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- Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ...nt) and Ira Pittman, a poor mill worker who moved from town to town in search of work. As a child, Bes...
8: After a friend offered her a ride in an airplane, a thrilled...
10: ..., and association with the wealthy elite, she was frequently interviewed by the press and she made up ...
16: ... is the only woman to ever receive the Gold Medal from the [[Federation Aeronautique Internationale]]....
18: ...She was also the first woman to land and take off from an [[aircraft carrier]]. - Smilodon (2293 bytes)
19: ...don species are also known as ''sabertooth'' or ''sabre-toothed tigers'' (which is inaccurate, as they we... - Airline (29546 bytes)
1: ...humb|right|250px|Photography of Air Kenya, Kenya Africa. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart....
7: The scale and scope of airline companies ranges from those with a single airplane carrying mail or c...
11: ...mpanies. This occurs as regulators permit greater freedom, in steps that are usually decades apart. Th...
15: ...ion provided more competition and greater pricing freedom resulted in lower fares and sometimes dramat...
19: ... airlines form new business combinations, ranging from loose, limited bilateral partnerships to long-t... - Sword (24928 bytes)
2: ...h German]] ''Schwert'', literally "wounding tool" from a [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-Eu...
8: [[Image:Sword of Gou Jian.jpg|frame|[[Sword of Gou Jian]] as seen on a Chinese hig...
10: ...opotamia]]. Swords from the [[Nordic Bronze Age]] from ca. [[1400 BC]] show characteristic spiral patt...
11: Sword production in [[China]] is attested from the Bronze Age [[Shang Dynasty]].
14: [[Iron]] swords became increasingly common from the [[13th century BC]]. The [[Hittites]], the... - Modem (21628 bytes)
1: ...' (a [[portmanteau|portmanteau word]] constructed from '''mod'''ulator and '''dem'''odulator) is a [[d...
5: ...odems" transmit [[serial communications|repeating frames of data]] at very high data rates over [[micr...
7: ...lons. Heat changes an etalon's size and thus its frequency.
9: ...ed over any means of transmitting analog signals, from driven [[diode]]s to [[radio]].
12: ...system)|Sabre]], is the distant parent of today's SABRE system. - Cave art (4661 bytes)
6: ...d the [[Magdalenian]] paintings of southwestern [[France]] ([[Lascaux]]) and Cantabrian [[Spain]] ([[A...
8: ...f [[Cueva de las Monedas]] which imply the art is from the [[Wisconsin glaciation|last ice age]]. The ...
12: ...xplain the pictures of beasts of prey such as the sabre-toothed lion or the bear.
14: ...r small caves) and the variety of subject matter (from prey animals to [[Predator|predators]] and huma...
19: * [[Lascaux]], France - Fencing (20753 bytes)
7: ...ased to be an article of everyday dress after the French Revolution, they continued to be used in warf...
9: ... of fencing from different countries, notably the French and Italian schools. This state of affairs en...
19: ...s: [[Foil (sword)|foil]], [[Epee|�p�e]] and [[sabre]]. These three weapons had become standard by the...
24: ...l, hence the name. The guard separates the handle from the blade and provides protection for the hand.
27: [[Image:foilfen.gif|frame|right|A foil fencer. Valid target (the torso)... - Jet engine (22370 bytes)
1: ...ine (left of photo) prevents debris - or people - from being pulled into the engine by the huge volume...
2: ...ir and combustion products) in one direction and, from [[Isaac Newton|Newton]]'s [[Newton's_laws_of_mo...
4: The engine draws [[air]] in at the front and compresses it. The air is combined with [[...
8: ...ssing into the ignition chamber prevents backflow from it and thus makes possible the continuous burni...
15: ...f the maximum performance which could be obtained from it; the limit was essentially one of [[propelle...
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