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  1. Morse code (33777 bytes)
    13: ...ginally developed by Morse and his assistant, [[Alfred Vail]]. In 1848 a refinement of the code sequen...
    17: ...inning in the mid-1830s, [[Samuel Morse]] and [[Alfred Vail]] developed an [[electric telegraph]], whi...
    23: ...a language that is ''heard'', instead of one read from a page[http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/learncw/]...
    27: ...selves for service information like link quality, frequency changes, and telegram numbering.
    29: ...nce." ''See also:'' [[international distress frequency]]
  2. Genetic code (15677 bytes)
    268: === Phase or reading frame of a sequence ===
    269: ... RNA sequence. Mutations that disrupt the reading frame (i.e. insertions or deletions of one or two nu...
    277: ...ndences that happened to establish itself and be "frozen in" early in evolution, although ''functional...

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  1. Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
    1:
    40: | From [[Spain]]
    63: ...amics.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Pre-Columbian Ceramics from Nicoya, Costa Rica]]
    67: ...pital moved to [[San Jos鬠Costa Rica|San Jos靝. From the [[1840s]] on, Costa Rica was an independent...
    107: ...ure, and electronics exports. The economy emerged from [[recession]] in 1997 and has since shown stron...
  2. Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
    2: ...eat''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[Novemb...
    5: ...onths later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by ...
    11: ...tion the throne as a legal body; freed the nobles from state service and taxes; made noble status here...
    13: ...the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the mode...
    17: ...|Nikita Panin]], exercised considerable influence from the beginning of her reign. Though a shrewd sta...
  3. Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
    3: ...aduated [[Phi Beta Kappa Society|Phi Beta Kappa]] from [[Vassar College]] with a bachelor's degree in ...
    5: ...for it. At the end of the war she was discharged from the Navy, but she continued to work on the deve...
    9: ... extended her FLOW-MATIC language with some ideas from the IBM equivalent, the COMTRAN. However, it wa...
    12: Hopper retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Commander at...
    16: ... a [[rear admiral]]. She retired (involuntarily) from the Navy in [[1986]].
  4. Ching Shih (2491 bytes)
    1: [[fr:Ching Shih]]
    6: ...teal from them. It was a capital offense to steal from the treasury. Raping female captives was a capi...
    8: ...cted on him, O-po-tae sought a pardon for his men from the government and it was granted. Ching Shih a...
  5. Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
    12: ...and dismissed by the early church fathers. In the fragmentary text, the disciples ask questions of the...
    22: ...[Harvard Divinity School]], has observed, "The confrontation of Mary with Peter, a scenario also found...
    31: ...:10); although the Roman Catholic Church withdrew from this linkage at the [[Second Vatican Council]] ...
    33: ...ose critical scholars who are drawing conclusions from the canonic texts alone believe that the woman ...
    36: ...rance]]. Though her bones were scattered at the [[French Revolution]], her head is said to remain in h...
  6. 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 ...
  7. Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Soe_sansom2.jpg|frame|Odette Sansom while in service of the SOE]]
    5: ...istance|French underground]] in [[Nazi]]-occupied France. She left her three daughters in the care of...
    9: ...mprisoned. Under torture by the [[Gestapo]] at [[Fresnes prison]] in [[Paris]], Odette stuck to her c...
    15: Her third husband was Geoffrey Hallowes.
  8. Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
    5: ..., France]]. She was a secret agent in [[Occupied France]], who was immortalised in the film ''[[Carve...
    7: ...to offer her services to the SOE. Parachuted into France by the SOE, near [[Cherbourg]] she reorganize...
    9: ...was forced into hard labour and suffered terribly from malnutrition and exhaustion.
    13: ... of the SOE agents who died for the liberation of France, Sub-lieutenant Szabo is listed on the "Roll ...
  9. Wisteria (4864 bytes)
    20: ... ''W. japonica''. The flowers of some species are fragrant, most notably [[Chinese Wisteria|''Wisteria...
    27: *''[[Wisteria frutescens]]'' - [[American Wisteria]]
    37: ...ing capability and thus mature plants may benefit from added potassium and phosphate but not nitrogen....
    39: ... trees. Its pendulous [[raceme]]s are best viewed from below. Wisteria is an aggressive grower which c...
  10. Retina (13061 bytes)
    1: ...room Clip Art]]] Many animals have eyes different from the human eye.]]
    12: ...ina is defined by the [[ora serrata]]. The length from one ora to the other (or macula), the most sens...
    14: ...e raw input from the eyes to the brain. (Modified from a drawing by [[Santiago Ram󮠹 Cajal| Ram󮠹 ...
    18: ...e [[white blood cell]]s in the [[capillaries]] in front of the photoreceptors can be perceived as tiny...
    22: ... the retina. The macula has a yellow pigmentation from screening pigments and is known to ophthalmolog...
  11. History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
    4: ...The [[Venus of Willendorf]] (30,000 - 25,000 BC), from the area of [[Willendorf]], [[Austria]], is a w...
    6: ... Stone was generally rare and had to be imported from other locations.
    8: ...on the men. Votive stone sculptures of this type from 2700 BC were discovered at [[Tell Asmar]]. Man...
    13: ..., so that it can have four legs visible if viewed from the side. The piece was excavated at [[Nimrud]...
    16: ...is the [[Narmer Palette|Palette]] of King Narmer, from 3100 BC. The palette, which was used for mixin...
  12. Glass (26176 bytes)
    1: ...iginally, which can be seen in its [[conchoidal]] fracture.
    3: The word ''glass'' comes from [[Latin]] ''glacies'' (ice) and corresponds to ...
    18: ...nto other shapes and colors as shown in this ball from the [[Verrerie of Brehat]] in [[Brittany]].]]
    22: ...plify]] transmitted signals by [[laser]] emission from within the glass itself.
    26: Glass is sometimes created naturally from volcanic [[magma]]. This glass is called [[obs...
  13. Bookbinding (7761 bytes)
    6: ...s were bound between hard covers, with pages made from [[paper]], or [[parchment]], but were still cre...
    8: With the arrival (from the East) of rag paper manufacturing through Eu...
    16: ...gid covers and is stitched in the spine. Looking from the top of the spine, the book can be seen to c...
    43: * A ''leaf'' is a single complete page, front and back, in a finished book.
    44: ...leaf faces left when the leaf is held straight up from the spine.
  14. Statue (1162 bytes)
    3: ... this definition of the [[concept]] Statue is far from exhaustive and can be/needs to be expanded.''
  15. Greek language (35285 bytes)
    15: ...ied in schools and universities in many countries from the [[Renaissance]] onwards.
    17: ... known world, it was spoken from [[Egypt]] to the fringes of [[India]]. After the [[Roman]] conquest o...
    21: *'''[[Modern Greek]]''': Steaming directly from [[Koine Greek]], '''Modern Greek''' can be trac...
    32: ... this is found in the [[Linear B]] tablets dating from [[1500 BC]]. The [[alphabet]] normally used, wa...
    44: ...Austria]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Canada]], [[Egypt]], [[France]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Germany]]...
  16. Egypt (18830 bytes)
    22: | [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]]
    40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]],...
    56: ...s a [[republic]] mostly located in North-Eastern Africa.
    58: ...he majority of the country is located in [[North Africa]]. It shares land borders with [[Libya]] to th...
    67: ...959;&#962;'' "aiguptos", which in turn is derived from the ancient [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] phra...
  17. President of the United States (42878 bytes)
    5: ...t was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, m...
    14: ...ciety. Prominent public officials that are barred from the presidency because they were not born U.S. ...
    25: ... concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertising drive...
    29: ...titution of the United States." Only presidents [[Franklin Pierce]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] have chosen...
    38: ... the office due to death, resignation, or removal from office (by [[impeachment]] and conviction). Th...
  18. Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
    3: ...nst one another), divergent (two plates move away from each other), and transform (two plates slide pa...
    8: ...h the ''chemical'' subdivision of the Earth into (from innermost to outermost) [[Earth#The core|core]]...
    12: ...crust|oceanic]] lithospheres; for example, the [[African Plate]] includes the continent and parts of t...
    18: ...oundaries]]''' occur where two plates slide apart from each other.
    24: ...use highly visible surface effects. Because of [[friction]], the plates cannot simply glide past each...
  19. Antarctica (14761 bytes)
    4: '''Antarctica''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] &#7936;&nu;&tau;&alpha...
    8: ...he fifth largest continent, after [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], and [[South America]]. H...
    15: ...oldest place on earth. [[Weather pattern|Weather front]]s rarely penetrate far into the continent, le...
    37: ...erre Ad鬩e]], one of the four districts of the [[French Southern Territories]]
    47: *[[South Africa]]: claimed [[1963]]&ndash;[[1994]]
  20. United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
    65: ...pointed 40-member Federal National Council, drawn from all the emirates, reviews proposed laws. There ...
    67: ... bin Sultan Al Nahyan]] was the union's president from the nation's founding until his death on [[2 No...
    71: ...as [[Burj Al Arab]] and [[The Palm Islands]], and friendliness to the West have led many to call it th...
    151: *[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/aetoc.html Library of Congress - Country Stud...

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