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- Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
5: dead=dead |
8: date_of_death=[[March 6]], [[1982]] |
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ... values. Rand viewed this hero as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showcase...
13: ...t the individual has a right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: The materials definition of a '''glass''' is a uniform [[amorphous...
3: ...ed the word ''glaes'' to describe [[amber]], recorded by [[Roman Empire|Roman]] historians as ''glaesu...
5: ...glasses in common use as a building, container or decorative material.
9: ...d with very smooth and impervious surfaces. These desirable properties lead to a great many uses of gl...
13: ...ommon glass''' is mostly amorphous [[silicon dioxide]] ([[Silicon|Si]][[Oxygen|O]]<sub>2</sub>), which... - Heraldry (23465 bytes)
1: ...r [[jousting|jousts]] and to describe the various devices they carried or [[paint]]ed on their [[shiel...
3: ...ster. Dexter ("right" in [[Latin]]) is the left side of the shield, and sinister ("left") is the right...
5: ...he shield is immaterial and different artists can depict the same coat of arms on many different shape...
7: ...use bold, vivid colours rather than [[pastel]] shades.
9: ...plete depiction of a coat-of-arms, the crest is a design affixed to the [[helmet]]. Crests can also be... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...s or used on tables. Only with the opening of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbe...
3: ...floor covering that is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
8: ...of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
10: ...eave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, Dutch, [[damask]], list, [[haircloth]],...
12: ...ch as burlap. This type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]]. - Sackbut (3802 bytes)
1: ... differentiate the historic instrument from its modern counterpart. Increasing interest in [[authenti...
4: ...dern tenor trombone, the tenor sackbut has a considerably smaller [[bore]], and a smaller, more conica...
7: ...eir longer slides, have a hinged handle on the slide stay, which is used to reach the long positions.
10: ...g to use D and A positions in performance for the sake of greater historical accuracy, rather than trans...
13: ...rized by a more delicate, vocal timbre than the modern instrument. Its dynamic flexibility lends itse... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ...al_us_presdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ...he United States|federal government]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|a...
5: ...he President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invok...
7: ...lated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
4: | order=14th President
7: | preceded=[[Millard Fillmore]]
8: | succeeded=[[James Buchanan]]
11: | dead=dead - California (63989 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Golden State |
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30: AdmittanceOrder = 31<sup>st</sup> | - Agathon (3124 bytes)
1: ...lato's ''[[Symposium (Plato)|Symposium]],'' which describes the banquet given to celebrate his obtaini...
4: ... and effeminate youth, and it may be only for the sake of punning on his name that he makes Dionysus cal...
6: ...t in manly thought and vigor. With him begins the decline of tragic art in its higher sense. - 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... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: Modern [[science]] is a body of verifiable [[empirical...
4: ... change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still...
6: ...] concerns the [[Creativity|creative]] process of designing useful objects and systems, which differs ...
11: ...mphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
13: ...e, and that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any other form of ... - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
2: ...s4.jpg|thumb|200px|Medieval Musicians. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
9: ...implicity of chant, with unison voice and natural declamation, is most common.
11: ...multiple texts and instrumental accompaniment has developed by the end of the era.
14: ...musical notation|notation]] was a relatively late development, reconstruction of this music, especiall...
17: ...ic of the 13th century uses the rhythmic modes as defined by Garlandia. - Barbecue (24807 bytes)
1: ...Airpork Crew barbecue team prepares [[pork]] shoulder at the [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] in May Wor...
4: ...be cooked in large brick or metal ovens specially designed for that purpose.
6: ...lling is barbecuing except when it means double-sided frying with something like a [[sandwich toaster]...
8: ...ich is frowned upon by purists in some areas. The device used for cooking barbecue can usually be used...
10: ...barbecue" restaurants, but nevertheless many consider this to be a distinct cooking process called smo... - Economics (30960 bytes)
1: ...lyzing the [[production]], [[distribution]], [[trade]] and [[consumption]] of [[goods]] and [[services...
3: ...ny problem that involves choice under scarcity or determining economic [[value#Economics|value]].
5: ... models]] in order to predict the consequences of decisions or events, it also analyses the behaviour ...
7: ... also studied topics ranging from marriage to the death penalty and optimal political institutions.
12: Economics is usually divided into two main branches: - Christianity (47078 bytes)
2: ...e life and teachings of [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] as described in the [[New Testament]] of the [[Bible]]....
6: ... of the term "Christ" to describe Jesus, which is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] translatio...
8: ... encompasses numerous religious traditions that widely vary by culture, as well as thousands of divers...
9: #[[Roman Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, with over one billion adherents),
11: #[[Protestantism]] (numerous denominations & schools of thought, including [[Angl... - Meditation (26064 bytes)
3: ...me calm and focused. Several major religions include ritual meditation; however, meditation itself nee...
5: ...se is the receipt of spiritual insights and new understanding.
10: ...t-clipart-9029.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
12: ...and some people use repetitive activities such as deep breathing, humming or chanting to help induce a...
16: Besides the physical factors related to meditation perha... - Cambodia (32076 bytes)
9: ...French]] and [[English language|English]] often understood by educated classes |
12: government_type = [[Democracy|Democratic]] [[constitutional monarchy|const. monarc...
13: leader_titles = [[King of Cambodia|King]] <br> [[Prime ...
14: leader_names = [[Norodom Sihamoni]] <br> [[Hun Sen]] |
16: area_magnitude = 1 E11| - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: '''Pieter Brueghel the Elder''' or '''Bruegel''' (c.[[1525]] – [[Septem...
7: ...r Brueghel the Younger]] and [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] who both became painters, but as they were sti...
9: ...e. The most obvious influence on his art is the older Dutch master [[Hieronymus Bosch]]. He is nicknam...
11: ...is winter landscapes of 1565 are corroborative evidence of the severity of winters during the [[Little...
16: ... elder-children playing-detail.jpeg|thumb|250px|A detail of ''Children Playing'']] - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
4: ...ualled, due to his understanding of the range and depth of human emotions. A colossal figure in world ...
8: ...ence on the English-speaking world shows in the widespread use of [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shakes...
12: ...t through the study of considerable historical evidence.
14: ...haps appropriately for a playwright commonly considered to be [[England]]'s greatest, it is also the [...
17: ...an [[alderman]]. Some evidence exists that both sides of the family had [[Roman Catholic]] sympathies.... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: ...ablished a kingdom centered in [[Hattusa]] (the modern village of Boğazk?n north-central [[Turkey...
3: ... Hittite polity disintegrated into several independent city-states, some of which survived until aroun...
7: ...elieved the two peoples to be the same, but this identification is still disputed.
12: ...cient [[Karum Kanesh]]), containing records of trade between Assyrian merchants and a certain "land of...
14: ...cal Hittites. Sayce's identification came to be widely accepted over the course of the early 20th cent...
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