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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: *[[Adolphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
19: ...Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
34: ...s|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
38: ...Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
41: ...son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...lizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...d Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ... second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thail...
11: ...], and is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
14: ..."Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]] - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...d African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to se...
29: ...confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in later that day.
31: ...) and the first female to have been appointed to the post.
34: ...d on weekends; Rice's mother, Angelena, was a teacher." [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?021014...
35: ...University of Denver. Her name is a variation on the [[Italian]] musical term "con dolcezza" which is ... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: ...=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist philosophy|Objec...
11: ... goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
13: ...wn sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
14: ...om others by physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force.
19: ...h she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter. - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
1: ...cert.jpg|right|thumb|Janis Joplin on the cover of her posthumously-released live album ''In Concert'']...
2: ...nctive voice. Joplin released four [[album]]s as the frontwoman for several bands from [[1967]] to a p...
4: ...n]], though she never completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and [[folk music]] with frien...
6: ... her career, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
8: ...gles led to the album being withheld until after their subsequent success. - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: ...[[Avril Lavigne]], and [[Kelly Clarkson]] among others.
8: ==The early years==
10: ...he has an older brother, Chad, and a [[twin]] brother, Wade.
12: ...f her early idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet yo...
14: ...te wrote her first song, "Fate Stay With Me", at the age of 9: - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
3: ...Intermezzo (1939 movie)|Intermezzo]] ([[1939]]). The film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illust...
5: ... St. Mary's]]'' ([[1945]]). She would receive another Best Actress nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (mov...
7: ..." One of Rossellini's and Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ... on the big screen. It is considered to be among her best performances.
11: ...e speaks five languages, and can't act in any of them." - Carnation (3475 bytes)
17: ... name "carnation"), but later, [[cultivar]]s of other colors, including red, white, yellow and greenis...
19: ...between ''D. caryophyllus'' and other species in the genus.
21: ...r, or incarnacyon (incarnation), which refers to the incarnation of God made flesh.
26: ...lower dies first, the poor girl will be miserable her whole life.
28: The carnation is also the symbol of the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Carnation Revolution]]. - Pineal gland (4403 bytes)
1: ...us|thalamic bodies]]. It is also referred to as the '''pineal body'''.
5: ...oned [[thalamus|thalamic bodies]]. It is part of the [[epithalamus]].
7: The pineal gland is a midline structure and is often ...
11: ...d consists mainly of [[pinealocyte]]s, but four other cell types have been identified: interstitial ce...
13: ...epithelium]] and enveloped by connective tissue. These follicles contain a variable quantity of gritty... - Manuscript (5266 bytes)
1: ...tion]]s that are scratched upon a hard material (the original meaning of ''[[graffiti]]''), or in [[cu...
3: ...]. Technically, these are all [[inscription]]s rather than manuscripts.
6: ...s the last letter of the abbreviation to express the plural, just as ''pp'' means "pages".)
8: ...n Russia [[birch bark documents]] as old as from the 11th century have survived.
10: When Greek or Latin works were published, numerous professional copies were made simultan... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. The Bible was hand written in Belgium, by Gerard Bril...
2: ...φος ''graphos'' "writing") is the art of decorative [[writing]]. A style of callig...
4: ...e of interest to both calligraphers and palaeographers.
8: Calligraphy is an art dating back to the earliest day of history, and widely practiced thr...
10: ...considered an important art in [[East Asia]] and the most refined form of East Asian [[painting]]. - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
3: ...was a [[Hellenistic civilization|Greek]] [[geographer]], [[astronomer]], and [[astrologer]] who probab...
5: ... Latin translation (by [[Gerard of Cremona]]) in the 12th century.
7: ... but unlike the modern system they did not cover the whole sky.
9: ... but most of his sources beyond the perimeter of the Empire were unreliable.
11: ...nbsp;longitude at the most western land he knew, the Canary Islands. - Oboe (5230 bytes)
3: ...lation of [[embouchure]] and air-pressure allows the player to express a huge range of emotions and mo...
5: ==The instrument==
7: ...ficult to blend with other instruments. However, the advanced oboist can produce a rich, warm, and bea...
9: ... changes in pitch are also possible by adjusting the [[embouchure]].
11: ...strument in early military bands until ousted by the clarinet. - James Madison (15187 bytes)
18: ...n as the father or mother of something|Father of the]] [[United States Constitution]]''.
21: ...day [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Tennessee]]) to the [[Continental Congress]].
23: ...resented in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state representation depen...
25: ...adison's arguments were powerfully influenced by the political thought of [[Charles de Secondat, Baron...
27: ...e thirty of the eighty-five essays that comprise the Federalist Papers. His most famous passage comes ... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
2: ...phenomenon tends to occur near the boundaries of the [[plate tectonics|continental plates]]. However, ...
4: The name "volcano" has its origin from the name of [[Vulcan (god)|Vulcan]], a god of fire in...
5: The study of volcanoes is called [[vulcanology]] (or ...
10: ...nt Pel饝] on the island of [[Martinique]] is another example.
12: ...mistry terms "acidic" and "basic", respectively. The latter were thought to be a little misleading, ho... - Tanzania (17411 bytes)
1: ...ozambique]] on the south. To the east it borders the [[Indian Ocean]].<!--
13: national_anthem = [[Mungu ibariki Afrika]] (God Bless A...
38: established_events = -Tanganyika<br> -Zanzi...
39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[December 9]], [[1961]]...
54: The capital of Tanzania was officially moved from [[D... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
1: ...eans "The Country of [[Bengal]]". Lying north of the [[Bay of Bengal]], on land it borders [[India]] a...
45: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Amar Sonar Bangla]]
65: ...adesh has several sites of mass architecture, in the form of [[temple]]s and monasteries, bearing proo...
67: ...[British Raj|their rule]] over all of [[India]]. When [[Indian Independence Struggle|Indian independen...
69: ..., the government of Pakistan changed the name of the province from [[East Bengal (province)|East Benga... - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
1: ...whom it is often called '''Khufu's Pyramid''' or the '''Pyramid of Khufu'''.
5: == Pictures of the Great Pyramid ==
6: ...Civilizations/Ancient_Egypt/Pyramids Pictures of the Great Pyramid]
9: ...ree great pyramids in the [[Giza Necropolis]] on the outskirts of modern [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].
11: ...ographs as it is somewhat steeper and built on higher terrain. - California (63989 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Golden State |
37: HighestElev = 4421 |
44: <!-- before modifying these state symbols please verify your changes agains...
50: Nickname = The Golden State |
64: Fossil = [[Smilodon|Saber-toothed cat]] | - Missouri (16086 bytes)
1: ...ppi]] and [[Missouri River|Missouri]] rivers are the two large rivers which flow through this state.
10: ...n]] ([[1809]]) ''"The welfare of the people my highest law")|
32: HighestElev = 1772 feet; 540 |
44: ...hern states. Missouri was the starting point for the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
50: ... Party|Republican]]). Missouri has nine seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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