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- Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Asparagales]]}}
14: ...than all vertebrates combined, excluding bony fishes. Orchids, through their floral complexity and the...
16: ...bterranean tuberoids in some [[terrestrial]] species. The word 'orchis' was first used by [[Theophrast...
18: ... in their natural habitat, are considered by [[CITES]] as threatened or endangered. They are therefore...
20: == General description == - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...alcot.grange.750pix.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Great Western Railway]] No. 6833 ''Calcot Grange'', a [[4-6...
3: ... train, but are not generally considered locomotives because they have payload space or are rarely det...
5: ...ce is [[push-pull]] operation, where the locomotives push the trains in one direction, and are control...
7: ==Benefits of locomotives==
8: ...motive, rather than in self-propelled vehicles. These include: - Conch (4541 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Mesogastropoda]]}}
13: ...n_subdivision | color = pink| plural_taxon = Species}}
17: ...e noted that many other gastropods have common names using conch, such as the Horse Conch (''[[Pleurop...
19: ...the [[Queen Conch]], ''Strombus gigas'', and the West Indian Fighting Conch (''[[Strombus pugilis]]'')...
21: ... restricted.[http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml] - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
4: ...re industrialized states in the Northeast and Midwest.
6: ...-[[affirmative action]] stances. Non-Hispanic whites are now a minority in the nation's most populated...
8: ...xpanding demand for social services, while tax bases declined. [[New York City]] barely averted bankru...
10: ...ral social programs, a potent theme in the 1980 presidential race and the [[1994]] mid-term elections,...
14: ...ive [[affirmative action]] over the past two decades had reduced prospects for advancement. - American Black Bear (15019 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''U. americanus'''''}}
16: ...y due to conservation measures. By current estimates, more than 600,000 are living today.[http://biolo...
20: ..., black bears occasionally sport a slight white chest blaze on either side of the river.
23: ...ur legs. The black bear's characteristic shuffle results from walking flat-[[foot]]ed, with the hind [...
27: ... in banks, caves, or culverts, and in shallow depressions. - Christianity (47078 bytes)
2: ...[[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] as described in the [[New Testament]] of the [[Bible]].
6: ...om the [[Greek language|Greek]] translation for "Messiah". The word ''[[Christian]]'' means "belonging...
8: ...n branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
9: #[[Roman Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, with over one billion adher...
11: #[[Protestantism]] (numerous denominations & schools of tho... - Pope Linus (3471 bytes)
7: predecessor=[[Saint Peter|Pope Peter]]|
8: successor=[[Pope Anacletus]]|
14: ...n to fifteen years; the ''Liberian Catalogue'' gives a duration of 12 years, 4 months and 12 days.
16: ...Timothy 4:21. The passage by Irenaeus (Adv. haereses, III, iii, 3) reads:
18: ...ed by St. Paul in his Epistle to Timothy. His successor was Anacletus." - Pope Clement I (2457 bytes)
3: ...d to him: full details are at the entry ''[[Epistles of Clement]]''.
5: ...The Vatican's "Annuario Pontificio" ([[2003]]) cites a reign from [[92]] to [[99]]. He is commemorated...
7: ...ognized as a pope with an anchor and fish. Sometimes there is an addition of a millstone; keys; a foun...
10: ... to the Church in Corinth, often called ''[[Epistles of Clement|1 Clement]]''.
12: A [[Epistles of Clement|second epistle]], better described as a [[homily]] and written in the second c... - Pope Hyginus (322 bytes)
1: ...he Vatican's "Annuario Pontificio" of [[2003]] cites [[138]] to [[142]] or [[149]]).
8: Predecessor=[[Pope Telesphorus|Saint Telesphorus]]|
9: Successor=[[Pope Pius I|Saint Pius I]]|Dates=136–140}} - Pope Anicetus (1719 bytes)
1: ...grow heated in the course of the following centuries.
3: The Christian historian [[Hegesippus]] also visited [[Rome, Italy|Rome]] during A...
5: ... ''Liber Pontificalis'', Anicetus decreed that priests are not allowed to have long hair (perhaps beca...
8: Predecessor=[[Pope Pius I|Saint Pius I]]|
9: Successor=[[Pope Soter|Saint Soter]]|Dates=154–167}} - Pope Soter (629 bytes)
1: ...was valid only as a [[sacrament]] blessed by a priest. He was born in [[Fondi]], [[Italy]], and died, ...
3: Apparently inaugurated [[Easter]] as an annual festival in [[Rome]].
7: Predecessor=[[Pope Anicetus|Saint Anicetus]]|
8: Successor=[[Pope Eleuterus|Saint Eleuterus]]|Dates=166–174}} - Pope Eleuterus (648 bytes)
1: ...sh]] [[king]], [[Lucius of Britain|Lucius]], who desired to be converted to [[Christianity]]. Historia...
7: Predecessor=[[Pope Soter|Saint Soter]]|
8: Successor=[[Pope Victor I|Saint Victor I]]|Dates=175–189}} - Pope Victor I (1393 bytes)
2: ... [[pope]] from [[189]] to [[199]] (the Vatican cites [[186]] or [[189]] to [[197]] or [[201]]). He was...
4: ...ins called them ''Quartodecimans''. Rome and the West celebrated Easter on the Sunday following the 14...
10: Predecessor=[[Pope Eleuterus|Saint Eleuterus]]|
11: Successor=[[Pope Zephyrinus|Saint Zephyrinus]]|Dates=189–199}} - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: ...g|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine public official]]
10: ...xander VI]] and his son, [[Cesare Borgia]], and these characters fill a large space of ''The Prince''.
12: ...erature. He died in Florence in [[1527]] and his resting place is unknown, however a symbolic tomb in ...
15: ...me view point. Notwithstanding the mitigating themes in ''The Prince'', it was viewed in a negative li...
17: ...also adopted by some of Machiavelli's contemporaries, often used in the introductions of political tra... - Cassowary (5017 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Cassowaries}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[bird|Aves]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Struthioniformes]]}}
11: ..._subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Species}}
16: ...[[frog]]s, [[snake]]s and other small animals. Lifespan is thought to be about 40-50 years. - Cheetah (6461 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''A. jubatus'''''}}
15: ...lth or pack tactics. It is the fastest of all terrestrial animals and can reach speeds of up to 110 [[...
16: ==Description==
17: ...nd [[black]] spots and black tear lines on the sides of the muzzle. The adult animal weighs from 40 to...
20: ...aw" in [[Greek language|Greek]], while the [[species]] name, ''jubatus'', means "maned" in [[Latin]], ... - Bird (20345 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = '''Aves'''}}
13: ...s, forelimbs modified as [[wing]]s, and hollow bones.
15: ... world, making them the most diverse class of terrestrial [[vertebrate]]s.
17: ...Many birds [[bird migration|migrate]] long distances to utilise optimum habitats (e.g., [[Arctic Tern]...
19: ...ir habitat, for example the [[Great Auk]], flightless [[Rallidae|rail]]s, and the [[moa]] of New Zeala... - Classical music (7557 bytes)
2: ...The term "classical" has many connotations. The present page aims at distinguishing between the many m...
4: ...s, and is generally never used in the way it is presented here.
13: *[[Burmese classical music]]
17: *[[Chinese classical music]] Yayue, [[Guqin]]
19: ...lso referred to as just ''Classical music'' or ''Western classical music''. - Scythia (22520 bytes)
1: ...an Scythians and were known as [[Sai]] to the Chinese.
5: ...ythian]], has been shown to have strong similarities to Eastern Iranian, it is generally held that the...
7: ...nt Indo-European word for ''archer'' in turn derives from the [[Proto-Indo-European]] root *'''skeud''...
9: ...g|thumb|350px|Scythian warriors, drawn after figures on an [[electrum]] cup from the Kul'Oba kurgan bu...
13: ...ai Mountains]] have included some spectacularly-preserved Scythians of the "Pazyryk culture" - includi... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
2: ... would have been more suitable in one of the cradles of civilization, the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
7: ... his grandfather also named Critias, son of Dropides.
12: ...ry event. Sonchis, priest of [[Thebes (Egypt)|Thebes]], is purported to have translated it into [[Gree...
14: ... was facing the country called the region of [[Gades]] (Greek, [[Eumelus]]; Atlantean, [[Gadeirus]]).
17: ...at is called nowadays [[Britain]]. He added that westwards from that island, there were the three isla...
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