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- November 4 (10686 bytes)
17: *[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is pu...
24: ... II]]: U.S. President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States C...
29: ...e retrievable and she dies a few hours later from stress and overheating.
48: *[[1765]] - [[Pierre Girard]], [[France|French]] mathematician (d. [[1836]])
58: *[[1923]] - [[Freddy Heineken]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] businessman... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 20...
29: ...y]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...and]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic gr...
33: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]...
36: ...hire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' shop in the town ... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
9: ...y in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
19: ...ted to each other and they became life-long close friends. Herbert was instrumental in facilitating Ni...
33: ...anizing patient care. Although she met resistance from the doctors and officers, her changes vastly im...
45: ...r030502 CBC story: 'Florence Nightingale suffered from bipolar disorder']
47: In response to an invitation from Queen Victoria, and despite the limitations of ... - Wisteria (4864 bytes)
20: ... ''W. japonica''. The flowers of some species are fragrant, most notably [[Chinese Wisteria|''Wisteria...
27: *''[[Wisteria frutescens]]'' - [[American Wisteria]]
37: ...28botany%29|trunk]], root pruning, or [[drought]] stress.
39: ... trees. Its pendulous [[raceme]]s are best viewed from below. Wisteria is an aggressive grower which c... - Apple (20408 bytes)
16: ...]], and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Table apples are of the species ''M. domesti...
27: ...ples, picked in late autumn and stored just above freezing have been an important food in [[Asia]] and...
32: ... allow [[pesticide]]s to penetrate the top of the fruit), and popular flavor.
34: ...around the world to preserve such local heirlooms from extinction.
39: ...e]]s are typically too tart and astringent to eat fresh, but they give the beverage a rich flavor that... - Nervous system (3163 bytes)
1: ...anatomy)|organ]]s, constructs and processes input from the [[sense]]s, and initiates [[action (philoso...
19: ...ic nervous system responds to impending danger or stress, and is responsible for the increase of one's hea... - Testicle (6183 bytes)
3: ...cremasteric reflex. It also occurs in response to stress (the testicles rise up toward the body in an evol...
5: ...olutionary development which protects each testis from hitting against the other.
19: .... The tubes are lined with a layer of cells that, from [[puberty]] into old-age, produce sperm cells. ...
30: ... normal adult human males, testicular size ranges from the lower end of around 14 cm? to the upper end...
48: ...or example, to produce a high-voiced [[castrato]] from the castration of a pre-[[puberty|pubescent]] b... - Brain (22060 bytes)
9: .... The brains of arthropods and cephalopods arise from twin parallel nerve cords that extend through t...
11: The brains of craniates develop from the anterior section of a single dorsal [[neura...
16: ...nia]], [[bipolar disorder]], and [[post-traumatic stress disorder]], are now recognized as having a biolog...
20: ...ers are [[congenital]]. [[Tay-Sachs disease]], [[Fragile X syndrome]], [[Down syndrome]], and [[Toure...
38: ...derstand the nervous system, including the brain, from a biological perspective. [[Psychology]] seeks... - Bone (11388 bytes)
27: ...sory receptors - regulating the bones response to stress.
29: ...d'' surfaces. Because the osteoclasts are derived from a [[monocyte stem-cell lineage]], they are equi...
40: ... in long bones, such as limbs; the bone is formed from [[cartilage]].
46: ...one to generate small electrical potentials under stress.
54: Cut and polished bone from a variety of animals is sometimes used as mater... - Adrenal gland (7544 bytes)
1: ...esponsible for regulating the [[stress (medicine)|stress]] response through the [[synthesis]] of [[cortico...
5: ... cortex]], both of which receive regulatory input from the [[nervous system]]. As its name suggests, t...
11: ...mpathetic nervous system]], receiving innervation from corresponding [[preganglionic fiber]]s. Moreove...
13: In response to [[stressor]]s such as [[exercise]] or imminent danger, med...
18: ...he adrenal gland, the adrenal cortex mediates the stress response through the production of [[mineralocort... - Epithelium (4397 bytes)
1: ...ide of blood vessels) or external (e.g. [[skin]]) free surfaces of the body.
16: ...mnar epithelial cells and secrete [[mucus]]. The free surface of the columnar cell has tiny hairlike ...
20: ...fied cells can usually withstand large amounts of stress. - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
1: ...usands of years, involves the creation of objects from clay and other ceramic materials. This article ...
7: ...his art form encompasses the creation of anything from earthenware and porcelain to decorative tiles a...
39: ... the longevity of ceramic products make it an eco-friendly choice in an age of disposable products and...
46: The word '''''ceramic''''' is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word Κ&epsil...
57: ...ve furnaces, a commonly used abrasive, and as a refractory material. - 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... - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
2: ... instruments are played in the southern parts of Africa. The Berimbau was eventually incorporated into...
9: ...n automobile [[tire]]) tightly strung and secured from one end of the verga to the other. A [[gourd]] ...
11: ...so be altered by moving the caba硠back and forth from the abdomen, producing a wah-like sound.
34: ...ing, and by sliding the gourd a little up or down from the place where the sound is best.
36: ...rom C to D). One can press the dobr㯠away enough from the gourd for this only if the bow is about 4 f... - 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;ς'' "aiguptos", which in turn is derived from the ancient [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] phra... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
32: ...ging that the "S" stood for Simpson. He graduated from West Point in [[1843]], ranking 21st in a class...
34: ...[August 22]], [[1848]]. They had four children: [[Frederick Dent Grant]], Ulysses S. (Buck) Grant, Jr....
39: ...pultepec]]. On [[July 31]], [[1854]], he resigned from the army. Seven years of civilian life followed...
48: ... attack until the enemy surrendered or was driven from the field. Such tactics often resulted in heavy...
50: ...in which the destruction of an enemy's economic infrastructure that supplied its armies was as importa... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
20: ...Arthur pronounced his middle name, Alan, with the stress on the ''second'' syllable -- "Al-AN."
22: Arthur suffered from [[Bright's Disease]] and died of a [[cerebral h...
27: ...Vermont|Fairfield]] in [[Franklin County, Vermont|Franklin County]], [[Vermont]] on October 5, 1829 (a...
29: He attended the public schools and was graduated from [[Union College]], [[Schenectady, New York]], i...
33: ...ystem even as it was coming under vehement attack from reformers. He insisted upon honest administrati... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...Events of the Millennium by LIFE Magazine. Apart from Gutenberg, the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Laurens ...
8: ... using "rag" [[paper]] introduced into [[Europe]] from [[China]] by way of [[Muslims]], who had a pape...
12: ... books were copied mainly in [[monasteries]], or (from the [[13th century]]) in commercial [[scriptori...
14: ... printing presses an industry requiring a licence from the Catholic Church (an idea rejected in the en...
16: ...vention in 1453, towns from Hungary to Spain, and from Italy to Britain had functional printing presse... - Glaciology (3787 bytes)
5: ...ed from the [[Latin]] ''glacies'', meaning ice or frost.
9: ...untains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in [[continental gl...
23: ...s of ice through ablation exceeds the annual gain from [[Precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]].
27: ...ation)|Creep]] : Adjustment to [[Stress (physics)|stress]] at a [[Molecule|molecular]] level.
29: ...e]] : Brittle failure (breaking of ice) under the stress raised when movement is too rapid to be accommoda... - 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: ...lide past each other. Rather, [[stress (physics)|stress]] builds up in both plates and when it reaches a ...
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