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- Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
6: ...ns accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept nothing or almost nothin...
8: ... [[Eastern Orthodox]] traditions built around the figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult der...
13: ...mp. 1 Sam. 2:1-10) commonly known as the ''[[Magnificat]]''. After three months Mary returned to her ...
17: ...is little mention of Mary in the Gospels until we find her at the cross along with her sister Mary, an...
31: ...and Eastern Orthodox tradition, between three and fifteen years after Christ's Ascension, in either Je... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ... word ''clarino'' meaning ''[[trumpet]]'', as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that ...
11: ... writing. Additionally, improvements made to the fingering systems of the clarinet over time have ena...
15: ...h school music and beyond, and sometimes earlier. Finally, the most advanced range goes up further bey...
20: .... The instrument uses a single wooden (sometimes "fiber" or plastic) [[reed (music)|reed]] which is he...
24: ...between the upper and lower joint. This hourglass figure is not visible to the naked eye, but helps in... - Contrabass clarinet (751 bytes)
1: ...w the "standard" Bb Soprano clarinet) and the octocontralto have been made, this is the lowest commonly us... - Baritone horn (1537 bytes)
1: ...orps, between the high [[soprano]]s and the low [[contra]]s. It has a forceful tone, as if sounding like ... - Tuba (3116 bytes)
1: ...ecent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-[[19th century]], when it...
15: ... pitched one octave higher (in Bb;) than the BBb; contrabass tuba. The "French tuba" corresponds to the te...
17: ...ree valves. Among more advanced players, four and five valve tubas are by far the most common choices,...
19: ...ve the disadvantage of making the instrument significantly more 'stuffy' or resistant to air flow when...
33: *[[Sam Pilafian]] - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
11: ... fingers around the verga, and placing the little finger under the caba硧s string loop, and balancing...
32: *Even beginners will have no difficulty in playing the buzz sound, as one holds easi...
34: ...gourd string, with the bow balanced on the little finger so that the gourd is opened. One can grossly ...
38: ...ppear in a berimbau performance, but only these define capoeira's rythmic patterns (except Iuna).
40: ...the string resounds to shut off the sound. A specific toque requires the open string sound with closed... - California (63989 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
32: ...Zone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]: [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]-8/[[Daylig...
44: ...tate symbols please verify your changes against official California Government Code sections 420-429.8...
55: ... = [[Golden Trout]]; marine - [[Garibaldi (fish)|Garibaldi]] |
89: ...]]; see [[economy of California]]). The state's official nickname is "The Golden State" in reference t... - Andocides (1237 bytes)
3: ...mocracy ([[403 BC]]), and filled some important offices. In [[391 BC]] he was one of the ambassadors ...
5: ...s]]; ''De Pace,'' advocating peace with Sparta; ''Contra [[Alcibiades|Alcibiadem]],'' generally considered... - Politics (7193 bytes)
6: One theorist, [[Harold Lasswell]], has defined politics as "who gets what, when, and how."
9: ...er, he noted that men would enter into a [[social contract]] and would give up absolute rights for certain...
14: ...ion were the institutionalization of social stratification, non-agricultural specialized crafts (inclu...
23: ...democracy]], having various officers selected for fixed terms by popular [[election]]. Following the ...
34: ...timacy for authority known as ([[tripartite classification of authority]]). He proposed three reasons ... - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
6: ... the GOP's perceived [[anti-immigrant]], anti-[[affirmative action]] stances. Non-Hispanic whites are ...
8: ...ax and looser regulatory environments, many saw a contraction of their economic base as municipalities los...
10: The fiscal problems of the nation's major urban centers ...
14: ... the decline of social services and effective [[affirmative action]] over the past two decades had red...
18: ...m War]] and the [[Watergate]] crisis shattered confidence in the presidency. International frustration... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...lennia, the lack of a written record and the significant marginalization in the population of native i...
5: ...agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
7: [[Image:california_poppies.jpg|thumb|325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppie...
13: When the first [[European colonization of the Americas|Europe...
21: ...nied expeditions in [[1534]] and [[1535]] without finding the sought-after city. - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
31: ... the wire went dead. Reagan smoothly improvised a fictional play-by-play (in which hitters on both tea...
35: ...''. Reagan was kidded widely about the last named film because his co-star was a chimpanzee. He has a ...
37: ...n 1952. Nancy Reagan became a powerful background figure in Ronald Reagan's rise and roles as governor...
38: ...my Air Force]], which made training and education films. He remained in Hollywood for the duration of ...
42: ...aracteristically, he played a mob chieftain. This film was a remake of an earlier version based on a s... - Helicopter (20080 bytes)
1: ... [[Slovakia|Slovak]] inventor [[Jan Bahyl]]. The first stable, fully-controllable helicopter placed i...
5: Compared to conventional fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters are much more compl...
9: ...awkwardly shaped items), or as a mount for still, film or television cameras.
15: ...igned by [[Arthur M. Young|Arthur Young]] was the first helicopter to be licensed (in March [[1946]]) ...
23: ... rotor. When the thrust from the tail rotor is sufficient to cancel out the torque fromt the main roto... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
10: ...nt]] passes the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], the first direct tax levied from [[England]] on the Amer...
12: ...governor of a [[U.S. state]] to be removed from office by [[impeachment]].
14: *[[1894]] - The first playoff game for the [[Stanley Cup]] starts.
15: *[[1895]] - First display (a private screening) of [[motion pict...
23: ...onard Schawlow]] & [[Charles Townes]] receive the first [[patent]] for a [[laser]]. - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
14: ...des]]'s [[History of the Peloponnesian War]], the first translation of that work into [[English langua...
16: Although he associated with literary figures like [[Ben Jonson]] and thinkers such as [[...
20: ...passions whereby Man came into relation with Man. Finally he considered, in his crowning treatise, how...
24: ...e, and wrote a critique of the ''[[Meditations on First Philosophy]]'' of [[Descartes]], which was pri...
26: ...s opticus'') included in the collection of scientific tracts published by Mersenne as ''Cogitata physi... - Thomas Aquinas (12692 bytes)
9: In his fifth year he was sent for his early education to th...
11: Finally the family yielded and the Dominicans sent T...
14: ...er, he received the degree and entered upon his office of teaching in [[1257]]; he taught in Paris for...
16: ...aving his great work, the [[Summa Theologica]], unfinished. When asked why he had stopped writing, Aqu...
18: ... On the other hand, the consciousness of the insufficiency of his works in view of the revelation whic... - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
8: ...e many sects of [[Judaism]] that existed in the [[first century]] AD. Christianity brought from Judais...
10: ...he deliverer of [[Israel]]—and differs significantly from the Christian understanding of the ter...
12: ...] in which certain events and/or beliefs are specifically commemorated on certain days each year, use ...
15: *The [[Messiah]] [[prophecies allegedly fulfilled by Christ|prophecies]]
26: ...rom this period. This section will examine those first 300 years. - Islam (36809 bytes)
10: ...h they believe to be flawless, immutable, and the final revelation of [[God]]. Muslims believe that p...
12: ...efinitive text of the Muslim faith) codifying the final revelation of God. Islamic teaching sees [[Ju...
14: ...although Sunnis further regard this as one of the five [[pillars of Islam]].
29: ...His Scriptures; and in His Messengers; and in The Final Day; and in Fate, that Good and Evil are from ...
36: ... as follows: Say "He is God, the one, the Self-Sufficient master. He never begot, nor was begotten. Th... - Politics of Iran (8863 bytes)
1: ...m]] of the Twelver ([[Jaafari]]) sect is Iran's official religion.
4: Iran's post-revolution difficulties have included an eight-year war with [[Ira...
6: ...982]], a succession of power struggles eliminated first the center of the political spectrum and then ...
8: ...d by hard-liners. This led to incorporation and official activity of many other groups, including hard...
17: ...[mujtahid]]s, which greatly narrows the potential field. - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
8: *[[First Barbary War]] (1801–1805)
53: *[[Operation Infinite Reach]] (strikes on [[Sudan]] and [[Afghanist...
166: *[[Fifty-Four Forty or Fight|Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!]] (1844, U.S.-Canada)
226: *[[Contra]]s (Nicaragua, 1980s)
234: *[[Hatfields and McCoys]] (1860–1891)
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