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- Wind instrument (2214 bytes)
2: The pitch is determined by the length of the tube and hence the l...
3: [[Image:Flute2.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
6: ** opening holes in the side of the tube, or
16: ...ody of the instrument is not always a reliable guide to its family.
17: ...though made of wood (or PVC pipe in the case of modern serpents), are in the family of brass instrumen... - Wind chill (4476 bytes)
1: ...an that would result in the "wind chill factor" indeed being higher than the air temperature thus adju...
5: ...s the [[Arctic]] and [[Antarctic]], at high altitude, at high speeds, or in very high winds. It is of...
7: ...as been controversial because it is a composite index, because animate and inanimate bodies behave dif...
9: ...n those done by the military. These formulae are designed specifically for the human body, or even mo...
11: ...t has generally been conceded that the original model for windchill was not necessarily the best possi... - Wind power (27669 bytes)
1: ... deals mainly with the intricacies of large-scale deployment of wind turbines to generate [[electric p...
3: ...wind power over the United States. This type of undetailed map is most useful for scouting for offshor...
9: ...st of this wind energy can be found at high altitudes where continuous wind speeds of over 160 km/h (1...
11: ...are extremely complicated and relatively little understood, the basics of its origins are relatively s...
17: ...speed (cubed), the swept area (linearly), and the density of the air (linearly). - Wind (17871 bytes)
6: ...s and are essentially unpredictable, such as dust devils and microbursts.
16: ...ion patterns]]. These include the [[Trade wind|Trade Winds]], the Westerlies, the Polar Easterlies, an...
20: ...r "track," and thus the phrase "the wind blows trade," that is to say, on track.
22: .... At about 30°N/S latitude, the air cools and descends. It then begins its journey back to the equ...
24: ...he Trades feed into the Westerlies, and thus provide a continuous zone of wind for ships travelling be...
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- Plateau (3062 bytes)
2: ...ith a layer of particularly resistant rock, and underlain by softer rock.
4: ...; others rest entirely below the surface. Other undersea plateaus were formed by outpourings of [[basa...
11: * [[Deccan|Deccan Plateau]]
22: ... have been eroded by [[creek]]s and [[river]]s to develop steep relief not immediately distinguishable...
24: ...United Kingdom|Britain]] by the older name of boulder clay. - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...sident of the United States]], and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platf...
4: ...[Image:Fremonts men marker.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Modern marker for site where two of Frémont's men wer...
5: ...to view [[Lake Tahoe]]. He is also credited with determining that the [[Great Basin]] had no outlet t...
7: ...dential]] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
9: ...nd declared [[martial law]] in [[Missouri]]. This declaration led to a conflict with [[Abraham Lincoln... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He ...
2: ...Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get ...
5: ...first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of th... - 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. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
13: 7) Tuning Slide<br>
16: ...the bag by a stock, a small, usually wooden, cylinder which is tied into the bag and which the pipe it...
18: ...le chanters with a conical bore will produce a louder and brighter sound.
20: ...imes the term is also somewhat mistakenly used to describe the general sound produced by a bagpipe.
23: ...bag and combining it with a chanter and inflation device seems to have originated with various ethnic ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
5: dead=dead |
8: date_of_death=[[31 August]], [[1997]] |
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ...t always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media despite never having had the right to that title, as...
13: ... [[charity]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued ... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...931]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
3: ...ervatory, graduating in 1954. In [[Moscow]] she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nik...
7: In the mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group w...
11: ...). The two works together form a "diptych" on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work t...
15: ...f a bond...restoring the legato of life. Life divides man into many pieces...There is no weightier occ... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...rockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[a...
4: ...Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
10: ...affairs with men and women. By the end of the decade, she was one of the [[West End (of London)|West E...
12: ...Marlene Dietrich]]", but [[Hollywood]] success eluded her in her first four films of the 30s. Critics ...
16: ...he cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a straight f... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
3: ...), better known as '''Bette Davis''', was an [[Academy Award]] winning [[United States|American]] [[ac...
5: ...ed insincere. So, she enrolled in [[John Murray Anderson]]'s dramatic school (who sent her classmate [...
7: ... received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members.
9: ...amed the "Oscar", but only served from October to December [[1941]], when she resigned. Her career be...
11: ... rival [[Joan Crawford]], earned her another [[Academy Award|Oscar]] nomination. The film, which was t... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...ur. She was nominated for twelve Best Actress Academy Awards, the record for nominations until 2003, ...
5: ...d with giving her a sense of adventure and independence.
7: ...l for figure skating from the [[Madison Square Garden]] skating club, shooting golf in the low eightie...
8: ...and information about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on Hepburn -->
10: ...ay her degree was in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ... She then went on to graduate from the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].
7: ...search" in which many popular actresses were considered for the role opposite [[Clark Gable]] includin...
11: ...s year of Blanche DuBois in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''.
13: ...ed to keep a framed photograph of him on her bedside table, even while living with her companion, acto...
34: *''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' ([[1951]]) - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...en presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] an...
6: ... of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her baptized ''Norm...
8: ...Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done w...
10: ...ospital in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a men...
12: ...elf, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligent... - Anemone (3447 bytes)
2: ...00303.jpg|240px]] | caption = ''Anemone ranunculoides'' in flower}}
15: ... [[Hepatica]] (''Hepatica''); some botanists include both of these genera within ''Anemone''.
17: ... underground rootstock, and radical, more or less deeply cut, leaves. The elongated flower stem bears ...
21: ...laced by a tuft of narrow petals. It is an old garden favourite, and of the double forms there are nam...
23: ...e varieties is a valuable addition to a flower-garden, as it affords, in a warm situation, an abundanc... - Apple (20408 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_subfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Maloideae]]}}
16: ...the family [[Rosaceae]], and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Table apples are of the...
23: ...t affect domestic apples, and research with it to develop new disease-resistant apples is continuing.
25: ...ave been used in some recent breeding programs to develop apples suitable for growing in climates unsu...
27: ... the earliest tree to be cultivated. To a greater degree than other tree fruit, except possibly [[citr... - Maple (3638 bytes)
14: ...onsiderable distance on the wind. The name 'acer' derives from the Latin "acris" (sharp), from the har...
21: ...ch is then boiled to produce [[maple syrup]] or made into [[maple syrup|maple sugar]] or [[maple syrup...
25: The [[flag of Canada]] depicts a stylized [[maple leaf]] and is a prominent... - Rose (15436 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_subfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Rosoideae]]}}
15: ...http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/260/Rosaceae/Slide17.html U. of Illinois] 2002-05-29</small>
20: == Description ==
23: ...ide of the stem. The vast majority of roses are [[deciduous]], but a few (particularly in southeast [[...
25: ...few species yellow or red. The ovary is inferior, developing below the petals and sepals. - Diaphragm (anatomy) (1536 bytes)
2: ... is critically important in [[respiration]]: in order to draw air into the lungs, the diaphragm contra...
7: ...ng breathing difficult. This is called "being winded" or "having the wind knocked out of you". In so... - Ovary (3278 bytes)
9: ...becomes a [[zygote]] and then an [[embryo]] as it develops.
13: ...on of implantation of a fertilized egg. They provide signals to the hypothalamus and pituitary that he...
15: ...implants itself into the lining of the uterus and develops as the pregnancy continues. If the fertiliz...
22: together with the [[pistol]], made up of the [[style]] and [[stigma]], the ovary or ... - Pollen (5420 bytes)
3: ...ulose]] cell wall and a thick, tough outer wall made of [[sporopollenin]].
5: ...ta|coniferous]] plant). Pollen grains come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and surface markings ch...
7: ...y few cases has anything representing prothallial development been observed; generally a small cell (t...
9: ... sperm-cells. The male-cells are carried to their destination in the tip of the pollen-tube.
15: ... people began establishing irrigated lawns and gardens, ragweed gained a foothold and Arizona lost its... - 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: ...mmon terms used to discuss particular pieces include [[note]], which is an abstraction which refers to...
31: ...ch creates, performs, and promotes music. A great deal of music is produced by [[amateur]]s.
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