Essential Greek and Latin Roots for Eleventh Grade Students: ann, enn

The annals of medicine are full of accounts of diseases that sound like no disease known today, but that once caused terrifying epidemics and then disappeared as mysteriously as they had come. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

The East versus West rivalry carried over to football with the annual East-West Shrine Game and added interest every January to the Rose Bowl—then the nearest thing to a national collegiate football championship. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

We nine, along with thousands of others, came together to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the integration of Central High. March Forward, Girl

Plays that get into the bloodstream of high school theater are lucrative sources of revenue for their creators and heirs—annuities that throw off income for generations without end. Drama High

Carrasco painted the mural’s 43 panels — a chronological history of Los Angeles, from prehistoric times to the founding of the city in 1781 to the year she created the piece, 1981 — for Los Angeles’ bicentennial. Los Angeles Times

The fourth biennial European International Submarine Race in the town of Gosport has seen teams of university students build and race in a contest that mixes sport and engineering. Reuters

Several weeks after the centennial gathering in Philadelphia, Susan B. Anthony visited Elizabeth Cady Stanton at her new home in Tenafly, New Jersey. Votes for Women!

I was the worst possible guardian for him—a black to watch over him in a society that considered blacks subhuman, a woman to watch over him in a society that considered women perennial children. Kindred

The World Cup, the quadrennial international men’s soccer tournament, will take place from June 14 to July 15 with 64 games across 11 Russian cities, including Kaliningrad, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg and Sochi. The New York Times

The world championships held immediately after the Olympics are typically a lower-profile competition because they are the first in each new quadrennium and don’t include a team competition. The Washington Post

"This has reduced our rainfall per annum and also the inflow of water into our rivers has reduced by 40% this has affected our agriculture and affected our industrial and drinking water." BBC

In the wake of the conversion of Toy Story 2, studios are looking at possible 3D makeovers for other superannuated blockbusters, like Titanic, Star Wars and Terminator 2. The Guardian