Word: madison
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...convinced that the only remaining team that would definitely beat the Crimson is Furman. Montana might also be a slight favorite depending on the location of the game. But Harvard would be favored over the four Atlantic 10 schools left in the tournament—James Madison, Delaware, William and Mary and New Hampshire—as well as Eastern Washington. The Crimson wouldn’t have faced Montana in either of the first two rounds (due to the lack of proximity of the two schools) and likely wouldn’t have seen Furman until the semifinals...
DIED. ARTHUR ROBINSON, 89, cartographer whose work dramatically improved the way the world looks on maps; in Madison, Wis. Mapmakers had long struggled with the problem of representing the round Earth on a flat map. The once widely accepted version by the Flemish Gerardus Mercator, for example, distorted Greenland to appear four times its actual size. In 1963, by focusing on aesthetics--and only later incorporating a mathematical formula--he devised a projection that became the basis for world maps by Rand McNally and many federal agencies...
...remind one another that humor, passion and the ability to view aging as a valuable source of knowledge help us all. We should not approach growing old with thoughts of darkness, withdrawal and rejection. We need to enjoy living, no matter what our calendar years. David A. Sorber, M.D. Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. My mother lived for 100 years and 4 months. She gave birth to all nine of her children at home. She had no special diet; in fact she ate exactly what she wanted. She came to the U.S. from Italy at age 19. She never learned to drive...
...example of “a number of citizens...who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens...” In other words, that this is an example of one of the great dangers that James Madison in The Federalist Papers No. 10 saw as inherent in the democratic process: majority faction...
...feverish affair of Hollywood and Madison Avenue is hotter than ever as Tinseltown produces a crop of mini-movies--with stars and special effects--to help hawk goods...