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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 - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...] from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more...
12: ... Duke of York were already married, but estranged from their wives) and father children to provide an ...
14: ...anguage|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Da...
20: ... own marital surname was. After examining records from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha archives, they reported t...
23: [[Image:queen_victoria.jpg|framed|left|A young Victoria is depicted at her coro... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...ted Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]], from [[1997]] to [[2002]]. She first rose to promine...
25: ...the time Catholics were forbidden by church rules from studying in Trinity, founded by [[Elizabeth I o...
31: ...n requirement that all women upon marriage resign from the civil service and to the right to the legal...
43: ...n Rogers]]. Shortly afterwards, Robinson resigned from the party in protest at the [[Anglo-Irish Agree...
51: ...tical parties (even ones he had himself founded), from [[Clann na Poblachta]] to Fianna Fᩬ, Labour ... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
5: ...l-health. It is now thought she may have suffered from [[Addison's disease]], the cause of which was t...
12: ...ents in the life of the middle and upper classes, from which her subjects are generally taken. Her cha...
14: ...h she began and completed her novels is different from that of their publication. They are:
33: *Love and Freindship [sic] - 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 ... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
15: ...rested in late 1926, after running when police confronted him over a rental car he'd failed to return ...
19: ... most prevalent story is that it was through his friend Clarence Clay. Clarence's sister, Bonnie's si...
23: ...ts]] said that it was Eastham where Clyde turned "from a schoolboy to a rattlesnake."
25: ...s, embroiled in a plan to raid Eastham prison and free associate [[Raymond Hamilton]] and others. He r...
35: ...en or robbery victims, usually releasing them far from home, sometimes with money to help them get bac... - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
3: ... a lectureship at the [[University of Technology, Sydney]].
8: ...ction and theatre history. She studied at [[North Sydney Girls' High School]], but dropped out when her mo...
21: ...arred in ''[[To Die For]]'', earning high praise from critics. Although media speculation thought tha...
23: ...wing year Kidman came back to win the same praise from critics for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in ...
43: ...ccolades, Kidman has received Best Actress awards from the folowing critics' groups or award giving or... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...r World No. 1 woman [[tennis]] player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, she defected to the [[United St...
13: ...stralian Open]] to [[Evonne Goolagong]] and the [[French Open]] to [[Chris Evert]]. After losing to Ev...
17: ... [[Tracy Austin]]. She won both Wimbledon and the French Open in [[1982]].
19: ... in December at that time). She then won the 1984 French Open to hold all four Grand Slam singles titl...
23: In the three years from 1985 to [[1987]], Navrátilová reached the wom... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
5: Pipe organs range in size from portable instruments having only a few dozen pi...
11: <!--This section is the target of a link from the "organ pipe" article. If you update the tex...
15: ...ue organ]], the [[English romantic organ]], the [[French classical organ]], the [[symphonic organ]] an...
17: ...ured for playing [[Bach]]. So, for example, the [[Sydney Opera House Grand Organ]], whose construction sta...
27: The word ''organ'' originates from the [[Latin]] word "[[organum (musical instrume... - Australia (39438 bytes)
11: largest_city =[[Sydney]]|
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January]] [[1...
44: ...notes=<sup>1</sup>There are some minor variations from these three timezones, see [[Australian States ...
50: ...island]], [[Boigu Island]], is about 5 kilometres from Papua New Guinea. This has led to a complicated...
54: The name Australia derives from the [[Latin]] ''australis'', meaning ''southern... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
3: ...ww.stat.kz/en/info/stat-bul/stbr&e0303.pdf], down from 16,464,464 in [[1989]] [http://www.stat.kz/ru/d...
50: | From [[Soviet Union]], [[December 16]], [[1991]]
70: ...an since the [[1st century BC|first century BC]]. From the [[4th century|fourth century AD]] through t...
72: ... the livestock-based economy. The Kazakhs emerged from a mixture of tribes living in the region in abo...
76: ...ose still further once the [[Trans-Aral Railway]] from [[Orenburg]] to [[Tashkent]] was completed in 1... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
38: ...ate state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...aylor]] round out the list of American Presidents from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historical footn...
46: ...America]], eventually applying to the whole coast from [[South Carolina]] to [[Maine]]. The [[London ...
48: ...overnor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779, and again from 1784 to 1786. On [[June 12]], [[1776]], the [[V...
50: ...a is one of the states that [[secession|seceded]] from the Union to become the [[Confederate States of... - Spider (29039 bytes)
11: ...er [[Mesothelae]]'''<br /> <!-- Families missing from this list: Microstigmatidae, Nemesiidae, Barych...
79: ... [[Liphistiidae]], rarely seen burrowing spiders from Asia. The study of spiders is known as [[arachn...
81: ... strong [[protein]] strand extruded by the spider from [[spinneret]]s on the end of the abdomen. All ...
106: ...age (Foelix, 1996). A spider does not transition from the nymph to the imago until it has become sexu...
114: ...s 'palpi'), the small, leg-like appendages on the front of his [[cephalothorax]], into the sperm, abso... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
6: *[[366]] - [[Alamanni]] cross the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading [[Roman ...
19: ... first [[Hat-trick]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] against [[England]].
28: ... - [[DeYoung Museum]] in [[Golden Gate Park]] San Francisco opens.
33: ...ship]] program with a stated goal of building 200 freighters. Over 2,700 ships will eventually be con...
39: *[[1957]] - [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] and [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angele... - Kangaroo Facts (16137 bytes)
21: The word ''kangaroo'' is said to derive from the [[Guugu Yimidhirr language|Guugu Yimidhirr]...
39: ...several very small kangaroo-like marsupials, some from the family [[Macropodidae]], some not.
46: ... dog can set a full-grown male boomer into a wild frenzy. In extreme circumstances, one or more [[Wedg...
57: ...he gives birth; however, she has the ability to ''freeze'' the development of an embryo until the prev...
59: ...g distances at moderately high speed in search of fresh pastures is crucial. - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ... popularly regarded as a martyr to the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against ...
7: ...rdano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint Domenico near [[...
9: ...t [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associated with [[...
13: ...ernicus|Copernicanism]] and forced to leave for [[France]].
17: ...powerful French patrons, including [[Henry III of France|Henry III]]. During this period, he published... - Cassowary (5017 bytes)
16: ...ey also eat [[fungi]], [[snail]]s, [[insect]]s, [[frog]]s, [[snake]]s and other small animals. Lifespa...
28: ...ch]] and [[Emu]] are larger). "Cassowary" derives from the [[Malay language|Malay]] name ''kesuari''.
30: Adult Southern Cassowaries are 1.5 to 1.8 m (5½ feet) tall and weigh about 60 [[kilogram]]s ...
34: ...e eggs measure about 90 by 140 mm (3½ by 5½ inches) — only [[ostrich]] and [[emu]]...
36: ...ities. This has caused conflict particularly with fruit growers. However, in some locations such as [[... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...te a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: The term ''tsunami'' comes from the [[Japanese language]] meaning ''harbour'' (...
18: ...pate quickly and rarely affect coastlines distant from the source area due to the small area of sea af...
22: ...by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast an...
24: ...ve decreases as the inverse power of the distance from the source. This is the two-dimensional equiva... - Archery (18991 bytes)
7: ...involves shooting arrows at a target for accuracy from a set distance or distances. This is the most p...
9: ...e event, especially the women's divisions. At the Sydney 2000 games, the Korean women won bronze, silver a...
11: ...ionale de Tir ࠬ'Arc). Olympic rules are derived from FITA rules.
15: ... 18 m and 25 m. Outdoor distances range from 30 m to 90 m (for senior archers, jun...
25: ... spaced concentric rings, which have score values from 1 through 10 assigned to them. In addition, the... - Surfing (15219 bytes)
5: ...ppear, including [[France]], [[Brazil]], [[South Africa]], and many island states.
7: ... wax and/or traction pads (to keep a surfers feet from slipping off the deck of the board), interchang...
9: ...and often powerful appeal, which probably derives from an unusual confluence of elements: adrenaline, ...
11: The image of surfing powerfully differs from the sport in reality. Most people only see the...
13: ...en, including the level of difficulty, as well as frequency, of maneuvers. There is a professional su...
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