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- 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) - Canna lily (3803 bytes)
17: ...ot unlike those of a potato) can be dug up before freezing and stored in a protected area for replanti...
19: ... [[malathion]] to kill the pests. In areas with a freezing winter the leaf roller is not typically a p...
30: ...ular as a garden plant and were grown widely in [[France]], [[Hungary]] and the [[United Kingdom]] dur...
35: ...ov.html "Colorful Cannas" By Cynthia W. Mueller, from the November-December 2001 issue of ''Horticult... - 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... - Illuminated manuscript (5973 bytes)
1: ... manuscript)|miniature]] of [[Christ in Majesty]] from the [[Aberdeen Bestiary]] (folio 4v), would be ...
3: ...s are the most common type of artifact to survive from the middle ages. They are also the best survi...
13: Illumination was a complex and frequently costly process. As such, it was usually ...
35: | Plant-based colors, such as [[saffron]]; yellow earth colors ([[ochre]]); [[orpiment]...
41: | Ultramarine (made from the mineral [[lapis lazuli]]); [[azurite]]; [[... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
26: ...e was initiated as a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]] in Fredericksburg on [[4 February]] [[1752]]. On Lawren...
28: ==French and Indian War and afterwards==
31: ...nternational incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually became the...
33: ...ition]], which successfully drove the French away from [[Fort Duquesne]].
37: ...en. In that year, he was chosen as a [[delegate]] from Virginia to the First [[Continental Congress]] ... - Samoa (9435 bytes)
1: ...from [[1900]] to [[1914]] and '''Western Samoa''' from [[1914]] to [[1997]].
37: | From [[New Zealand]]<br>[[January 1]], [[1962]]
46: | ''[[The Banner of Freedom]]''
57: ...as German Samoa, then Western Samoa after passing from [[Germany|German]] control to [[New Zealand]] i...
59: ...titution was amended to change the country's name from Western Samoa to Samoa. Samoa had been known si... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
41: | [[June 19]], [[1961]] from the United Kingdom
65: ...igrated to the northern shore of the Persian Gulf from the Najd, their famine-stricken homeland in cen...
66: .... The current rulers of the country are descended from Sabah I, who was chosen by the community, which...
68: ...was occupied by tribes and used for spice trading from [[India]]. By the [[18th century]], most of the...
70: ...8 (largely due to the desire for Iraqi protection from Shiite [[Iran]]), Kuwait was invaded and annexe... - Papyrus (5819 bytes)
2: '''Papyrus''' is an early form of [[paper]] made from the [[pith]] of the papyrus plant, ''[[Cyperus ...
5: ...mbda;ος ''bublos'' (said to derive from the name of the [[Phoenicia|Phoencian]] city of...
10: A sheet of papyrus is made from the stem of the plant. The outer rind is first ...
17: ... Gr棯-Roman world it became common to cut sheets from papyrus rolls in order to form codices.
21: ...had been reintroduced into Egypt in [[1872]] from France. Both Sicily and Egypt continue to have centr... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
46: ...lahoma's natural terrain is very diverse, ranging from Oak-Hickory mixed forest in the Eastern well-wa...
48: The state is one of the six states on the [[Frontier Strip]].
56: ...e), Great Plains Country (Southwestern Oklahoma), Frontier Country (Central Oklahoma, including the Ok...
60: From a [[bioregional]] perspective, Oklahoma is reco...
115: ...l swapping going on between [[European]] powers [[France]] and [[Spain]]. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...lish]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1...
4: ...n method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, obse...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[Londo...
16: ...nt and society in [[France]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political i... - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
7: ... attacks on civilian targets and destruction of infrastructure, followed by exploitive economic polici...
9: ...nforce the civil rights of the formerly enslaved African-Americans in the South.
15: ...tion|fifteenth]], which extended the franchise to freed citizens. The fourteenth amendment was oppose...
21: ...id ultimately provide an institutional basis for African-American political mobilization and organizat...
30: ...feared warriors. The Apaches built their economy from attacking, looting and kidnapping Hispanic farm... - Bottlenose Dolphin (16802 bytes)
19: ...t the underside. This makes them hard to see both from above and below when swimming. The elongated up...
21: ... length from 2 to 4m (6 to 13 feet) and in weight from 150 to 650kg (330 to 1430 pounds) with males be...
23: ...y)|homologous]] to the forelimbs of land mammals (from which dolphins and all other [[cetacea]]ns evol...
33: ...nded them for forty minutes, preventing an attack from the shark, as they returned to shore. (See [6]...
43: ... sounds are emitted in a focused beam towards the front of the animal. They have two small ear opening... - Bowling (1865 bytes)
8: ...o roll a small ball three times per [[turn (game)|frame]] instead of two, and the fallen pins are not ...
9: ...re the player rolls three times per [[turn (game)|frame]] toward small, squat pins.
15: *[[Skittles (sport)|Skittles]] — the sport from which "alley" based Bowling originated - 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". - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
5: ...eometry]] at [[Oxford]]. In the family and to his friends he was known as Stephe (rhymes with Livy). H...
11: ...dia]]. In [[1895]] he held special service in [[Africa]] and returned to India in [[1897]] to command...
13: ...oon transferred to the British secret service. He frequently travelled disguised as a butterfly collec...
15: ...ful campaign in [[Ashanti Confederacy|Ashanti]], Africa, and at the age of 40 was promoted to lead the...
17: ...as responsible for the organisation of a force of frontiersmen to assist the regular army. Whilst arra... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
9: ...ted, and displays of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire.
11: ...tities with imperial pretensions, including the [[Frankish]] kingdom, the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the [...
23: ...final step in the evolution of the [[Roman Army]] from a [[citizen army]] to a professional one.
33: ...Romanizing extensive territories in the East, in Africa, in Hispania and Gaul, beyond those areas that...
40: ...few, works of poetry, legislation and engineering from this period provide important insights into Rom... - Aviator (3951 bytes)
6: ...rity given to the ''Pilot in Command'' is derived from that of a ship?s captain.
34: *[[Geoffrey de Havilland]]
62: *[[Frank Whittle]]
74: *[[Manfred von Richthofen]]
77: *[[Fred Zinn]] - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ...t a time, were generally reluctant to go very far from home, and would often come and go as they saw f...
15: ...f these ever set foot in America. The war was far from Britain's greatest concern at the time. [[Loyal...
19: ...cisive, though disastrous for the French economy. France's standing army at the time is estimated to h...
23: ...lack slaves used the war as a chance to escape to freedom.
31: ...regiment]]s of British regulars (about 4,000 men) from his headquarters in Boston, but the countryside... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
37: ...rom [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 4.60% from two or more races. 9.98% of the population are...
41: ..., 11.4% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who are 65 years of age or o...
47: * [[1847]] - The state capital is moved from [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] to Lansing Townsh... - Avocado (6755 bytes)
2: ... [[Image:Avocado.jpeg|240px]] | caption = Avocado fruit (cv. 'Fuerte'); <br/>left: whole, right: in se...
15: ...nd green skin. The avocado tree does not tolerate freezing temperatures, and so can be grown only in s...
17: ...iant [[ground sloth]]s or [[Gomphothere]]s). This fruit with its mildly toxic pit, co-evolved with tho...
21: ...fluence of [[ethylene (plant hormone)]] gas). The fruit can be left on the tree until required, rather...
29: ...ant from seed, although it will not normally bear fruit indoors; people enjoy it for its greenery. It ...
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