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- Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
1: ...|''Famed American [[nurse]] Clara Barton, first president of the [[American Red Cross]]'']]
2: ...bed as having had an "indomitable spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the [[American Red Cro...
6: ...s and sisters were kept busy answering her many questions, and each sibling taught her complementary s...
8: ...ne, including the "great, loathsome crawling leeches." This was an early indication of what would beco...
12: ...zed the community's need for free education, and despite opposition, set up one of the first free publ... - Texas (39610 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] |
25: ...]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] <small>(part of west Texas)</small> |
30: HighestElev = [[Guadalupe Peak]], 2,667 |
32: LowestElev = 0 |
36: '''Texas''' joined the [[United States|United States of America]] as its 28th member [[U.S. state|stat... - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
5: [[Military history of the United States]] <br>
6: [[Military history of the Confederate States]]
12: ...United States; also in eastern, central and southwestern regions
14: |Result||Defeat of seceding CSA
16: !colspan="2"|'''[[Battles of the American Civil War]]''' - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
4: == Hurricanes ==
6: ...om the equatorial region toward the higher latitudes.
9: ...tion]] from water vapor condensing at high altitudes. Because of this, a tropical cyclone can be thoug...
11: ...mbine to produce the violent winds, incredible waves, torrential rains and [[floods]] associated with ...
13: ...g cycle. As a result, when a tropical cyclone passes over land, its strength will diminish. - Flood (7770 bytes)
1: ...lish]] ''flod'', a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German ''Flut'', Dutch ''vloed'' from th...
5: ...When a [[rain]]fall does occur, it can sometimes result in a sudden flood of water filling dry streamb...
7: ... [[Mesopotamia]]ns of the [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]] rivers.
9: == Main causes ==
10: ...ng in some equatorial countries, such as [[Bangladesh]], due to their extended periods of [[rainfall]]... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
3: ...t his own deeds could not be as great, due to forces beyond his control.
5: ... termed ''Malhado'', or Island of Doom) but later escaped and eventually reached [[Mexico City]].
7: ...n there, but [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] had already appointed [[De Soto]] to lead the...
9: ...ld. Political intrigue against him caused his arrest and return to Spain in chains, in around [[1545]...
18: ...d Patrick Charles Pautz. University of Nebraska Press 2003. ISBN 080326416X (Many other editions) - Virus (17572 bytes)
1: ...ithout a [[glycoprotein]] [[envelope]]. Retroviruses contain RNA and reverse transciptase]]
3: ...enic]] and [[lytic cycle]]s, the reproductive cycles.
7: ...ng things, such as [[meme]]s or [[computer virus]]es. The word ''virion'' or ''viron'' is used to refe...
9: ...irus'' is ''viruses''. No reputable dictionary gives any other form, including such "reconstructed" La...
11: ==Viruses: non-living or alive?== - Slavery (26455 bytes)
1: ...ecific form, known as '''chattel slavery''', implies the [[property|legal ownership]] of a person or p...
4: ...fficial or tacit arrangements with local authorities by masters who have some influence because of the...
6: ...mes from <i>slav</i>, which originally meant landless [[serfs]] from [[Eastern Europe]], including par...
8: ...scholars, because of the wide variety of ambiguities which may be attached to words like "slavery".
10: ...[[free labour]]", with quite different disadvantages experienced by such workers. - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
2: ...western United States|Southwestern]] [[United States]] expeditionary logs as a slave servant in the Sp...
5: ...Spanish nobleman]] with whom he developed close ties.
8: ... to the region of [[Sinaloa]] in [[New Spain]] (present-day [[Mexico]]), where they were reunited with...
10: ...lled at the [[Zuni]] village of [[Hawikuh]] (in present-day [[New Mexico]]); the tribe regarded him wi...
13: ...various associates, and the lack of references to Estevanico in later accounts is proof enough of the ...
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