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- Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...Group of Seven]] (now [[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the world, after Bri...
41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
45: ...t least be a strong [[parliamentary opposition|opposition]] to a Liberal [[minority government]].
47: ...iticized as carrying much the same attitudes and positions of her widely detested predecessor epitomis...
51: ...es from winning seats under the [[first past the post electoral system]]. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...nion|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck...
29: ...hip]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]. Thatcher also dispa...
31: ...also aimed to cut back the [[welfare state]] and foster a more flexible labour market that would creat...
33: ...in and she was forced to resign in [[1990]], her loss at least partly due to inadequate advice and cam...
38: ...[[British Xylonite]] and then [[J. Lyons and Co.|Joseph Lyons & Company]], where she helped develop me... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...coast of north-west [[Europe]]. It is the westernmost state of the [[European Union]], and has a [[dev...
58: ...r the state, ''Ireland'' is used for official purposes such as treaties, government and legal document...
67: ...land. (Any tariff barriers would, it was feared, most heavily hit that region.) In addition, the Prote...
69: ...sed to take their seats in the [[British House of Commons]]. Instead they set up an extra-legal Irish parli...
71: ...ent of Ireland Act 1920]]'') could opt out and choose to remain part of the United Kingdom, which it d... - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
26: | [[ӳcar Jos頒afael Berger Perdomo]]
62: ...naries. Almost all Pre-Columbian Maya books were lost due to the policy of Spaniards during the coloni...
67: ... democratic elections from [[1985]] to date. The most recent democratic election was in [[2003]]. Guat...
84: ...perate in the highlands, and drier in the easternmost departments.
86: The large lake [[Lago de Izabal]] is situated close to the Caribbean coast. - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
51: ...t is the [[List of countries by population|sixth most populous country]] with the second largest [[Mus...
59: ...tion, the Pakistani region has long been at the crossroads of history. Pakistan was the site of the [[...
62: ...a was conquered by various Central Asian groups, most notably the [[Tocharian]] [[Kushan]]s.
64: ...ma Takto]] conquered territory now in India, but lost much of the western parts of the kingdom, includ...
66: ...[Sassanian]] Persian Empire then came to control most of western Pakistan and parts of Sind came under... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = NH |
20: 2000Pop = 1,235,786 |
22: 2000Density = 53.20 |
36: .... presidential election]]s, and has probably the most famous of all [[state motto]]s: "[[Live free or ...
49: ...Battle of Bunker Hill]] that took place north of Boston a few months later. - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...ing [[outer space|space]] endeavors. One of the most famous and important aspects of space exploratio...
6: ...rn Virginia displays an unparalleled array of aerospace technology in one place: [[Space Shuttle Ente...
13: ...first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]] on [[April 12]]...
19: ... due to a [[Brazilian rocket explosion|rocket explosion]] that killed several technicians. They had th...
28: ...it in two, with the other part being the China Aerospace Corp. China became only the third country on... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
13: ...n and Western halves, following the death of Theodosius I.
21: ...North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
24: ... The [[Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy.
27: ... and Egypt. In the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as wel...
29: ...lasm controversies. This results in the loss of most of the Empire's remaining Italian territories, a... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...Deimos]]) which are both small and oddly-shaped, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''...
8: ...acks [[ocean]]s). The [[solar day]] on Mars is almost the same length as it is on earth: 24 hours, 39 ...
10: ===Atmosphere===
11: ...he atmosphere by Earth-based [[telescope]]s, and possibly confirmed in [[March 2004]] by the [[Mars Ex...
13: ...panion' gases that may suggest which sources are most likely; in the Earth's oceans biological methane... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...became an early "[[research institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned a [[printing press...
10: ...e and aunt, J? Brahe and [[Inger Oxe]], in the [[Tostrup Castle]] until he was six years old. Around 1...
12: ...acrobosco]]'s Tractatus de Sphaera, [[Apianus]]' Cosmographia seu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiom...
16: ...he [[arcminute]]. (These measurements became the possessions of Kepler following Tycho's death.)
18: ...the [[skull]] was rimmed with green, a sign of exposure to [[copper]], not silver or gold. - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...me he gave to an ideal, imaginary island nation whose political system he described in a book publishe...
9: ...Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He remarried almost immediately, to a rich widow named Alice Middlet...
12: ...f the two undersheriffs of the city of London, a position of considerable responsibility in which he e...
14: ...came chancellor of the [[Duchy of Lancaster]], a position that entailed administrative and judicial co...
17: ... describing to a listener the island of Utopia, whose layout is schematically shown above him.]] - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
7: ...pper houses of the [[bicameral]] legislatures of most other nations.
12: ==Composition==
15: ... election|directly elected]] by [[first past the post]] to serve two-year terms from [[Congressional d...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
24: ...tates Capitol]] building in [[Washington, D.C.]] hosted its first session of Congress on [[November 17... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...ed in the Constitution not granted to the House; most significantly, the [[President of the United Sta...
4: ...(the "[[upper house]]") are more extensive than those of the House of Representatives (the "[[lower ho...
10: ...rong a likeness to the British House of Lords as possible."<!--Harpers, May 2004, 42-->
12: ...ves. [[James Madison]] described the Senate's purpose as "A necessary fence against...fickleness and p...
14: ... [[Andrew Johnson]] in [[1868]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with ... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
33: ...co-Oakland [[Combined Statistical Area]] (CSA), whose population is over 7 million. U.S. census data ...
48: ... without water or firewood, San Francisco lacked most of the basic facilities for a nineteenth century...
58: ...the order opened its own charity hospital, Mercy Hospital of San Francisco, which is still in operatio...
60: ... late 19th century San Francisco was "Emperor" [[Joshua A. Norton]].
62: ...s contributed to the transmission of plague, and possibly also motivated by the opportunity for profit... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
15: ...orld War I]] defeat to become one of the world's most powerful nations. Nevertheless, the [[Allies]] u...
22: ...ally born a Hitler, however, and was ironically closely related to Hiedler through his mother's family...
24: ...ner Maser]] and [[Ian Kershaw]] argue this was impossible since the Jews had been expelled from Graz i...
31: ... and tourists (there is evidence he produced over 2000 paintings and drawings before [[World War I]]).
33: ...lems. However, according to August Kubizek, his close friend and roommate at the time, he was more int... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
19: population_as_of = 2000 |
36: === The lost frontier ===
46: ... cholera epidemics. Despite this, because of its position just downstream from the [[Mother Lode]] in ...
50: ...apital was located in [[San Jos鬠California|San Jos靝, [[Vallejo, California|Vallejo]] and [[Benicia...
54: ...atus and strategic location, Sacramento quickly prospered and became the western end of the Pony Expre... - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
15: census yr = 2000|
26: ...d States|United States of America]]. As of the [[2000]] census, it has a population of 185,787. It is ...
28: ...nounced "BOY-see." Some non-natives (especially those unfamiliar with the area) pronounce the name "BO...
38: ...ged in [[1865]]. According to [[legend]], the proposal for the switch was very unpopular, so members o...
46: ...d theater. The [[Gene Harris Jazz Festival]] is hosted in Boise every year. - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
15: census yr = 2000 |
25: ... population is 791,926, also making it Indiana's most populous city. It is the [[county seat]] of [[M...
29: ... the Governor's mansion. It was used as a market commons for over six years. Although an expensive Governo...
31: ...|National Road]], the portion of that road that crosses Indiana was not completed until a decade after...
33: ...as in most American cities, caused a suburban explosion. With automobile companies as [[Duesenburg]],... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
2: ...aton County, Michigan|Eaton County]]. As of the [[2000]] census, it has a population of 119,128.
18: census yr = 2000|
29: ... (Michigan)|Red Cedar River]]. The city occupies most of what had formerly been part of [[Lansing Char...
37: ...us]][[Geographic references#2|<sup>2</sup>]] of [[2000]], there are 119,128 people, 49,505 households, a...
43: ... 23.2% of those under the age of 18 and 9.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
2: ...] counties, had a population of 1,333,914 as of [[2000]].
6: ... has developed a strong tourism industry and was host to the [[2002 Winter Olympics]].
15: ...s on [[July 24]], [[1847]]. They had traveled across the nation, seeking an isolated area to practice...
17: ...flux of religious converts, making it one of the most populous cities in the [[American Old West|Old A...
24: ...ls has been combating inner-city decay. The city lost population from the [[1960s]] through the [[1980...
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