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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...h [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
5: ...his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identifying Arthur with a certain [[Riothamus]], "Kin...
9: ...ing the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little ...
11: ...eves that Arthur is a half-forgotten Celtic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a suppos... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...t of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the manufactur...
3: ...wth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the development of [[Electric power|electrical power gen...
5: ...red to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|no...
10: ...he accompanying development of international [[trade]], creation of [[financial market]]s and accumula...
12: ...h often imposed tolls and [[tariff]]s on goods traded among them. - Abduction (508 bytes)
3: ...to [[kidnapping]] but sometimes specially used in relation to a [[woman]] or [[child]].
4: * In modern usage, abduction of a child is often called [[c... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...s foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Peters...
7: ...[[Kolomenskoye]], near [[Moscow]], on the 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married a...
9: ...luency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and ...
11: ... her beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found herself at the age of eightee...
15: ...banishment to [[Siberia]], minus his tongue, by order of the empress [[Anna of Russia|Anne]], consoled... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...al monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. S...
9: ...]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impat...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|ho...
16: ...on after [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Successio...
18: ...daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbish... - Marguerite Duras (1799 bytes)
7: ... into a film of the same name, ''[[Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein]]'' and her film ''[[India Song]]''....
9: ...e to, rather than tell, a story over images whose relation to what is said may be more-or-less tangential. - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]]
3: ...ings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
7: ...more talent than her brothers, who worked along side her. She learned drawing, how to mix color and ho...
9: ...anna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden]]
10: ...]] in [[Pommersfelden]]. The picture shows how, under parental guidance, Artemisia assimilated the rea... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...laywright]], and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life ...
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
7: ...sburgh|Allegheny, Pennsylvania]] (now the North Side of [[Pittsburgh]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]...
9: ...by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
13: ...klas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was support... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...fore the [[Special Operations Executive]] was founded in [[July]] [[1940]].) Her resourcefulness and ...
7: ... at eighteen, to businessman Karol Getlich soon ended without rancor. On [[November 2]], [[1938]], at...
9: ... [[Germany|German]] occupiers would eventually murder her at one of their [[concentration camps]]. An...
11: ...Horthy|Mikló³ ˆorthy]].) Krystyna and Kowerski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]...
13: ...pt]], it came as a shock to them that they were under suspicion due to Krystyna's contacts with a Poli... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
5: ...nold Fanck]], the director of that film, and demanded a role in his next film. He consented and Riefe...
7: .... It is not documented that she would ever have a relationship with Hitler.
9: ... in the [[1936 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] but decided to film the event instead. This material became ...
13: ...II, she spent four years in a [[France|French]] [[detention camp]]. There were accusations of her usin...
15: ...e few films she made were short and personally funded. <!--This needs a source. Her biopic and imdb li... - Delia Gonzalez (2350 bytes)
1: '''Delia 'Chikita' Gonzalez''' is one of today's best f...
3: A [[Mexican-American]], Delia started going to the gym when she was little, ...
5: ...hear]] and again came on the wrong end of a close decision, this time losing the world title.
7: ...otably the two wins over [[Yolanda Gonzalez]] (no relation). - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
15: ...r-red or yellow to white, blue, blue-violet, lavender, tan, maroon and purple.
16: ... [[Image:Iris02.jpg|232px|thumb|left|A purple bearded iris]]
19: ==Description==
20: There are many species of ''Iris'', widely distributed throughout the north temperate zone...
21: ... the grassy slopes, meadowlands, stream banks and deserts of Europe, the Middle East and northern Afri... - Testicle (6183 bytes)
3: ...le is moved closer up toward the body, which provides slightly more warmth to maintain optimal testicu...
5: .... It is thought that this is another evolutionary development which protects each testis from hitting ...
13: ... the testicle, sperm-forming and endocrine, are under control of gonadotropic hormones produced by the...
19: ... out through the [[penis]]. (The genital anatomy described here, along with the neuroanatomy and horm...
21: ...of the tunica vaginalis is represented in a distended condition.]] - Human skeleton (3903 bytes)
2: The '''human skeleton''' is made of [[bone]]s, some of them joined together, suppo...
4: ...ones that fuse together during growth. These include the bones in the [[skull]] and the [[spine (anato...
6: There are 6 bones (three on each side) in the [[middle ear]] that articulate only with ...
11: ...sary for protection of [[vital organ]]s and is needed by the [[muscle|muscles]] for movement.
14: ...keleton consists of bones in the midline and includes all the bones of the head and neck, the [[verteb... - Pulmonary alveolus (8193 bytes)
6: ... epithelial layer and extracellular matrix surrounded by capillaries. In some alveolar walls there ar...
10: The alveoli have an innate tendency to collapse because of their spherical shape, ...
12: ===Details===
16: ...o be transported between the alveoli and blood in relation to the water solubility of the gas the ability of...
18: ...o gas diffusion. Thus, transport of carbon monoxide is 'diffusion limited'. Gases that reach equilib... - Spleen (4479 bytes)
1: ...|surgically]] (known as a [[splenectomy]]), and indeed often is. The spleen is often removed, for exa...
3: ...hite nodules, called [[Malpighian corpuscle]]s. Under the microscope, these areas correspond to lympho...
5: ...[splenomegaly]], occurs in many diseases and disorders, including [[malaria]], [[bacterial endocarditi...
9: ...xertion. These animals also have large hearts in relation to their body size to accommodate the higher-visc...
14: ... been popularized by the poet [[Charles-Pierre Baudelaire]] ([[1821]]-[[1867]]) but was already used b... - Arm (7276 bytes)
1: ...mmal, specifically the segment between the [[shoulder]] and the [[elbow]]. '''Arm''' may also refer ...
5: ...lder joint allows for movement of the arms in a wide circular plane, while the presence of two forearm...
8: ===The shoulder===
9: ...|400px|Diagram of the muscles in the arm and shoulder]]
11: ... [[sternoclavicular]] joint, while the scapula slides across the posterior chest wall via the "scapulo... - Flowering plant (29088 bytes)
12: ...agnoliophyta''') are one of the major groups of modern [[plant]]s, comprising those that produce [[see...
16: ...ce of truly naked ovules in the [[Cycadophyta|Cycadeae]] and [[Pinophyta|Coniferae]], entitling them t...
17: [[Image:IR_8091B.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
18: ...hen gradually came to be accepted as the suitable designation for the whole of the flowering plants ot...
19: ..._012A_carnations.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A... - Music (16462 bytes)
16: ...ften considered an aspect of music, if it is considered to exist.
18: ... the expense of rhythm and timbre. John Cage considers duration the primary aspect of music because it...
20: ...actual performance but also how music is heard, understood, even learned." <sup>[[#Notes|6]]</sup>
25: ...ltaneity succession]]); [[harmony]], which is the relationship between two or more pitches; [[counterpoint]]...
31: ...ch creates, performs, and promotes music. A great deal of music is produced by [[amateur]]s. - Society (6217 bytes)
2: ... other groups by mutual interests, characteristic relationships, shared institutions and a common culture.
4: == Definitions ==
6: ...fers to a group of people living together in an ordered community.{{fn|1}}
8: ...ciety'' is also sometimes defined as an interdependent [[community]].
10: ...a "friendly association with others." Societas is derived from ''socius'' meaning "companion" and thus...
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