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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
15: ...tlantic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built...
17: ...lo'' (Castle Hill). Therefore, the city developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwa...
19: ...y French - pirates and buccaneers, such as [[Jean-Fran篩s Duclerc]], [[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Ni...
21: ...ed suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes.
25: ... year, the capital of Brazil was officially moved from Rio to Bras�a. - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
7: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
14: ...he earliest written record of China's past, dates from the [[Shang Dynasty]] in perhaps the [[13th cen...
18: ... around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have ...
22: ...[[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of a la... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To ...
13: ... who presumably would have contracted the disease from Mary's father. Whether or not he had the disea...
15: ..., [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]] and [[Italian language|Italian]], as well a...
17: ...ovided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second son, [[Henry, Duke of Orl顮s]...
19: ... with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts ... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
15: ...rested in late 1926, after running when police confronted him over a rental car he'd failed to return ...
19: ... most prevalent story is that it was through his friend Clarence Clay. Clarence's sister, Bonnie's si...
23: ...ts]] said that it was Eastham where Clyde turned "from a schoolboy to a rattlesnake."
25: ...s, embroiled in a plan to raid Eastham prison and free associate [[Raymond Hamilton]] and others. He r...
35: ...en or robbery victims, usually releasing them far from home, sometimes with money to help them get bac... - Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
1: [[Image:matahari.jpg|frame|Mata Hari, [[striptease|exotic dancer]] and co...
5: ..., she moved to [[Paris]]. She posed as a princess from [[Java (island)|Java]] and became an exotic dan...
7: ... Mata Hari was probably a low level agent for the French and the Germans, but there is no evidence tha...
17: A fictionalized version of Margarete Zelle, a French super-spy code-named Malkovich, appears as a ... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
1: [[Image:MarilynMonroe.jpg|right|frame|Marilyn Monroe]]
12: ...e was declared a ward of the state. Gladys's best friend, Grace McKee, later Goddard, became her guard...
15: [[Image:Pb1253.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]...
23: ...yn and her unique connection with the [[camera]]. From this point on, audiences were spellbound and Mo...
36: [[Image:dmm.jpg|frame|right|Monroe and Joe DiMaggio on their wedding... - Pollen (5420 bytes)
1: ... (''[[Lilium auratum]]''), primrose(''[[Oenothera fruticosa]]''), and castor bean (''[[Ricinus communi...
15: ... a foothold and Arizona lost its claim of freedom from hay fever. Anemophilous spring blooming plants ...
21: ... pollen]] for honeybees. Bees will collect pollen from some grasses and grains when they cannot find p... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ... and/or some international diplomatic recognition from selected states, but are not UN members. For mo...
5: The term "united nations" was coined by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] during [[World War II]], to ...
20: ... August to October [[1944]], representatives of [[France]], the [[Republic of China]], the [[United Ki...
24: ...curity Council]] — [[Republic of China]], [[France]], the [[Soviet Union]], [[United Kingdom]], ...
26: ... land purchased by an 8.5 million dollar donation from [[John D. Rockefeller, Jr.]], and designed by a... - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ...[[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]], to the west by [[France]], [[Belgium]], the [[Netherlands]] and [[Lux...
13: ...[[German language|German]]: Unity and Justice and Freedom)
15: ...tschen]]<br>3rd stanza (''Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit'')
51: ...[[Romany language|Romany]] and [[Frisian language|Frisian]] are officially recognised and protected as...
61: ...[[prince-elector]]s of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. From ''Bildatlas der Deutschen Geschichte'' by Dr Pa... - Aeschines (2644 bytes)
9: ...36 BC|336]], when [[Ctesiphon]] proposed that his friend Demosthenes should be rewarded with a golden ... - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...rst time, the first mass bombardment of civilians from the sky was executed, and some of the century's...
6: ...democratic Islamic state, Turkey. Activity by the French and British forces in the eastern part of the...
8: ...nch defeat in the Franco-Prussian that would lead France to exploit a Balkan crisis as a precept for a...
10: ...attlefield, and nearly that many more on the home front due to food shortages, [[genocide]], and groun...
11: ...?E=0&O=03300083 French National Library] (Text in French language).]] - Cold War (18329 bytes)
2: ...-intensity military operations and full-scale war from [[1947]] until the collapse of the Soviet Union...
7: ...usually considered to have occurred approximately from the end of the alliance between the U.S. and th...
12: ...ertain that a global nuclear war would not result from smaller regional wars, which heightened the lev...
14: ...ty controlled by [[West Germany]] and the Allies) from [[East Berlin]] and the territory of [[East Ger...
17: ... United States but also the [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], West Germany, and several other [[European... - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
4: ...facilitated demographic shifts to the "frontiers" from the more industrialized states in the Northeast...
8: ...economic base as municipalities lost the revenues from the enterprises that had departed. In the natio...
14: ...ss African Americans have grown more marginalized from the mainstream of U.S. society than their count...
18: ...tered confidence in the presidency. International frustrations, including the fall of [[South Vietnam]...
22: ...d by [[Moscow]], were spreading rapidly across [[Africa]], [[Southeast Asia]], and [[Latin America]]. ... - Bill Buckner (4174 bytes)
1: [[Image:TN_baseball.jpg|frame|125px|Baseball Clipart provided by [http://cla...
12: ...eld, allowing Ray Knight to score the winning run from second base. It capped an astonishing comeback ...
14: ...he still would have been unable to prevent Wilson from reaching first base. Wilson was a very fast run...
16: ... Buckner's error remains the popular focus of the blame. Moreover, the mistake was added to the lore of t...
18: ...n]] joke, the distraught Buckner threw himself in front of a locomotive in grief after his fielding er... - Albatross (4372 bytes)
17: The '''albatrosses''' (from [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ''Alcatraz''...
21: ... by gliding across wave fronts gaining [[energy]] from the vertical [[wind gradient]]. Their principal...
23: ...) according to the [[IUCN Red List]]. Part of the blame can be put on longliners, a type of fishing tech...
28: ...rder [[Ciconiiformes]], whereas in Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, the more tradition...
30: ... [[British Ornithologists' Union]] and the South African authorities split the albatrosses into four g... - Golf (35905 bytes)
4: ...'Rules of Golf'' as ''"playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or ...
6: ...ghteen. A hole of golf consists of hitting a ball from a tee on the ''[[teeing ground]]'' (a marked ar...
12: ...t so low that most balls can be easily played) or from the ''rough'' (uncut grass or ground not prepar...
16: ...rom which the ball is more difficult to play than from grass, and ''water hazards'' (lakes, ponds, riv...
18: ...y be seen from some distance (but not necessarily from the tee). It is also termed "the pin". - Allergy (18658 bytes)
1: ... known as [[allergen]]s. The word allergy derives from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''allos'' me...
4: ...e all [[hypersensitivities]] were thought to stem from the improper action of [[inflammatory]] [[immun...
16: ...allergic to [[house_dust_mite|dust mites]]. Apart from ambient allergens, allergic reactions can be du...
23: ...occur within 30 minutes. This response will range from slight reddening of the skin to full-blown [[hi...
39: ...bilitation is the removal of sources of allergens from the home environment, and avoiding environments... - Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
6: ...by his parents, William and Mary Ford, immigrants from [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]]. He was the eldes...
18: ...rd at Detroit Fairgrounds in [[1911]] with driver Frank Kulick. In 1913, Ford attempted to enter a rew...
20: ...ndicate that the concept and its development came from employees Clarence Avery, P.E. "Ed" Martin, [[C...
24: ...me, Henry and Edsel purchased all remaining stock from other investors, thus becoming sole owners of t...
26: ...g not available with the Model T. Despite urgings from Edsel, Henry steadfastly refused to incorporate... - Tarantula (17481 bytes)
129: ...which drew attention to them, and so they got the blame. Join that factor with the belief in tarantism an...
141: ...nited States]], [[Asia]], [[Southern Europe]], [[Africa]] and the [[Middle East]].
146: ...ave 10-inch leg spans. On the average, they weigh from 2 to 3 ounces (60-90 grams). The largest specie...
148: ...pecies have more extensive colour scheme, ranging from cobalt blue ('''[[cobalt blue tarantula]]''', '...
152: ...]]s, on the abdomen, opisthosoma, as a protection from enemies. These hairs are only present on some [... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
22: ... [[1909]] and he worked at Belle Springs Creamery from [[1909]] to [[1911]].
26: ...ss]]es.{{fn|1}} His mother was active in the sect from 1895, when Dwight was five years old, until she...
30: ...te)|Georgia]]. He then served with the Tank Corps from [[1918]] to [[1922]] at [[Camp Meade]], [[Maryl...
34: ...[George V. Moseley]], Assistant Secretary of War, from [[1929]] to [[1933]]. He then served as chief m...
36: ...] he had never held an active command and was far from being considered as a potential commander of ma...
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