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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
13: ...n January of 1501. Since the Europeans thought at first the Bay of Guanabara was actually the mouth of...
17: ...the medieval European strategy of defense of fortified castles - the place was since then called ''Mor...
25: ...April 21st that year, the capital of Brazil was officially moved from Rio to Bras�a.
42: ...ds to watch the firework display. As of 2001, the fireworks have been launched from boats, to further ...
63: ... onto the hillsides where sturdy buildings are difficult to build, and accidents, mainly from heavy ra... - 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. ... - Romania (19812 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Romanian language|Romanian]] |
68: ...]]. [[Union]] of Tranylvania with Romania was ratified in the [[Treaty of Trianon]] in [[1920]].
74: ...resident on [[December 12]], [[2004]], and took office [[December 20]]. Traian Băsescu managed to...
86: ...ve branch, is also elected by popular vote, every five years (until 2005, four years).
164: ... major [[agriculture|agricultural]] and [[finance|financial]] sector reforms. - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
1: ...4 to 5.5 in [[apparent magnitude]]; Mercury is sufficiently "close" to the Sun that [[telescope]]s rar...
5: ... the planet as the ''Water Star'', based on the [[Five Elements]].
16: ...d earlier terrain. In addition, Mercury has "significant" [[tidal bulge]]s, raised by the [[Sun]] (the...
18: Mercury's terrain features are officially listed as the following:
28: ...2% of the planetary [[volume]] (Earth's core only fills 17%). Surrounding the core is a 600 km [[mantl... - 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... - 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... - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
38: |'''[[WFPC2]]'''||wide field camera
47: ...ebb Space Telescope]], is due to be launched in [[2012]].
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... - Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
8: ...ed national origin; generally, a [[Europe]]an car fitted with American mechanical components. This mea...
12: ...ious governmental agencies to engineer the next efficient and clean vehicle. The resulting hybrid pro...
14: ...nuclear power]], which can operate underwater indefinitely, though a number of nations continue to rel...
16: ...re gasoline propulsion, due to the much greater efficiencies of a central plant. Furthermore, coal is...
18: ...area, and power output, while increasing energy efficiency and reducing emissions. The Honda Insight,... - 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...
39: ! '''[[2012]]''' || [[April 8]] || [[April 15]]
59: ...oveable feast]]s'', in that they do not fall on a fixed date in the [[Gregorian calendar | Gregorian]]... - Promethium (9561 bytes)
44: | [[Electron configuration]]
62: | 1373 [[Kelvin|K]] (2012 [[Fahrenheit|?F]])
68: | 20.23 [[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre ...
87: | [[Specific heat capacity]]
158: ...electric current, yielding a useful life of about five years using 147-Pm. - Boxing (29727 bytes)
2: ...ves seen here are not used in professional boxing fights]]
4: ...opponent. Boxing is also called Pugilism and prizefighting.
8: Fighting with the fists for sport and spectacle is probably as old as ...
10: ...merous participants, there are some references to fights between women during the 18th century, and wo...
14: ... called after a set period, and the length of the fight was predetermined. Wrestling throws were also ... - 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... - 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 ... - Ascension (3367 bytes)
2: ...e [[Rogation days]] (and the previous Sunday, the Fifth Sunday after Easter, as [[Rogation Sunday]]). ...
40: ! '''[[2012]]''' || [[May 17]] || [[May 24]] - Madrid (20882 bytes)
14: ...granary). In 1329 the [[Cortes Generales|Cortes]] first assembled in Madrid to advise [[Ferdinand IV o...
16: ...uilt the city and established himself safely fortified outside its walls in El Pardo. The grand entry...
18: ...e Court to Madrid in 1561. Although he made no official declaration, the seat of the Court was the ''...
22: ...sion that would lead to yet another revolt, the [[First Spanish Republic]], the comeback of the monarc...
28: Befitting from the prosperity it gained in the 1980s, ...
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