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- Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...al Highness The Princess of Wales'''. She was almost always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media ...
15: ...g her lifetime, she was often referred to as the most photographed person in the world. To her admire...
28: Diana's family, the Spencers, had been close to the British Royal Family for decades. Her mat...
34: ...ss The Princess of Wales'' and was ranked as the most senior royal woman in the United Kingdom after t...
38: ...l depression]]. She later developed [[bulimia nervosa]], and made a number of [[suicide]] attempts. In... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ...mber in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chosen not to do so.
10: ...ement of Hitler and led to much criticism of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely cri...
12: ...lied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, they composed a sarcastic song to the tune of the haunting [[...
20: ...David Astor|Francis David Langhorne Astor]] (1912-2001) - 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... - Canada (35540 bytes)
6: ... is a country in [[North America]], the northern-most in the world and the second largest in area (aft...
21: ...ficient in energy due to its large fossil fuel deposits, [[nuclear energy]] generation, and [[hydroele...
90: ...nce and [[Great Britain]]. France progressively lost territory to [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]], s...
111: ...claim is not universally recognized. The northernmost settlement in Canada (and in the world) is Canad...
113: ...ns, however, and thus Canada has only the fourth most arable land area behind Russia, [[China]], and t... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
19: ...n: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[List of state mottos|National motto]]: none''</small>
32: ...by population|Population]]'''<br> - Total ([[2001]]) <br> - [[Density]]
65: ...Council, drawn from all the emirates, reviews proposed laws. There is a federal court system; all emir...
71: ...modities, the warm temperatures that prevail for most of the year, the engineering marvels such as [[B...
94: ...ompared to its neighbours. Religious beliefs are mostly [[Muslim]] (Islam is the state religion). Howe... - 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... - 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... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
27: population_census_year = 2001 |
54: ... Britain''', '''Britain''' or '''England''' (the most populous of the [[home nation]]s). The UK has f...
58: ...es|included Wales]] as a [[principality]]) with those of, first, [[Kingdom of Scotland]] and then [[Ki...
64: ...lands of the North Atlantic'' (IONA) has been proposed, but is little used outside diplomatic circles.
71: ...as changed in 1927 to recognise the departure of most of Ireland, with the name '' United Kingdom of G... - 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... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
2: ...as a Greek ([[Athens|Athenian]]) [[philosophy|philosopher]].
5: ...]. We know from [[Symposium (Plato)|Plato's ''Symposium'']] that Socrates was decorated for bravery. I...
7: ...ve up on it when he came to see that it was ''philosophy'' that was truly important for study.
9: ...tenced to drink [[Cicuta virosa|hemlock]], which cost him his life.
11: ...able, suggest that Socrates had been studying philosophy for much longer than this and include [[Parme... - 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... - 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: ...truggling painter in Vienna, copying scenes from postcards and selling his paintings to merchants and ...
33: ...lems. However, according to August Kubizek, his close friend and roommate at the time, he was more int... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
5: ...''. Often imitated or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating to the American Revolutio...
25: Most [[American Indian]] communities east of the [[Mi...
30: [[Image:Boston concord 1775.jpg|thumb|400px|Boston - Concord Area, Route of British Troops, April...
31: ...ulars (about 4,000 men) from his headquarters in Boston, but the countryside was in the hands of the c...
33: ... nearly constant fire during the return march to Boston. The shooting war had started. - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
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...
61: ...earby gold fields enabled the [[river port]] to prosper. - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
2: ...[List of U.S. state capitals|state capital]] and most populous city in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Utah]]....
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... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ... area|largest]] country in the world, covering almost twice the territory of the next-largest nation, ...
6: Most of the area, population, and industrial producti...
15: ...us]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due to diversified trade with both Europe ...
27: ...is process, consolidated surrounding areas under Moscow's dominion, and annexed the vast expanses of [...
29: ... however, and on the eve of [[World War I]], the position of Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ... other Christian traditions (a broad movement composed of many congregations and church bodies). His c...
31: ... sight of several central truths. To Luther, the most important of these was the doctrine of justifica...
33: ...give sins for the sake of Christ's death on the cross.
37: ...ly the merits of Jesus Christ and the saints to those in [[purgatory]] (as purgatory itself was not th...
49: ... of the controversy on indulgences the question arose of the absolute power of the pope, since the doc... - Global warming (53726 bytes)
3: ... which the effects are due to human causes. The most common global warming theories [[attribution of ...
5: ...r extent by generally decreasing [[sulfate]] [[aerosol]]s, predict that temperatures will increase (wi...
16: ...hange|attributable to human activities]]". This position was recently supported by an international g...
21: ...at the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere will have doubled by 2100.
26: ...about [[1860]]; or over the past century; or the most recent 50 years. - Dog (69384 bytes)
19: .... In many countries, the most common and perhaps most important role of dogs is as [[Pet|companions]]....
23: ...onsumption of such foods that civilization makes possible. In addition, the experience of extremely st...
26: ...er.JPG|thumb|Puppies engage in [[teething]] on almost anything.]]
33: ...es]]. Dogs are [[predator]]s and [[scavenger]]s, possessing sharp teeth and strong jaws for attacking,...
35: ...are fairly rigid and sturdy; the front legs are loose and flexible, with only muscle attaching them to...
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