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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...model for him, ever actually existed: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the t...
5: ...nd the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ... and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Br...
9: ... surrounding the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to b...
11: ...ic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a supposed change of the sea-god [[Lir]] into [[L... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the greatest female vocalist ever by such industry publicatio...
6: ...r gave full rein to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ...with producers [[Jerry Wexler]] and Arif Mardin, resulting in some of the most influential R&B recordi...
10: ...it to number one in the UK pop charts - the best result being a number four with her version of [[Burt...
12: ...cal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]]. - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ...ere small (perhaps 4 x 1 x 1/3 feet and four octaves in range), the last instruments built were up to ...
5: ...a small brass 'tangent' at the far end which strikes the strings (normally paired) above. The note is ...
7: ...o each string. They are usually chosen so that notes which are rarely heard together (such as C and C#...
11: ...s too quiet to use in any but the smallest ensembles. [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]]'s son [[Car...
13: ...d Troeger, and Miklos Spanyi, and fine modern copies have been made by makers including Peter Bavingto... - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
1: ...aritone saxophone, for example, can play lower notes than a tenor saxophone, and an [[octave]] lower t...
3: ..., but it was originally intended as both an [[orchestra]]l and [[military band]] instrument.
7: ...ng time it was relegated to military bands--this despite his great friendship with the influential Par...
9: ... his desires both tonally and technically and possessed a new level of flexibility. This would explai...
14: ...ommon than curved ones, and straight alto saxophones exist, though rare. There is some debate amongst... - Alto saxophone (1789 bytes)
2: ... soprano through baritone are commonly used. The less tubing an instrument has, the higher the instrum...
4: ...ost notes (the altissimo register), however, are less-frequently mastered.
8: ...y and is used commonly in concert, jazz, funk, blues, pop, and rock music.
10: ...amaha, Yanagisawa, and Jupiter. New alto saxophones range greatly in price from hundreds of dollars t... - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
1: ...umpeter performing with the United States Air Forces in Europe Band]]
2: The '''trumpet''' is the highest [[brass instrument]] in register, above the [[tu...
6: ..., lowering the pitch of the instrument. Three valves make the trumpet fully [[chromatic]], allowing th...
8: ...ng of extremely high register passages. Mouthpieces also vary with regard to rim diameter and shape.
11: ...umpet now used by [[original instruments]] ensembles, the [[cornett]] or ''cornetto'' (not to be confu... - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
2: ...ge guidance, and examples in sentences. Dictionaries are most commonly found in the form of a book.
5: ...s are particular unsuitable for Chinese dictionaries. ''(See [[collation]] for more information on lin...
8: Dictionaries vary wildly in size and scope. A dictionary that ...
10: ==Special-purpose dictionaries==
11: ...torical, biographical, and geographical dictionaries. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
10: ...tate to ratify the [[United States]] [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durh...
14: *[[1859]] - [[Erastus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette]]''.
15: ...nnounced at a meeting of the [[AcadéŠe des Sciences]] in [[Paris]]. - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
1: ...d1.png|right|thumb|270px|The updated [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]] [[food pyramid]]...
2: ...ionship between [[diet (nutrition)|diet]] and states of [[health]] and [[disease]]. Absence of adequat...
4: ...l and behavioral problems. Moreover, excessive ingestion of elements that have no apparent role in hea...
8: ...r in various forms and combinations (e.g. [[hormones]]/[[vitamins]], [[phospholipids]], [[hydroxyapati...
10: ... juice is eliminated by this process; the intestines reabsorb most of it; otherwise - 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]], ... - Thomas Aquinas (12692 bytes)
3: ...ota)|St. Thomas University]] in Saint Paul, [[Minnesota]], are named for him, as is Aquinas College in...
7: ... castle of [[Roccasecca]] in the [[kingdom of Naples]]. Landulf's brother, Sinibald, was abbot of the ...
9: ...him relinquish his purpose. According to his earliest biographers, the family even brought a prostitut...
11: ...d with the famous philosopher of scholasticism, presumably teaching. This long association of Thomas w...
14: ...ch place as he should choose, and he selected Naples. - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
2: ...ely. The [[philosopher's stone]] was the key in these goals. This mythical substance, which could just...
8: ...by contrast with the "Red land", the surrounding desert), so it is thought that such a borrowing in Ar...
11: ... available, relying instead on [[rule of thumb|rules of thumb]], traditions, basic observations, and m...
13: ...station. So the [[alchemical symbol]]s and processes often had both an inner meaning referring to the ...
15: ...cal, spiritual and [[astrology|astrological]] themes that was characteristic of medieval alchemy. - Vitamin (5982 bytes)
1: ...at are merely health-furthering, but not strictly essential. Humans require 13 different vitamins.
3: ...he time it was thought that all vitamins were amines. Though this is now known to be incorrect, the n...
7: ...747]], the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[surgeon]] [[James Lind]] discovered that citrus foods helped preven...
9: ...The name soon became synonymous with Hopkins' "accessory factors", and by the time it was shown that n...
25: |[[Night-blindness]] - Musical genre (24851 bytes)
1: ...riteria such as geographical origin. Such categories are not strictly genre and a single geographical ...
3: ...artists feel that it is an artist's fault themselves if they make a body of work that can easily be pu...
5: ...], which while defined by its media, can also represent its own style, as well as that of any other mu...
7: ...o trace threads through [[music history]], and makes it easier for individuals to find artists that th...
9: [[Image:Genealogy cuban music.gif|thumb|right|Genres of [[Cuban music]] and other [[popular music]]]] - Music history of the United States (35788 bytes)
2: ...most well-known genres of American music are [[blues]], [[rock and roll]], [[country music|country]], ...
4: ...ctaw]], [[Navajo]] and [[Sioux]]. The music of these people was highly varied in form, and was mostly...
6: ...njo]], as well as [[polyrhythm]]s and [[call-and-response]] style vocals.
8: ...Ashkenazi]] [[Jew]]ish [[klezmer]], and other styles of [[music of India|Indian]], [[music of Russia|R...
10: ... as [[bebop]] and [[swing music|swing]], while blues had spawned [[rock and roll]]. - Music of the United States (1940s and 50s) (18910 bytes)
4: ...c unrest. Music became innately tied up into causes, opposing certain ideas, influenced by the [[sexu...
6: ...y and R&B influenced singer-songwriters like [[James Taylor]], [[Elton John]], [[Carol King]] and [[Ca...
8: ...own]] and his ever-evolving backing band invent [[funk]].
10: ...heavy metal]], early art-[[punk rock]] and [[progressive rock]].
14: ... of the decade, while [[punk rock]] and other genres were developing underground. - Washington, D.C. (43465 bytes)
3: ...of [[Washington]], located in the [[Pacific Northwest]].
5: ... and 36th in Gross State Product, ahead of 15 states.
7: ...rks, museums, and sports teams, and is a popular destination for [[tourist]]s.
30: ...Anthony Williams|Anthony Williams]] ([[United_States_Democratic_Party|Democrat]])
46: ...out the rest of the United States and the world. Residents of Washington and its surrounding [[suburb]...
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