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Summary: 1001 Pages - compact Penquin Book - facts galores!
Review: 1001 pages of facts, well organized and easy to find, won't take up much room on your desktop.
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Summary: USA Political Map-No capital for Rhode Island
Review: I have copies of both the 2003 and 2004 NY Times Almanac.
On the political map of the USA , the almanac determines state capitals by a red star encircled by a red circle. In the last two editions, at least, the notheast section of the US is in a lower rectangular box. BUT IN NEITHER IS PROVIDENCE,R.I. have a red star encircled by a red circle.
Providence looks just like any other city and Rhode Island looks like a state without a capital.
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Summary: Needs better editing- mistakes found
Review: The judges for our trivia contest used this book as the arbiter for disputed questions tonight, and the NYT Almanac was wrong or incomplete on two questions, verified by multiple sources. Number one, The place Lee surrendered to Grant was not a "Courthouse" in Appomatox, Va.... rather, It was a farm in the *town* of "Appomatox Courthouse", VA. A quick Google search will confirm this on dozens of sources.The question the Almanac was incomplete on, was about the Definition of "DVD". Properly and technically known as Digital Versatile Disk, the NYT Almanac only metion only a colloquial "Digital Video Disk", which is common, but not accurate. A DVD can contain video, but not all DVD's contain video. I wonder how many more mistakes there are in this book? Yeah, I'm a sore loser, but right is right and wrong is wrong. Maybe the Almanac makes up stuff too?
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