information about the motions and positions of heavenly objects, updated each month.


Title:
The Phoenix ZooOs Endangered and Threatened Species

Description:
A list of endangered and threatened animals, with links to information resources for each animal.


Description:
Information about the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, with links to other resources.


Description:
Information about telephone topics, including how a telephone works, and new technologies, such as fiber optics.


Description:
A timeline of the Revolutionary War in America, with text and pictures.


Description:
Photos of treasures from King Tutankhamen's tomb.


Description:
Information about King Tut's tomb, including a link to the diary of the archaeologist who discovered the tomb.


Description:
Links to Internet sites about the Civil War, sponsored by Louisiana State University.


Title:
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Description:
Various topics about the United Kingdom, including education in England in the 1800's and national health care.


Description:
Explains the distinctions between different names for the "United Kingdom" or  "Great Britain."


Description:
Biographical information about Adolph Hitler--his art, quotes, and other information.


Description:
Information about the environmental relationship between trees and water.


Description:
Information about native culture from a modern perspective, presented by American Indians.


Description:
A Bush Gardens fact sheet on vampire bats, including a bibliography.


Description:
Contemporary reports and interviews about the Irish Potato Famine (1845-1851), with links to other resources.


Description:
Travel information about Peru and links to other resources.


Description:
A description of a desert ecosystem, with links to resources about deserts in the United States and Mexico.


Description:
Information about animals of the Amazon rain forest.


Description:
A vast collection of sources about Asia and its countries.


Description:
Essays, biographies, and quotes of Sir Winston Churchill, with many links to other Churchill websites.


Title:
World Wildlife Fund Home Page: Species at Risk

Description:
Information on the world's most endangered species.


Description:
Links to Internet resources about the United Kingdom, with coverage of many topics.


Description:
Links to Internet resources about Ireland and the Irish, with coverage of many topics.


Description:
Information about Hitler's plans to kill handicapped adults.


Title:
Welcome to The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Description:
Information about this museum in New York City and its collection of more than 2 million works of art.


Description:
This Jersey City, N. J., museum features hundreds of interactive exhibits on science and inventions.


Description:
A guide to this museum's exhibits and programs on African American culture and history.


Description:
Information about this scientific and educational institution located in New York City.


Description:
Information about one of the largest public libraries in the United States.


Description:
Information about Philadelphia's famous science museum and Omniverse Theater.


Description:
The national institution devoted to Holocaust history, and America's memorial to the holocaust victims.


Description:
Information about the United Kingdom's national collection of Western European painting.


Description:
Information about the Whitney Museum in New York City.


Description:
Information about British Columbia's museum of maritime history, located in Victoria.


Title:
Redding (California) Museum of Art & History

Description:
Information on this museum of regional art and history in northern California.


Description:
Designed for children, this museum emphasizes hands-on exhibits.


Title:
The Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History & Art

Description:
This Tulsa museum has fine collections of American Indian art and of paintings of the American West.


Description:
Information about this museum in Fort Worth, Texas.


Description:
Information on the Oak Ridge, Tennessee, museum, dedicated to all forms of energy and energy production.


Title:
Birmingham (England) Museum and Art Gallery

Description:
Information about this museum in Birmingham, England.


Title:
Cheekwood Museum of Art:   Nashville, Tennessee

Description:
A Virtual Tour through the galleries of the Cheekwood Museum of Art, in Nashville, Tennessee.


Description:
Information about the diverse collections in the Dallas Museum of Art.


Description:
Information about Atlanta's natural history museum, which features a dinosaur and Okefenokee Swamp exhibits.


Title:
The Hermitage Museum - St. Petersburg, Russia

Description:
Information about the world-famous art museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.


Description:
This Atlanta art museum features collections of European and American painting and sculpture.


Description:
Information about this complex of four museums in Oklahoma City.


Description:
Information about this art museum, which is housed in a reconstruction of a Charlotte mint of the 1800's.


Description:
Information about this museum of Mississippi River life on Mud Island at Memphis, Tenn.


Description:
Exhibits in this Montgomery, Alabama, museum including American art from the 1700's to the present.


Description:
Information about Houston's Museum of Fine Arts.


Description:
This Memphis museum features exhibits on natural history, including regional history, medicine, and fossils.


Title:
Museum of Science and Industry, Tampa, Florida

Description:
Information about this Tampa museum, which features hands-on exhibits for children and a computer lab.


Title:
The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Description:
Information about the oldest and largest contemporary science and technology museum in the U.S.A.


Description:
Information about Chicago's lakefront aquarium.


Description:
Information about exhibitions at Grand Rapids' museum of fine arts.


Description:
Information about the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, with a permanent collection of 85,000 art objects.


Description:
Information about this Kansas City art museum, one of the largest in the U.S.


Description:
Information about the St. Louis Art Museum, famous for its fine collection of Oriental art.


Description:
Information about the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.


Description:
Information about the Butler Institute in Youngstown, Ohio, and its collection of American art.


Description:
Information about the Cleveland Museum of Art, with its collection of more than 30,000 works of art.


Description:
Information about the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio.


Description:
Information about this Dayton art museum, which has a diverse collection of more than 10,000 art objects.


Description:
Information about the Toledo Museum's diverse art collection.


Description:
Information about Milwaukee's museum of natural history, Wisconsin's largest museum.


Title:
National Museum of Natural History - Smithsonian Institution

Description:
Address and contact information for the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.


Description:
Pictures of the collection of gems and a description on each type.


Title:
Office of Smithsonian Institution Archives

Description:
Information about the Smithsonian Archives, a repository for historical records, open to qualified researchers.


Description:
Information resources of the Smithsonian Institution, including an on-line phone directory.


Description:
One of the United Kingdom's largest bird of prey centers.


Description:
A site at the University of California containing images of owls.


Description:
The Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Canada cares for injured and orphaned owls and other wildlife.


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope images of starbirth.


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope image of this star.


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope images of this galaxy.


Description:
About this institute at Roskilde University in Denmark.


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope images of variable stars.


Description:
NASA images of the Comet Shoemake-Levy 9's encounter with Jupiter.


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope finds a new black hole.


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope images of gravitational lenses.


Description:
Close-up view of a shockwave from a stellar explosion.


Title:
Discovery of a Nearby Spiral Galaxy Behind the Milky Way


Description:
Stunning Hubble Space Telescope image of a supermassive star.


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope spies a really cool star.


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope finds searchlight beams and multiple arcs.


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope images of the early universe.


Title:
Findings From Hubble Deep Field Home In On Distant


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope  images of this galaxy.


Description:
NASA images of Jupiter's atmosphere, the target of the Galileo probe.


Title:
Giant Starbirth Region In Neighboring Galaxy


Description:
A look into the heart of the densest star cluster known.


Title:
Gravitational Lens Captures Image of Primeval Galaxy

Description:
Hubble Space Telescope images of an early galaxy.


Title:
Gravitational Lens in Galaxy Cluster Abell 2218


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope finds an hourglass nebula around a dying star.


Title:
HST Image of the Whirlpool Galaxy Nucleus


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope finds thousands of gaseous fragments surrounding a dying star.


Title:
HST on Track for Measuring the Expansion Rate of the Universe

Description:
Evidence for more accurate Hubble constant.


Title:
A site about tourist attractions in Thailand

Description:
Information about and slides of attractions in Thailand by Diethelm Travel's Database.


Description:
An online exhibit of the U.S. Library of Congress that examines cultural roots of the Americas.


Title:
Parliamentary Election in Finland - 3/19/95

Description:
The results of Finland's parliamentary elections of March 1995.


Description:
Four clear photos of a developing tornado taken from a cloud-seeding plane over Kansas in 1995.


Description:
A site by IBM, worldwide information technology sponsor for the Olympic Games through 2000.


Description:
Information and photos of the grizzly bear, sponsored by the governments of British Columbia.


Title:
A Geological Companion to Greece and the Aegean

Description:
Review and ordering information for a book on the geology of Greece and Turkey's Aegean coast.


Description:
A detailed narrative of a bike trip across central Finland in the month of June.


Description:
Detailed information for those who wish to tour Spain by bike; also a narrative account of such a trip.


Description:
The Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles presents a history of and introduction to the Olympic Games.


Description:
Information about horse breeding in Iceland.


Description:
Information on volcanoes from the U.S. Geological Survey and other institutions.


Description:
About the use of computational modeling of fluid dynamics in oceanography.


Title:
ANA Exhibit: Numismatics and the Olympic Games

Description:
Information for coin-collectors about the Olympic Games.


Description:
Information from NASA about the Apollo 11 moon mission of 1969.


Description:
A large collection of information on many Arctic topics; sponsored by the European Space Agency.


Description:
Information about the Arenal Volcano of Costa Rica (source: a story by Philip Greenspun).


Description:
Dr. Grizz is the foremost authority on grizzly bears in British Columbia.


Description:
Denmark's national society for people interested in astronomy; text in English and Danish.


Description:
The unofficial Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list for the 1996 Centennial Olympics in Atlanta, Ga.


Description:
A large collection of information related to the Atlantic Ocean; sponsored by the European Space Agency.


Description:
Information about the kangaroo, koala, and kultarr - all Australian animals.


Title:
Australian Archives - WWI Service Records

Description:
Information about obtaining WWI service records of Australians, for fee, from the Australian Archives.


Title:
Awesome International Soccer Scores and Club Homepages

Description:
Information on soccer teams throughout the world.


Description:
About a film on bear management in Canada's mountain national parks.


Description:
Bear safety information from the government of British Columbia.


Description:
Soccer standings and information for the Big Ten conference teams.


Description:
Information about Bilbao, the capital of the Basque region of Spain.


Description:
Information about Bloomberg Information TV, which delivers simultaneous coverage in a multiple-screen format.


Description:
Information on strategies to protect California's ocean and coastal resources.


Description:
Information about the study-abroad program at Anatolia College in Thessaloniki, Greece.


Title:
CEL Regional Library Useful Sites -- Olympic Games

Description:
An index to the 1996 Olympic Games on the Internet, maintained by a Savannah-based regional Georgia library.


Description:
An introduction to the many ways children can interact with plants and the outdoors.


Description:
A brief history sponsored by the Spanish Foreign Ministry (English option).


Description:
Extensive tourist information about Greece.


Description:
Extensive tourist information about Iceland.


Description:
Extensive tourist information about Spain.


Title:
COCORI Complete Costa Rica--Columbus Day

Description:
A pre-Columbian and Columbian history of Costa Rica.


Description:
Photographs of Costa Rica's volcanoes, and other Costa Rican photos.


Description:
Information on national (U.S.) and international soccer.


Title:
The Global Village CAT [Community Access Television]

Description:
Worldwide links to 170 community access TV sites, maintained by Open Channel of Stockholm, Sweden.


Description:
A list of computer vendors with Websites.


Description:
About computers used by the Remediation Research project at the Univ. of California/San Francisco (UCSF).


Description:
An introduction to computers for the visual thinker, sponsored by the University of California at Santa Barbara.


Description:
An Alberta-based national program providing used computer equipment to Canadian schools.


Description:
Analyses of lavas and tuff from Egmont Volcano (Mt. Taranaki), New Zealand.


Description:
Information about computers, software, and other digital products for kids.


Description:
Information on processors, RAM, and communications for computers, from D&D Computers.


Title:
Daylilies Growing Along The Information Highway Home Page

Description:
Information about  day lilies - plants of the genus Hemerocallis.


Description:
Information about active volcanoes in Japan.


Description:
Complete text of the American Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776.


Description:
National guides and information about Denmark.


Description:
Links to institutions, universities, and libraries in Denmark.


Description:
Discover Spain through the Tourist Office of Spain.


Description:
Information about the products of Dominion Computers.


Description:
Online directory for Spain: Spanish language ONLY.


Description:
Photos of the 1996 Summer Olympics from Duomo, a photo agency in New York City.


Description:
Information about Dutch soccer competition.


Title:
Electronic Computers Within The Ordnance Corps, Appendix V

Description:
Inventory of computers in the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps - 1961.


Description:
Information about Finland, sponsored by the Embassy of Finland, Washington D.C.


Description:
Information about Iceland, sponsored by the Embassy of Iceland, Washington D.C.


Description:
Information about Mt. Etna in Sicily, Europe's largest and most active volcano.


Description:
The Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo conducts scientific research on volcanoes.


Description:
Explore Finland and find some useful links to Finnish Web sites.


Title:
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Description:
Information about the federal agency that provides disaster relief.


Title:
Film & Television Studies - Overseas Exchanges

Description:
Information about studying film and TV in Britain, with links to various Canadian and U.S. programs.


Description:
An array of facts about Finland, especially on tourism and the arts.


Description:
Various services in Finland, including obtaining licenses.


Description:
A detailed fact sheet for Finland, including topics such as geography, climate, government, media, and currency.


Description:
Travel tips for enjoying Finland outdoors.


Description:
Information about an Atlanta-based broadcast company that owns three TV stations.


Description:
Information about the flower industry of Holland--growers, exporters, and importers.


Description:
Information about Mt. Fogo, an active volcano in the Cape Verde Islands, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey.


Title:
Finland: Helsinki University Library - The National Library of Finland

Description:
Contact points and other information for the Helsinki Univ. Library  - National Library of Finland.


Description:
Contact points and other information for the National Library of Greece.


Title:
Iceland: The National and University Library of Iceland

Description:
Contact points and other information for the National and University Library of Iceland.


Title:
Gateway to the World of Tornado Research

Description:
Tornado research information from USA Today weather.


Description:
Includes a long list of volcano resources, from universities, observatories, and government agencies.


Description:
A collection of links to online film & TV resources, sponsored by Great!, a promotion agency for the TV industry.


Description:
Information on CITY, an educational and research institution in the humanities in Thessaloniki, Greece.


Description:
Contact information for Futurekids centers in Greece. (Futurekids is a network of computer learning centers.)


Title:
Greece: City States & Western Beginnings

Description:
A wide range of cultural and historical information about ancient Greece, sponsored by Brigham Young Univ.


Description:
A reference page for teachers and students studying Greece, ancient or modern.


Description:
Information about touring islands in Greece.


Description:
A wealth of information about Thailand, sponsored by the Library of Congress.


Description:
Games based on Greece, vended by Generic Universal Role-Playing Systems (GURPS).


Description:
International information about soccer teams.


Description:
A map and other information about Greece ("Hellas" is the name for Greece in the Greek language).


Title:
Helping Your Child Get Ready for School - Good Television Habits

Description:
A resource for developing good television habits in children.


Description:
Extensive information on religions of the world.


Description:
Information about active volcanoes in today's world.


Description:
Information on horticulture, the study of growing plants.


Description:
Information about  kangaroo lifestyles and lifespans.


Description:
Information about ordering flowers from this flower service.


Description:
Sponsored by Nordic Volcanological Inst. (NORDVOLC).


Description:
Information on tornadoes and tornado safety in Canada, sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment.


Description:
Information about this computer company, which manufactures and sells high-end computer systems.


Description:
Information about Hungary's national television networks.


Description:
Information about Iceland, including current news, publications available for order, and Internet links.


Description:
Writings by fifth-graders about Jefferson; sponsored by the Institute for Learning Technologies, Columbia Univ.


Description:
Information about conservation efforts on behalf of the Japanese black bear in Japan.


Description:
Observatoires Volcanologiques francais volcano index: French language ONLY.


Title:
Index to Cascades Volcano Observatory Home Page

Description:
Cascades Volcano Observatory (Vancouver, Wash.) - Webserver  index.


Description:
A collection of information on topics concerning the Indian Ocean; sponsored by the European Space Agency.


Description:
Studies of circulation in the Indian Ocean to aid in weather prediction.


Description:
A free service for anyone interested in soccer.


Description:
Information on Irish soccer and League of Ireland teams.


Description:
Information about ISU, an international institute for space studies in Strasbourg, France.


Description:
Computers at Exeter University in England.


Title:
Italy's Volcanoes: the Cradle of Volcanology

Description:
A virtual voyage to some of the world's most famous volcanoes.


Title:
Jefferson Quotes on Politics & Government

Description:
Quotations from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson.


Description:
About computers in the workplace and information technology.


Description:
Kids' Web Page, maintained by personnel from the Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University.


Description:
About a U.S. broadcast company that owns and operates seven network-affiliated television stations.


Title:
Links to Computers and Society Information

Description:
Information about law and ethics concerning computers and computer use.


Description:
A list of college and university mathematics departments in Finland.


Description:
A computer company that offers computer systems, computer components, or custom software.


Description:
Studies of the earth's only natural satellite, the moon.


Description:
Information on Jefferson's Virginia home, presented by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc.


Description:
Photographs of the moon taken from the Galileo spacecraft.


Title:
Motorola Sets Gold Standard For Olympic Games Communications

Description:
Motorola Corporation's contributions to communications at the Olympics plus some historic tidbits.


Description:
General information about volcanoes, provided by Michigan Technological University.


Description:
A fact sheet about Finland, with information on population, climate, government, and other topics.


Description:
A fact sheet about Greece, with information on population, climate, government, and other topics.


Title:
Networking Features of Macintosh Computers

Description:
Information about communications methods in Macintosh computers.


Description:
The online companion to "Ocean Planet," a traveling Smithsonian exhibition about the earth's oceans.


Title:
Ocean Planet: Popular Science - Answers to Most Frequently Asked Questions

Description:
FAQ's raised by the Smithsonian Institution exhibition, "Ocean Planet"--and answers.


Description:
Educational materials associated with the Smithsonian Institution exhibition, "Ocean Planet."


Description:
A complete listing of all local pages in the Smithsonian's "Ocean Planet" online Exhibition.


Description:
Studies of ocean currents and their impact on global climate.


Description:
Documents that describe the physical properties of the oceans.


Title:
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management

Description:
Information about efforts to keep coasts and oceans environmentally healthy.


Title:
Official 1998 Olympic Web Site - 1998 Olympic Games Home Page

Description:
Information about the 1998 Winter Olympic Games, to be held in Nagano, Japan.


Description:
Oklahoma tornado statistics for 1995, provided by the National Weather Service.


Description:
Information about black bears in Olympic National Park in Washington state.


Description:
The Centennial Olympic Games (Atlanta 1996), presented by NBC Sports.


Description:
Information about national (U.S.) and international soccer.


Title:
Guide for International Students: Finland in Brief

Description:
Information about Finland: geography, climate, population, language, government, and so on.


Description:
Photos of native sea life in Pacific waters, from the Osaka, Japan, Aquarium.


Description:
Information about and photos of pandas. (Privately maintained Website.)


Description:
An article about the user-friendliness of today's personal computers, from the Detroit News.


Title:
Photo Sets of Unzen Volcano 1991-93 Eruption


Title:
Planet Earth Home Page - Country of Greece


Title:
Planet Earth Home Page - Country of Spain


Description:
The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory's database of on-line publications on volcanoes.


Title:
Prognosis and Hazards - Akutan Volcano 1996

Description:
Eruption scenarios and a summary of volcanic hazards from Akutan.


Title:
Propaganda Analysis - World War I Propaganda

Description:
Information about propaganda in the United States during World War I.


Title:
Radio Design Group - How It Works:  Television

Description:
An explanation of how television technology works, provided by the Radio Design Group.


Description:
Ocean dynamics (currents, etc.) and their impact on climate, site by the University of Delaware.


Description:
Comprehensive international information about soccer teams, players, and matches.


Description:
Moon encounters by spacecraft in the U.S. space program, site by RPIF a division of NASA.


Description:
Photos of the moon taken by astronauts on Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions.


Title:
Satellite Oceanography Laboratory: Moon seen by GMS-4

Description:
Imformation about and photos of the moon.


Title:
Search for "ocean" in IGARSS '94 Abstracts

Description:
Papers on oceans, etc., from the 1994 International Geoscience (IGARSS) symposium.


Description:
An interactive service that promotes free exchange of information on Spanish topics.


Description:
Soccer information sponsored by the Soccer Industry Council of America Online.


Title:
Soccer - The International Soccer Cybertour


Description:
Links to soccer pages throughout the world.


Description:
Information on the oceans and seas around Antarctica, sponsored by the European Space Agency.


Description:
The solar heating of homes and other buildings in Spain.


Description:
Traditions of Christmas celebration in Spain.


Description:
Summer study program in Barcelona, Spain.


Description:
Soccer previews and articles presented by SportStats Soccer Central.


Description:
A space radar image of the area around the Unzen volcano, on the west coast of Kyushu Island in Japan.


Description:
Daily astronomical information from the McDonald Observatory of the Univ. of Texas.


Description:
Information about Stromboli, an island and volcano in the Tyrrhenian Sea between Sicily and the Italian mainland.


Description:
Information on institutions offering study-abroad programs in  Finland.


Description:
Information about computer and computer-related products from Sun Microsystems.


Description:
Information about solar eclipses and solar and lunar tides.


Description:
Information about television resources in some of the television networks and movie studios.


Description:
Links to TV topics on the Web, and a list of television production and distribution companies.


Description:
Courses on TV repair offered by Grayson County College in Denison, Texas.


Description:
Courses on TV production offered by Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan.


Description:
One person's experience rock-climbing and snorkeling in Thailand over the Christmas holidays.


Description:
A joint chemical engineering program of the University of Michigan and Thailand's Chulalongkorn University.


Description:
A brief history of the origin of the Olympic Games.


Description:
Information about the collection at the Aviation Museum of Denmark.


Description:
Information about forests in Finland, presented by the World Forest Institute.


Description:
Sources of information about Iceland or things Icelandic. (Privately maintained Website.)


Description:
Basic information about the internet and how to use it, from Berry Network, Inc.


Description:
Hot soccer tips and the latest training techniques from the U.S. Women's National Soccer team.


Description:
Moon statistics and a collection of images.


Description:
Information about the moon, including photos taken from the Apollo 11 spacecraft.


Description:
Statistics and photos of the moon, sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey.


Description:
Information about the moon for school students provided by educators at Bradford University in England.


Description:
Information on the moon, its orbit, and its effect on the Earth, provided by Bradford University in England.


Description:
Information on past, present, and future progress of Nigerian soccer teams and players.


Title:
The Nordic Pages ( Copyright 1995: Nikos Markovits )

Description:
Links to Internet resources in the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.


Description:
Research into the ocean basins and the crust beneath the ocean floor; sponsored by the National Science Foundation.


Description:
Home page for the International Olympic Committee.


Description:
The radio and television museum of RAI--Italian radio and television.


Description:
Information about Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer of the late 1400's.


Description:
A soccer Web page devoted to international soccer information and events.


Description:
Radar images of volcanoes around the world, obtained from missions on the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1994.


Description:
Information about this national and international leader in the development of television education.


Title:
The USGS/USAID Volcano Disaster Assistance Program

Description:
A program to assist governments in coping with the effects of volcanoes.


Description:
Some facts about runes, the old alphabet of the Vikings.


Description:
A list of Web servers in Spain, provided by the European Space Agency (ESA).


Description:
Various writings of Thomas Jefferson, including his first inaugural address.


Description:
Thomas Jefferson's experiences in Williamsburg as student, burgess, and governor; 1760-1780.


Description:
An association of friends in Albermarle County, Va., that started in the 1780's.


Description:
Jefferson's stands against censorship, sponsored by The File Room, a project that examines cultural censorship.


Description:
Information about goods that tourists may bring into Thailand; sponsored by Thailand's National Tourist Office.


Description:
How to take cover when a tornado threatens by the Redstone Arsenal of the U.S. Army, Huntsville, Ala.


Description:
Tips for taking photos of tornadoes, as safely as possible.


Description:
How to take cover when a tornado warning is issued, from KSN News 3 in Wichita, Kansas.


Description:
Information on natural disasters, and tips for tornado safety.


Description:
Tornado information provided by the Radio Satellite Corporation.


Description:
Information about what causes tornadoes.


Description:
Must-see tourist sites in Greece, presented by the Vacation Station and Travel Network, Vacaville, Calif.


Description:
Information about Finland and its tourist attractions.


Description:
Travel stories and articles about Finland.


Description:
A directory of travel information about Greece.


Description:
A directory of travel information about Spain.


Description:
Information on accommodations in Thailand, from TravelFile, the on-line travel information service.


Description:
Information on accommodations in Denmark, from TravelFile, the on-line travel information service.


Description:
Tropical flowers grown on Kauai, Hawaii, with ordering information and facts about Kauai.


Description:
The official mail-order catalog of major-league soccer.


Title:
Those Terrible Twisters - Tornado Safety Tips

Description:
Tornado safety tips from KWTV-9, Oklahoma City, Okla.


Description:
Guidelines for identifying the computer equipment you need. (Privately maintained Website.)


Description:
The on-line tour of the University of Delaware Botanic Gardens located in Newark, Delaware.


Description:
Photo of a black bear encountered by University of Dayton Men's Cross Country team.


Description:
Summary of television productions by the TV office of the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS).


Description:
According to the National Weather Service Storms Prediction Center, the U.S. set a tornado record in May 1995.


Title:
USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory "Volcano Watch"

Description:
A weekly newsletter for the general public about volcanoes from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.


Description:
Information on computers and health care, from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research in Rockville, Md.


Description:
Information about broadcast network TV and cable TV in the U.S., including TV listings.


Description:
Information about Vesuvius and other Italian volcanoes; photos also.


Title:
Volcano Hazards Program - Volcano Observatories

Description:
A USGS program to research and monitor volcanoes at observatories in Hawaii, Alaska, and the Cascades.


Description:
Information on the following locations in Finland: Lapland; and Heinola, a town in southern Finland.


Description:
Information about Long Valley Caldera (volcano crater), also known as Mammoth Mountain, in California.


Description:
About research on volcanoes at the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galapagos Islands.


Description:
Information on the topography and monitoring of volcanoes.


Description:
Information on volcanic eruptions in Japan, from the Volcano Research Center, University of Tokyo.


Description:
An introduction to volcanoes, by the Augmented Learning Environment for Renewable Teaching.


Description:
The Volcano Systems Center Web, sponsored jointly by the University of Washington and the USGS.


Description:
An archive of recent radar images of volcanoes, taken from the space shuttle.


Title:
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland - Homepage

Description:
A Finnish research organization that conducts technical and technoeconomic research.


Description:
Information about the Marine Research Institute in Reykjavik, Iceland.


Description:
Links to the Iceland Travel Net and the Fish Industry Net, covering 1100 Web pages in all.


Description:
Information about the Network Information Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.


Description:
Information on tornadoes, presented by NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory.


Description:
About the Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering at the Woods Hole (Mass.) Institute.


Description:
About a computer science course at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.


Title:
WTDB -- China Central Television Station, China Television

Description:
Information about the only national television network run by the government of the People's Republic of China.


Description:
A list of Worldwide Web (WWW) servers in Iceland.


Description:
A list of Worldwide Web (WWW) servers in Spain.


Title:
Yahoo! - Computers and Internet:Personal Computers:IBM Compatibles

Description:
Links to publications, user groups, and other Internet forums about IBM-compatible PC's.


Description:
Information about student-exchange opportunities in Finland.


Description:
Information about the economy and politics of Portugal.


Description:
Mathematics departments in colleges and universities of Portugal.


Description:
Information on biking in the mountains of northern Portugal.


Description:
The map and flag of Portugal, and general travel information, including postal codes and telephone area codes.


Title:
Welcome to Portugal - Investments, Trade, and Tourism in Portugal

Description:
Information about Portugal, provided by a government agency within the nation's Ministry of Economy.


Description:
About tourism in Aveiro, a fishing port on the northern coast of Portugal.


Description:
An electronic journey through Portugal, from north to south and from east to west.


Title:
Educational Electronic Networks in Portugal

Description:
Information about a national initiative in Portugal to introduce  information technologies in lower education.


Title:
EUNI - List of European Universities  (Portugal)

Description:
A list of universities in Portugal, and some additional resources related to education in Portugal.


Description:
A brief history of Portugal (source: Brigham Young University).


Description:
Tourist information about Portugal, including accommodations, sightseeing, shopping, and sports.


Description:
A biography of St. Elizabeth, a queen of Portugal of the late 1200's, from the Catholic Encyclopedia.


Description:
Original and ethnographic Portuguese music in standard midifile format.


Title:
Europe - Portugal - The Changing Face of Lisbon

Description:
An introduction to Lisbon, the historic, dynamic capital city of Portugal.


Description:
Information about colleges, universities, academies, and secondary schools in Switzerland.


Description:
About the Swiss collections of the University of California, Berkeley.


Title:
Stamps: Postage Stamps and Philately of Switzerland

Description:
A postal history of Switzerland. ("Philately" is another word for stamp collecting.)


Title:
Switzerland & Liechtenstein - Primary Documents

Description:
A history of Switzerland from primary documents, including the Swiss Federal Constitution.


Description:
Home page of the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Switzerland.


Description:
Detailed information about Swiss culture and travel from the University of Quebec at Montreal.


Description:
Cultural information about Switzerland, by canton.


Title:
Natural History Museum of Bern, Switzerland (NMBE) - Home Page

Description:
Information about this museum of natural history, famous for its diorama displays showing birds and mammals.


Description:
Information about forests in Switzerland.


Description:
About the international car museum located in Geneva, Switzerland.


Description:
Information from Swiss manufacturers about Swiss watches and history from the sundial to the atomic clock.


Description:
Information about Bern, Switzerland's political and diplomatic capital.


Description:
Resources for information about Switzerland.


Description:
Information about recreations in Switzerland.


Description:
About the Swiss Federal PV (photovoltaics) program, promoting solar heating for homes and other buildings.


Description:
Information about computer technology in Switzerland.


Description:
Travel information about Switzerland at this privately maintained Website.


Description:
Information about the people of Switzerland, including ethnic makeup, religion, and language.


Description:
Information about the geography of Switzerland.


Description:
The Fashion Industry Network, providing links to fashion designers in Switzerland.


Description:
A privately maintained Website with statistics about Switzerland on such topics as population and economy.


Title:
Lonely Planet - Destination: Switzerland

Description:
Detailed information about Switzerland, including its history, culture, and a description of its major cities.


Description:
The Home Page of the Swiss embassy to the United Kingdom, in London.


Description:
Information on Institution of Electrical Engineers in Switzerland.


Description:
A disaster database for Somalia under the auspices of the USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance.


Title:
Somalia: Amnesty International Condemns Murder of a Peace

Description:
Online resource materials for Somalia, provided by Amnesty International.


Description:
Information about the country of Somalia.


Description:
Overview of Somalia, provided by the Greater Horn information exchange.


Description:
Travel information on Somalia, including travel advisories and warnings from the U.S. State Department.


Description:
UNICEF's State of the World's Children Report, 1995.


Description:
Links for online information about "Abyssinia," which includes Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia.


Description:
Information about Somali Culture, presented by the Somali Cultural Association of Australia.


Title:
Main Bulletin - East Africa and the Horn

Description:
Detailed agricultural information on Somalia; presented by FEWS, the USAID Famine Early Warning System.


Description:
About NomadNet, a Website providing information about Somalia.


Description:
Information about Somalia: its economy, culture, government, and tourism.


Description:
Resources on that small Australian mammal, the koala.


Description:
About a park in Sydney, Australia, where koalas can be viewed in their natural habitat high in the gum trees.


Description:
Information about an important koala sanctuary on the outskirts of Brisbane, Australia.


Description:
Photos of and information about the koala, provided by the Australia Koala Hospital Association.


Title:
Why the Koala Lives High Up in the Treetops


Title:
Koala Preservation Society of Queensland Home Page

Description:
About this society in Australia, founded in 1985 to preserve koalas and other local wildlife.


Description:
Computer drawings of owls by schoolchildren.


Description:
Information about northern spotted owls from the Oregon Department of Forestry.


Description:
Information about northern spotted owls, from the Oregon Department of Forestry.


Description:
About the Owl Research Institute, which provides information about owls and where they live.


Description:
About efforts by the federal government to protect the northern spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest.


Description:
Information about owls and other birds from the Baltimore (Md.) Bird Club.


Title:
Rusty Johnson - Naturalist/Wildlife Educator

Description:
Information about birds of prey: condors, eagles, falcons, hawks, and owls. (Privately maintained website.)


Description:
Information about lions, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, and cougars. (Privately maintained Website.)


Title:
International Snow Leopard Trust (ISLT) Home Page

Description:
A site dedicated to the conservation of the endangered snow leopard and its mountain ecosystem.


Description:
Information about snow leopards in central Asia.


Description:
Information about leopards and panthers, members of the cat family.


Description:
Information about leopards and panthers.


Description:
Information about wild cats, from the Feline Conservation Center, a desert zoo near Los Angeles, Calif.


Description:
Information about DLO-NL, the foremost Netherlands organization for agricultural research.


Title:
Planet Earth Home Page - Country of the Netherlands

Description:
Links to information about the Netherlands.


Description:
About institutions offering study-abroad programs in the Netherlands.


Description:
About the heating of homes and other buildings in the Netherlands with solar energy.


Description:
Information about entertainment in the Netherlands.


Description:
A list of mathematics and research schools in the Netherlands.


Description:
General travel information for the Netherlands.


Description:
Programming guides, publications, and other information of Radio Netherlands.


Description:
About TNO, the Netherlands organization for applied science research.


Title:
NL-Menu Home Page: Information Services in the Netherlands

Description:
The public electronic information service in the Netherlands.


Description:
An online polar bear gallery, provided by Ohio Northern University.


Description:
Information about polar bears and links to other sources. (Privately maintained Website.)


Description:
Information about polar bears, including photos.


Description:
A short index of polar bear topics, from Sea World/Busch Gardens.


Description:
Information about polar bears (ursus maritimus), the largest carnivores on land.


Description:
Photos of polar bears and other wild animals.


Description:
A list of books for young readers on polar bears, from Sea World/Busch Gardens.


Description:
A long index of polar bear topics, from Sea World/Busch Gardens.


Description:
An article on polar bears, from an electronic student newspaper.


Description:
Information about the polar bear, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.


Description:
Information about the polar bear, provided by students from a Colorado middle school.


Description:
Information on polar bears, from Sea World/Busch Gardens.


Description:
Online polar bear exhibit, from Phillips Media Systems.


Description:
Information about desert land use, planning, and ecosystems.


Description:
Information about deserts in the southwest part of the United States, provided by the Sierra Club.


Description:
A satellite image of Death Valley, California.


Description:
A desert research project of the United States Geological Survey, centered in Gold Spring, Arizona.


Description:
Information about sensors used at the GEOMET monitoring stations for the Desert Winds project.


Title:
Archaeological Survey in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

Description:
Information about a University of Michigan research project to study desert trade routes in eastern Egypt.


Description:
Original drawings and writings about the desert by schoolchildren in Tempe, Arizona.


Description:
Information on various deserts, from DesertUSA.


Description:
Information on desert biomes, from the Missouri Botanical Garden.


Description:
A brief description of North American deserts.


Description:
Information about penguins from Antarctica. (Privately maintained Website.)


Description:
Factual and theoretical information about penguins.


Description:
About penguins, the signature species of Antarctica.


Description:
Facts about white tailed deer from the Virginia Living Museum's Animal page.


Description:
Controversy surrounds dog hunting for Florida deer.


Description:
An introduction to white-tailed deer hunting.


Description:
Information about the white-tailed deer in the wild.


Description:
Information about an all-natural, EPA-approved, product to repel deer.


Description:
About deer in the Canadian forests, with an emphasis on reduction of habitat.


Description:
An Internet directory on the topic of deer hunting.


Description:
Information about the habitat and ways of deer in Canada and the United States.


Title:
The Whale Museum's Orca Adoption Program

Description:
Information about the orca, or killer whale, from the Whale Museum in Friday Harbor, Washington.


Description:
Information about orcinus orca, the killer whale.


Description:
Information about killer whales, from a sixth-grade class in California.


Description:
A bibliography of killer whales, from Allied Whale Updated.


Description:
A report on killer whales by a fifth-grader.


Title:
Keiko the Killer Whale - Oregon Online Highways

Description:
Information about the killer whale star of "Free Willy" and "Free Willy 2."


Title:
U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council, Inc.

Description:
Information about a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that studies U.S. and Cuban trade policy.


Description:
Information about the Center for International Policy, a group that is opposed to the U.S. embargo of Cuba.


Description:
A consular information sheet concerning travel in Cuba, from the U.S. State Department.


Description:
Information about Cuba, from many sources. Topics include history, economy, agriculture, and medicine.


Description:
Information about Poland and Polish culture.


Description:
A guide to help Polish descendants research their family history in Poland.


Description:
Extensive information on Poland, from the Poland National Tourist Office in New York.


Description:
Online links to information about cities in Poland.


Description:
Information about national and religious holidays in Poland.


Description:
Extensive information on Poland, provided by Warsaw University.


Description:
Information about Polish publishers and bookshops.


Description:
Information about the history of Poland.


Title:
Science in Poland - Important Expeditions

Description:
A table of scientific expeditions through the ages, and Poles who participated in them.


Description:
A history of Jews in Poland and their contributions to Polish culture.


Description:
Information about Polish aviation history.


Description:
A bibliography on induced (human-caused) earthquakes.


Title:
ABAG Earthquake and Housing Impacts - Background

Description:
Information about impacts of earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay area from Bay Area governments.


Description:
Maps and other resources on earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay area from Bay Area governments.


Description:
Current information about earthquakes worldwide, including maps.


Title:
CNSS: Council of the National Seismic System

Description:
A worldwide catalog of earthquakes, from CNSS.


Description:
Earthquake information from Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, a university consortium.


Title:
U.S. Geological Survey - National Strong-Motion Program - NSMP

Description:
Information about strong-motion seismic recording in the United States.


Title:
UC Berkeley Seismographic Station Home Page

Description:
Information about the seismographic station at the University of California, Berkeley.


Description:
Information about an earthquake research unit at the University of California, Berkeley.


Title:
Northern California Earthquake Data Center Home Page

Description:
An archive and distribution center for seismological and geodetic data for northern California.


Description:
Information about the Southern California Earthquake Center.


Description:
Information about earthquakes with special emphasis on the Santa Barbara area.


Title:
Up-to-the-minute Southern California Earthquake Map

Description:
A map showing approximately 500 earthquakes detected by seismographs in southern California.


Title:
The Southern California Earthquake Center at UCLA

Description:
Research documents from the southern California Earthquake Center, UCLA office.


Description:
Information about earthquakes in Indiana, from Indiana State University in Terre Haute.


Title:
Earthquakes - General Interest Publication

Description:
Earthquake information, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey Branch of Distribution.


Description:
Online access to recent seismic activity for various specific locations.


Description:
A table of information about earthquakes in Nebraska.


Title:
Southern Californians Cope with Earthquakes

Description:
Ways in which southern Californians reduce their vulnerability to earthquakes.


Title:
The National Marine and Coastal Geology Program - Offshore Earthquakes and Landslides

Description:
A plan for geologic research on issues affecting the nation's coastal areas and marine federal lands.


Description:
Excerpts from a report of the U.S. Committee for Refugees, based on visits to Rwanda and eastern Zaire (Congo).


Description:
A compilation of news stories from the Zambian media.


Description:
Information about the crisis in eastern Zaire (Congo), provided by Africa Direct.


Description:
Information and images of Peru, from the Internet Network of Peru.


Description:
Photos of rare plant from Peru's rain forest, gathered by a neurologist seeking compounds for headache relief.


Description:
Customs and importing guidelines for Peru.


Description:
Images of archaeological sites in South America.


Description:
Information about the Andean Chanca culture of the 1400's.


Description:
A map of Peru, showing the departments (states) and their capitals, as well as topographical features.


Description:
Information about Peru, the land and its people. (Privately maintained Website.)


Description:
Description and photos of Peru. (Privately maintained Website.)


Description:
Information about Peru, from the "Country Studies/Area Handbook Program," sponsored by the U.S. Army.


Description:
Information about the natural resources of Peru.


Description:
Information about several types of eagles in the world.


Description:
Information about eagles from the Evergreen Foundation's Ecology Resources Network.


Title:
National Foundation to Protect America's Eagles

Description:
Information about eagles from the National Foundation to Protect America's Eagles.


Description:
A Website promoting awareness and appreciation of North America's eagles.


Description:
Photos of eagles, koalas, and kangaroos, from the Wildlife Photo Gallery.


Description:
Information about  golden eagles in the United Kingdom.


Description:
Information about eagles from a special news program of KOMO TV 4 in Seattle.


Description:
Information about the American bald eagle.


Description:
Classification and description of the bald eagle.


Title:
Eagle Sites in Sheffield Mills, Nova Scotia

Description:
Sites for watching eagles in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia; also, an eagle watchers' code of ethics.


Description:
Information about the 1995 annual mid-winter bald eagle survey, conducted by Texas Parks & Wildlife.


Title:
Kenya Study Safaris - Tours to East Africa

Description:
Information about the best of the wildlife in Kenya and Tanzania.


Description:
Information about CARE-Kenya, which provides assistance in education and many other areas.


Title:
Frogs of the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya

Description:
Descriptions of the frogs and some of the other inhabitants of the Arabuko-Sokoke forest in Kenya.


Title:
KenyaWeb - Kenya's Definitive Internet Resource


Description:
Information and various statistics about Kenya.


Description:
Links to information about Kenya. (Personally maintained Website.)


Description:
Information about Kenya's national parks and reserves.


Description:
Information about Vietnam, provided by CARE International.


Description:
Photos and information about Vietnam and the Vietnam War, with an opportunity to comment.


Description:
A list of books and other published writings about North Vietnam during the Vietnam War era.


Description:
Information about the Free Vietnam Alliance, an organization that promotes democratization in Vietnam.


Description:
Information about the U.S. embargo of Vietnam.


Description:
Information about FreeViet, an organization that advocates democracy for Vietnam.


Description:
About a multinational effort to build a village in Vietnam to house elderly and handicapped persons.


Description:
About efforts in Vietnam to remove land mines and begin reforestation of Quang Tri Province.


Title:
Vietnam Science, Technology and Environment

Description:
Links to information about the science, technology, and environment of Vietnam.


Description:
Links to information about present-day Vietnam.


Title:
Brief History of the Australian Forces in Vietnam

Description:
Information about the Australian forces that fought in the Vietnam War alongside U.S. forces.


Title:
Hurricanes, Typhoons & Tropical Cyclones

Description:
General information about tropical cyclones.


Description:
Photos showing the effects of Hurricane Erin on southern Florida in early August 1995.


Description:
Hurricane Erin--wind speeds at landfall on the Florida panhandle, early August 1995.


Description:
Information about hurricanes, with emphasis on Hugo (1989), Andrew (1992), and Emily (1993).


Description:
Information about Hurricane Hugo, which devastated the West Indies and the Southeastern United States.


Title:
What Is a Hurricane, Typhoon, or Tropical Cyclone?

Description:
Information about hurricanes and other tropical cyclones.


Description:
Information about protection against hurricane damage.


Description:
Answers to frequently asked hurricane questions, from USA TODAY.


Description:
Definitions of terms used to describe tropical cyclones, including hurricanes.


Description:
Information about Hurricane Emily, which grazed North Carolina's outer banks in 1993.


Description:
Information about the duties of a hurricane specialist.


Description:
About the effects of Hurricane Emily in Bermuda, from the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc.


Description:
Information about the jaguar, Panthera onca, one of the largest members of the cat family.


Description:
Information about  jaguars, largest of all North American cats.


Description:
Information about jaguars, which live in jungles in Central America.


Description:
Information about the habitat and behavior of jaguars.


Description:
Information about jaguars, the largest cat in the Western Hemisphere.


Description:
Information about Mended Hearts Inc., a patient support organization for people with heart disease.


Description:
Answers to questions about the treatment and prevention of heart disease.


Description:
Abstracts of international news articles about artificial hearts.


Description:
Information about the heart and pericardium, the sac that encloses the heart.


Description:
A forum for opinions from heart specialists about artificial hearts.


Description:
Information on habits for a healthy heart.


Description:
Information about the human heart from the Franklin Institute Science Museum.


Title:
Rice Diet and Heart Disease Reversal Program

Description:
Information about the famous rice diet, a low-fat, low-salt diet to promote heart health.


Title:
UT-Houston Story Ideas About Heart Disease


Title:
HSF - Congenital/Pediatric Heart Disease - Research

Description:
Information about heart disease, from the Heart Surgery Forum (HSF).


Description:
Information on the sign and symptoms of heart attacks.


Title:
'Subclinical' Heart and Blood Vessel Disease

Description:
Information on detecting subclinical heart and blood vessel disease--that is, disease with no symptoms.


Description:
Information resources for Chile, the country in South America.


Description:
Reference information about the country of Chile, provided by the University of Texas at Austin.


Description:
Information about a study-abroad program in Santiago, Chile.


Description:
Facts about Chile, the country in South America.


Description:
Information about the importation of goods into Chile.


Description:
Information about tourist attractions in Chile.


Description:
About the Chaim Weizmann ORT school in Santiago. (ORT is an international Jewish educational organization.)


Description:
A study program for international trade issues, based in Chile. Sponsor is Wright State Univ. in Dayton, Ohio.


Description:
In Chile, test sites of the millimeter array (MMA), a design for a new radio telescope.


Title:
Chile: Imports of Major Conventional Weapons, 1980-94

Description:
Information about imports of major conventional weapons into Chile in the years 1980-94.


Description:
Information about Pluto, the farthest planet from the sun.


Description:
Information about the exploration of Pluto.


Description:
Questions raised by "Live From Hubble Space Telescope" participants, sponsored by Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz.


Title:
Hubble Reveals Surface of Pluto for First Time

Description:
Information about newly observed details on the surface of the planet Pluto.


Description:
Interesting information about our solar system's last planet--Pluto.


Description:
Pluto's surface temperature compared with temperatures we know on earth, from Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz.


Description:
In astronomy, important dates of discovery concerning the planet Pluto.


Description:
Hubble telescope images of Pluto and its moon, Charon.


Description:
Information about the motion of Pluto, from the University of Alabama Dept. of Physics and Astronomy.


Description:
Statistics and facts about the planet Pluto.


Description:
Information about Websites in South Korea, by city.


Description:
A list of articles on subjects related to defense strategy for South Korea.


Description:
The history of human activity in Korea, traced back into the Paleolithic Period (Old Stone Age).


Description:
Information about tourist sites in South Korea.


Description:
Prehistoric history of the Korean peninsula, from the East Asian Studies Center at Indiana University.


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope images of radio galaxies.


Title:
Hubble Achieves Milestone: 100,000th Exposure

Description:
Hubble's 100,000th exposure captures image of distant quasar.


Title:
Hubble Captures Detailed Image of Uranus' Atmosphere


Title:
Hubble Census Tracks A Stellar "Baby Boom"


Title:
Hubble Follows Rapid Changes In Jupiter's Aurora


Title:
Hubble Makes Movie of Neptune's Rotation and Weather


Title:
Hubble Observes the Fire and Fury of a Stellar Birth


Title:
Hubble Probes the Workings of a Stellar Hydrogen-Bomb

Description:
NASA image of a cataclysmic variable star.


Title:
Hubble Sees Early Building Blocks Of Today's Galaxies


Title:
Hubble Spies Globular Cluster in Neighboring Galaxy


Title:
Hubble Spies Supersonic "Comet-Clouds" In Heart of Galaxy

Description:
Hubble Space Telescope images of the Milky Way.


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope images of quasars.


Description:
NASA teaching illustration about red dwarf stars.


Description:
Information about the Department of Geology at the University of London.


Description:
A selective list of resources related to chemistry maintained by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.


Description:
About the Interstellar Propulsion Society, whose mission is to accelerate advancements in space propulsion.


Description:
About the State Committee for Scientific Research in Poland.


Description:
About Kew, the Royal Botanic Gardens in London.


Description:
The League of Conservation Voters presents U.S. congressional voting records on environmental issues.


Description:
About exhibits at the Lawrence Hall of Science.


Title:
Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library

Description:
About the library's information resources.


Description:
A commercial on-line shopping source for Minor League Baseball & sports apparel.


Description:
About this new discipline at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


Description:
Information about the museum, its exhibits and programs.


Description:
A Pavilion of Internet 1996 World Exposition with information about ants.


Description:
Information about the museum, its exhibitions and educational programs.


Title:
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Description:
Information about the Hall of Fame and Museum, dedicated on June 12, 1939, to honor the game's greats.


Description:
Information about the principal science and technology research agency of the Canadian federal government.


Description:
About the National American Woman Sufferage Association collection of books and other documents.


Title:
NBA.com: The Official Site of the National Basketball Association

Description:
The NBA website displays information about scores, players, and teams.


Title:
Neural Networks at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Description:
Information about neural network lab projects and activities.


Title:
New Mexico Tech E&ES Department home page

Description:
About the Earth and Earth Sciences program.


Description:
A selection of news stories from the New Zealand Press Association news feed.


Description:
The official website of the National Football League.


Description:
About the National Hot Rod Association and the sport of drag racing.


Title:
Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens and School of Horticulture

Description:
About the grounds and collections of the Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens.


Description:
The WWW server for the State of North Carolina.


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope image of this nova.


Title:
Official 1996  Olympics Web Site - Home Page

Description:
Information about the Olympics, courtesy of IBM.


Description:
Basketball information by a private site not affiliated with the NBA.


Title:
One of the Smallest Stars in the Universe


Title:
Orion Nebula Mosaic and Protoplanetary Disks

Description:
Panoramic Hubble mosaic zooms in on the maelstrom of star birth.


Description:
About the Astronomical Observatory of Padova in Italy.


Description:
About the Oxford Forestry Institute at Oxford University in England.


Description:
Evidence for oxygen on this Jovian moon.


Title:
Oxygen-Rich Supernova Remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Description:
Hubble Space Telescope image of a supernova remnant.


Description:
About the Philosophy Department of State University of New York at Binghamton.


Description:
About the Canadian Astronomical Society.


Description:
About the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research.


Description:
Hubble Telescope Photo reveals stellar death process.


Description:
NASA images of Pluto and its moon, Charon.


Title:
Prince Edward Island: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Farm Safety Centre

Description:
Canadian farm safety information center.


Description:
About mental health brochures available from the Public Affairs Office of the American Psychological Association.


Description:
About the entomology program at Purdue University.


Title:
Research Development Corporation of Japan


Description:
About research  in space and atmospheric physics at the University of London.


Description:
A private web page about rock shops and galleries, publications, earth science software, and other information.


Description:
About the 33-acre living museum of plant life.


Title:
Saturn Ring-Plane Crossing, November 1995


Description:
An electronic publication by Scientific American.


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope looks for evidence of dark matter.


Description:
Information about Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.


Description:
A commercial site with features from Sports Illustrated magazine.


Description:
An inline skating index, with links to books, product reviews, events, and much more.


Description:
Website operated by the publishers of Sky & Telescope and other astronomy magazines and books.


Description:
Skydiving FAQs and information about organizations, equipment, safety, and training.


Description:
Promoting all phases of gliding and soaring.


Description:
Website operated by a local group of hibiscus growers and enthusiasts in Pasadena, Texas.


Title:
Springtime Dust Storm Swirls at Martian North Pole


Description:
A listing of stadiums and arenas throughout the United States and Canada..


Description:
Two star clusters yield secrets of star birth in the early universe.


Description:
Embryonic stars emerge from interstellar ``eggs.''


Title:
Statistical Analysis of Natural Resource Data (SAND)

Description:
A department of the nonprofit research foundation, Norwegian Computing Center.


Description:
Maintained by a nonprofit organization to educate people about the values and benefits of the space program.


Description:
Hubble images of the sun, a former black-hole candidate, and brown dwarf.


Description:
Mysterious Ring Structure around Supernova 1987A.


Title:
Supernova 1994I Near Nucleus of Galaxy M51


Description:
About the Olympic Games to be held in Australia in the year 2000.


Title:
Temple of Liberty: Building the Capitol for a New Nation

Description:
About the history and architecture of the U.S. Capitol.


Description:
Information about the largest general astronomy society in the world.


Description:
Website by the publisher of a magazine for the advanced amateur astronomer.


Description:
A commercial service devoted to information about the horse.


Title:
The College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend

Description:
Information about the U.S. college football hall of fame.


Title:
The Crop Physiology Lab's Hydroponic Page

Description:
Information on hydroponic gardening from Utah State University.


Description:
About this Canadian society of entomologists.


Description:
A consortium of researchers from the University of Arkansas and Iowa State and Kansas State universities.


Description:
Gulf War resources and information at this Public Broadcasting Service site.


Description:
A site for exploring and discovering the complexities of the heart, its development and structure.


Description:
Information about this museum, formerly called Techno-Da, is located in Haifa.


Description:
A comprehensive list of links to science museums around the world.


Description:
About the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.


Description:
All about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.


Description:
Information about NYBG gardens and plant collections, educational programs, research, and events.


Description:
An index to the rooms in this government building in Washington, D.C.


Description:
Site maintained by a provider of business information for the technology and entertainment industries.


Description:
About the gardens at McMaster University in Canada.


Title:
The Space, Planetary and Astronomical Cyber-Experience (SPACE)

Description:
A guide to the best space exploration sites on the Internet.


Description:
A commercials site providing sports news and information.


Title:
The Travel Channel Online Network - Home Page

Description:
A commercial site for travel information and ideas.


Description:
Research on dinosaurs by the University of Texas.


Description:
The Woodland Walk, a garden tour affliated with the University of Arkansas.


Title:
UCSD Science and Engineering LIbrary - Services

Description:
Resources at this library at the University of California, San Diego.


Description:
The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.


Description:
About the Department of Forestry at the University of Kentucky.


Title:
University of Chicago, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Description:
Information about the graduate program and research.


Description:
A commercial site with information about the sport.


Description:
NASA ultraviolet image of the planet Venus.


Title:
Virginia Tech Department of Forestry Home Page

Description:
Information about the forestry program at Virginia Tech.


Description:
NASA images of possible planet around this star.


Description:
Information about the National Academy of Sciences.


Description:
The American Orchid Society's on-line resource.


Description:
The Web site for Popular Science magazine.


Description:
Information about the NFL, college football, NBA, college basketball, NHL, and more.


Title:
Welcome to the AL Lab at Hamburg University

Description:
A German language page about the work of the artificial intelligence lab.


Description:
Home page of the Pacific - 10 conference.


Title:
Welcome to Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands


Title:
What is the California Academy of Sciences

Description:
Information about this institution in San Francisco.


Description:
About this newest rage in fitness, which began in Dallas as a workout technique.


Description:
Hubble Space Telescope Finds Stellar Graveyard.


Description:
Information about the European Science Foundation.


Description:
About this international health organization.


Description:
Highlights the contributions of military and civilian Americans, who served their country during WWII.


Title:
Yesterday's Rose: A Tribute to Old-Fashioned Garden Roses

Description:
A site dedicated to old-fashioned garden roses, with illustrations and descriptions of over 100 rose varieties.


Description:
A resource guide for adventure and learning.


Description:
Information about Russian Studies at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa.


Title:
SKYLINK (The Amateur Astronomy WWW Server of France)

Description:
Information about the world of amateur astronomy.


Description:
A project in which students create a home page containing their own research and information.


Description:
An introduction to Cincinnati's zoo and connections to the world of nature.


Description:
National and international news on-line.


Description:
Information about video-conferencing over the Internet, from Canon Visual Communications Systems.


Description:
Previews on-line for the Discovery Channel.


Description:
Information about the Discovery Channel School and resources.


Description:
Information about an Internet-based research tool for students.


Description:
Information on veterinary medicine and animal health.


Description:
A museum of science and human perception, located in the Palace Of Fine Arts in San Francisco.


Description:
Information about Chicago's fine museum of natural history, the Field Museum.


Description:
The directory of fractal images and animations of CNAM Paris.


Description:
A preview of Kids' World TM On-line, an interactive, educational cartoon network on the Internet.


Title:
Global SchoolNet's Internet Projects Registry

Description:
A resource for teachers searching for on-line projects to integrate into required course work.


Description:
Educational resources on the Internet for students in grades K-8.


Description:
A resource that enables teachers and pupils worldwide to take part in global explorations.


Description:
The program engages students in "real-time," inquiry-based weather curriculum.


Description:
Information about K-12 training in marketing, from the Landmark Project.


Description:
A reference resource with a broad coverage of subjects.


Description:
About the Mutual UFO Network, a multidisciplinary, grassroots effort to solve the UFO mystery.


Title:
NASA K-12 Internet Initiative: On-line Interactive Projects

Description:
An interactive resource for students in astronomy, space exploration, and the search for life in outer space.


Description:
About the budget simulation, a project of UC-Berkeley's Center for Community Economic Research.


Description:
Information about services and publications of the National Geographic Society.


Description:
Information about an interactive scientific expedition to the Amazon rain forest.


Description:
Information about the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).


Description:
A virtual garden that Internet users may view and interact with.


Description:
Information about a project to model volcanic eruptions using a computer.


Description:
An evolving digital library on ancient Greece and Rome.


Description:
A project to produce accurate transcriptions of works by British women writers of the late 1800's.


Description:
A point-and-click interface for accessing Webster's dictionary services.


Description:
Information about a large collection of educational software for grades K-12.


Description:
Links to various on-line educational resources.


Description:
Updates for the Jones telecommunications & multimedia encyclopedia CD's.


Description:
Educational resources from the electronic library of Lund University, in Sweden.


Description:
Information about the Worldwide Web and the art of creating websites.


Description:
A guide to information resources describing the rights of Americans under federal law.


Description:
Reference information on computing in the UNIX operating system.


Description:
A project to introduce Internet technology into schools, grades K through 12.


Title:
Front & Center:  High School Meteorology Source

Description:
Information about weather, including a weather club newsletter.


Description:
About atmospheric chemistry and dynamics, from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.


Description:
About the National Weather Service's role of issuing severe weather warnings to protect the public.


Description:
A collection of multimedia instructional modules that explain fundamental concepts in meteorology.


Description:
Weather information and up-to-date forecasting.


Title:
The University of Michigan Weather Underground

Description:
Information about weather forecasting and general weather curriculum for grades K-12.


Description:
An overview of each of the planets and moons in our solar system.


Description:
An organization promoting use of the Macintosh computer in science and engineering.


Description:
A privately maintained website with links to a wide range of literature resources.


Title:
Into the Wardrobe: The C. S. Lewis Web Site

Description:
Information about the life and writings of C. S. Lewis, the noted English Christian author.


Description:
About Columbia University's Institute for Learning Technologies, which promotes computers in education.


Description:
Information about  bilingual education and ESL at Washington State University.


Description:
A starting point for ESL learners who want to learn English through the Internet.


Description:
A collection of almost 400 classical Greek and Roman texts, with commentary by the archive.


Description:
An introduction to ancient Greek Mythology.


Description:
A comprehensive catalog of language-related resources on the Internet.


Title:
Welcome to the Internet Book Information Center


Description:
A guide to language resources on the Internet.


Description:
A Carnegie Mellon University cooperative offering many texts in the humanities and discussion groups.


Title:
The Modern English Collection at the Electronic Text Center, Uva

Description:
A collection of modern English works, made available electronically by the Univ. of Virginia.


Description:
Internet resources related to the English language and its literature.


Title:
Galaxy: The Professional's Guide to a World of Information

Description:
Links to organizations, collections, directories, and periodicals related to literature.


Description:
Links to literary resources, provided by the University of Alberta's English Department.


Description:
A guide to literary resources on the Internet.


Title:
Mark Twain Resources on the World Wide Web

Description:
A list of resources by or about Mark Twain.


Description:
About a joint MCI/American Library Association project to bring networking capabilities to libraries.


Description:
An electronic magazine for students in the middle grades.


Description:
Information about history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities.


Description:
An association of published writers that serves as a resource for writers and aspiring writers.


Description:
An unofficial list of Project Gutenberg electronic texts.


Description:
An Internet-based educational resource for K-12 educators and students.


Description:
A provider of Internet-based educational resources for grades K-12.


Description:
Columns by Judi Harris in The Computing Teacher/Learning and Leading with Technology.


Description:
Resources provided by teachers to help other teachers.


Description:
Information and reviews on K-12 education topics.


Description:
A resource for learning how to get around on the Internet.


Description:
Current on-line forecasts for selected locations in the United States.


Description:
A map of Earth showing current day and night regions, and Earth as seen from the sun or the moon.


Description:
An educational resource from Florida State University, with an emphasis on meteorology.


Description:
Information about global warming of the earth.


Description:
Information about current weather in the northeastern United States.


Description:
Internet-based curriculum resources for grades K-12.


Description:
Educational resources from Apple Computer, Inc.


Title:
Cisco Educational Archive and Resources Catalog

Description:
Internet-based educational resources for students, parents, teachers, and administrators.


Description:
An annotated list of Internet sites with K-12 educational standards and curriculum documents.


Description:
Information about software to help manage student information from classroom through district.


Description:
A series of publications covering most facets of networking, from the desktop to the Internet.


Title:
NickNacks: Collaborative Education on the Internet

Description:
About Internet-based collaborative learning around the world.


Description:
Information about the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pa.


Title:
Arc Boutant Historic Preservation Program

Description:
Information about ARC Boutant, a program for the preservation of French historic landmarks.


Description:
An Internet-based service supporting art education in grades K-12.


Title:
Artsedge: The National Arts and Education Information Network

Description:
Information about arts education and other topics of interest to the arts education community.


Description:
Information about art education provided by Crayola.


Description:
About the Getty Institute, which seeks to educate people about the world's art and cultural heritage.


Title:
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television

Description:
Information about this museum of photography, film, and television in Bradford, England.


Description:
Information about the large historical photography collection of the New York Public Library.


Description:
A teacher's guide to education projects.


Description:
A resource for theater, with links to information about professional, amateur, and academic theater.


Description:
A database of information about music and musicians. (Privately maintained website.)


Description:
An on-line exhibition of famous paintings.


Description:
How to coordinate A & E Network programming with curricula of middle, junior high, and high school.


Description:
A compendium of Internet sites about the ancient world.


Description:
Information about field work opportunities in archaeology.


Description:
Information about the ancient scrolls of Qumran, the famous "Dead Sea" scrolls.


Description:
Privately maintained website with links to government resources, both federal and state.


Title:
Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

Description:
Information about population studies conducted by the University of Pennsylvania.


Description:
A comprehensive, Internet-based information resource, maintained by Georgetown University.


Description:
An information resource about early America.


Description:
Information about the American Civil War from the Civil War Center at Louisiana State University.


Description:
An electronic journal dedicated to reviewing books in all fields of history.


Title:
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation

Description:
A nonprofit organization for archiving interviews of Holocaust survivors, founded by Steven Spielberg.


Title:
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States

Description:
Inaugural addresses of the Presidents of the United States from George Washington (1789) to George Bush (1989).


Title:
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Anthropology

Description:
Anthropology resources, categorized by subject.


Description:
A comprehensive list of Internet resources in the field of anthropology.


Description:
An electronic adventure about early explorers, with visits to children who live along their routes.


Title:
Kidlink: Global Networking for Youth 10-15

Description:
Information about  a grassroots project to involve children ages 10-15 in a global dialogue.


Description:
An on-line children's museum, with art submitted by children.


Title:
Iris Network for Teachers and Schools, Inc.

Description:
Information for student-centered telecommunications projects and for teaching professionals.


Description:
A list of resources on the subject of culture.


Description:
An electronic tour of the world, linked to the EXPO'98 Round the World Rally, by World Cruising, Ltd.


Description:
Information about the 1996 Olympic Games.


Description:
Information from the Alabama Department of Education.


Title:
Alaska Department of Education Home Page

Description:
Information from the Alaska Department of Education.


Description:
Information from the Arizona Department of Education.


Description:
Information from the Arkansas Department of Education.


Description:
Information from the California Department of Education.


Description:
Educational resources from Canada's SchoolNet.


Title:
DENWeb: Delaware Education Network Web Site

Description:
Internet-based educational resources from the Delaware Education Network.


Title:
Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta, Georgia

Description:
Information from the Georgia Department of Education.


Title:
Hawaii Department of Education Home Page

Description:
Information from the Hawaii Department of Education.


Description:
Information from the North Carolina State Board of Education.


Description:
Information from the North Dakota Department of Education.


Description:
Information from the Ohio Department of Education.


Description:
Information from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.


Description:
Information about educational resources for the state of Oregon.


Title:
Rhode Island Department of Education Home Page

Description:
Information from the Rhode Island Department of Education.


Description:
Information from the Mississippi Department of Education.


Title:
MO Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Home Page

Description:
Information from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.


Title:
Montana Office of Public Instruction - Main Menu

Description:
Information from the Montana Office of Public Instruction.


Description:
Information from the Nebraska Department of Education.


Title:
New Hampshire Department of Education Home Page

Description:
Information from the New Hampshire Department of Education.


Description:
Information from the New Jersey Department of Education.


Title:
New Mexico Commission on Higher Education

Description:
Information from the New Mexico Commission on Higher Education.


Description:
Information from the New York State Education Department.


Description:
Information from the Tennessee Department of Education.


Description:
Educational resources for the schools of Texas.


Description:
Information from the Illinois State Board of Education.


Title:
Welcome to the Indiana Department of Education

Description:
Information from the Indiana Department of  Education.


Title:
Official Iowa Education Home Page: Iowa DE

Description:
Information from the Iowa Department of Education.


Description:
Information from the Kentucky Department of Education.


Title:
Louisiana State Department of Education - WWW Server

Description:
Information from the Louisiana State Department of Education.


Description:
Information from the Maine Department of Education.


Title:
The Massachusetts Department of Education

Description:
Information from the Massachusetts Department of Education.


Title:
Department of Children, Families, & Learning

Description:
Information from the Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning.


Description:
Information about educational resources for the state of Vermont.


Description:
Information from the Virginia Department of Education.


Description:
Information from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in the state of Washington.


Title:
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (WI DPI)

Description:
Information from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.


Description:
Information about educational software for grades K-12.


Description:
Information about worldwide environmental engineering, provided by Montgomery Watson.


Description:
Information about Windows shareware programs on-line.


Title:
Access Excellence: Science Education Resources

Description:
Information about science institutions, including zoos, aquaria, and natural history museums.


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Information about this museum and working farm.


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All about cells, from human lymphocytes to bacteria and the subcellular structures called viruses.


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Institute for Chemical Education Home Page

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Information about a program to revitalize science in schools, from kindergarten to college.


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Our understanding of earthquakes, from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).


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A gateway to resources on topics in biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, and space science.


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GLOBE - International Hands-On Science and Education

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A project in which students and teachers worldwide work with scientists to learn more about Earth.


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An Interport Communications resource for children, including training in basic computer skills.


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Information about motion simulation software for purposes of engineering and education.


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Poems of Emily Dickinson, from the original published versions.


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A listing of multilanguage websites and sites of interest for foreign language instruction.


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About Wall Street Research Net (WSRN), a resource for investment research.


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Information about Internet access to free Australian legal materials.


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Information about the ACLU, the nonpartisan organization that advocates individual rights.


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An interface into the Project Gutenberg text of this standard thesaurus derived from the 1911 edition.


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Acronyms and abbreviations from the Network Acronym and Abbreviation Server.


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A comprehensive collection of hacker slang.


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A history of computing, provided by the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech.


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The Top Ten Lists from the Late Show with David Letterman

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The entire archive of David Letterman's "top ten" lists from his "Late Night" show.


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Information about contemporary popular music.


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The "Internet Underground Music Archive," an Internet-based music archive and vendor.


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All kinds of information about the TV series,  "Babylon 5."


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Links to websites with "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strips.


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Information about the "Dilbert" comic strip.


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Tutorials for web designers on creating graphics for websites.


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Resources of computer art for design professionals.


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Information about authoring, or designing, computer-based multimedia programs.


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Internet-based resources on art and architecture.


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An on-line journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia.


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Historical information about the "seven wonders" of the ancient world.


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An archive of Macintosh freeware and shareware, maintained by the University of Texas.


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Medical resources available on-line from Emory University Health Sciences Center Library.


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A gateway to sources of information about unconventional or alternative medical therapies.


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Automobile racing news from the Indianapolis Speedway.


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Basketball resources for news and team information, college and pro.


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Information about spring training programs of major-league baseball teams.


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News, statistics, and other information about football, provided by the NFL.


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National Hockey League Official Web Site

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Information about hockey, presented by the National Hockey League (NHL).


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The index of the mail box posted by the  Internet Post Office.


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An on-line dictionary of computing terms.


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A sampling of hundreds of local business stories.


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An on-line resource for news, sports scores, stock prices, travel information, and much else.


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The voting records of members of the U.S. Congress.


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A resource for performing patent searches as well as information about the patenting process.


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Links to interesting European business websites.


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Articles from this journal, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.


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Information about the relationships between the economy and environmental pollution control.


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Far Eastern Economic Review Interactive Edition

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A resource for information about business, economies, and investment in Asia.


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A selection of articles from the current issue of this magazine of economics and investment.


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A search engine for resources on the Internet.


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Information about biology teaching and learning, sponsored by Genentech, Inc.


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Lectures in analytical chemistry from a course at the University of Akron (Ohio).


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Bill Nye the Science Guy's Nye Labs On-line

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The Internet home of Bill Nye,  sponsored by the Boeing Company and the National Science Foundation.


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A resource for biology curriculum for secondary schools, sponsored by Indiana University.


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Links to the "best" educational websites in a variety of subjects, sponsored by Pacfic Bell.


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Fundamentals of microbiology, the study of microscopic organisms.


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Challenger Center On-Line: Classroom Programs

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Information about space simulation programs from the Challenger Learning Center.


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Fun activities on-line for children, sponsored by Owl Communications, Inc.


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Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP)

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A presentation of the current understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy.


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Information about bones in the human skeleton.


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The Cub Den - sponsored by "The Bear Den"


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About anatomy from anatomists and computer scientists at the University of Washington.


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About the Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology at Michigan State University.


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A teaching resource library  by the Department of Physics at Texas Christian University.


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Science, Technology - Dr. Bob's Home Page

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Information about the wonders of science and technology.


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The Empiricist - Journal for High School Science Research

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About this on-line journal, which promotes learning about the scientific method in high school.


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A variety of learning resources about physics and technology for the classroom.


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Science study resources from the Space Telescope Science Institute.


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A collection of educational resources in mathematics and science for grades K-12.


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Examples of a few simple science activities parents can do with their children.


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Trabuco Hills High School Science - Mrs. Fliegler

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Information about assistance with science homework.


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Information about the solar system, presented by NASA in a manner appropriate for children.


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Educational information about engineering and science for grades K-6.


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About the learning studio of the Exploratorium, a museum of science, art, and human perception.


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Resources for study of math and science.


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Microworlds - Exploring the Structure of Materials

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An interactive tour of research in materials science at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source.


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About a novel educational tool developed by the Experimental Study Group of MIT.


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About model rocketry and how it can be used within the classroom.


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Information about Mount St. Helens, the active volcano in southwestern Washington state.


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About "Telescopes In Education," a program for students, teachers, and others interested in astronomy.


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Mrs. Greene's Home Page for Science Educators

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Teaching tips from a seventh-grade science teacher at a Wyoming middle school.


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Information about the project to improve science teaching in the state of Nevada.


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Resources for science educators and enthusiasts.


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Information about the Birmingham (Ala.) Zoo and its collection of animals.


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In the scientific field of optics, a collection of resources that are appropriate for children.


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A gateway to Internet exploration for teachers, students, and parents.


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Information about the mental aspects of teaching and learning.


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Internet-based resources for science education.


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Quick information or fun facts about various terrestrial and aquatic animals.


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Information on astronomy, provided by NASA.


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Information about astronomy from SEDS, an M.I.T. student organization promoting space exploration.


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Information and resources for science education.


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About a science publication designed for elementary and secondary school students and teachers.


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An educational tour of all elements of the solar system.


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Information about zoological careers and science topics related to zoology.


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A guide to information about the federal government and access to federal services.


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United States federal government information, documents, and files.


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From the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, information about investing.


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United States Patent and Trademark Office

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Information about patents and trademarks.


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Welcome To The Department of the Treasury

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Information on programs and activities of the Department of the Treasury.


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United States Department of Justice Home Page

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Information about the Department of Justice.


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Information about the United States Senate, the upper house of the Congress.


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A virtual tour of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.


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In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, a library service of the U.S. Congress.


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The U.S. Code, a code of law prepared by the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives.


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News, statutes, rules, decisions, and  related resources provided by the U.S. Supreme Court.


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Information for locating U.S. Federal Courts, from Emory University School of Law.


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A clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government.


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About the Federal Judicial Center, the federal courts' agency for research and continuing education.


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General information and publications from the United States Copyright Office.


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Information about the agency that prints, binds, and distributes U.S. Government publications.


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All publicly released General Accounting Office reports, beginning with fiscal year 1995.


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The full text of decisions of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals.


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A searchable list of associations on the Worldwide Web.


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Links to some of the largest  United States and Canadian magazines.


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BarCode1 - A Web Of Information About Bar Code

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Information about barcodes, from Adams Communications.


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WashLaw WEB -- Washburn University School of Law

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A gateway to law schools and law libraries on the Internet.


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Teltech Resource Network Corporation provides information-management consulting services.


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About this national association to promote excellence in indexing.


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Developments in the semiconductor industry in Japan, Asia, and the world.


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Business statistics about the United States economy.


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A resource for learning foreign languages for travel.


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A gateway to global business sites--representing 80 countries--on the Internet.


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InfoMarket Service White Paper IP's Perspective

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About digital information and how it is found, used, and paid for.


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A source for pleasure reading, with links to other sites providing reading material.


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On-line journal that promotes using technology intelligently for success in the marketplace.


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Reviews of software packages used in law offices.


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About this scholarship program, which sponsors Americans for study in various countries.


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A resource for topics in Australian government and politics, sponsored by the University of Sydney.


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A gateway to Canadian websites for sports, entertainment, and finance.


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Spongiform Encephalopathies: Links to bSE and CJD Resources

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Information about diseases affecting brain tissue.


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Fashion Net - The Global Meeting Point for the World of Fashion


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Information about research for new drugs, presented by the Glaxo Corporation.


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Search West's Legal Directory (Basic Search Form)

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More than 800,000 profiles of lawyers and law firms in the United States and Canada.


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Selected major stories from the newspaper serving Australia's largest city.


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International Trade Administration - Trade Information

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Information to help American businesses compete in the global marketplace.


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The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: New Zealand

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Internet-based resources for New Zealand.


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A gateway representing more than 830,000 Australian businesses and organizations.


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A database for market analysis and information.


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An on-line article delivery service, a table of contents database, and index to nearly 17,000 periodicals.


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About H. W. Wilson, publisher of abstracts, indexes, full text, and reference materials.


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Best Rates from Bank Rate Monitor: Mortgages, Credit Cards, Savings, CDs

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Consumer bank rates on mortgages, credit cards, loans, and other banking information.


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An Internet resource with a large collection of medical information for general use.


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A resource for news and a wide range of other information about Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.


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Information about Franco Public Relations Group, headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.


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Middleton Library Reference Services provided by Louisiana State University.


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An overview of the entire U.S. federal court system.


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Information about the country of Malaysia, which is in Southeast Asia.


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Business information from the city of Singapore in Southeast Asia.


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NewMarket Forum to Training Forum Bridge Page

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A list of training materials and professional speakers and consultants.


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Hieros Gamos -- the Comprehensive Legal and Government Site

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Information on over 6,000 legal organizations worldwide, and every government in the world.


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Information to help educators and researchers in the United States use the Internet effectively.


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A guide to stores and restaurants in the Washington, D.C., area.


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The Phone Company's Remote Printing Service

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About an experiment to send faxes via email, sponsored by an Internet-based interest group.


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Resources for historians maintained by the University of Kansas and the University of Regensburg in Germany.


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Slate - Table of Contents - March 8-10, 1997

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Information about an electronic magazine.


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A site maintained by the University of Alabama, with updates on bills and legislative committees.


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University of Alabama Advertising and Public Relations Department

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Information about faculty and programs in this University of Alabama department.


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University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences

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Information about programs in the humanities, fine arts, sciences, mathematics, and social sciences.


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A University of Alabama research program focusing on new materials and components in information storage systems.


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UA College of Commerce and Business Administration

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All about this college at the University of Alabama.


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University of Alabama Civil Engineering Department

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Information about this department at the University of Alabama.


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The University of Alabama Computer Science Department


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The University of Alabama Division of Student Affairs

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Information about this division, which is intended to meet the needs of University of Alabama students.


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Information about the Master of Fine Arts in the Book Arts Program at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.


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Information about the University of Alabama's libraries.


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Aboout educational media and technology at the University of Alabama.


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Information about this branch of the university located in Huntsville.


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UAH Electrical & Computer Engineering Home Page

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About the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.


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The Intelligent Systems Laboratory - AI at UAH

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About this artificial intelligence research lab at the University of Alabama, Huntsville.


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Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Home Page

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About the University of Alabama's department of mechanical & aerospace engineering in Huntsville.


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About the library at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.


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Admission information from the University of Alabama, Huntsville.


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Information about the University of Alabama.


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The University of West Alabama Home Page

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All about this state-supported, coeducational institution of higher learning.


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University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Ice Hockey Home Page

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Information about the unviersity's hockey team, the Nanooks.


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Welcome to the University of Alaska Museum

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About this university museum, a center for the study of the Far North.


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About the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Theater Department.


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About graduate and undergraduate programs at the School of Management at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.


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About the University of Alaska's College of Arts and Sciences.


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CAMAI - UAA's Campus-wide Information System

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The official information system for the University of Alaska main campus and its extended campuses.


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On-line information about the University of Alaska.


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About the University of Alaska Southeast, a part of the University of Alaska system.


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Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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General information about the institute and the geology of Alaska.


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College of Business and Public Policy, UAA Home Page

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Information about this college in the University of Alaska system.


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A site at the University of Alaska with information about the American Society of Civil Engineers.


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Welcome to the University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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About the University of Alaska campus in Fairbanks.


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Information about the Arizona State University libraries.


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The University of Arizona College of Medicine

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About the college of medicine and its 18 departments and 7 medical centers dedicated to research, care, and teaching.


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College of Education, University of Arizona

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Information about the College of Education.


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University of Arizona Library SABIO Information Gateway

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Information about the books, journals, and other media available at University of Arizona libraries.


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Information about Arizona State University.


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Information about the university and its admissions policy.


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About this two-year residential college located in Thatcher, Arizona.


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About Northern Arizona University, a public university in the southern Colorado Plateau area.


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Air Force ROTC Detachment 30 Welcome Screen

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About the Ari Force ROTC program at the University of Arkansas.


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University of Arkansas College of Engineering Home Page

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Information about the University of Arkansas College of Engineering.


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General information provided by the University of Arkansas School of Law.


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About the college of Business Administration at the University of Arkansas.


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All about the Razorback Athletics Department at the University of Arkansas.


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About the University Museum at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.


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About the libraries at the University of Arkansas.


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About the University of Arkansas campus at Little Rock.


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@Arkansas - Little Rock: College of Education ON-LINE

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A site maintained by the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, for teachers, students, and others using computers.


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An on-line service for students and others at the University of Arkansas who want writing skills help.


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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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The campus-wide information system of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.


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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library

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About this library, which houses information on research, education, and patient care.


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About the Biomedical Biotechnology Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.


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College of Nursing--University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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About nursing education at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.


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Information about the orthopaedic residency program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.


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About this library at the University of Central Arkansas.


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About the UCA Archives, a part of Torreyson Library at the University of Central Arkansas.


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Information about this four-year, state-assisted, coeducational institution located in Conway, Arkansas.


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About the College of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley.


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About the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.


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College of Environmental Design, University of California at Berkeley

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About the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley.


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About the College of Letters and Science, the largest of the University of California at Berkeley's colleges and schools.


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General information about the University of California, Los Angeles.


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About the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles.


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About computer and information technology and education at the University of California, Los Angeles.


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About the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of California at Los Angeles.


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Information about the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the University of California, Los Angeles.


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About the research and staff at the Space Science Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.


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Information about the School of Dentistry at the University of California, Los Angeles.


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The School of the Arts & Architecture

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About the School of the Arts and Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles.


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UCLA General Catalog: Ethnomusicology and Systematic Musicology (1995-1997)

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About ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles, a field that combines musical analysis with the social sciences and humanities.


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UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

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About the School of Theater, Film, and Television at the University of California, Los Angeles.


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Information about social science research and departments at the University of California, Los Angeles.


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Intercollegiate and Intramural athletics information at the University of California, Los Angeles.


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About the Fowler Museum of Cultural History at the University of California, Los Angeles.


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About the Arts Library at the University of California, Los Angeles.


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About the rare books and manuscripts at this library, a part of the University of California, Los Angeles.


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General information about the University of California, San Diego.


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Center for Advanced Computational Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego

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About the Center for Advanced Computational Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego.


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Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, UCSD

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About the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego.


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About the University of California, San Diego, School of Engineering.


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Welcome to the University of California, Davis

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Information about the University of California at Davis.


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General information about the College of Engineering at the University of California at Davis.


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About the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering at the University of California, Davis.


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Information about the School of Law at the University of California, Davis.


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Information about the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis.


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Information about the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine.


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University of California Davis Library Home Page

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About the libraries at the University of California at Davis.


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General information about the University of California, Berkeley.


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Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley

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About this public science museum and center for teacher education and research at the University of California, Berkeley.


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College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University

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About the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University.


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About the College of Business at Colorado State University.


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About the College of Engineering at Colorado State University.


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About graduate programs in the Department of Art at Colorado State University.


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Colorado State University Department of English

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About the Colorado State University Department of English.


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About the History Department at Colorado State University.


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Music, Theater, and Dance at Colorado State

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Information about the Department of Music, Theater, and Dance at Colorado State University.


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About this college at Colorado State University and its involvement with natural resources.


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College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

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Information about veterinary medicine at Colorado State University.


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About the libraries at Colorado State University.


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CSU Athletics Department Home Page - GO RAMS !!!

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About the Athletics Department at Colorado State University.


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About the College of Applied Science and Engineering Technology at the University of Southern Colorado in Pueblo.


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Information about research in physiological psychology at the University of Southern Colorado in Pueblo.


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General information about the University of Colorado at Boulder.


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About chemistry and biochemistry programs at the University of Colorado at Boulder.


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About the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder.


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About the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder.


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About the University of Colorado School of Law.


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University of Colorado Law Library Home Page

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General information about this library and its on-line catalog.


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About the libraries at the University of Colorado at Boulder.


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University of Colorado Department of Athletics

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Information about athletics programs at the University of Colorado at Boulder.


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General information about the University of Colorado at Denver.


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About the Auraria Library at the University of Colorado at Denver.


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About the College of Business Administration at the University of Colorado at Denver.


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Math Department at the University of Colorado at Denver

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Facts about undergraduate and graduate programs in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Colorado at Denver.


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About the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Denver.


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College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Denver

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About the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado at Denver.


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The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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General information about the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.


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About the Mathematics Department at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.


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General information about Colorado State University.


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General information about the University of Southern Colorado.


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University of Northern Colorado Home Page

Description:
General information about the University of Northern Colorado.


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University of Connecticut - Computer Science & Engineering

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Educational programs in the Computer Science & Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut.


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University of Connecticut Department of Mathematics

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Information about the Department of Mathematics at the University of Connecticut.


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University of Connecticut School of Law Main Page

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This Web Site is designed to assist applicants to the University of Connecticut's Law School.


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UConn School of Engineering   World View

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About the School of Engineering at the University of Connecticut.


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Information about library services and policies at the University of Connecticut.


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About the University of Connecticut's Division of Athletics.


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Facts about the Department of Economics at the University of Connecticut.


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General information about the University of Connecticut.


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The University of Delaware College of Nursing

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Information about the nursing program at the University of Delaware.


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About physics and astronomy programs at the University of Delaware.


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An on-line tutorial about using library resources at the University of Delaware.


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About the University of Delaware's intercollegiate athletics and sports.


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General information about the University of Delaware's history and programs.


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About the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia.


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Information about the College of Business Administration at the University of Georgia.


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Georgia State University College of Law -- Home Page

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About the College of Law at Georgia State University, located in downtown Atlanta.


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General information about Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta.


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General information about Georgia Southern University, one of the state universities.


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A weather site at the University of Hawaii, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Unidata Program Center, and the National Weather Service.


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Kewalo Marine Laboratory, PBRC, University of Hawaii

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About the Kewalo Marine Laboratory, a research facility for the University of Hawaii.


