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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...dair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
37: ...ms, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
40: *[[Charles Francis Adams, Sr.|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1807-1886), grandson of John Adams, son o...
41: *[[Charles Francis Adams, Jr.|Adams, Charles Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War ...
42: *[[Charles Francis Adams (1866)|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1866-1954), son of above, Navy secretary - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
20: ...ost recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[France]] to commemorate the centenary of the [[Enten...
29: ...7]], when she accompanied her parents to [[South Africa]]. On her 21st birthday she made a broadcast t...
33: ...t-great-grandmother. They are also both descended from [[Christian IX of Denmark]] (she being a great-...
38: ...] [[1996]]) [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Lady Diana Frances Spencer]] ([[1961]]–[[1997]]); married...
55: ...e's health declined during [[1951]] and Elizabeth frequently stood in for him at public events. She vi... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...first [[African American]] [[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the se...
31: ...isor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female ...
37: ...air]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-American [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing...
41: ...Experience in America." [http://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Ri...
43: ...s [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
14: #That no one has the right to seek values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on ot...
19: ...to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter.
22: ...an aspiring young actor, [[Frank O'Connor (actor)|Frank O'Connor]], who caught her eye. The two were m...
24: ...]] by Scalara Films, [[Rome]], despite resistance from the [[Italy|Italian]] government under [[Benito...
33: ... the infamous [[Red Scare]], Rand testified as a "friendly witness" before the [[House Committee on Un... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ...ur [[album]]s as the frontwoman for several bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
4: ..., she began singing blues and [[folk music]] with friends.
6: ...acquired a reputation as a "[[Amphetamine|speed]] freak" and occasional [[heroin]] user. She also used...
8: ...Port Arthur to recuperate, she again moved to San Francisco in [[1966]], where her bluesy vocal style ...
12: ...perhitscover.jpg|left|thumb|Janis Joplin singing, from the cover of the posthumous album ''Super Hits'... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: Alanis's Surname "Morissette" is French in origin. Her [[1995]] international debut ...
12: ...er early idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you o...
23: ...he would later write about in songs such as "UR" (from the album ''[[Supposed Former Infatuation Junki...
38: ...is''. The album attempted to move Morissette away from her debut album's dance-pop sound. However, ''N...
42: ...to [[Nashville]] a few months later also proved unfruitful. - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
11: ...]], [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]], [[English language|English]] and [[Italian...
67: * [[From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler]] (1973) - Carnation (3475 bytes)
21: ...ek ceremonial crowns. Others think the name stems from the Greek carnis (flesh), which refers to the o...
30: ... tears at Jesus' plight, and carnations sprang up from where her tears fell. The pink carnation became... - Pineal gland (4403 bytes)
17: ...PVN) into [[superior cervical ganglia]] (SCG) and from there into the pineal gland. - Manuscript (5266 bytes)
8: ...r]]. In Russia [[birch bark documents]] as old as from the 11th century have survived.
10: ...s in a [[scriptorium]], each making a single copy from an original that was declaimed aloud.
16: ... language|Greek]] or [[Latin]] and usually dating from the [[4th century]] to the [[8th century]], are... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
2: '''Calligraphy''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] καλ...
4: Calligraphy should be distinguished from the studies of [[epigraphy]] or [[palaeography]...
12: ...uan-shu and contained more than 3,000 characters. From that time to the present, there have been five ...
14: ... as a guide, hiragana and katakana were developed from simplified cursive versions of characters. In t...
52: ...clerical script is highly stylised, a development from seal script form. They are highly angular in ap... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
1: ...German styling, in a 16th century engraved book [[frontispiece]]]]
11: ...midsummer day increases from 12h to 24h as you go from the equator to the polar circle). He put the m...
14: ...from the Arctic to the East-indies and deep into Africa; Ptolemy was well aware that he knew about onl...
16: ...pts of Ptolemy's ''Geography'' however, date only from about 1300, after the text was rediscovered by ...
18: ...on the ''Geography'' was on display in [[Autun]] (France) in late Roman times. In the 15th century Pto... - Oboe (5230 bytes)
3: ...he [[shawm]]. The word "oboe" is derived from the French word ''hautbois'', meaning "high wood". It is...
11: The oboe first appeared in French courts around [[1650]]. In the [[17th century...
13: ... The commonly accepted range for the oboe extends from B♭3 to A6, nearly three octaves. In the ...
17: ...anesby]]. The range for the Baroque oboe extends from C4 to E♭6.
19: [[Image:Oboe.png|left|framed|border width=0|Classical Oboe]] - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ..., helping to draft their declaration of religious freedom and persuading [[Virginia]] to give their no...
25: ...the thinking of what Thomas Jefferson (who was in France at the time) called an "assembly of demi-gods...
31: ... States_House_of_Representatives|Representative]] from his home state of [[Virginia]]. He successfully...
33: ..., Madison was the nation's shortest president and frequently ill. In [[1794]] Madison married [[Dolley...
38: ...th any nation that would not remove the blockade: France did, and Britain did not. - Volcano (27295 bytes)
4: The name "volcano" has its origin from the name of [[Vulcan (god)|Vulcan]], a god of f...
18: ...'[[Volcanic cones]]''' or [[cinder cone]]s result from eruptions that throw out mostly small pieces of...
41: ...tive" volcano. The lifespan of a volcano can vary from months to several million years, making such a ...
43: ...to note that the span of recorded history differs from region to region; in the [[Mediterranean]], rec...
47: ...tone as extinct. In fact, because the caldera has frequent earthquakes, a very active geothermal syste... - Tanzania (17411 bytes)
1: ...i]]) is a country on the east coast of [[central Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]] ...
11: ...al_motto = Uhuru na Umoja ([[Swahili]]: Freedom and Unity) |
13: ...m = [[Mungu ibariki Afrika]] (God Bless Africa) |
19: ...s = [[Benjamin William Mkapa]] <br> [[Frederick Sumaye]]|
39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[December 9]], [[... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
34: | from [[Pakistan]]<br>[[March 26]] [[1971]]
47: | '''[[National Fruit]]''' || [[Jackfruit]]
65: ...], and there are even claims of social structures from around [[1000 BC]]. Early civilizations had Bud...
67: ...ntrolled the region by the late [[18th century]], from which the [[United Kingdom|British]] extended [...
69: ...ment of Pakistan changed the name of the province from [[East Bengal (province)|East Bengal]] to [[Eas... - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
11: ...afre's successor, which is about half as tall. Khafre's pyramid appears the tallest on some photograph...
17: ...length, and 12 [[arcsecond|seconds]] in [[angle]] from a perfect square. The sides of the square are a...
19: [[Image:Giza_4.jpg|thumbnail|300px|left|[[Khafre's Pyramid]]. Image courtesy of
22: ...[[limestone]], [[basalt]], and [[granite]] blocks from two to four [[tonne]]s in weight each with ston...
26: ...rrow shafts, about 20 centimeters wide, extending from the chamber to the outer surface of the pyramid... - California (63989 bytes)
91: ...a|San Jose]], and [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], and is responsible for many legal and t...
93: ... shown on early maps as an island. The name comes from ''Las sergas de Esplandián'' (Adventures of Sp...
101: ...tions of Mexican California. Traders and settlers from the United States began to arrive, harbingers o...
105: ...ck plague|plague]], caused because the area lacks frosts to kill mosquitos and fleas.
107: ...] of the [[United States Navy]] sailed into [[San Francisco Bay]] and claimed California for the Unite... - Missouri (16086 bytes)
54: ...cennial census. The Senate consists of 34 members from districts divided such that the population of e...
65: ...main behind from a glacier that once had extended from the north to the Missouri River.
67: ...] [[igneous]] [[Saint Francois Mountain Range|St. Francois Mountains]].
97: *11.2% [[African American|Black]]
103: ...n]] (10.5%), [[England|English]] (9.5%), [[France|French]] (3.5%).
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