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- High jump (8613 bytes)
6: ...nd the turn of the century, techniques began to modernize, starting with M.F. Sweeney's ''Eastern cut...
24: bar:Leaders width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:...
55: ...ile the outer leg is thrust up to lead the body sideways over the bar. Horine took the world standard...
57: ...c gold medal in [[1964]], before a motorcycle accident foreshortened his career.
59: .... He directed himself over the bar head and shoulders first, sliding over on his back and landing in ... - Triple jump (2149 bytes)
1: ... measured. The takeoff mark is a board, and in modern championships a strip of [[plasticine]] is atta...
3: ... added to the Olympics, having already been included in both the [[IAAF World Championships in Athlet...
5: ...rd measures 15.36 metres, jumped by [[Tatyana Lebedeva]] of [[Russia]] at the [[2004 IAAF World Indoor... - Long jump (2354 bytes)
3: ... jump is declared illegal and no distance is recorded.
5: ...e longest legal jump at the end of competition is declared the winner.
11: ... at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]], a jump not exceeded until [[1991]]. On [[August 30]] of that year, [...
13: ...ould be swung forward as the athlete jumped, in order to increase momentum, and then thrown backwards ...
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- Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
4: ...eman graduated from eighth grade and briefly attended college at Colored Agricultural and Normal Unive...
8: ...ial backing from Binga, and from the Chicago Defender, who capitalized on her flamboyant personality a...
10: ... had failed many times. Once, she saw a fellow student die during practice. However, she learned quick...
16: ...ether wreck. Her friends and family did not consider the aircraft safe and implored her not to fly it...
18: ...t, she has been honored in several ways since her death: In [[1931]], a group of Black male pilots per... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
7: ... Frank Hogg became director in [[1946]] until his death in [[1951]].
9: ... numerous papers, and established herself as a leader in the field of astronomy. In [[1985]], she mar...
13: In [[1968]] she was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] and was promoted to Companion in [[1... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...[Michigan]] declared her voice to be a natural wonder. She has won 16 competitive [[Grammys]] (includi...
6: ...s [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at the age 14. She signed w...
8: ... internationally famous artist and a symbol of pride for the [[African American]] community. Franklin ...
10: ... Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never made it to number one in the UK pop charts - the best ...
12: ...or Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[19... - Mary Read (2833 bytes)
5: ...ary lost its sparkle to Read, so she quit and boarded a ship to the West Indies. While sailing to the... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...hile 3rd place finisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on the far left.]]
7: ...by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF).
11: ...ar she was a sports talent, but she could not decide which sport to pick. A swimming coach advised her...
13: ... Record in the 800 [[metre|m]]. Fanny Koen soon made the Dutch team, although as a sprinter, not a mid...
17: ...y 2, 1940, a week before the Netherlands were invaded by German troops. - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (2098 bytes)
2: ...'' (born [[March 3]], [[1962]]) is generally considered as the best all-around female [[athlete]] in t...
8: ...e she arrived, her mother was in a coma and brain dead. Since her father could not bring himself to ha... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
3: ...born Mildred Didriksen (her surname was later accidentally changed) in the town of [[Port Arthur, Texa...
5: .... The jury, however, disapproved of her style and declared Shiley the Olympic champion. After the Game...
7: ...>[[Image:BabeStamp.png]]<P>''Babe Zaharias as <BR>depicted on a 1981<BR> US [[postage stamp|stamp]].''...
9: ...reer in the mid-1950s. She won the 1947 [[Titleholders Championship]] and the 1948 [[U.S. Women's Open...
11: ...er from playing a full schedule in 1952-53. She made a comeback in 1954 and took the Vare Trophy and h... - Violet (plant) (3474 bytes)
22: ...lets are [[herb]]s found in moist and slightly shaded conditions such as [[hedgerow]]s.
24: ...e word "violet". However it also includes the garden [[pansy|pansies]], their wild progenitor the [[h...
26: ...pecies including [[Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing]].
29: ...e]] compound called [[ionone]], which temporarily desensitises the [[olfactory receptor neuron|recepto...
31: ...List of U.S. state flowers|state flower]] of [[Rhode Island]], [[Illinois]], and [[New Jersey]]. - Pansy (10101 bytes)
17: ...e ''Viola tricolor hortensis''. However, many garden varieties are hybrids and are referred to as ''V...
19: ==Development of the Pansy==
20: ...(''V. altaica''), to produce a host of bigger, bolder pansies. As a result of extensive cross-breedin...
22: ...[[steel]]) the bold flowers familiar to modern gardeners appeared.
24: ==Pansies for Underplanting== - Banjo (6143 bytes)
4: ... [[Africa|African]] "akonting". Some etymologists derive it from a dialectal pronunciation of "bandore...
6: The modern banjo comes in a variety of different forms, in...
8: ...-string banjo, the fifth peg is normally on the side of the neck, although some English versions mount...
10: ... banjos are the '''resonator banjo''' which has a detachable chamber, or resonator, on the back of the...
12: ... with the modern open-backed drum-like pot, and added a base string to give the instrument more range.... - Sport (14061 bytes)
1: ...f these. A sport has physical activity, side by side competition, and a scoring system. The difference...
3: [[Image:Oly8.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
9: ... of sport throughout history can teach us a great deal about social changes, and about the nature of s...
11: ... carbon dating. Although there is scant direct evidence of sport from these sources, it is reasonable ...
12: ...mage:Horse_racing.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A... - List of sports (7304 bytes)
1: ...is played, and there are many more sports to be added. This system has a disadvantage because some spo...
114: ...on motorised transportation, also not really considered "sports" by the majority of people.
134: * [[Modern pentathlon]]
142: * [[Aeromodelling]]
193: * [[Roller derby]] - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
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10: ...outh Vietnam<br>• Reunification of Vietnam under communist rule<br>
15: ...n="top" style="text-align:center"|[[North Vietnam|Democratic Republic of Vietnam<br>(North Vietnam)]]<...
24: ...IA]]:''' ?<br>'''Total dead:''' 287,232<br>'''Wounded:''' 1,496,037
25: ...fficial Vietnamese estimate: 1,100,000 <br>'''Wounded:''' 600,000 - Horse (38916 bytes)
15: ...ed an important role in [[transport]], whether ridden or used for pulling a [[chariot]], [[carriage]],...
19: ...ances of modern horses with true extra toes as evidence that minor genetic mutations can reintroduce a...
21: ...rtle easily and must, for the safety of riders, undergo careful introductions to strange objects and s...
25: ...ecently, researchers have observed that a form of democracy appears to exist among horses. For instanc...
28: ...vy horses of northern [[Europe]], such as the [[Ardennais]]. - Cassowary (5017 bytes)
16: ...nown if these are natural or the result of the trade in young birds carried on by the peoples of New G...
18: ...are part of the [[ratite]] group, which also includes the [[Emu]], [[rhea (bird)|rhea]]s, [[Ostrich]],...
24: [[Image:Cassowary.jpg|thumb|150px|Detail of Cassowary head]]
26: ...rth [[Queensland]] [[rain forest]]s is not well understood.
28: ... [[Ostrich]] and [[Emu]] are larger). "Cassowary" derives from the [[Malay language|Malay]] name ''kes... - Armadillo (3358 bytes)
14: ...States]], the sole resident armadillo is the 9-banded armadillo, which is most common in the central s...
16: ...ws to burrow both to feed on [[grub]]s and to dig dens in moist soil near the creeks, streams, and [[a...
18: ...er it. This is an example of an animal's reflex made useless, obsolete, and counterproductive by human...
22: ...eup in the testees. This phenomenon of multiple identical birth, called polyembryony, only manifests ...
24: ...rces.com/tx/symbols/smallmammal/]where it is considered a pest. - Badminton (12494 bytes)
5: ...long handles, to make it easier to impart a great deal of [[momentum]] to overcome the drag. The racqu...
7: ...a fitness perspective a close comparison can be made to Squash which also has the same explosive start...
13: ...eft service court and right service court are divided by the centre line.
18: ... kinetic energy transfer. However, some low-end models still use steel or aluminum for some or all of ...
22: ...oes]] need a gum sole for good grip, reinforced side walls for durability during drags, and shock disp... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
5: ...in the minor [[Western League]]. Moved to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] in [[1900]] when that league...
6: :'''Formerly known as:''' Philadelphia Athletics ([[1901]]-[[1954]]), Kansas City A...
9: :'''Logo design:''' A stylized "A's". The team also occasio...
17: ===The Philadelphia Years (1901-1954)===
18: ...t Shibe had a ?white elephant on his hands," Mack defiantly adopted the [[white elephant]] as the team... - Mountain biking (7992 bytes)
2: ...incipally on the sporting (i.e. bicycle racing) side of this activity.
5: ...ed States]], where young men left common roads or defined cyclocross circles and tried to travel on wi...
9: ...ndustry, and the race circuit always provides an ideal testing ground for new products. Therefore ther...
10: [[Image:ShadLHTT1.JPG |thumb|A rider during a Cross Country race]]
11: ... USA. ([http://www.usdeafsports.org/2006cycling/index.html]) - Cheerleading (7470 bytes)
1: ...tivity. A cheerleading performer is a '''cheerleader'''.
4: ...[Image:USNA cheerleaders2.jpg|thumb|250px|Cheerleaders in formation.]]
11: ...eerleaders.jpg|thumb|A cheerleader is flipped upside-down during a pep rally routine before a football...
17: ...s in a T motion. This is the most common cheerleader jump.
19: ...ither forward (a front hurdler), or sideways (a side hurdler.) The bent knee points downward.
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