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The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1987, besides a tea kettle, TIPA, Dharamsala, India. In 1894, when it claimed more than a half-million "habitual users," The World Almanac changed its name to The World Almanac and Encyclopedia. This was the title it kept until 1923, when it became The World Almanac and Book of Facts, the name it bears today.
The goal of the game is to track down Carmen Sandiego's villains around the world, arrest them and later capture Carmen herself. The player begins the game by first going to the country where the crime took place and then obtaining hints from various sources on where the thief went next, leading to a chase around the world to find the thief before time runs out.
Canadian Almanac & Directory, Grey House Publishing Canada, a comprehensive resource [1] Canadian Global Almanac (1992–2005), a book of facts about Canada and the world; Deventer Almanak; Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac (not the Yearbook, which is an annual update to the multi-volume encyclopedia; the almanac is a standalone publication)
In the April 7, 1985, edition, the Wilmington StarNews reported Rand McNally's "Places Rated Almanac" put Wilmington 141st out of 329 U.S. metropolitan areas, a drop from 96th place in 1981.
World (1985 video game) 1986: U.S.A ... anticipating shipping copies of The World Almanac to let players research clues and find the ... Junior Detective Edition ...
The Farmers' Almanac. First printed in 1818 by David Young. Predicts next year's weather for seven U.S. and five Canadian climatological regions. Predicts what will be the best days to fish, wean ...
Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s close friend and the longtime vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B), died on Nov. 28 — six days before the new fifth edition of "Poor Charlie’s ...
The idea that inspired the creators of the almanac was to find a new form of rapid transmission of information. Inspired by the U.S. The World Almanac and Book of Facts, Gottfried Bermann Fischer, publisher, and Gustav Fochler-Hauke, editor, developed a product that became a bestseller in the German market, reaching, in the first edition print run, about 100 thousand copies, although it is ...