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- Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...ges and below. Also called ''fagott'', in German, from a word meaning "bundle of sticks" due to its co...
6: ...y to the reed. It was, like the modern instrument,frequently constructed of maple, with thick walls to...
8: ...nificantly). The English name of "bassoon" comes from a more general term referring to the bass regis...
14: ...nt <font color=red>(3)</font>, which extends from boot to bocal; and the [[bocal]] (or crook) <font colo...
16: ...ain]]ed and [[varnish]]ed. The top of the bell is frequently completed with a ring, often of plastic o... - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
18: ...ique is the use of the [[left]]-hand [[thumb]] to fret notes on the bottom string, particularly on the...
20: ...he plectrum to be made of a leather [[shoe]] or [[boot]] [[heel]].
24: ...om [[Central Asia]], from whence several kinds of fretted long-necked [[chordophone]]s stem, including...
26: ... Asian instruments described above. Similarly, [[fret]]s on earlier balalaikas were made of animal gu...
28: ...particularly with the ''[[skomorokh]]s'', sort of free-lance musical [[jester]]s whose tunes ridiculed... - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
3: ...of education, health, transportation, and other infrastructure are generally the responsibility of the...
34: ...'<td>Ky.<td>[[Kentucky]]<td>[[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]]</tr>
79: ...arianas]]) which do have a legal status different from the states.
85: ...ee to organize their judicial systems differently from the federal judiciary, as long as [[due process...
86: ...al approval, just as when [[Maine]] was split off from [[Massachussetts]] - Kansas (21369 bytes)
37: '''Kansas''', derived from the [[Sioux|Siouan]] word Kansa meaning "People...
44: ...lace. On [[March 30]], [[1855]] "Border Ruffians" from [[Missouri]] invaded Kansas during the territor...
52: ...t]], and [[Carrie Nation]]. Famous sport athletes from Kansas include [[Barry Sanders]], [[Gale Sayers...
75: ...termine if evolution should once again be removed from state science standards.
78: ...ors of Kansas]]; [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Kansas]] - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
38: ...[[Hispanic]] ancestry, many of whom are descended from [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] [[colonist]]s. It al...
46: ...ld. Dispatched from [[New Spain]], conquistador [[Francisco Vᳱuez de Coronado]] led a full-scale exp...
50: ..."The Royal Road" as a 700 mile (1100 km) lifeline from the rest of [[New Spain]] to his remote colony....
58: [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] of [[France]] sold the vast [[Louisiana Purchase]], which...
60: Small trapping parties from the United States had previously reached Santa ... - Heel (1478 bytes)
3: ...invented for [[riding boot]]s to prevent the boot from slipping out of the [[stirrup]]. See also [[sti... - Horse (38916 bytes)
19: ...[[Evolution of the Horse|evolution of the horse]] from the very early (around 55 million years ago) ''...
21: ...less than 180 degrees to each side, overlapped in front and leaving a blind spot in the rear). Even do...
23: ... harem of his own, having separated female equids from another stallion's band.
28: ...ence for the [[domestication of the horse]] comes from [[Central Asia]] and dates to about [[30th cent...
40: ...sive selective breeding that took place in Europe from the middle ages onwards, giving us a picture of... - Ice skating (4786 bytes)
1: ... special [[boot]]s (or, more primitively, without boots, tied to regular [[footwear]]). It is mainly don...
3: ... [[canal]]s and [[lake]]s, etc. after it has been freezing for some time, and at indoor and outdoor sk...
5: ...th a temperate climate, e.g. the [[Netherlands]], frozen canals and lakes are fairly rare, but skating...
12: ... and bite") gives skaters the ability to increase friction and control their movement at will. In addi...
14: ...llows the blade to glide over it with very little friction. This [[hypothesis]] predicts that the grea... - Italy (17022 bytes)
2: ...], and shares its northern alpine boundary with [[France]], [[Switzerland]], [[Austria]] and [[Sloveni...
51: ...uistic minorities (for example, [[French language|French]] is spoken in the [[Aosta Valley]]) that are...
68: ...ek, but the Latin equivalent vitulus (young bull) from this root, does not.
70: ...wet. [[Varro]] wrote that the region got its name from the excellence and abundance of its cattle (ita...
74: ... appended to ''Italia'' in [[42 BC|42 B.C]]. From thence onwards, "Italia" gradually acquired its... - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ...in [[Norway]], or [[Philippe P鴡in|P鴡in]] in [[France]].
9: ...etts]] eager for action, and requested permission from the Massachusetts [[Committee of Safety (Americ...
10: ...ck on [[May 10]], [[1775]], Ticonderoga was taken from the 22 British troops that held it and who were...
12: ...ston]] of the Massachusetts militia and a boyhood friend of Allen, delivered the letter announcing the...
15: ...until all American forces were forced to withdraw from Canada in June of 1776. - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...ing Roman influence into what has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct consequence...
4: ...ltering government of the weak republic. Caesar's friend [[Marcus Brutus]] conspired with others to as...
6: Caesar's military campaigns are known in detail from his own written [[Literary works of Julius Caes...
23: ...ing the funerals Caesar delivered eulogy speeches from the [[rostra]]. Julia's funeral was filled wit...
26: ...umbnail|right|250px|'''Julius Caesar''', depicted from the bust in the [[British Museum]], in ''Cassel... - Foot (3755 bytes)
5: The structural quality of a foot varies from animal to animal. Many [[vertebrate]]s that hav...
9: ...s [[sandal (footwear)|sandal]]s, [[shoe]]s, and [[boot]]s. Consistent wearing of footwear, particularly...
11: ...anada]], it is customary to remove one's shoes or boots when entering a home, while in the [[United Stat...
15: ...es on the ground, by placing one foot directly in front of the other; this led to the adoption of the ... - New Deal (82408 bytes)
2: ...ams implemented between 1933-37 under President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] with the goal of relief, rec...
7: ...nses to the critical situation."<ref>Parker 2002, Friedman, ''Two Lucky People'' (1998) p. 59.</ref>
11: ... Milton. [http://www.rightwingnews.com/interviews/friedman.php ''Interview with John Hawkins''. Right ...
13: ...y, big city machines, labor unions, European and African-American minorities (now called "ethnics"), s...
18: ... 1929–1933, unemployment in the U.S. soared from 4% of the workforce to 25%, while manufacturing... - Wombat (7860 bytes)
17: ...and dig extensive burrow systems with rodent-like front teeth and powerful claws. Although mainly [[cr...
27: ...scattered areas of semi-arid scrub and [[mallee]] from the eastern [[Nullarbor Plain]] to the [[New So...
29: ...ing habitat, and that has become infested with [[African]] buffel grass, which out-competes the native...
34: ...deep into the flesh of his leg - through a rubber boot, trousers and thick woollen socks no less (Underh...
39: ... worldwide [http://www.harpercollins.com.au/jackiefrench/books/title.cfm?ISBN=0207199957]. - Sumer (14409 bytes)
2: ...ir'') formed the southern part of [[Mesopotamia]] from the time of settlement by the Sumerians until t...
5: ...adian language|Akkadian]] which belongs to the [[Afro-Asiatic languages]].
12: ...fare over water rights, trade routes, and tribute from nomadic tribes.
18: ...g it his capital, and claimed an empire extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean. He is t...
24: ...l]]s, [[millet]], [[wheat]], [[turnip]]s, [[Date (fruit)|date]]s, [[onion]]s, [[garlic]], [[lettuce]],... - Gecko (4899 bytes)
25: ... liquids (or no gases) is important; in theory, a boot made of synthetic setae would adhere as easily to...
30: * '''House gecko''', ''Hemidactylus frenatus''—A species that thrives around man a...
34: ... mutilatus'')—This gecko can vary its color from very light to very dark to blend into a backgro... - Geckos (5083 bytes)
25: ... liquids (or no gases) is important; in theory, a boot made of synthetic setae would adhere as easily to...
30: * '''House gecko''', ''Hemidactylus frenatus''—A species that thrives around man a...
34: ... mutilatus'')—This gecko can vary its color from very light to very dark to blend into a backgro... - Culture of Jersey (13844 bytes)
1: ...luences, to which have been added cultural trends from immigrant communities such as the [[Brittany|Br...
7: ...ce names are in J�rriais, and [[French language|French]] and [[English language| English]] place nam...
11: ...me purposes, is a [[minority language]]. The last French language newspaper closed in [[1959]].
17:
21: ...Jersey, but little indigenous literature survives from before the [[18th century]]. - Monkey stick (1154 bytes)
3: ...the name are not known but it is believed to stem from an association with one of the many [[Spain|Spa...
5: ...onstructed from a stout pole affixed to a heavy [[boot]] at the base. Metal "jingles", commonly beer-bo...
7: ...eys formerly used by [[busker]]s to solicit money from passers-by, a number of musicians have taken to... - Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (9097 bytes)
13: ...uthor = [[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|É. Geoffroy]] | date = 1803}}
16: ** '''''Lasiorhinus latifrons''''' {{Taxobox authority parens | author = [[R...
20: ...and dig extensive burrow systems with rodent-like front teeth and powerful claws. Although mainly [[cr...
30: ...scattered areas of semi-arid scrub and [[mallee]] from the eastern [[Nullarbor Plain]] to the [[New So...
32: ...age:wombat3461.jpg|frame|Line drawing of a Wombat from a 1911 encyclopedia]]
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