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- Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: ...to.jpg|frame|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Minister]]
3: ...was dismissed three years later amid various [[Political corruption|corruption]] scandals by the then ...
6: ... [[power politics]]. Her remaining years in the United States included active participation in various...
11: ...her father's party, but was unable to make her political presence felt in Pakistan until the death of ...
13: ...rst woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state in modern times. - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
22: |[[Professor|University Professor]]
24: |'''[[Political party|Political Party]]'''
25: |[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
27: ...e]] in the administration of [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]]. She is t...
29: ...ary of State. On [[January 26]] [[2005]], the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmed her nomin... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...ssertation was on ''New Types of Irreducibility Criteria''. Hopper began teaching mathematics at Vass...
5: .... She was the first person to write a program for it. At the end of the war she was discharged from t...
7: ...r versions were released commercially as the [[ARITH-MATIC]], [[MATH-MATIC]] and [[FLOW-MATIC]] compi...
9: ...ine code, such as the [[assembler]]s of the time. It is fair to say that COBOL was based very much on ...
12: ...for a six-month period that turned into an indefinite assignment. She was promoted to Captain in [[19... - Actinium (7046 bytes)
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25: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
56: ...Kelvin|K]] (1050 ?[[Celsius|C]] / 1922 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
69: | [[Velocity of sound]]
74: | [[Electronegativity]] || 1.1 ([[Pauling scale]]) - Artery (6875 bytes)
3: ...n as the ''[[tunica adventitia]]'' or the ''adventitia''. This layer is composed of [[connective tiss...
5: ... cycle. This pressure and blood volume variation within the artery produces the pulse which is palpabl...
11: ... etc. (See epinephrine, norepinephrine, alpha and beta receptors.)
13: ...beat, stroke volume, versus the volume and elasticity of the major arteries.
15: ...n, termed 100% saturation if all four O2 binding sites have bound oxygen. Blood returning from the lun... - Heart (10132 bytes)
7: ...s. In adults, it weighs about 300-350 [[gram|g]]. It consists of four chambers, the two upper ''atria'...
11: ...ventricle pumps blood to the [[lung]]s. Compared with the walls of the atria, the ventricle walls are ...
13: ...ft|Anterior (frontal) view of the opened heart. White arrows indicate normal blood flow. ([[Media:Hear...
15: ...this newly oxygenated blood passes through the [[mitral valve]] to enter the left ventricle. The left...
17: ... ventricle needs to pump blood only to the lungs, it requires less muscle. - Pancreas (4781 bytes)
1: The '''pancreas''' is a [[retroperitoneal]] organ that serves two functions:
2: * [[exocrine]] - it produces pancreatic juice containing digestive [[...
3: * [[endocrine system|endocrine]] - it produces several important [[hormone]]s
7: The pancreas is a [[retroperitoneal]] organ located posterior to the [[stomach]]...
11: ...ncreas is a small elongated organ in the abdomen. It is described as having a head, body and tail. Th... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
3: ...eece]], [[Cyprus]], south [[Albania]], [[Southern Italy]], south [[Republic of Macedonia|Former Yuglos...
13: ...]] with a documented history of some 3,000 years. It is symbolically divided in four historical period...
15: ...sation. It has been studied in schools and universities in many countries from the [[Renaissance]] onw...
17: ...estament Greek''' (after its most famous word of literature).
21: ...as 11th century). Today in its '''common''' form, it is spoken by approximately 15 million speakers wo... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ... Adams]] and First Lady [[Abigail Adams|Abigail Smith]].
22: ...o [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He studied law, then was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Boston,...
24: ...merchant living abroad. Despite his father's opposition to him having a foreign-born wife, Adams wed L...
26: ... been elected six months early after Adams broke with the Federalist Party. - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ...ation of the Ca-Al-rich inclusions and the meteorites. Since the accretion time of the Earth is not e...
6: ... the Earth and [[universe]] had existed from eternity.
11: ...embled the Earth in composition and then measured its rate of cooling. This led him to estimate that t...
13: ...at the Earth had been through many changes during its existence, however long that might be.
15: ...ffering locations contained similar fossils, then it was very plausible that the layers were the same ... - Africa (35389 bytes)
1: ...atellite orthographic.jpg|thumb|A satellite composite image of Africa]]
3: ...er 800 million human inhabitants in 54 countries, it accounts for about one seventh of the [[world hum...
8: ...frica (province)|province of Africa]] with its capital [[Carthage]], corresponding to modern-day [[Tun...
10: The origin of ''Afer'' may either come from:
13: ...Greek language|Greek]] word ''aphrike'', meaning without cold; - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...eated the Italians in 1941, and Ethiopia regained its [[sovereignty]] upon the signing of the [[Anglo-...
5: <big>'''Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik'''</big>...
24: | '''[[Capital]]'''
36: ...r> -Total<br> -[[Population density|Density]]
40: | December 1944 (from the [[United Kingdom|British]]) [http://www.civicwebs.com/cwvlib/africa/eth... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eli_whitney.jpg|thumb|Eli Whitney Image courtesy of [http://classroomclipart.co...
2: ...], [[1765]] - [[January 8]], [[1825]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[inventor]] and manufacturer...
6: ...ollege in [[1792]], where he was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. On [[January 6]], [[1817]] he married He...
14: ...to become more sustainable at a critical point in its development.
16: ...and designs were readily duplicated by others. Whitney's company that produced cotton gins went out o... - Papyrus (5819 bytes)
2: ...throughout the [[History of the Mediterranean| Mediterranean]] region, as well as inland parts of [[Eu...
5: ...ry, or a writing surface. This latter usage finds its way into English in such words as ''bibliography...
7: ...;wfy''], and ''djet'' [''ḏt'']. Thus in reality, Greek ''papuros'' has no known relation to any ...
10: .... After drying, the sheet of papyrus is polished with some rounded object, possibly a stone.
11: ...|A section of the Egyptian [[Book of the Dead]] written on papyrus]] - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
2: ... a striking testimony to Egyptian civilization at its height.
4: ...[Zeus]] being the god whom the Greeks identified with [[Amun]]).
6: ...he temple of [[Karnak]], which is located in the city.
8: ...rtant temples that stood on the outskirts of the city.
10: ==Important archaeological sites in Thebes== - Writing system (16928 bytes)
1: A '''writing system''', also called a '''script''', is a ty...
4: ...ully read and comprehend the text. Contrast this with other possible symbolic systems such as [[inform...
6: ...ge, which can be retrieved independently of the initial act of formulation.
8: All writing systems require:
10: ...ns understood and shared by a community, which arbitrarily assign [[meaning]]s to the base elements, t... - Cytoskeleton (4391 bytes)
1: ...l other [[organelle]]s, within the [[cytoplasm]]. It is a dynamic structure that maintains cell shape,...
9: ...re also important for [[cytokinesis]] and, along with [[myosin]], [[Skeletal muscle|muscular contracti...
14: ...re stable (strongly bound) and heterogeneous constitutents of the cytoskeleton.
26: ...laments which, in turn, are polymers of alpha and beta [[tubulin]]. They have a very dynamic behaviour, ...
29: ...[kinesin]]s they transport [[organelles]] like [[mitochondria]] or [[vesicle (biology)|vesicle]]s.) - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
2: ...cience topics]], [[List of terms relating to algorithms and data structures]]
18: [[16-bit]] --
19: [[16-bit application]] --
27: [[28-bit]] --
34: [[32-bit application]] -- - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
1: ...yramid]], published in [[2005]], is a general nutrition guide for recommended [[food]] consumption.]]
2: ...hich studies the relationship between [[diet (nutrition)|diet]] and states of [[health]] and [[disease...
4: ...ch may lead to diseases such as [[scurvy]], [[obesity]] or [[osteoporosis]], as well as psychological ...
5: The science of nutrition attempts to understand how and why specific di...
8: ...s]]/[[vitamins]], [[phospholipids]], [[hydroxyapatite]]), both in the [[human body]] and in organisms ... - Tobacco smoking (36030 bytes)
4: ...e has rapidly declined in recent years in the [[United States]], [[Canada]] and [[western Europe]].
8: ...is inhaled into the lungs and increases with quantity and speed of nicotine absorption.
10: ...iew the long-term risks of smoking as balanced by its immediate rewards, while others deny the risks a...
13: ..., and was widely believed to have magical powers, It was also burned as a sacrifice to the gods; a tob...
15: With the arrival of the Europeans in the [[New World]...
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