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- Pierre Abelard (18114 bytes)
11: ...e principal rival of Realism prior to Abélard). First, against opposition from the metropolitan teac...
15: Distinguished in figure and manners, Abélard was seen surrounded by ...
22: ...not yet twenty, consummated her work of self-sacrifice at Abélard's jealous bidding that she never ag...
25: ...onastery was intolerable for Abélard, and he was finally allowed to leave. In a desert place near [[...
29: ... St. Marcel, near [[Chalon-sur-Saone]], he died. First buried at St. Marcel, his remains were soon ca...
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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
141: ...]] — [[1924]], [[1931]] — [[1934]] (office tower & wing) - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
7: ...verything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the specific period of the early [[20th century]].
12: ...g the most important were [[Heraclitus]] ("All is fire", all is [[chao]]tic and transitory), [[Anaxago...
14: ...ssing popular philosophical questions. The theory fills in the blanks by saying that the Sophists' stu...
16: ...terchangeably, was destroying the piety and moral fiber of the city.
20: ...hilosopher kings. In the later dialogues Socrates figures less prominently, and the Theory of Forms is... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ... regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated perman...
5: ...wever, there is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decade...
9: ...[[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas b...
11: Columbus remains a controversial figure. Some – including many [[Native America...
27: ...[[1474]], Columbus joined a ship of the [[Spinola Financiers]], who were Genoese patrons of his father... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...on, but is also more [[brittle]]. One classical definition is that steels are iron-carbon alloys with ...
5: ...carbon, if present, is undesired. A more recent definition is that steels are iron-based alloys that c...
8: ... carbon. This process, known as [[smelting]], was first applied to metals with lower [[melting]] point...
11: ...dy-centered cubic to a [[face-centered cubic]] configuration, called '''[[austenite]]''' or '''γ...
13: ...cally [[metastable]] substance with about four to five times the strength of ferrite. Martensite has ... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
13: * [[1869]] - The first issue of the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is publi...
14: ...es G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
16: ...] - [[City & South London Railway]]: [[London]]'s first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway...
21: ...ish]] archaeologist [[Howard Carter]] and his men find the entrance to King [[Tutankhamen]]'s tomb in ...
22: ...ellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman governor in the [[United States]]. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
13: official_languages = [[Kirundi language|Kirundi]...
47: ...</sup> Estimate is based on regression; other PPP figures are extrapolated from the latest Internation...
58: ...cy. After several more years of violence, a cease-fire was signed in 2003 between Buyoya's government ...
60: ...between the FNL and the Burundian government, but fighting continued. Renewed negotiations are now und...
89: ...account the effects of [[AIDS]], which has a significant effect on the demographics of the country. R... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...nk Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
22: ...a Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
99: *[[Abram|Abraham]], (circa 1800 BC), Biblical figure
103: ...rahams|Abrahams, Harold]], (1899-1978), track and field athlete - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...equeen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occas...
20: ...s]] was [[Marion Crawford]], better known as "Crawfie". She studied history with C. H. K. Marten, Prov...
23: ...stances". In [[1940]] Princess Elizabeth made her first broadcast, addressing other children who had b...
27: ...her than have them educated at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the...
29: Elizabeth made her first official visit overseas in [[1947]], when she accompan... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...]] [[1961]]–[[31 August]] [[1997]]) was the first [[wife]] of [[Charles, Prince of Wales|HRH The...
15: ... [[beauty]], admired and emulated for her high-profile involvement in [[AIDS]] issues and the internat...
22: ...encer|Edward Spencer, Viscount Althorp]], and his first wife, [[Frances Shand Kydd|Frances Spencer, Vi...
24: ...efly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]...
30: ...nd Protestant. Diana fulfilled all of these qualifications. - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ...erving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
7: ...nd the Baron returned to Denmark. The divorce was finalized in 1925. Karen Blixen remained in Kenya an... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
10: ...y of her peers, Valadon received acclaim and some financial success during her lifetime.
18: ...he said, with "nothing but an icy loneliness that fills the head with emptiness and the heart with sad...
20: In [[1894]] she was the first woman admitted to the [[Soci鴩 Nationale des ... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ...was a [[Polish]] chemist and pioneer in the early field of [[radiology]] and a two-time [[Nobel laurea...
5: ...ysics]] at the [[Sorbonne]], where she became the first woman to teach.
9: ...02]]) and then two new [[chemical element]]s. The first they named [[polonium]] after Marie's native c...
11: ...d by Professor [[Henri Becquerel]]". She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize.
13: ...on process, instead leaving it open so the scientific community could research unhindered. - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
10: ... named the process "[[nuclear fission]]". Nuclear fission as a phenomenon was completely unexpected; ... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...] and [[World War II|Second]] World Wars and an official [[Saint]] to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Ca...
10: ...ge]]'s [[1879]] portrayal of Joan of Arc when she first heard her call; [[Michael (archangel)|Saint Mi...
12: ...ks by theologians at [[Poitiers]] before granting final acceptance. She was then brought to a success...
14: ...esus" and "Mary" on the side. With her piety, confidence, and enthusiasm, she boosted the morale of t...
16: ...April 29]], [[1429]]. After several English fortifications were taken from [[May 4]]–[[May 7]],... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
- Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
5: ...n]] who may have had affairs with many military officers and politicians.
7: ...uilty and [[Execution by firing squad|executed by firing squad]] on [[October 15]], [[1917]]. Mata Har...
9: ...ims she blew a [[kiss]] to her killers before the firing began. A third tale claims that not only did ...
11: ...n named Pierre de Morrisac arranging to bribe the firing squad into loading their guns with [[blank (c...
15: The [[1931]] film of her final days, "Mata Hari", starred [[Greta Garbo]] in ... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
3: ... Award|Oscar]]-winning [[United States|American]] film [[actor|actress]] who became the wife of [[Prin...
5: ...holicism|Catholic]] family were new but prominent figures in Philadelphia society. Her father was a se...
7: ...first [[film]], ''[[Fourteen Hours]]'' ([[1951 in film|1951]]), when she was 22. The following year sh...
9: ...n ''[[From Here to Eternity]]''. Kelly made three films with [[Alfred Hitchcock]]: ''[[Dial M for Murd...
11: ... for ''[[The Country Girl]]''. While it was being filmed, she engaged in a brief affair with co-star [... - Pansy (10101 bytes)
34: ...]]s that normally have two-year life cycles. The first year they only produce greenery; they bear flo...
51: 2 parts finely ground copper sulphate
66: Transmitted by aphids. Fine yellow veining on young leaves, stunted growth,...
113: ==Name Origin and Significance==
117: .... In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' books, there is a [[fictional character|character]] named [[Pansy Parkin... - Magnolia (3033 bytes)
19: ...''M. grandiflora'' ([[Southern magnolia]]), identified early in the [[18th century]].
21: ...ting to 20 million years ago, and of plants identifiably belonging to the Magnoliaceae back to 95 mill...
26: The bark from ''M. officinalis'' has long been used in [[traditional Chin...
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