| Area
Code Lookup |
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| Cross-Country
Skiing |
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| Currency
Converter |
To change dollars into
euros, lira, pounds, yen or any other of more than 180
currencies. |
| Dictionary
|
American Heritage Dictionary
and Webster's Revised Unabridged. |
| DOT
Aviation Consumer Protection Division |
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| Earthquakes
|
If a local earthquake
hits and you still have electricity. |
| Eat
Here - A Guide To Road Food For The 90s |
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| Encyclopaedia
Britannica
Microsoft's Encarta
|
The most complete compendium
of general knowledge on the Web is the Encyclopaedia Britannica,
and it's all free. Microsoft's Encarta is not as comprehensive
and parts of it are open only to paid MSN subscribers. |
| Evolution
|
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| FAA
Consumer Links for the Flying Public |
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| FAA
list of rated aviation authorities |
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| Glacier
|
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| Global
Online Adventure Learning Site |
|
| Holography
|
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| Honeymoons
at About.com |
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| Megellans
|
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| Metric
Converter or
Metric
Converter
|
In this era of globalization,
an instant converter to change, for example, feet into
meters or Fahrenheit to Celsius is one of the handiest
of all Web tools. |
| Let's
Go |
|
| Restaurants
|
The popular Zagat guides
to 45 locales, including the Los Angeles area, are now
online. You can search by cuisine, quality, price, neighborhood
and other factors. |
| Servas
|
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| Ski
Central |
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| Sunrise/Sunset
|
The U.S. Naval Observatory
provides sunrise and sunset times for any day from the
years of 1700 to 2100. The listings are for more than
22,000 cities and towns; if you're in a rural area or
foreign country, you can get the times if you know your
longitude and latitude. |
| Surf
or
Surf
|
For links to conditions,
forecasts and beach Web cams in Southern California sponsored
by the nonprofit Surfrider Foundation. A government site
has a less detailed forecast. |
| Telephone
Directory or
Telephone Directory
|
You can enter whatever
information you have about a person's name and address
to look up a telephone number. If that doesn't work, try
the similar service at Yahoo. |
| Travel
Health Information Service |
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| Travelsmith
|
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| Terra
Server at Microsoft |
|
| Thesaurus
|
Roget's famed reference
book. |
| Time
or
Time
|
To look up the time in
another part of the world, go to http://. The correct
time (give or take four-tenths of a second) anywhere in
the U.S. |
