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- John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...esidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Savann...
4: [[Image:Fremonts men marker.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Modern marker for site where two of ...
7: ...alifornia]] Territory following the [[Treaty of Cahuenga]] which ended the [[Mexican-American War]] in... - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: [[Image:SixIonicOrders.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Architects' first real look at the ...
5: [[Image:Ionic base of a column.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ionic base at the [[Erechtheum]], At...
6: ...of the column from the [[Stylobate|stylobate]] or platform. The [[ capital (architecture)| capital]] of the...
9: [[Image:Jonisk1.png|thumb|right|An archaic Greek Ionic capital, in ''Nord... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
59: ...essfully ran to succeed him as party leader, and thus Prime Minister of India. Initially she was dubbe...
67: ...tions with the US. [[Image:Indira_and_Nixon.JPG|thumb|Richard Nixon and Indira Gandhi in 1971]] This ...
84: ... nation's laws with the help of the parliament, thus protecting herself from legal prosecution once e...
106: ...ill resent her for [[Operation Bluestar]] and the human rights violations of the subsequent [[Operatio...
108: ...iyanka Vadera), have also entered politics with Rahul Gandhi seen as a future prime ministerial candid... - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
36: ...n leaves. They cannot stand a drop in atmospheric humidity or exposure to direct sunlight. Between the...
44: [[Image:Orchid_3115D.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Orchid Stem. Image provided by [htt...
60: In warm and humid climates, many terrestrial orchids do not need...
63: [[Image:Orchinds_85575A.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Orchid|Image provided by [http://cl...
67: ...nly grow one flower, others sometimes more than a hundred. - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
9: ...ics, Mrs. Truman traveled with him and shared his platform appearances as the public had come to expect a ca...
11: ...pt social life to a minimum. In most years of her husband's presidency, Mrs. Truman was not present in...
13: ...t." Her reply to what she wanted to do after her husband left office was "return to Independence" alt...
15: ...ve quietly, enjoying visits from Margaret and her husband, Clifton Daniel, and their four sons. She ag...
17: She died in 1982 and was buried beside her husband in the courtyard of the Harry S. Truman Libr... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
33: ...08]], moved from Kinderhook to [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], and in [[1816]] he took up his residence i...
55: ...pposition to him which existed in many states. No platform was adopted, the widespread popularity of Jackson...
65: ... and his nomination obviously failed to arouse enthusiasm or even inspire confidence. The revolt again... - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
7: ...not successful in passing much of his progressive platform through the state legislature, nor in raising a c...
15: ... demonstrate party unity if he kept Marshall on; thus in 1916 Wilson and Marshall became the first Pre... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
29: ...Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]], [[Massachusetts]], studying under Governor [[Levi Woodbury]]...
40: ...h;[[1843]]) at the age of four from [[epidemic typhus]]. Benjamin "Bennie" Pierce ([[1841]]–[[18...
43: [[Image:ElectoralCollege1852-Large.png|300px|thumb|right|The electoral map of the 1852 election.]]
45: ...r to the vote to determine the nominee, a [[party platform]] was adopted, opposing any further "agitation" o...
49: ... him prevail over Scott, whose anti-slavery views hurt him in the South. Scott's advantage was a known... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
55: [[Image:Abe_Lincoln_young.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Young Abraham Lincoln]]
59: ...linois General Assembly]]. The centerpiece of his platform was the undertaking of navigational improvements ...
63: Abraham Lincoln shared a bed with [[Joshua Fry Speed]] from [[1837]] to [[1841]] in Springf...
100: ...y Republicans to emphasize Lincoln's humility and humble origins, though in fact Lincoln was quite wea...
106: ...ation]] which were ''explicitly'' perpetual, and thus the Constitution too was perpetual. He asked rhe... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
12: [[Chester A. Arthur]] ([[1885]])<br>
39: [[Image:President_cleveland_wedding.png|left|thumb|Grover Cleveland was the first and only Preside...
46: ...ss of our national character...." He also vetoed hundreds of private pension bills to [[American Civi...
48: ...Image:DSCN4468 buffaloclevelandstatue e.jpg|left|thumb|Statue of Cleveland outside City Hall in Buffal...
54: ...arrison]], he received fewer electoral votes and thus lost the election - as did [[Samuel Tilden]] in ... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
52: [[Image:Stumpf-Chronik-Zug.png|left|200px|thumb|1548 view of [[Zug]]]]
72: ... Swiss parliament and government.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Curia Confoederationis Helveticae]] in [[Bern...
94: [[Image:Schweiz graubuenden sent.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Wintertime view of [[Sent]], in the eastern can...
107: *[[Graub?] (Grischun/Grigioni)
116: *[[Canton of Solothurn|Solothurn]] (Soleure) - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ...y [[Ukraine]] and [[Moldova]] in the northeast; [[Hungary]] in the west; [[Serbia and Montenegro|Serbi...
62: ...the fourth century, when it was included in the [[Hunnic Empire]]. The [[Gepids]] and the [[Avars]] ru...
66: ...the [[Austrian Empire]] (since [[1867]] [[Austria-Hungary]]) incorporated Transylvania until [[1918]] ...
68: ...tro-Hungary]] and the rise of [[Bolshevism]] in [[Hungary]] and Russia, Bessarabia and Transylvania un...
70: ...d the war joining Germany, Hungary and Bulgaria, thus recovering Bessarabia and northern Bukovina from... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
15: ...l_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Quechua]], [[Aymara]] |
59: ...he 13th century A.D. In about [[1450]], the [[Quechua]]-speaking [[Incas]] entered the area of modern ...
62: ...nt came from the Audiencia de Charcas located in Chuquisaca (La Plata — modern Sucre). Bolivian ...
76: ...ssively during most of Banzer's presidency, but [[human rights]] violations and eventual fiscal crises...
79: ...nd violent coup. His government was notorious for human rights abuses, [[narcotics]] trafficking, and ... - Texas (39610 bytes)
55: ...] states of [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]], [[Coahuila]], [[Nuevo Le, and [[Tamaulipas]]. To the ...
116: ...established Fort St. Louis at [[Matagorda Bay]], thus establishing a [[France | French]] claim to Texa...
119: ...Land]]. This group became known as the "Old Three Hundred".
133: ...tates of America]] followed through on a campaign platform promising to annex Texas, and signed legislation ...
145: ... represent Texas in the U.S. Senate: [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] (since [[1993]]) and [[John Cornyn]] (si... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
3: ...s of rebuilding and coming to terms with the vast human cost of the conflict. Unlike after [[World War...
5: [[Image:Flapper mag 1922.jpg|thumb|''Flapper Magazine'''s by-line "Not for old fog...
16: [[Image:1908_Ford_Model_T.jpg|thumb|right|The Tin Lizzy was the most popular car in...
21: .... The golden age of films was to be born from its humble beginnings in short, silent film reels. Like ...
24: [[Image:Chryslerbldg.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Climax of the new architectural style: th... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ... in the minds of many [[science fiction]] authors hundreds of years before it was actually feasible. S...
6: ...t. The [[U.S. Space & Rocket Center]] museum in [[Huntsville, Alabama]] next to [[Redstone Arsenal]] d...
13: ...3]], [[1957]]. The first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagari...
27: [[Image:China_(223).jpg|right|thumb|The [[UN]] and [[Flag of the People's Republic ...
28: ... became only the third country on Earth to send a human into space independently on October 15, 2003 w... - Landform (3582 bytes)
4: [[Image:Cappodocia_56.jpg|thumb|right|Landform of Cappodocia, Turkey.Image prov...
30: [[Image:LR_7_rhodes.jpg|thumb|right|Coastal landform of Rhodes, Greece.Image ...
60: *[[wave cut platform]] - Trajans Column (10003 bytes)
3: ...ircase of 185 stairs provides access to a viewing platform at the top. The capital block of Trajan's Column ...
13: ... emperor Trajan, depicted realistically (not superhuman), makes 59 appearances among his troops.
17: ..., a spiral stair of 185 steps gives access to the platform above, having offered the visitor in antiquity a ...
21: ...e is practically even, and the joints between the huge blocks still fit accurately. Despite numerous e... - Medieval fortification (8517 bytes)
15: ...dieval wall is likely to have been seen more as a platform for displaying hangings and the pomery as a gathe...
18: ==== [[Church]]es ====
55: ...r wall of the well. Conversely, spiral stairs in churches are usually but not invariably, in the form ... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
15: ...ring a specific period in Earth history. It was thus possible to speak of a "Tertiary Period" as well...
46: ...stocene megafauna]]); Evolution of fully modern [[human]]s
202: | colspan="2" | [[Platform cover]]s continue to expand
206: | colspan="2" | [[Platform cover]]s expand
219: ...n="2" | [[Bushveld|Bushveld Formation]] formed. [[Huronian]] glaciation.
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