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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Cristoforo Colombo'' in [[Italian]], ''Cristóbal Colón'' in [[Spanish]], ''C...
3: ...er it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windl...
5: ... his claims. There are also many theories of expeditions to the Americas by a variety of peoples throu...
7: ...h America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], ...
9: ...ns, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...up to 5.1 percent [[carbon]]; ironically, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[c...
5: ...steels are iron-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled,...
8: ...ke copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon quite readily, so that smelting results in an alloy co...
11: ...pearance, or the similar but less beautiful [[bainite]].
13: ...cal composition. As such, it requires extremely little thermal [[activation energy]] to form. - Politics (7193 bytes)
1: {{Politics}}
2: ...gh it is generally applied to [[government]]s, politics is also observed in all human group interactio...
4: ...cquisition and application of power, i.e. the ability to impose one's will on another.
6: One theorist, [[Harold Lasswell]], has defined politics as "who gets what, when, and how."
8: ==A political animal== - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...ut were rarely constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [...
7: ...y a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|...
9: ...did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
11: ...n apprentice. In this role, Leonardo also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
12: ... he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]]). - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: [[Image:Thomas More.png|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]...
2: ...he [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: ...father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
9: ... previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when ...
11: ==Early political career== - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ... through the southeast and midwest of today's [[United States|USA]].
5: ... became commander of an equestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba]] on his discov...
6: ... extreme brutality and ruthlessness when dealing with natives. In a conflict for supremacy in Nicaragu...
7: In [[1528]] de Soto led his own expedition along the coast of [[Yucatan]], hoping to find...
11: ...fter Atahualpa had been arrested, DeSoto often visited him in jail, and a friendship between the two m... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ... [[Pacific Ocean]], and the first to lead an expedition for the purpose of [[circumnavigation|circumna...
5: ...agalh㥳, the mayor of the town, and Alda de Mesquita, Magellan had two siblings: his brother Diogo de...
7: ... even have been taught by [[Martin Behaim]]. In [[1496]], Magellan became a [[squire]].
9: ...eida's party attacked, conquering the [[Muslim]] city of [[Kilwa]] in present-day [[Tanzania]].
11: ...n]]. However, after secretly sailing a ship east without permission, he lost his command and was force... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ...and [[exploration|explorer]] who is popularly credited as the modern discoverer of [[Canada]], or at l...
6: ...nice]] in his youth, and later became a Venetian citizen.
10: ...e]] to eastern Asia would be shorter at higher latitudes.
12: ...nd of the North, under our banners and ensignes, with five ships ... and as many mariners or men as th...
16: ...ring the years from [[1480]] onwards several expeditions had been sent out to look for [[Hy-Brazil]], ... - Fashion (7767 bytes)
8: ...y]] phenomena common to many fields of human activity and thinking.
10: ... [[clothes]] and other aspects of [[appearance]], it can apply also to:
11: * [[music]], [[art]], [[politics]], [[philosophy]]
16: ...s of [[aesthetics]] with [[innovation]], coupled with pleasing details and expense.
20: ...] (left) with her counterpart from [[Venice]], in 1496-97. The Venetian lady's high [[clogs]] make her t... - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ...t in the [[1908 Republican National Convention]] with the backing of his predecessor and close friend ...
20: ...irst president to occupy the [[Oval Office]] when it was opened in [[October]] [[1909]].
22: ...resident to serve on the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]].
25: ...tended [[Cincinnati Law School]] and began his political career in Ohio shortly after joining the [[Ba... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: ...ion deep into the territory of the modern-day [[United States]], was the first European to discover th...
3: ...expedition ranged throughout the [[southeastern United States]] searching for gold and a passage to [[...
5: ...military fame after the [[Moors]] were defeated. With discovery of new lands to the west (which seemed...
7: ...ian, but was notorious for the extreme brutality with which he wielded these gifts.
9: ...he [[Orient]], profoundly influenced de Soto's ambitions. - Flight (3194 bytes)
3: '''Flight''' is the process of flying: either movement through the [[air]] by [[aerodynamic]...
9: ... group of flying [[vertebrate]]s contemporaneous with the [[dinosaur]]s.
11: ...ing snakes also use a flattened rib-cage to fly, with a back and forth motion much the same as used on...
13: ... waves. It is thought that they evolved this ability to help them escape from underwater predators.
15: ...lands, and lead a lifestyle where flight confers little advantage. <br> - Temperature (22519 bytes)
1: ...common notions of "hot" and "cold"; the material with the higher temperature is said to be hotter. Tem...
6: ...onvection]] or [[radiation]] (see [[heat]] for additional discussion of the various mechanisms of heat...
10: ...trinsic properties include [[pressure]] and [[density]]. By contrast, [[mass]] and [[volume]] are [[ex...
15: ...significant quantities of visible [[light]] are emitted.
21: ...hermometer. This consists of a glass tube filled with mercury or some other liquid, which acts as the ...
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