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  1. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
    26: ...us|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
    41: ...35-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
    43: ... Charles Francis]] (born 1910), son of above, president of [[Raytheon]]
    44: ..., (1952-2001), British author of [[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]
    54: ...John Adams|Adams, John]], (1735-1826), second President of the United States
  2. Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
    12: ...um|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Prince of Leininge...
    16: ...queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the R...
    20: ... royal, princely, and ducal families, his family did not use theirs. Victoria asked her staff to dete...
    27: ...it was growing unpopular and, moreover, faced considerable difficulty in governing the British colonie...
    33: ...ight|A likeness of Queen Victoria appears on the widely circulated [[1841]] [[Penny Red]] postage stam...
  3. Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
    3: ...nservative political office. She resigned the presidency four months ahead of the end of her term of o...
    7: ...aption><font size="+1">'''MARY ROBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
    17: <tr><td>'''Other candidates:'''</td><td>[[Fianna Fᩬ]]: Brian Lenihan, T...
    23: ...to [[Ireland]] with the Norman invasion, it was said of the Bourkes that they ended up "more Irish tha...
    25: ...he title have included her successor as Irish president [[Mary McAleese]], Irish Human Rights Commissi...
  4. Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
    3: ...el of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to reduce the stature and drama of her fi...
    5: ...inchester]] to seek medical attendance, but so rapid was the progress of her malady that she died ther...
    12: ...r novels features women, purportedly because she did not know how men spoke when not in the presence o...
    17: * ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' (1813)
    39: Reference: David Cecil, ''A portrait of Jane Austen'' (1978)
  5. Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
    11: ...ged the support of [[Charles Villiers]], then president of the [[Poor Law Board]]. This led to her ac...
    19: ...e met [[Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea|Sidney Herbert]], a brilliant politician who had been...
    27: ...re sent to the Crimea, with the authorisation of Sidney Herbert.
    35: ...an accident. Following this episode she used a solid Russian-built carriage, with waterproof hood and ...
    45: ...[http://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=63468] or [[myalgic encephalitis]] [http://member...
  6. Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
    23: ...for this killing. Fellow inmate [[Ralph Fults]] said that it was Eastham where Clyde turned "from a sc...
    25: ...d to Texas within weeks, embroiled in a plan to raid Eastham prison and free associate [[Raymond Hamil...
    27: ...nd Fults were arrested. She claimed to have been kidnapped, and a grand jury failed to indict her. Hav...
    35: ...by the public. However, though there's no solid evidence that Bonnie ever shot or killed anyone, Clyde...
    39: ...nother. The survivors later testified that their side had fired only fourteen rounds in the conflict. ...
  7. Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
    1: '''Nicole (Mary) Kidman''' (born [[June 20]], [[1967]]) is an [[Academ...
    2: ... born in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] to Dr Antony David Kidman and Janelle Ann (nee MacNeille). At the time,...
    3: ... a lectureship at the [[University of Technology, Sydney]].
    8: ... her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, as Kidman concentrated on her family responsibilities un...
    10: ...old, she appeared in the [[Pat Wilson]] [[music video]] for the song "Bop Girl". By the end of the y...
  8. Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
    9: ...irst professional singles title in [[Orlando, Florida]] in [[1974]].
    11: ...t one point unflatteringly labelled the “Great Wide Hope” by the [[journalist]] [[Bud Collins]]), ...
    19: The mid-[[1980s]] were the most dominant period of Navrá...
    21: Navrátilová did succeed in winning all four of the Grand Slam wom...
    49: ...]'', in a [[2000]] episode called "[[Lows In The Mid-Eighties]]", in which a [[flashback]] revealed sh...
  9. Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
    1: ... the pipes are behind volume-regulating shutters hidden by the visible pipes. Many large installations...
    17: ...ured for playing [[Bach]]. So, for example, the [[Sydney Opera House Grand Organ]], whose construction sta...
    19: ...s may combine several styles in an attempt to provide authentic voices for an extended repertoire, and...
    35: ...ell as in Islamic [[Spain]], though there is no evidence that the European organ came by way of Spain....
    63: ...ass, to save space or material, are rigged to provide multiple pitches like big [[recorder]]s: this m...
  10. Australia (39438 bytes)
    11: largest_city =[[Sydney]]|
    55: ...uth Head, from ''A Voyage to Terra Australis''. [[Sydney]] was established on this site.]]
    56: ...used the word "Australia" in the book, which was widely read and gave the term general currency. Gover...
    63: ...[[Australian Aborigine]]s, and arrived via land bridges and navigation of short sea crossings from pre...
    65: ... and claimed for [[Britain]]. His discoveries provided impetus for the establishment of a [[penal colo...
  11. Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
    8: ... 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    14: | align=center width=135px | [[Image:Flag_of_Kazakhstan.png|125px|]]
    15: | align=center width=135px | [[Image:Kazakhstan.gif|125px|]]
    17: | align=center width=135px | [[Flag of Kazakhstan]]
    18: | align=center width=135px | [[Coat of Arms of Kazakhstan]]
  12. Virginia (23198 bytes)
    28: Width = 320 |
    36: ...ly, as an extension of the [[Mid-Atlantic_States|Mid-Atlantic]]. Its official name is the '''Commonwe...
    40: ...chary Taylor]] round out the list of American Presidents from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historica...
    50: ...ng the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. When it did, some counties were separated as [[State of Kanaw...
    57: ...by [[Thomas Jefferson]] and the cornerstone was laid by Governor [[Patrick Henry]] in [[1785]].
  13. Spider (29039 bytes)
    1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Spiders}}
    2: ...er spider]] | caption = [[Long-jawed orb weaver spider]]}}
    6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Arachnida]]}}
    11: ...lidae, Paratropidae, Idiopidae, Actinopodidae, Migidae -->
    12: ...sp;&nbsp; [[Liphistiidae]] (primitive burrowing spiders)<br />
  14. January 2 (10888 bytes)
    16: *[[1870]] - Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins.
    19: ... first [[Hat-trick]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] against [[England]].
    38: *[[1955]] - [[Panama]]nian president [[Jose Antonio Remon]] is assassinated.
    44: *[[1979]] - [[Sid Vicious]] goes on trial for the murder of [[Nancy...
    50: ...le|ruble]]s to stem [[inflation]] and promote confidence.
  15. Kangaroo Facts (16137 bytes)
    9: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Phalangerida]]}}
    10: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Macropodidae]]}}
    21: ...rive from the [[Guugu Yimidhirr language|Guugu Yimidhirr]] (an [[Australian Aborigine|Australian Abori...
    22: ...2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Picture of a Kangaroo, provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
    28: ...e world. Red Kangaroos occupy the arid and semi-arid centre of the continent. A large male can be 1.5&...
  16. Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
    3: ...o the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against church doctrine.
    11: ...s of [[Copernicus]] and by the newly rediscovered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thom...
    13: In [[1576]] he left Naples to avoid the attention of the [[Inquisition]]. He left [[R...
    21: ...002), makes a case that Bruno is the previously unidentified 'Henry Fagot' whose reports to Francis Wa...
    35: ...tism]], adherence to the doctrine that [[Jesus]] did not actually have a physical body and that his ph...
  17. Cassowary (5017 bytes)
    8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Casuariidae]]}}
    32: ...d feet have sharp [[claw]]s; the [[dagger]]-like middle claw is 120 mm (5 inches) long. They can run u...
    36: ...current population range from 1500 to 10,000 individuals. About 40 are kept in captivity in Australia....
    46: * ''Stay in Touch'', Philip Clark (ed), ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 5 November 1990. Cites "auth...
    47: ...stralia's Dangerous Creatures'', Reader's Digest, Sydney, New South Wales, ISBN 0-86438-018-6
  18. Tsunami (29462 bytes)
    2: ...aced on a massive scale. [[Earthquake]]s, [[landslide]]s, [[volcanic eruption]]s and large [[meteorit...
    6: ...are not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading and its usage is discouraged by [[...
    10: ...a tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of generating a tsunami.
    14: ...he overlying water column as sediment and rocks slide downslope and are redistributed across the sea f...
    18: ...enerated from these mechanisms, unlike the ocean-wide tsunamis caused by some earthquakes, dissipate q...
  19. Archery (18991 bytes)
    9: ...ean women won bronze, silver and gold in the individual competition and won gold in the team event. Th...
    17: Competition is divided into ''ends.'' An archer shoots between 3 and 6...
    19: ...f potentially lethal weapons, much attention is paid to order and safety.
    35: ...wo archers will record and sum all scores on individual sheets. This is done to prevent any errors. Du...
    52: ...drawn and,on completion of the full circle, are laid out on the rope on the corresponding colours. The...
  20. Surfing (15219 bytes)
    2: ...age:Surfing in Hawaii.jpg|thumb|350px|Surfing outside [[Kaneohe Bay]], Hawai&lsquo;i.]]
    3: ...recreational activity and [[sport]] in which individuals are propelled across the water by the force o...
    5: ...tralia]], where heavy timber "plank" boards were ridden directly towards beaches. However, the sport ...
    9: ...forming a "tube" (or "barrel"), with the rider inside the cylindrical portion of the wave. However, s...
    11: ...fing has to do with paddling out and waiting 'outside'. However, one does not see photographs of pros...

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