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- Train (10331 bytes)
3: ...in illustration.jpg|thumb|right|250px|An illustration of a historical train. Pictures provided by by [...
7: ...] or [[magnetic levitation train|maglev]]. Propulsion for the train may come from a variety of sources...
13: ...s, or a self-propelled [[multiple unit]] (or occasionally a single powered coach, called a [[railcar]]...
15: ...il]]s, [[high-speed rail]]ways, [[Magnetic_levitation_train|maglev]], [[rubber-tired underground]], [[...
23: ...oth passengers and freight, see e.g. [[Transportation in Mauritania]]. Such mixed trains became rare i...
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- Pennsylvanian (1543 bytes)
3: ...e of the start and end are uncertain by a few million years.
6: ...s and are lumped together as the Carboniferous period.
8: ... the [[Carboniferous]] period article for information on [[faunal stage|faunal stages]], climate, etc.
14: ...ovides a picture of what the world at the time period.
16: Information on stratigraphies, localities, tectonics, and li... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
14: ... and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...e inherited. In this sort of [[Semi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other male...
19: ...], where preparations were made for Mary's coronation.
21: ==Coronation==
22: ... of the Queen and the unique ceremony, the coronation was the talk of Europe. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...the height of the [[Industrial Revolution]], a period of great social, economic, and technological cha...
14: ...he occupied a high position in the line of succession, Victoria was taught only [[German language|Germ...
16: ... would an adult. In order to prevent such a scenario, Parliament passed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', ...
18: ...h young Victoria, and that he entered into a relationship with her in order to gain social status (he ...
20: ... [[Order-in-Council]] partially reversed the decision by granting [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...sexuality, and the tension in women's private emotions; she bridges the mutually contradictory schools...
7: === Biography ===
8: ...(This latter fact was to play on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the P...
10: ...rticularly disapproved of Marina's poetic inclination. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]]...
12: ...eople would have had some influence on the impressionable Marina. The children began to run wild. This... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ... for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
6: ...It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]...
10: ...certs were often enriched by some hilarious imitations of other singers: in particular, she was able t...
12: ...by Riddle, and [[Duke Ellington]], a later collection devoted to one composer occured during the [[Pab...
14: ...[[Dizzy Gillespie]], and the [[Tommy Flanagan]] Trio, she also sang together with the "other voice" of... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
2: ...ipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg for rationale -->
4: ...ial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[poverty...
6: ...n [[1996]] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[Octobe...
11: ...an [[Ireland|Irish]] community of nuns with a mission in [[Calcutta]].
13: ...er final vows in May [[1937]], acquiring the religious title ''Mother Teresa''. - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
5: ...nel [[Maurice Buckmaster]] of the [[Special Operations Executive]] and return to France to work with t...
7: ...ise''', she brought him funds and acted as his radio operator.
9: Churchill's operation in France was betrayed by a double agent, and Od...
11: ...h in June 1943 and sent to [[Ravensbr?[[Concentration Camp]]. She survived the war and testified again... - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
2: ...undraiser, all as part of the struggle for liberation from [[slavery]] and [[racism]].
5: ...n overseer hurled a two-pound weight in her direction, striking her in the head. As a result of the bl...
7: == Escape and abolitionist career ==
9: ...ctor. During the [[American Civil War]], in addition to working as a cook and a nurse, she served as ...
13: ...lt that the people in the area were getting suspicious of her, she would release the chickens and chas... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
22: ...orite as is her role as the Black Widow on television's Batman.
24: ...y|Old Grand Dad]] -- continued unabated. And behavior that was endearingly wicked in a flapper starlet...
104: *1945 [[Foolish Notion]] - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...e first female tennis player to become an international celebrity.]]
3: ...ale tennis celebrity and one of the first international female sport stars, named ''La Divine'' (the d...
8: ...cise where he would lay down a handkerchief at various places on the court, to which his daughter had ...
10: ...ed most national and international tennis competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was put on hol...
14: ...[[1920 in sports|1920]], but the [[Wimbledon Championships]] were again organised after a four year hi... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...eam locomotive]], at [[Bristol Temple Meads]] station, Bristol, England]]
5: ...here the locomotives push the trains in one direction, and are controlled from a control cab at the op...
8: ...ns why the motive power for trains has been traditionally isolated in a locomotive, rather than in sel...
16: ==Classification by motive power==
20: ...in illustration.jpg|thumb|right|300px|An illustration of a historical train. Pictures provided by by [... - Eye (21834 bytes)
1: ...s producing two separate "images" ([[monocular vision]]), such as in [[rabbit]]s and [[chameleon]]s.
5: |[[image:Human eye cross-sectional view grayscale.png|thumb|Diagram of a [[human]...
7: ...:Eye.jpg|thumb|right|Color Cross Section Illustration of the Human Eye courtesy of [http://classroomcl...
9: ... the eye. Although they are quite similar in function and appearance once fully developed, vertebrate ...
11: ...of vision. Compound eyes are very sensitive to motion. - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...rn]] period that preceded the [[Industrial Revolution]].
6: ... fact revealed its surprising artistic sophistication, though its political and social senses were une...
8: ...is connection too was lost. Administrative, educational and military infrastructure quickly vanished, ...
12: ...ns did not withstand the changes, and the institutional support for large scale chattel slavery largel...
14: ... the art of writing, and a centralised administration through its network of [[bishop]]s. The Early Mi... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...|Pyramids]] have become a symbol of Cairo internationally]]
2: ...iro is the [[List of metropolitan areas by population|thirteenth most populous metropolitan area]] in ...
6: ...e city. The planet Mars, asssociated with destruction was called "Al Najm Al Qahir" in Arabic, from wh...
10: ...umb|200px|right|Average temperature and precipitations in Cairo]]
14: ...ree branches into the low-lying [[Nile Delta]] region. - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ....S. presidential election, 1852|presidential election]], Pierce and his running mate [[William R. King...
20: ...eton Pierce]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputation by declaring support for the [[Confederate State...
22: ... In addition, Pierce was hounded by guilt, temptation, and just plain bad luck."
25: ... who became a [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] soldier, state militia general, and two... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
31: | '''Profession:''' || [[Lawyer]]
44: ...|seceded]][[Confederate States of America#International Diplomacy and Legal Status |<small><sup>1</sup...
46: ...f the peace issue in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1864|1864 presidential campaign]].
48: ...e stage for the complete abolition of the institution.
50: ... is criticized by some for overstepping the traditional bounds of executive power. - Turkey (41694 bytes)
4: national_motto = Peace at Home, Peace in the World
6: national_anthem = [[İstiklâl Marşı]] |
9: image_map = LocationTurkey.png |
16: sovereignty_type = [[National_Day|National Day]] |
17: ...nbsp;- Formation of Parliament<br> - Declaration of Republic | - Brunei (7197 bytes)
3: ...] (ASEAN) and the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] (APEC).
17: ... colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]] (translation): Always in service with God's guidance''</small...
19: | align=center colspan=2 | [[image:LocationBrunei.png]]
30: | '''[[Population]]'''
32: <br /> - [[Population density|Density]] - Argentina (30219 bytes)
7: image_map = LocationArgentina.png |
8: ...y Libertad<br>([[English language|English]]: In Union and Liberty)|
9: ...nal_anthem = [[Argentine National Anthem|Himno Nacional Argentino]] |
21: population_estimate = 39,144,753 |
22: population_estimate_year = 2004 | - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...tories|disputed]]). Due to the [[Spanish colonisation of the Americas]], the Spanish language remains ...
11: image_map = LocationSpain.png |
12: national_motto = ''[[Plus Ultra]]''<br>([[Latin]]: "Fur...
13: national_anthem = ''[[Marcha Real]]'' |
25: population_estimate = 43,209,511 |
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