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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...]] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". Th...
21: ..., which then became the only European capital outside of Europe. Since there was no physical space nor...
23: ...med the independence of Brazil in [[1822]], he decided to keep Rio de Janeiro as the capital of his ne...
25: ...the territorial center were considered, until president [[Juscelino Kubitschek]] was elected in [[1955...
27: ..., for administrative and political reasons, a presidential decree known as ''A Fus㯧' (The Fusion) re... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
12: ...ist) the Kern and Mrcer songbooks also scored by Riddle, and [[Duke Ellington]], a later collection de...
14: ...ether with the "other voice" of jazz, [[Billie Holiday]] ([[1957]]).
18: ...'s Blues]]''. She also appeared in the films ''[[Ride 'Em Cowboy]]'', ''[[St. Louis Blues]]'', and ''[...
91: *1971 ''[[Ella A Nice]]''
107: *1983 ''[[Nice Work If You Can Get It]]'' - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
8: ...She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid."
14: Nevertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice among ...
16: ...nders if the cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a ...
20: ...[Lifeboat (movie)|Lifeboat]]. The performance is widely acknowledged as her best on film, and won her ...
22: ...- is a cult favorite as is her role as the Black Widow on television's Batman. - Eliska Junkova (2642 bytes)
4: ...ly she served as riding mechanic and her husband did the driving until an injury to his hand afforded ...
10: ...orgotten by the motor racing world. Like [[Hellé Nice]], her great female counterpart from France, only... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
8: ...he young girl enjoyed the game, and her father decided to train her further in the sport. His training...
16: ...ed in outfits covering nearly all of the body. Staid Brits also were in shock at the boldness of the F...
30: ...later that year at a tournament in [[Nice, France|Nice]] where Bjurstedt-Mallory failed to win even one ...
34: ...teur player, Suzanne Lenglen played what many consider to be her most memorable match. In a February [...
42: ... of the US Open from 1912 to 1914, was 35 and considered to be past her prime, although she had reache... - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
9: ... steel string ("arame" - often pulled from the inside of an automobile [[tire]]) tightly strung and se...
11: ...holds the berimbau in one hand, wrapping the two middle fingers around the verga, and placing the litt...
34: ...sound, by releasing a little the string, and by sliding the gourd a little up or down from the place w...
40: ...producing a nice sound than about naming the individual sounds.
42: ... other two sound weaker), but the musician may decide which strikes to stress. Also, the sound tone sh... - Tanzania (17411 bytes)
18: ... = [[List of Presidents of Tanzania|President]] <br> [[List of Prime Ministers of Tanzania|P...
61: ...o invaded Uganda itself, forcing the ousting of [[Idi Amin]].
63: ... Mkapa]] was subsequently sworn in as the new president of the United Republic of Tanzania on [[23 Nov...
65: ...inst [[Elections in Tanzania|elections]] they considered unfair. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/afr...
67: ...on the other side of the [[Indian ocean]] caused tidal surges along Tanzania's coastline in which 11 p... - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
28: Width = 400 |
39: ...of [[suburb]]s. More than half of the state's residents live there.
51: ...Kensington Runestone]], which most historians consider to be an elaborate [[hoax]]. Some say that the...
54: ...ed for many years afterward. Parts were also considered to be in the [[Northwest Territory]].
59: ...some tribes operate [[casinos]] which have been said to be among the most profitable in the country. ... - Agathon (3124 bytes)
1: ... was an Athenian tragic poet and friend of [[Euripides]] and [[Plato]]. He is best known from his men...
4: ...s, which appear to have been half way between the idyl and comedy. His intimacy with Aristophanes doub...
6: ...d flowing softly along, with harmonious words and nice construction, but lacking in the element of truly... - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
6: ...atic]]s, grace smells one can say little with confidence about his life and teachings. Pythagoras and...
13: ...] recitations occurred before and after sleep to aid the memory.
19: ...rian]]. According to [[Ovid]], Pythagoras once said, "As long as man continues to be the ruthless des...
21: ...ain from beans" would, therefore, mean merely "Avoid politics".
23: ...aching. Even today, scholars cannot definitively identify the "real" Pythagoreans. - Morse code (33777 bytes)
1: ...mb|right|Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
2: ...rse]]'s electric [[Telegraphy|telegraph]] in the mid-1830s, it was also extensively used for early [[r...
13: ...ed in Germany and eventually adopted as the worldwide standard as "International Morse". Morse's origi...
17: ...mits of the time made it impossible to print individual characters in a readable form, so the inventor...
27: ...rs of these five-letter code words were sent individually using Morse code. In [[computer network]]ing... - Labour Day (7088 bytes)
1: ...' ([[American English|AE]]) is an [[annual]] [[holiday]] that resulted from efforts of the [[labour un...
7: ...ernment]] of [[Prime Minister]] [[John Sparrow David Thompson|John Thompson]], although the concept of...
9: ...rated by the majority of the world. Moving the holiday, in addition to breaking with North American tr...
13: ...tended as a status symbol for new members of the middle class in the late [[19th century]] and early [...
17: ...he labour connotations of the [[holiday]]. The holiday has become internationalized and several countr... - Pope Hilarius (5932 bytes)
8: ...o his jurisdiction, the Gallican bishops could decide, after an investigation. Church property could n...
10: ...rticularly in connection with the two Churches of Nice and Cimiez.
12: ...ches of [[Hispania]], which tended to operate outside the papal orbit in the 5th century. Silvanus, B...
16: ...and libraries near the Church of St. Laurence Outside the Walls.
18: He was buried in the church of St. Laurence Outside the Walls. His feast day is celebrated on 17 Nov... - Cerebellum (7954 bytes)
1: ...6-brain.jpg|thumb||200px|right|Brain Clip Art provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
2: ...arly learning of unconscious motor tasks such as riding a bike), time perception, and precise movement...
6: ...otor and cognitive functions. It is involved in guiding movements based on sensory feedback (particula...
12: ... fish to mice to humans. This has been taken as evidence that it performs a common function.
15: * The cerebellum is divided up into two parts: the cerebellar cortex and t... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
5: ...am the ''Spuds'' around this time, but that name didn't stick.
18: ...te as their primary color. After a summer of individually arranged contests among the various teams, t...
20: ...Leary's barn on DeKoven Street on the near south side of the city. The [[Great Chicago Fire]] destroy...
22: ...this was going on, behind the scenes the club President, [[William Hulbert]], was leading the formatio...
24: ... season is a dubious proposition, but it does provide some perspective to note that a similar winning ... - Photography (18493 bytes)
14: ..., [[Macro photography|macro]], [[Wide-angle lens|wide angle]], or [[Zoom lens|zoom]])
20: ...make accurate recordings, such as [[Eadweard Muybridge]] in his study of human and animal locomotion (...
30: ...rly as the [[16th century]]. These early cameras did not fix an image in time; they only projected wha...
32: The first [[photograph]] is considered to be an image produced in [[1826]] by the Fr...
34: ... process is still used today for [[Polaroid|Polaroids®]]. The French government bought the patent ... - Monaco (12001 bytes)
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8: ...large.png|125px|Flag of Monaco]] || align=center width=130px|[[Image:Monaco_coa.png|120px|Monaco: Coat...
10: | width="130px"| ([[Flag of Monaco|In Detail]])
57: ...1911]]. In July [[1918]], a treaty was signed providing for limited French protection over Monaco. The...
59: ...n [[1962]], abolished [[capital punishment]], provided for [[female suffrage]], and established a [[Su... - Apache (7848 bytes)
8: ...le ethnic group. Archaeological and historical evidence suggests a recent entry of these people into ...
10: ...s]] where 16th-century [[Spain|Spanish]] accounts identified them as ?dog nomads.? These mobile group...
12: ...nstructed tents, made with tanned and greased cowhides, in which they live and which they take along a...
16: ...cult to locate, and even more difficult to firmly identify as culturally Southern Athabaskan.
18: ...ize]] and woven [[cotton]] goods for bison meat, hides and material for stone tools. Coronado observe... - Guitar (36953 bytes)
2: ...stic guitar features [[steel]] strings and more guide dots on the [[fretboard]].]]
6: ...have a '''body''' (hollow in acoustic guitars, solid in most electric guitars) and a '''neck'''. Typic...
10: Guitars are used in a wide variety of musical styles. They are made and rep...
12: Guitars are widely known as the primary instrument in [[rock musi...
16: ...h were invented in Central Asia, Iran. Earliest evidence of instruments very similar to the Westernize... - Native American (42651 bytes)
17: ===The Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory===
19: ...logy|anthropological]] and [[genetics|genetic]] evidence, scientists generally agree that most Native ...
21: ...s in this theory — in particular, growing evidence of human presence in [[Brazil]] and [[Chile]]...
23: ...nia earlier and followed a coastal route, thus avoiding the ice-covered interior.
25: *The crossing of the Bering Land Bridge may have occurred during the previous [[ice age...
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