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- Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
12: ...roviding false information to a law enforcement officer. She was released a week later because of cred...
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21: ...oston police on a high-speed chase, killing one officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ...
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25: ...movement, protesting against widespread racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in t... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
19: | '''[[Official language]]'''
69: ...ameluks]], [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Turks, and, finally, the British. At the end of [[World War I]],...
75: ...erritory occupied by Israel and believes that its final status should be determined through direct neg...
77: ...nty and security of the Hashemite state, and open fighting erupted in June 1970.
79: ...n ministers meeting at Cairo had arranged a cease-fire beginning the following day. Sporadic violence ... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...]], [[Tajikistan]] and [[Vietnam]]. Although it officially remains a [[communist state]], the PRC has ...
15: ...a's unity and [[sovereignty]] was assured for the first time in a century, and there was development o...
17: ...his to natural disasters; still others doubt this figure entirely, or claim that many more people died...
25: ...d [[unemployment]] associated with layoffs at inefficient state-owned enterprises, and has introduced ...
40: ...g social problems and exposing corruption and inefficiency at lower levels of government. The Party ha... - Texas (39610 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''None''. [[English language|English...
46: * official [[state song]] — ''[[Texas Our Texas]]'...
52: ..." reputation, especially in [[Western Film|cowboy films]].
76: ...nquistador]] [[?var N?Cabeza de Vaca]] became the first known European to set foot on Texas.
94: In 1845, Texas became the first and, to date, only [[diplomatic recognition|in... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
3: == Definition ==
4: ...1E&db_key=AST&high=41e14f475d05983 scientific paper] to use the word in its title was publishe...
6: The exact definition of an asteroid is unsettled. The term "mino...
8: ...assify asteroids is in terms of size. A working definition is that asteroids are larger than 50 m in d...
10: ...y objects that include asteroids. The term '''artificial asteroid''' is sometimes used to designate ma... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
9: ... the planet as the ''Metal Star'', based on the [[Five Elements]].
14: ...se atmosphere, the temperature does not vary significantly between the night and day sides of Venus de...
18: ...se clouds is approximately −45°C. The official mean surface temperature of Venus, as given b...
27: ...nundate its surface with fresh lava. Other recent findings suggest that Venus is still volcanically ac...
29: .... This may be due to its slow rotation being insufficient to drive an internal [[dynamo]] of liquid ir... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...ed, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refers to Mars.
8: Mars has always fascinated people. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron Oxide (rust) on i...
11: ...re by Earth-based [[telescope]]s, and possibly confirmed in [[March 2004]] by the [[Mars Express Orbit...
18: ... to the surface, while the presence of a magnetic field would have helped to protect the planet from [...
22: Amongst the findings from the Opportunity rover is the presence ... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
134: | [[Hydrogen sulfide]]
138: '''Jupiter''' is the fifth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] and by far the [[S...
140: ...o the planet as the ''Wood Star'', based on the [[Five Elements]].
145: ...warf]], although the latter possesses rather specific spectral lines, but in any case it would need to...
149: ...o]] (now known as the [[Galilean moon]]s) was the first discovery of a celestial motion not apparently... - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
48: | 49 confirmed<!--- S/2004 S 6 unconfirmed --->
140: ...anets less dense than water, with an average specific density of 0.69. This is only an average value, ...
142: ...tional compression), but this alone may not be sufficient to explain Saturn's heat production. An addi...
157: The rings were first observed by [[Galileo Galilei]] in [[1610]] wi...
179: ...[[2004]], the ''Cassini'' spacecraft revealed the first views of the backlit side in 25 years. - Uranus (15207 bytes)
142: | [[Carbon monoxide]]<br>[[Hydrogen sulfide]]
155: ...criptions of the planet but result in different definitions of which pole is the [[North Pole]] and wh...
162: ===Magnetic Field===
164: ...g corkscrew shape behind the planet. The magnetic field's source is unknown; the electrically conducti...
168: Uranus was the first planet to be discovered that was not known in ... - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
144: ... methane, ammonia, and water as it approaches and finally blends into the liquid interior. Comparing ...
146: ... planet's physical center. Comparing the magnetic fields of the two planets, scientists think the extr...
152: ...o the ''extremely'' slow motion of ''any'' random fixed star found in the [[night sky]].
154: ...o Sir [[George Airy]], who asked Adams for a clarification; Adams began to draft a reply but never sen...
156: ...uced his own calculations but also experienced difficulties in encouraging any enthusiasm in his compa... - Boto (5572 bytes)
24: The first type specimen was described by [[Henri Marie D...
26: Rice's 1998 classification lists a single species, ''I. geoffrensis'',...
32: Some older classifications listed the ''boliviensis'' population as a...
36: ... preferred diet consists of [[crab]]s and small [[fish]]. Small [[turtle]]s are also occasionally eate...
42: ...[[IUCN]] [[Red List of Threatened Species]] classified it as ''vulnerable''. In contrast to the rapidl... - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
38: |'''[[WFPC2]]'''||wide field camera
47: The future of Hubble is currently uncertain. Its final servicing mission was cancelled following the ...
54: ...ervatory would have over ground-based telescopes: first, the [[angular resolution]] (smallest separati...
56: ...a committee given the task of defining the scientific objectives for a large space telescope.
58: ...ce program, and 1966 saw [[NASA]]'s launch of the first [[Orbiting Astronomical Observatory]] (OAO) mi... - Chinese New Year (12599 bytes)
3: ...holidays]], is celebrated on the first day of the first month of the [[Chinese calendar]], which falls...
9: ...nese]]: 恭喜發財; [[Simplified Chinese]]: 恭喜发财; [[...
11: ...ese]]: 新年快樂; [[Simplified Chinese]]: 新年快乐; [[...
15: ...ied people. Chinese New Year is celebrated with [[firecracker]]s, [[dragon dance]]s and [[lion dance]]...
18: ...", since "y?t; is also the pronounciation for "profit". A type of black hair-like algae, pronounced "f... - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...fer to the season of the church year, lasting for fifty days, which follows this holiday and ends arou...
4: ...ed by Jesus and his [[disciples]] before his crucifixion is generally thought of as a Passover [[seder...
6: ...] [[Eostre]]. The [[Easter Bunny]] is often identified as a remnant of this fertility festival, althou...
59: ...oveable feast]]s'', in that they do not fall on a fixed date in the [[Gregorian calendar | Gregorian]]...
61: ...]] during the reign of [[Charlemagne]], when they finally adopted the Alexandrian method. Since wester... - Radium (13138 bytes)
34: <td>[[Electron configuration]]</td><td><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Radon|Rn]]<...
49: <td>[[Molar volume]]</td><td>41.09 [[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre ...
63: <td>[[Specific heat capacity]]</td><td>94 [[joule per kilogram-...
124: On [[February 4]], [[1936]] radium E became the first [[radioactive]] element to be made synthetical...
134: ...]]s: [[radium (II) oxide]] (Ra[[oxygen|O]]), [[Sulfide]]s: no data, [[Selenide]]s: no data, [[Tellurid... - Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
13: ...n [[776 BC]], although this was certainly not the first time they were held. The Games were then mostl...
15: ...ious]] importance, contests alternating with sacrifices and ceremonies honouring both [[Zeus]] (whose ...
17: ...wer in Greece. When [[Christianity]] became the official religion of the Roman Empire, the Olympic Gam...
19: ...ictor would get not only the prestige of being in first place but also a crown of olive leaves.
27: ...youth of the world compete in sports, rather than fight in war. In his eyes, the recovery of the Olymp... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...;م in [[Persian language|Persian]]) was the first [[civilization]] based in [[Iran]], the [[Ilam...
10: The high country of Elam was increasingly identified by its low-lying later capital, [[Susa]], and g...
19: ... with the establishment of the Awan dynasty. The first attestation of the name of the kingdom is in a...
72: ...run and little beyond. Among the nations that benefitted from the decline of the Assyrians were the [[...
76: ...tyles; the use of Elamite as the first of three official languages of the empire used in thousands of... - George W. Bush (64926 bytes)
27: ... [[May 26]], [[1974]]. He was promoted once, to [[first lieutenant]], on the November [[1970]] recomme...
34: ...nistration]] (MBA) degree in [[1975]], and is the first U.S. president to hold an MBA degree.
36: ...ml] News of the arrest was uncovered by the press five days before the [[U.S. presidential election, 2...
45: ... sale, Spectrum 7 made Bush its Chief Executive Officer. Spectrum 7 lost money, and in [[1986]] it was...
47: ...gy in 1990. As Harken Energy reported significant financial losses within a year of this sale (as did ... - Renewable energy (27996 bytes)
11: == Defining renewable ==
12: ...energy sources that don't technically meet this definition.
20: ...lightly confusing and used in two different ways: firstly as a synonym for "renewable energies" as a w...
38: ...d in practice relatively few land areas have significant prevailing winds. Luckily, offshore or at hig...
48: Others have argued that they find the turbines beautiful, that turbines out at se...
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