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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
26: ...s|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
35: *[[Alvin Adams|Adams, Alvin]] (1804-1877), founder of [[Adams Express]] - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...7]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years ...
12: ...ged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duk...
16: ...Regent during the queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit t...
18: ...an prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original reaso...
20: ...h II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...servative political office. She resigned the presidency four months ahead of the end of her term of of...
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7: ...ption><font size="+1">'''MARY ROBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
10: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[3 December]] [[1990]] - [[12 September]] [[1997]]</td>... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ... part of the [[Western canon]]. She stands as a model of the writer whose apparently sheltered life di...
5: ...scene of many episodes in her writings; after the death of her father in 1805, Jane, her sister and he...
7: ...often cited for their perfection of form, while modern critics continue to unearth new perspectives on...
10: ...cters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with''.
12: ...only available form of social security other than degrading work as governess, or living as hanger-on ... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...'The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pioneer of modern [[nurse|nursing]]. Each year, the [[Internation...
7: ...s named after the city of her birth, as was her older sister (named [[Parthenope]] for the old city th...
9: ...gions of the poor and indigent. She announced her decision to her family in [[1845]], evoking intense ...
11: ...ed the support of [[Charles Villiers]], then president of the [[Poor Law Board]]. This led to her act...
13: ...oneering hospital established and managed by an order of [[Nun|Catholic sisters]] in [[Germany]], and ... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
2: ...ge:Bonnie_and_Clyde.jpg|thumb|200px|Bonnie and Clyde clowning.]]
3: ... the [[central United States]] during the [[Great Depression]], often with various members of the [[Ba...
5: ...he attention of the [[American]] press and its readership during what is sometimes referred to as the ...
11: ...personal account of their crime spree and looming demise.
13: == Clyde == - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
1: ...Kidman''' (born [[June 20]], [[1967]]) is an [[Academy Award]] winning [[Australia|Australian]] [[actr...
10: ...|Flirting]]'' (1991). In 1989 she appeared in ''[[Dead Calm]]'' which gained her notice in the United ...
13: ...ried on [[Christmas Eve]] of [[1990]] in [[Telluride, Colorado]]. The couple adopted two children, Isa...
15: ...ne persistent rumour claims however that Kidman's desire to bring up their children [[Catholicism|Cath...
19: ...Away]]'' ([[1992]]). Later she was in ''[[Eyes Wide Shut]]'' ([[1999]]), [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s final ... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...nis]] player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, she defected to the [[United States]] in [[1975]] and be...
11: ...utine to get herself into shape that eventually made extreme levels of fitness and conditioning a hall...
13: ... York City]] and informed them that she wished to defect. Within a month, she received a [[Green Card]...
15: ...She beat Evert in the final again to successfully defend her Wimbledon title in [[1979]].
17: ...tilová won her third Grand Slam singles title by defeating Evert in the final of the Australian Open,... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
1: ...on for the visible pipes of an organ to be purely decorative, with the real pipes behind them.]]
7: ...lso found in town halls, and in arts centres intended for the performance of [[classical music]]. In t...
13: ''A more detailed article is to be written at [[styles of pip...
15: ...everal distinctive styles of pipe organ have been developed and achieved popularity at particular time...
19: ...n attempt to provide authentic voices for an extended repertoire, and each one of these instruments is... - Australia (39438 bytes)
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14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Eli...
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25: population_density_rank = —| - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ... is located in eastern-most [[Europe]]. It has borders with [[Russia]], the [[People's Republic of Chi...
3: ...464 in [[1989]] [http://www.stat.kz/ru/dynamic/svedenia_rk/population/nas.htm].<!--
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37: | '''[[President of Kazakhstan|President]]''' - Virginia (23198 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 14<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 69.03 |
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26: Latitude = 36°31'N to 39°37'N |
27: Longitude = 75°13'W to 83°37'W | - Spider (29039 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Spiders}}
2: ...r spider]] | caption = [[Long-jawed orb weaver spider]]}}
11: '''Suborder [[Mesothelae]]'''<br /> <!-- Families missing f...
12: ...p; [[Liphistiidae]] (primitive burrowing spiders)<br />
13: ...sp; [[Arthrolycosidae]] (primitive spiders)<br /> - January 2 (10888 bytes)
8: ... [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
15: ...an]] was announced at a meeting of the [[Acad魩e des Sciences]] in [[Paris]].
17: *[[1871]] - [[Amadeus I of Spain|Amadeus I]] becomes King of [[Spain]].
23: ... announces the [[Open Door Policy]] to promote trade with [[China]].
25: ...Russo-Japanese War]]: The [[Russia]]n fleet surrenders at [[L?ou|Port Arthur]], [[China]]. - Kangaroo Facts (16137 bytes)
18: ... The term ''kangaroo'' is sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to all members of the macropod fa...
21: ... mouth of the Endeavour River in the harbour of modern [[Cooktown]] for almost 7 weeks repairing their...
22: ....jpg|thumb|250px|left|Picture of a Kangaroo, provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
23: ...nd wallabies. The belief that it means "I don't understand" is a popular [[myth]] that is also applied...
29: ...iganteus'') is less well-known than the red (outside of Australia), but the most often seen, as its ra... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ... the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against church doctrine.
7: ...ook the name Giordano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint ...
10: ... illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical e...
11: ...covered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]...
13: ...for the same reason and abandoned the Dominican order. He travelled to [[Geneva]] and briefly joined t... - 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... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: ...ami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]].]]
2: ...fects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: ... [[ocean]]; it simply has a much smaller [[amplitude]] (wave heights) offshore, and a very long [[wave...
6: ...re not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading and its usage is discouraged by [[o...
10: ... tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of generating a tsunami. - Archery (18991 bytes)
5: ==Modern competitive archery==
9: ...competing with bows for millennia, the first recorded archery competitions began around [[1583]] in [[...
11: ...Internationale de Tir ࠬ'Arc). Olympic rules are derived from FITA rules.
17: ... An archer shoots between 3 and 6 arrows per end, depending on the type of round. After each end, the ...
19: ...ially lethal weapons, much attention is paid to order and safety. - Surfing (15219 bytes)
2: ...ge:Surfing in Hawaii.jpg|thumb|350px|Surfing outside [[Kaneohe Bay]], Hawai‘i.]]
5: ... droves to enjoy the maneuverability and stunts made possible by the new boards. The sport has spread ...
7: ...ads (to keep a surfers feet from slipping off the deck of the board), interchangeable "[[skeg]]s" (als...
9: ...orming a "tube" (or "barrel"), with the rider inside the cylindrical portion of the wave. However, su...
11: ...ing has to do with paddling out and waiting 'outside'. However, one does not see photographs of pros ...
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