2) Armstrong, Lance. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tour DuPont twice and was being hailed as the finest U.S. cyclist. In 1996, however, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, which had spread extensively. Given...

3) Beaux, Cecilia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...American figure and portrait painter, b. Philadelphia. She studied in Philadelphia under William Sartain (see under Sartain, John) and Thomas Eakins, in Paris in...

4) bicycle racing. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Track racing takes place at a velodrome, usually a banked 1,093.6 ft (.333 km) oval. Olympic medals are awarded in individual and team track events, including the...

5) Essenes. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Jewish religious order, originating in the 2d cent. B.C. The chief sources of information about the Essenes are Pliny the Elder, Philo's Quod omnius probus liber,...