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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
1: ...er.jpg|right|thumb|150px|A bagpipe performer in [[Amsterdam]].]]
3: ...plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
6: ...ight|thumb|A set of Scottish Great Highland bagpipes.<br>
11: 5) Tenor drones<br>
16: ...sually consists of leather, but in more recent times many other materials, such as [[rubber]] and [[Go... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...he [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]]. She was a [[First-wave f...
5: ...Rights|Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First L...
9: ...s hand to her husband to be. Their marriage was blessed with six childeren, of which five survived inf...
11: ...scended from the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ...s an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President. - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
3: '''(Estelle) Sylvia Pankhurst''' ([[May 5]], [[1882]] - ...
5: She was born in [[Manchester|Manchester, England]], a daughter of [[Dr. Richard Pankhu...
7: ...ne. But in contrast to them she retained her interest in the labour movement.
9: ... set up the [[East London Federation of Suffragettes]] (ELFS), which over the years evolved politicall...
13: ...retain it as a personal organ she revolted. As a result she was expelled from the CPGB and moved to fo... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...dal in the final of the 80 m [[hurdling|hurdles]] event at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]. Left of ...
3: ...which was unheard of at a time where female athletes were still frowned upon by many. It earned her th...
7: ...[European Championships in Athletics|European titles]], 58 Dutch championships and set or tied 12 [[wo...
23: ... time. However, his attitude towards female athletes changed after he fell in love with Koen, who was ...
25: ...rs-Koen and her husband had other plans, and she resumed training only weeks after her son's birth. - Tapestry (2919 bytes)
2: ...px|A tapestry [[cushion]], depicting [[pansy|pansies]]]]
3: '''Tapestry''' is a form of [[textile art]]. It is [[Weavi...
5: ... by a famous artist, while the tapestries themselves were made by the craftsmen.
10: ...estry from one residence to another. In [[church]]es, it could be displayed on special occasions.
13: ...Ovid]]'s [[Metamorphoses]] being two popular choices. - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ...density|by population density]], [[list of countries by date of nationhood|by date of nationhood]] and...
3: ... for some explanation of the difference between these.
5: '''Countries listed by [[continent]] and their [[capital]]s:''...
34: *[[Lesotho]] - [[Maseru]]
50: *[[Saint Helena]] - [[Jamestown]] (United Kingdom) - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
4: *[[List of capitals and larger cities by country]]
5: *[[list of capitals of subnational entities]]
11: <tr><td>[[Abu Dhabi]] <td>[[United Arab Emirates]]
17: <tr><td>[[Amsterdam]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (official)
51: <tr><td>[[Bucharest]] <td>[[Romania]] - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...uth Holland in [[1840]]. There are 10 more provinces in the Netherlands.<!--
14: official_languages = [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Frisian language|Fr...
15: capital = [[Amsterdam]]. [[The Hague]] is the seat of government |
17: largest_city = [[Amsterdam]] |
19: leader_titles = [[Dutch monarch|Queen]]<br>[[Prime minister of ... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] |
30: HighestElev = 550 |
32: LowestElev = 0 |
36: ...reviation of '''NJ'''. It is also the fifth smallest state. The state is named after the island of [...
39: ...and southeastern [[Pennsylvania]]. These territories were taken by the Dutch in 1654 and incorporated ... - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
2: ==Experiences and politics in Europe==
3: ...ome in [[Scrooby]] and sailed to [[Amsterdam]] to escape religious persecution at the hands of their c...
5: ...h]], bound for the [[United States|Americas]]. These people became known as the [[Pilgrims|Pilgrim Fa...
8: ... the Dutch government began to comply and the exiles decided that it was time to leave.
10: ...ly in the minds of the English, as a conditioned response to the hard-line policy of the by then, dead... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''...
8: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Jamestown, Virginia]]
11: *[[1608]]-[[France|French]] establish colony at [[Quebec]]
12: ...enry Hudson]], hired by the Dutch, explores the present-day [[Hudson River]]
13: *[[1609]]-The [[United Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to the [[Hudso... - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
4: ...most influential philosophers in [[Western world|Western]] thought. He wrote many books about [[physi...
8: ...crates did not leave any writings, possibly as a result of the reasons articulated against writing phi...
10: ...n have knowledge of the [[Forms]], the real essences of things, of which the world we see is but an im...
12: ...and difficult to read. Among the most important ones are ''Physics'', ''Metaphysics'', ''[[Nicomachean...
14: ...[[zoology]]. In philosophy, Aristotle wrote on [[aesthetics]], [[economics]], [[ethics]], [[government... - Metronome (3057 bytes)
2: A '''metronome''' is a device that produces a regular [[pulse (music)|pulse]], usually used t...
4: ...gh the extremely fast markings he put on some pieces lead some modern scholars to suspect his metronom...
6: ... general tempo intended by the composer. Many pieces give a tempo indication at the top of the manuscr...
8: ...pe of metronome is the wind-up metronome, which uses a weight on the end of a rod to control the tempo...
10: ...on forms range from simple credit-card sized devices to the complicated "Dr. Beat", manufactured by Bo... - Endangered species (12553 bytes)
2: ...d obtain [[law|legal]] protection. Many more species become extinct, or potentially will become extinc...
4: ... of land by the [[government]], and the related question of whether private landowners should be compe...
6: ...re, as it makes a species more valuable and more desirable for collectors and poachers[http://news.bbc...
8: ... in the population over time, breeding success rates, known threats, and so on.
10: The best-known worldwide conservation status listing is t... - Airline (29546 bytes)
2: ...y form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for reasons of mutual benefit.
4: For other uses of the word '''airline''', see article [[Airline ...
7: ...r domestic and may be operated as scheduled services or charters.
9: ...f the airline industry somewhat complex. Nevertheless, some patterns have emerged in the last 50 years...
11: ...This pattern has not been completed for all airlines in all regions. - Canal (2513 bytes)
4: ... the development of [[railroad]]s during the earliest phase of the [[Industrial Revolution]]; some can...
6: ...so deeply identified with [[Venice]] that all cities that have canals used as waterways have been call...
9: ...easure boats has spurred rehabilitation of stretches of historic canals
18: * [[List of canals in the United States]]
23: * [[Amsterdam]] - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
4: | order=32th President
15: | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
16: | vicepresident=[[John N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<b...
18: ...g illness to place himself at the head of the forces of reform. His family and close friends called hi... - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ...o have [[Europe]]an and/or [[Native American]] ancestors.
6: ...ot include [[whites]], [[Asian|Asians]] or [[Semites]] of African origin.
10: ...[[Indiana]], had the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. city in 2000, with 85 percent, ...
15: ...reason for the secession of the [[Confederate States of America]] which lead to the [[American Civil W...
17: ...in 1865, freed all slaves, including those in states that had not seceded. During [[Reconstruction]], ... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...]], [[1570]] in England seems likely, and he is presumed to have died in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Huds...
3: .... At this point the ship was only 577 nautical miles from the pole, but it was clear there is no way t...
5: ...pany that there was no point funding further voyages.
7: ...later claim the area and set up a colony as [[New Amsterdam]].
9: ...laws England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released. - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: ...destroys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves most of the town in ruins.
8: ...nited Kingdom|British]] and [[France|French]] forces near the ruins of [[Nicopolis]] in [[Egypt]].
12: *[[1919]] - [[The Chinese High School]] is established in Singapore by [[Tan Kah Kee]].
14: ...] - [[Charles Lindbergh]] is presented the [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for his first trans-[[Atla...
16: *[[1940]] - [[Paul Reynaud]] becomes [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]] of [[...
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