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- Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...]] [[philosopher]] and [[writer]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a promin...
5: ... which many an article and sermon about consumer desire have been based.
7: ...o her are among the most graphic of all the pictures that we have of the daily life of the philosophic...
10: ... he presently added to this a short complementary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural religion]].
12: ...omable uncertainty of the philosophy which professes to be so high above both church and world. - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
1: [[Image:Martha Argerich.jpeg|right|thumb|Martha Argerich]]
5: ...lzano within a few weeks, and her career as a professional pianist was launched.
7: ...es|Hungarian Rhapsody]]'' remain yardsticks for these works. Although she has been criticised over her...
9: ...ductor]] [[Charles Dutoit]], with whom she continues to record and perform.
11: ...nger pianists, through her annual festival, and does frequently appear as member of the jury of import... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
1: ...in-left:5px"><center>[[Image:AimeeSempleMcPherson.jpeg|150px|Photograph of McPherson]]<BR><small>''Aimee...
7: ...n hired to nurse his wife during her terminal illness. (The age difference had caused a scandal in the...
9: ...ple who worked with the [[Salvation Army]]. As a result, Aimee was raised in an atmosphere of strong [...
11: ...rgin-right:5px;text-align:center">[[Image:Semples.jpeg]]<small><br>Robert and Aimee Semple, 1910</small>...
13: ... 17, after which she returned to the [[United States]]. - Kuan Yin (8111 bytes)
2: ...cy''', Kuan Yin is also reverenced by [[China|Chinese]] [[Taoists]] as an [[immortality|Immortal]]. T...
4: ...''Kwan-se-um'''. In [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], she is called '''Quan ''' or '''Quan ThN...
6: ...s a woman, whereas Avalokitesvara in other countries is usually depicted as a man.
9: [[Image:Aomori Buddha.jpeg|thumb|left|A statue of the Kuan Yin Bodhisattva, ...
12: ...utiful, white-robed woman, a depiction which derives from the earlier ''[[Pandaravasini]]'' form. - Edith Cavell (1802 bytes)
3: [[Image:Eca dead2.jpeg|thumb|234px|A propaganda image of Edith Cavell]]
5: ...er 12]], [[1915]]) is one of the few famous heroines of [[World War I]].
7: ...olation of military law. In [[1915]], she was arrested and court-martialled by the Germans for this o...
9: ...t have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone." These words are inscribed on her statue in St. Martin'...
13: ...]], [[Mount Edith Cavell]] in the [[Canadian Rockies]] was named in her honour. - Sunflower (5784 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Asterales]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''annuus''''' }}
15: ... [[Asteraceae]] with a large flower head ([[inflorescence]]). The stem of the flower can grow up to 3 ...
18: ...f their [[Solar deity|sun god]], and [[gold]] images of the "flower" as well as [[seed]]s were taken b...
20: ==Description== - Sweet pea (1311 bytes)
2: ...{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Sweetpea closeup.jpeg|250px]] | caption = }}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Fabales]]}}
12: {{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''odoratus'''''}}
17: ...et fragrance that gives them their name. The species is [[Annual plant|annual]] and so lasts for only ...
19: ...ince the 17th century and a vast number of varieties are commercially available. - Lotus (1302 bytes)
1: [[Image:Nelumbo lutea blossom.jpeg|right|thumb|''Nelumbo lutea'', the American Lotus...
7: ... the [[Odyssey]] are thought to have eaten a species of [[Ziziphus|jujube]], ''Ziziphus lotus''; this ...
8: ...lso occurs in the common names or [[cultivar]] names of numerous unrelated plants.
11: ...es of [[Lotus (computer games)|computer racing games]] based on the cars.
12: ... IBM. Developer of [[Lotus 1-2-3]] and [[Lotus Notes]]. - Anatomy (6382 bytes)
4: ...]) and plant anatomy ([[phytonomy]]). Major branches of anatomy include [[comparative anatomy]], [[his...
10: ...ical human anatomy is given, though it is often, less happily, spoken of as ''anthropotomy''.
12: ... themselves with a good working knowledge of the rest.
14: ...eated dissection and inspection of dead human bodies.
17: ...mans, and needing a knowledge of the allied sciences of [[embryology]] or [[developmental biology]], [... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
2: ...ame|Portrait of Hancock [[:Image:JohnHancockLarge.jpeg|(full portrait)]]]]
3: ...ted States Declaration of Independence|United States Declaration of Independence]]]]
5: ... [[eponym]] for "signature". However, other examples show that Hancock always wrote his signature this...
8: ...d the fortune and business, making him the wealthiest man in Massachusetts at the time.
10: Despite his wealth, Hancock remained, ethically and v... - Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
1: ...cating ''equal suffrage'' (abolition of graded votes) rather than ''universal suffrage'' (abolition of...
2: ...e:Feminist Suffrage Parade in New York City, 1912.jpeg|thumb|350px|Suffrage parade, New York City, 1912]...
3: ...9]] the [[Wyoming Territory]] in the [[United States]] became the first modern polity where equal suff...
11: ...us countries throughout the world. In many countries women's suffrage was granted before [[universal s...
13: ...n [[1838]]. Various countries and states granted restricted women's suffrage in the latter half of the... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 painting, is the largest church in Christendom and often used by the Pope...
2: ...int Peter]], one of the twelve [[apostle]]s of [[Jesus]] and first [[Bishop of Antioch]] and later fir...
4: ... but which is no longer used. These are the sources of the confusion.
7: ... Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by Bernini.]]
12: ...derno]] became the chief architect later on, and designed the entrance. - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...he meantime, the USSR suffered horrendous casualties, as high as twenty million dead.
11: ...rime Minster [[Winston Churchill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Sovi...
13: ...y reigned over about one third and the United States over two thirds.
15: ...plified and refined in national ideologies to represent two ways of life, each vindicated in [[1945]] ...
17: ... an economic perspective—was the United States, which moved swiftly to consolidate its position.... - Precipitation (meteorology) (2923 bytes)
1: [[Image:22 Regen ubt.jpeg|280px|right]]
2: ... at this point larger and larger droplets (or pieces of [[ice]]) form, which then fall to the earth un...
6: ...eaving drier air (see [[katabatic wind]]) on the descending (generally warming), leeward side where a ...
8: ...;]]), and the tops of moderately high uplands are especially wet (~475 in (12 m) per year at Wai'ale'a...
12: ...e air heats up it rises. Inevitably cooling will result, and [[water vapor]] will condense out of the ... - 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... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: ...ainter]] known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. There are records that he was born in Broghel ne...
9: ...s also the one generally meant when the context does not make clear which "Brueghel" is being referred...
11: ...p to a religious [[allegory]]. His winter landscapes of 1565 are corroborative evidence of the severit...
14: ...herlandish Proverbs'', [[1559]], with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 [[proverb]]s]]
16: ...Pieter brueghel the elder-children playing-detail.jpeg|thumb|250px|A detail of ''Children Playing'']] - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leonardo da Vinci.jpeg|thumb|Leonardo da Vinci]]
2: ...]]'' and ''[[Mona Lisa]]''. He is also known for designing many inventions that anticipated modern tec...
7: ... most likely a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[M...
9: ...r to his works as "Leonardos", not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of...
11: ...ted [[drawing]] and [[painting]]. His early sketches were of such quality that his father soon showed ... - Condor (7828 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[bird|Aves]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Accipitriformes]]}}
11: ..._subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Species}}
16: ... They are the largest flying land birds in the [[Western Hemisphere]].
18: ...ly [[scavenger]]s, feeding on carrion, these species belong to the [[New World vulture]] family [[Cath... - Antelope (3906 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Gazelles}}
3: ...axobox_image | image = [[Image:Thompson's_Gazelle.jpeg]] | caption = [[Thompson's Gazelle]]}}
17: ''[[Connochaetes]]''<br>
35: ...0 kilometers per hour), making them among the fastest of land animals.
37: ==Species== - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
2: ... of terms relating to algorithms and data structures]]
17: [[120 reset]] --
36: [[320xx microprocessor]] --
58: [[5ESS Switch]] --
90: [[Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language]] --
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