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2008FrantiĆĄek Äapek, Czechoslovakian canoeist (born 1914)[â ]
FrantiĆĄek Äapek was a Czechoslovakian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
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At this potentially joyous moment, let's not forget this is the Mets team that managed to pull off the biggest collapse in baseball history.
Few New Yorkers are surprised that Americans didnât embrace former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani in his presidential bid.
There are a lot of N.F.L. stars playing in Sundayâs Super Bowl, but none of them are on the Giantsâ offensive line.
The fine would settle a civil and criminal investigation into the companyâs marketing of an antipsychotic drug.
The owner of Lord & Taylor is close to buying the jewelry and housewares retailer in a $100 million deal.
There was basically one reason the Metropolitan Opera dusted off its drearily realistic, unbecoming old production of Pucciniâs âManon Lescautâ and brought it back to the house for the first time in 18 years on Tuesday night: the soprano Karita Mattila.
As New York Fashion Week begins, traveling editors need to pack and travel practically, but with style.
Concern over Chinaâs use of surveillance technology prompts new rules for U.S. exports.
Eliphante, a little-known sculptural home in Arizona, is three acres of fantastical domes, shacks and follies created by Michael Kahn and his wife, Leda Livant.
HD DVD continues to show some fight in its seemingly unending war with Blu-ray. Meanwhile, LG and Samsung introduce new dual-format players.
A Canadian financier who traveled to Kazakhstan with Bill Clinton and won a big mining deal later donated millions to Mr. Clintonâs charitable foundation.
âJerry Springer: The Operaâ uncovers something grand within the small, squalid lives it portrays.