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DEFINITION: (noun) A small bone, especially one of the three bones of the middle ear.
SYNONYMS: bonelet, ossiculum.
USAGE: Because of their distinctive shapes, the ossicles in the ear are called the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup.

Born in Manassa, Colorado, Dempsey was an American boxer and one of the heavyweight division's greatest champions. Nicknamed the "Manassa Mauler," he emerged from fights on saloon floors to seal his slugging reputation in his first title fight by knocking down the gigantic champion, Jess Willard, seven times in the first three minutes. Dempsey went on to fight for nearly 20 years and amassed 62 victories, with 50 knockouts. Who eventually took the title away from him?

Sally Ride is a former astronaut and the first American woman to reach outer space. She grew up in Los Angeles, California, and received bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Stanford University. Her first space shuttle flight was In 1983, when she served as a crewmember on board the Challenger. Ride later served on the panels that investigated the Challenger and Columbia shuttle disasters. Cumulatively, how many hours has she spent in space?

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According to a new study published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, being fired from a job could be fatal — especially for people who are middle-aged. Researchers, using a sample of 4,301 people aged between 51 and 61, found that the incidence of heart attack and stroke among those who had lost their jobs was more than double that in those still working.

Shankar is a world-famous Indian sitarist and composer. He was a pupil of the great Indian instrumentalist Ustad Allauddin Khan, whose daughter, Annapurna, Shankar later married. Shankar founded the Kinnara School of Music in Bombay, and for a few months in 1965, George Harrison of the Beatles studied sitar with him. Among Shankar's many compositions are the scores for the films Pather Panchali and Charly. Shankar's daughters are both well-known musicians. Do you know who they are?