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- Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... fourth and penultimate monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], is remembered for her attempt to return [[Eng...
13: ... to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daughter.
19: ... All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Pope were abolished, and the Ki...
26: ...d to reside in royal palaces. Henry's sixth and last wife, [[Catherine Parr]], was able to bring the f...
33: ...in 1553 whilst Mary was staying at [[Framlingham Castle]] in [[Suffolk]]. He did not desire that the Cr... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of...
9: ...y College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
16: ...r as he married his succession of wives. Henry's last wife [[Catherine Parr]] helped reconcile the King...
27: ...en wished to put a member of the popular Tudor dynasty to death. Mary attempted to remove Elizabeth fro...
33: ...Catholic rites. Elizabeth I's coronation was the last one during which the Latin service was used; futu... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
44: ...ally filmed them. These tapes have not been broadcast in the United Kingdom.
60: ...[[Landmines Bill 1998]] to the [[British House of Commons]], the [[Foreign Secretary]], [[Robin Cook]], pai...
80: ...pital room where Diana's body lay and paid their last respects. After their visits, the Anglican [[Arch...
85: ...e legal [[speed limit]] of 50 km/h (30 mph), and faster than was prudent for the Alma underpass. In [[1...
115: ...live broadcast, and the script was revised by [[Alastair Campbell]] to be more "human". - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
33: ...e was forced to resign in [[1990]], her loss at least partly due to inadequate advice and campaigning. ...
36: ...ntham, England|Grantham]] in [[Lincolnshire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]]...
43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
59: ...ttila the Hen", and "The Grocer's Daughter". The last nickname was due to her father's profession, but ...
68: ...rthern Ireland]], she announced in the [[House of Commons]] that "The future of the constitutional affairs ... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...ve-sixths of the island of [[Ireland]], off the coast of north-west [[Europe]]. It is the westernmost s...
67: ...ed by 1915, not the four years it did ultimately last.) For the prior reasons Redmond and his Irish [[N...
69: ...sed to take their seats in the [[British House of Commons]]. Instead they set up an extra-legal Irish parli...
85: ...and, the [[Belfast Agreement]], was approved in [[1998]] in referenda north and south of the border, and...
92: ...tution, parliamentary elections must be held at least every seven years, though a lower limit may be se... - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
2: ...and [[Honduras]] and [[El Salvador]] to the southeast.
84: ...ore temperate in the highlands, and drier in the easternmost departments.
86: ... de Izabal]] is situated close to the Caribbean coast.
96: In [[1998]], [[Hurricane Mitch]] caused relatively little d...
104: ...ants also exist, especially along the Caribbean coast, most notably the [[Garifuna]]. - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
58: ...Republic of Ireland]]. Six counties in the north-eastern portion of the island, meanwhile, remained a p...
60: The UK is situated off the north-western coast of continental [[Europe]], and has a land border ...
91: ...ntable to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], the lower and only directly elected house in B...
93: ... his or her ability to command the support of the Commons. The current Prime Minister is [[Tony Blair]] of ...
107: ...inster]], [[London]], is the home of the House of Commons and the House of Lords]] - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...0px]]<br/><small>Emblem of the [[Palaeologus]] dynasty, as preserved today at the entrance of the Ecume...
13: | The Empire is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the death of The...
35: ... Most of Asia Minor is lost. The same year, the last Byzantine outposts in Italy are conquered by the ...
46: ...dicate, thus leaving to the emperor in the Greek East sole imperial authority. In any case, the changeo...
51: ...f Roman rights in Italy thereby renouncing their eastern neighbours as true Romans. The [[Donation of C... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
27: Pitfall traps have evolved independently on at least four occasions. The simplest pitfall
68: The pitfall trap has evolved in at least two other groups. ''[[Cephalotus]] follicularis''...
75: In at least one species (''Sarracenia flava''), the nectar br...
91: ...ew]]s). Flypapers have evolved independently at least five times.
102: ...end of long [[tentacle]]s, which frequently grow fast enough - Socrates (7975 bytes)
23: ... Socrates|Apology]]'', 38. In Greek, "ho de anexetastos bios ou bi? anthor?".)
27: ...y some gadfly; in this way the god seems to have fastened me on the city, some such one who arousing an...
29: ...clepius]]; will you remember to pay the debt?'' (Last words, according to the ''[[Phaedo]]'' — [[...
37: {{commons|Socrates}}
50: ...and Jonathan Barnes, Oxford University Press, NY, 1998. - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
5: ..., with each [[U.S. state|state]] entitled to at least one seat. In the Senate, on the other hand, each ...
13: ...tion that did not give them an equal vote in at least one house of Congress. Because terms are stagger...
15: ... [[direct election|directly elected]] by [[first past the post]] to serve two-year terms from [[Congres...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
26: ...s of the general Congress are now regularly broadcast on [[C-SPAN]], as are newsworthy meetings of [[Co... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
16: ...st of Formula One Grands Prix]] for results from past seasons and individual races.''
18: ...ut due to rising costs and sinking interest, the last of these ended in the early [[1980s]].
41: ...third in [[1997]], which is due to expire on the last day of [[2007]].
59: ..., with the winning driver of the last race going last. For the first qualifying session of the season t...
61: In the past it was common for slower cars to receive a "DNQ" ... - Computer (32773 bytes)
14: ...be reduced to Boolean operations, a sufficiently fast electronic computer is capable of attacking the m...
29: ...ver be required to satisfy global demand. By contrast, modern computers are orders of magnitude more po...
81: ...entially, rewiring the machine. While immensely faster and more capable than earlier designs, it was v...
90: *[[Standards Eastern Automatic Computer|SEAC]] [[US]] [[May 9]], [[...
110: ... writing and printing documents, calculating forecasts and other repetitive mathematical tasks involvin... - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
15: ... away from the persecution they had faced in the East. Upon arrival their religious prophet [[Brigham Y...
29: ...an [[lesbian|openly gay woman]], was elected in [[1998]] as a Utah State representative. The [[Utah Pri...
31: ...sporting events. Both have had a significant and lasting impact.
38: ... ft (3,500 m) above sea level 5 mi (8 km) to the east of Downtown. The [[Oquirrh Mountains]], located 7...
40: ...], [[Parley's Canyon]] opens up at the very southeast corner of the city proper near [[Canyon Rim, Utah... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ... a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern [[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]]. With an area...
13: The vast lands of Russia were home to disunited tribes who...
15: The Varangian dynasty lasted several centuries, during which they affiliated...
17: ...fered from internal disputes and was overrun by eastern invaders, the [[Golden Horde]] of the pagan Mo...
21: Like in the Balkans and Asia Minor long-lasting nomadic rule retarded the country's economic a... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
18: ...t the age of 13 Gandhi married [[Kasturba Gandhi|Kasturba Makharji]], who was the same age as he. They ...
38: ...:Gandhi and Kasturbhai 1902.jpg|thumb|Gandhi and Kasturba (1902)]]
44: ...ences through many means, including a three-week fast in the autumn of 1924, but with limited success. ...
50: ...d. On [[May 8]], [[1933]] Gandhi began a 21-day fast to protest British oppression in India. In the su...
52: ...al India called [[Sevagram]]. He staged another fast at the end of the decade in [[Bombay]] on [[March... - Native American (42651 bytes)
11: ...ves of [[American Samoa]] (USA) and natives of [[Easter Island]] ([[Chile]]).
21: ... [[Bering Land Bridge]] which existed during the last [[ice age]] (which occurred [[24000 BC|26,000]] t...
23: ...bridge several millennia earlier and followed a coastal route, thus avoiding the ice-covered interior.
24: ... have been seafaring people who moved along the coast, a theory disputed due to the relative lack of se...
28: ...n overwhelming. According to their theories, at least three separate migrations from Siberia to the Ame... - Chile (39914 bytes)
1: ...Argentina]] to the east, [[Bolivia]] to the northeast and [[Peru]] to the north.<!--
48: ...e|Valparaíso]]<br><sup>2</sup> Includes [[Easter Island]] and [[Isla Sala y Gómez]]; does...
61: ...can]]s settled in fertile valleys and along the coast of what is now Chile. The [[Inca]]s briefly exten...
76: ... instability that lasted until 1932. The longest lasting of the ten governments between those years was...
90: ...clude trade union and political activity. In contrast to its authoritarian political rule, the military...
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