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- Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
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20: ... Edward Snowden leaks highly classified documents from the National Security Agency.
52: ...orge H. W. Bush dies from complications resulting from Parkinson's disease. He lies in the state at th...
54: ...Washington bans all persons under 21 years of age from purchasing a semi-automatic rifle. - Jordan (20715 bytes)
48: | From the [[League of Nations]]<br>
77: ...ion -- 700,000 in 1966 -- grew by another 300,000 from the West Bank. The period following the 1967 wa...
79: ...ver the ''fedayeen'' in July 1971, expelling them from the country.
88: ...er Chamber of Deputies, elected by [[universal suffrage]] to a 4-year term, is subject to dissolution ...
92: ...n [[1992]]. In [[1989]] and [[1993]], Jordan held free and fair [[parliament]]ary elections. Controver... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...y, it remains a one-party [[authoritarian]] state from its true communist days.
15: ...time in a century, and there was development of infrastructure, industry, healthcare, and education, w...
19: ...r. Mao remained head of the Party but was removed from day to day management of economic affairs which...
23: ...ut) and a much wider range of personal rights and freedoms for average Chinese as evidence of the succ...
27: ...ost Chinese dissidents living abroad, many people from Hong Kong or Taiwan, ethnic minorities like Tib... - Texas (39610 bytes)
38: ...nguage]] of the [[Hasinai]], ''tejas'', meaning ''friends'' or ''allies''; [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers...
42: ...ist of U.S. state mottos | state motto]] — "Friendship"
50: ** flying — [[Mexican free-tailed bat]]
57: ...om you talk to (and which part of Texas they come from), Texas forms part of the [[U.S. Southern State...
62: ...ve flown over its soil: the [[Fleur-de-lis]] of [[France]], and the national flags of [[Spain]], [[Mex... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...is picture of [[433 Eros]] shows the view looking from one end of the asteroid across the gouge on its...
4: The term "asteroid", meaning ''star-like'' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''asteroeides'', '...
8: ...larger than 50 m in diameter, distinguishing them from [[meteoroid]]s, which are typically [[boulder]]...
14: ...Earth's solar system. As of [[May 23]], [[2005]], from a total of 277,090 minor planets with calculate...
24: ...s, whereas families are much "tighter" and result from the catastrophic break-up of a large parent ast... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: '''Venus''', the second [[planet]] from the [[Sun]], is named after the [[Roman mytholo...
3: ..., it always appears in roughly the same direction from Earth as the Sun (the greatest [[elongation]] i...
7: ...me astronomers use ''[[Cytherean]]'', which comes from [[Cythera]]. Other less common adjectives incl...
14: ...]'s, even though Venus is nearly twice as distant from the Sun and only receives 25% of the solar irra...
16: ...k into space. This prevents most of the sunlight from ever heating the surface. Venus's [[Bolometer|... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: '''Mars''' is the fourth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] in the [[solar system]]. It is name...
6: ...#x2642; (a circle with a small arrow pointing out from behind it), is a stylized representation of the...
15: ...en summer and winter, giving rise to Earth-like [[frost]] and large [[cirrus cloud]]s [http://marsrove...
18: ...tic field would have helped to protect the planet from [[cosmic radiation]]. Other explanations have a...
22: Amongst the findings from the Opportunity rover is the presence of [[hema... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
138: '''Jupiter''' is the fifth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] and by far the [[Solar system by si...
142: ...ter was able to be seen, just below the [[Moon]], from parts of the [[Southern Hemisphere]].
145: ...uishes a large and massive planet such as Jupiter from a [[brown dwarf]], although the latter possesse...
166: ...4th, 2009 || October 13th, 2009 || February 28th, 2010
168: ...h, 2010 || September 21st, 2010 || November 19th, 2010 || April 6th, 2011 - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
137: '''Saturn''' is the sixth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]]. It is a [[gas giant]], the second-...
142: ...nterior, the droplets of helium releasing heat by friction as they fall down through the lighter hydro...
144: ...smaller storm was observed. Astronomers using [[infrared]] imaging have shown that Saturn has a warm p...
147: ...I'', based on [[radio astronomy|radio]] emissions from the planet, has a period of 10 h 39 min 22.4 s ...
165: ...e never part of a moon, but are instead left over from the original [[nebula]]r material that Saturn f... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
145: ..., or "YOOR-ə-nus") is the seventh [[planet]] from the [[Sun]]. It is a [[gas giant]], the third l...
157: ... regions of Uranus receive a greater energy input from the Sun than its equatorial regions. Uranus is ...
172: ...rgium Sidus'' or "the Georgian" were still used infrequently (by the British alone) thereafter. The fi...
179: ...nditions. It can be easily found with binoculars. From Earth it has a diameter of 4". Even in large te...
198: ...r 21st, 2010 || December 6th, 2010 || March 17th, 2010 - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
4: ...color="black" | [[image:neptune.jpg|250px|Neptune from Voyager 2]]<br><small><font color="white">Click...
9: ...rrier]]<br> [[John Couch Adams]]<br> [[Johann Gottfried Galle|Johann Galle]]
136: ...orbit]], Neptune is sometimes the furthest planet from the [[Sun]]. Neptune is named after the [[Neptu...
142: Orbiting so far from the sun, Neptune receives very little heat. Its...
146: ...set at least 0.55 radii (about 13,500 kilometers) from the planet's physical center. Comparing the mag... - Boto (5572 bytes)
12: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''I. geoffrensis'''''}}
14: ..._simple | color = pink | binomial_name = Inia geoffrensis}}
17: ...azon River Dolphin''' (''Inia geoffrensis'') is a freshwater or [[river dolphin]]. It is endemic to th...
20: ...azone''', '''Inia''', '''Pink Dolphin''', '''Pink Freshwater Dolphin''', '''Pink Porpoise''', and '''T...
26: ...8 classification lists a single species, ''I. geoffrensis'', in the genus Inia, with three recognised ... - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
4: ...text-align:center;" | The Hubble Space Telescope, from the [[Space Shuttle Discovery]] during the seco...
8: ...avelength regime'''||optical, ultraviolet, near-infrared
16: |'''Deorbit date'''||circa 2010
45: ...h, it was found that the main [[mirror]] suffered from [[spherical aberration]], severely compromising...
47: ...er]] the Earth's [[atmosphere]] some time after [[2010]]. Its successor telescope, the [[James Webb Spa... - Chinese New Year (12599 bytes)
15: ...d out during the Chinese New Year's celebrations, from married couples to unmarried people. Chinese Ne...
25: ...than the packets given to family members or close friends.
39: ... criticism — or that his lips are so sticky from the cakes that he is unable to make too much of...
45: ...day of new year but now it can be obtained easily from two weekends prior to the new year. But it is j...
51: ...;, meaning "surplus" (e.g. having money left over from covering expenses). The common greeting for th... - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...ad after his death by [[crucifixion]] (see [[Good Friday]]), which Christians believe happened at abou...
4: ... language|German]], the holiday's name is derived from ''Pesach'', the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] name...
6: ...ter" and "Ostern", are not etymologically derived from ''Pesach'' and are instead related to ancient n...
35: ! '''[[2010]]''' ||colspan=2| [[April 4]]
69: ...such as the one developed by mathematician [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]]. - Radium (13138 bytes)
4: <tr><td colspan="2" align="center">[[Francium]] - '''Radium''' - [[Actinium]]</td>
47: <td>[[Boiling point]]</td><td>2010 K (3159 ?F)</td></tr>
100: When freshly prepared, pure radium metal is brilliant whi...
103: Some of the practical uses of radium are derived from its radiative properties. More recently discove...
104: ... who used their lips to shape the paintbrush died from the radiation. Soon afterward, the adverse effe... - Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
1: ...pic Games''', runners relay the [[Olympic Flame]] from [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]] to the opening cere...
3: ...e|French]] nobleman, [[Pierre de Coubertin|Pierre Frèdy, Baron de Coubertin]] in the late [[19t...
15: From that moment on, the Games slowly became more im...
25: ...t few centuries, similar events were organized in France and Greece, but these were all small-scale an...
27: ...0–1871). He thought the reason was that the French had not received proper physical education, a... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...[Iran]]. The Elamite period is considered to last from ca. [[2700 BC]] to [[539 BC]], with a preceding...
10: ...cial name [[Khuzestan|Khuzestān]] is derived from the Old Persian root ''Hujiyā'', which mea...
19: ...C]]. But we can only really trace Elamite history from records dating to beginning of the [[Akkadian E...
57: ...anced with federalism must have suffered, and the fraternal, sectional strife that so weakened Elam in...
60: ...ng the sack of Susa in 647 BCE. Here, flames rise from the city as Assyrian soldiers topple it with pi... - George W. Bush (64926 bytes)
25: ...00. He played baseball and rugby union during his freshman and senior years. He received a Bachelor of...
27: After graduating from Yale, Bush enlisted in the Texas [[Air National...
32: ...duty from 1972 to 1973, and that he was suspended from flying after he failed to take a required physi...
38: ...In taped recordings of a conversation with an old friend, author Doug Wead, Bush said: “I wouldn...
45: ...ver funds from his education trust fund and money from other investors. The [[1979 energy crisis]] hur... - Renewable energy (27996 bytes)
1: ...pture their energy from existing flows of energy, from ''on-going natural processes'', such as [[solar...
3: ...n geothermal and [[tidal power]], ultimately come from the [[Sun]]. Some forms are stored solar energy...
5: ...c]] cells, or production of fuels such as ethanol from biomass (see [[alcohol as a fuel]]).
12: ...ost common definition is that renewable energy is from an energy resource that is replaced rapidly by ...
20: ...econdly for the energy that is directly collected from sunlight. In this section it is used in the lat...
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