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- Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
21: ...]], to her own infant half-sister Elizabeth, then living in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]]. She was ...
30: ...ch as the use of Thomas Cranmer's new ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]''. The Lady Mary, desirous of mainta...
44: ...diner and the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] petitioned her to consider marrying an Englishm...
49: ...Rome, and [[Reginald Cardinal Pole]], who would become an adviser Mary very heavily depended upon, beca...
63: ... our Lorde a thousande to the time now present'', commonly called ''The Book of Martyrs''. The persecut... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
33: ... the even less popular [[Community Charge]], more commonly known as the [[poll tax]]. At the same time ...
38: ...nite]] and then [[J. Lyons and Co.|Joseph Lyons & Company]], where she helped develop methods for prese...
43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
47: ...ps "not only towards [[Socialism]], but towards [[Communism]]". She won promotion to the [[Shadow Cabin... - Canada (35540 bytes)
17: ... founding member of the [[United Nations]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. C...
19: ...the majority language elsewhere except in certain communities and in [[Nunavut]], where the majority la...
21: ...d States|U.S.]], with which it has had a long and complex relationship (''see'' [[U.S.-Canada relations...
92: ...and [[Prince Edward Island]] (created 1769). To accommodate the Loyalists, Britain created the colony o...
96: ...pert's Land]] (administered by the [[Hudson's Bay Company]]) and the [[Arctic]]. - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: ...Arabia|Arabian Peninsula]] in [[Southwest Asia]], comprising seven [[emirate]]s: [[Abu Dhabi]], [[Ajman...
71: ...th other factors like the relatively low price of commodities, the warm temperatures that prevail for m...
75: The UAE comprises the following seven emirates:
88: ...s considered to be one of the fifteen states that comprise the so-called "[[Cradle of Humanity]]".
94: ...nent]] descent. The population growth rate is low compared to its neighbours. Religious beliefs are mos... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
8: common_name = the Republic of Ireland |
58: ... English language, Ireland". However the state is commonly referred to as the "Republic of Ireland" in ...
65: The partition of Ireland came about because of complex constitutional developments in the early twen...
67: ...s of [[Ulster]], where industrialisation was more common in contrast to the more agrarian rest of the i...
69: ...acht]] (ministry) sent a delegation under [[Ceann Comhairle]] [[Sean T. O'Kelly]] to the [[Paris Peace ... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
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51: ...t is a member of the [[United Nations|UN]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], the [[South Asian Associat...
62: ...y [[Strato II]], whose reign ended about [[10]] [[Common Era|CE]]. Various Greek kings ruled into the b...
72: ...49 to 1799 left the remnants of the Mughal Empire completely vulnerable. The British did not gain stron...
79: ...tish, that it resulted in the worst ever recorded communal riots in the region and perhaps one of the w... - Castle (27805 bytes)
5: ...Castle Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
7: ...eland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]].
12: ...s, and inside the castle is geared towards family living.
15: ...e others, if they tried anything, were easily overcome as they had no refuge.(Hariulf, ''Gesta ecclesia...
19: ...right|[[Craigievar Castle]] in [[Aberdeenshire]], completed in 1626.]] - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
40: ''Sarracenia'' is the pitcher plant genus most commonly encountered in cultivation, and
94: leaf, whilst shiny (giving the genus its common name of '[[butterwort]]'), does not
125: ...traps, which are believed to have had a similar [[common ancestor]]. These
143: they become unresponsive to stimulation.
180: ...ike ''Heliamphora'', to extremely specialised and complex traps, like the Venus flytrap. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...t St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...n his professional life as a lawyer, but he has become best known as an philosophical advocate and defe...
10: ...y College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[An...
21: ... 1584 he took his seat in [[parliament]] for [[Melcombe]] in [[Dorset]], and subsequently for [[Taunton...
25: ...e him the position; in fashion, Bacon failed to become solicitor in 1595. To console him for these dis... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...sober even after everyone else in the party had become senselessly drunk; this helped him obtain his r...
7: ... Socrates explicitly states that he teaches for a living, paid by his students, and that he thinks this is...
13: ... his disciples and thinkers that reflect on his accomplishments through their writing.
23: :''The unexamined life is not worth living.'' (''[[The Apology of Socrates|Apology]]'', 38. ...
27: ... down all over. Thus such another will not easily come to you, men, but if you believe me, you will spa... - Mars (27704 bytes)
13: ...panied by [[ethane]], while volcanic methane is accompanied by [[sulfur dioxide]].
31: ...st]] and the [[Mariana Trench]]) is only 19.7 km. Combined with the planets' different radii, this mean...
85: ...l problems, but enough have either failed or lost communications for no apparent reason that some resea...
101: ...]] [[1924]] was 0.37284 [[astronomical unit|AU]], compared to 0.37271 AU on [[August 27]] [[2003]], and...
122: ...LH84001|ALH 84001]] [[meteorite]] thought to have come from Mars, shows some features that may be [[fos... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
16: ...able. Practical considerations such as [[business|commercial enterprise]], [[over-population]] and the ...
27: ... individual wealth. A lack of social bonds in the community was further excabarated by the fact that al...
29: ... Smith]]. Smith made himself the benevolent, if uncompromising, autocrat of the colony. His motto was "...
35: ...at little social infrastructure developed for the commoners of Virginia society, in contrast with the h...
37: ... business attracted unmarried men eager to make a living - not the sort of audience that is usually recept... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ...is " '''The Greatest Command''' " or the "'''New Command'''" of Jesus (see [[Christian Love]]). Most ...
8: ...asis]]''), called the [[Trinity]]. Christianity encompasses numerous religious traditions that widely v...
12: When combined, Christianity is the world's largest single ...
14: ...e to Heaven and "sitteth at the right hand of" (become one with) God. Christians generally believe tha...
34: ...erson shared the faith, he would draw another arc completing this [[ichthys]], a symbol of Christianity... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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47: ...le wrote in his memoirs that "my mother felt an uncompromising passion for the fatherland, equal to her...
59: ...nce|Sedan]] on May 10, 1940, he was finally given command of the 4th Armoured Division.
63:
75: ...tatements. Churchill is often misquoted as having commented, regarding working with de Gaulle, that: "O... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
22: ...i|Ferrari]]. Though [[Stirling Moss]] was able to compete with him regularly, Fangio is remembered for ...
26: ... Hill]], and [[Denny Hulme]], British teams and [[commonwealth]] drivers won twelve world championships...
28: ...t has since become the teams' biggest source of income by far, and [[cigarette]] manufacturers remain a...
35: ... contributing to [[Bernie Ecclestone]]'s eventual complete financial control of the sport.
37: ...]] (750 [[kilowatt|kW]]) and were essential to be competitive. These cars were and still are the most p... - Ship (18843 bytes)
1: ...50px|Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ...te that one refers to [[submarine]]s as "boats"). Compare [[vessel]].
6: ...ertaining to ships though in common usage, it has come to be more particularly associated with the noun...
21: ...807]], followed in [[Europe]] by the 45-foot [[PS Comet]] of [[1812]]. Steam propulsion progressed cons...
27: ...oncerns about safety and waste disposal. It has become usual only in large [[aircraft carrier]]s and in... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
33: ...t of the greater San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland [[Combined Statistical Area]] (CSA), whose population i...
37: ...of the 20th century. It was a center of the [[dot-com]] boom at the end of the century.
42: ...a [[Miwok]] Indian word meaning "western people") living in the coastal area between [[Point Sur]] and the...
46: ...-American War]] broke out and a naval force under Commodore [[John D. Sloat]] took it in [[1846]] in th...
51: ...Strauss & Co.]] clothing, [[Ghirardelli Chocolate Company|Ghirardelli]] [[chocolate]], and [[Wells Farg... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...ence into what has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct consequences are visible to...
6: ...terary works of Julius Caesar|''Commentaries'' (''Commentarii'')]], and many details of his life are re...
15: ...to Rome. In a prophetic moment, Sulla was said to comment on the dangers of letting Caesar live. Accord...
17: ...The award was of the highest honor given to a non-commander, and when worn in public, even in the prese...
19: ... and corruption. The great orator [[Cicero]] even commented, "Does anyone have the ability to speak bet... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
15: ...om the depths of post-[[World War I]] defeat to become one of the world's most powerful nations. Nevert...
24: ...hat his grandmother [[Maria Schicklgruber]] had become pregnant after working as a servant in a Jewish ...
25: ...f high school (''Realschule'') in Linz, he failed completely and had to repeat the grade. His teachers ...
27: ...as a customs official, although Adolf wanted to become a painter. This is further supported by Hitler's...
31: ...ob or learn a profession. He was told he should become an architect, since he had some flair for painti... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
2: ...ento was a major distribution point, a [[Commerce|commercial]] and [[agricultural]] center, and a termi...
42: ...ter and his son as Sacramento became an overnight commercial success (Sutter's Fort, Mill and the town ...
52: ...ival]] style [[California State Capitol]] was not completed until [[1874]].
56: ... city. In fact, Sacramento effectively controlled commerce on these rivers, and public works projects w...
58: ...ican River is off limits to power boats and has become an international attraction for [[rafting|rafter...
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