Figure skating is a sport and activity in which individuals, duos, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport included in the Olympics, in 1908. The four Olympic disciplines are men’s singles, ladies’ singles,…
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the Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band that formed in Liverpool, in 1960. With John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the greatest and most influential act of the rock era. Rooted in…
The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics United States
The United States will compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from February 7 to 23, 2014. This is the first time a US Olympic team has competed in Russia. The United States and 64 western countries did…
Speaker Of The House
The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer (chair) of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker’s official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the…
State of the Union 2014
The 2014 State of the Union Address will be a speech given by President Barack Obama on Tuesday, January 28, 2014, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. According to tradition, House Speaker John Boehner invited the…
the Weather Channel
The Weather Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned as a joint venture between NBCUniversal, and investment firms The Blackstone Group and Bain Capital. The channel broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news, along with…
Flowers in the Attic
Flowers in the Attic is a 1979 novel by V.C. Andrews. It is the first book in the Dollanganger Series, and was followed by Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows. The…
Behind the Candelabra
Behind the Candelabra is a 2013 American drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh about the last ten years in the life of pianist Liberace and the secret affair he had with the younger Scott Thorson, based on Thorsonâs memoir, Behind…
Top of the Lake
Top of the Lake is a 2013 television miniseries written by Jane Campion and Gerard Lee, and directed by Campion and Garth Davis. It marks Campion’s first work for television since An Angel at My Table in 1990. Filmed and…
Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien’s 1937 children’s fantasy novel The Hobbit, but eventually…
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