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- Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
5: ...r sisters: [[Alice of Antioch|Alice]], [[Principality of Antioch|princess of Antioch]]; [[Hodierna of ...
7: == Inheritance ==
9: ...), but a Queen Regnant, reigning by right of hereditary and civil law.
11: ...]]'', a kind of royal council comprising the nobility and clergy of the realm.
13: ...ake Melisende sole queen and to strengthen her position, he designated Melisende as guardian for the y... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ...6]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[De...
14: ...questionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...y have inherited. In this sort of [[Semi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other...
17: ...in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...pite never having had the right to that title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birt...
13: ...of [[adultery]], [[mental cruelty]] and emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], spaw...
15: ...oman in the world, the pre-eminent female [[celebrity]] of her generation: a [[fashion]] [[icon]], an ...
22: ...[Earl Spencer]], and she acquired the [[courtesy title]] of ''The Lady Diana Spencer''. A year later, ...
24: ...e]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]. Diana was a talented amateur [[pianist... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
6: ...nand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: .... She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
11: ...the Prince of [[Parma]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferd...
13: ... the next child to be involved in her mother's political games.
15: ...eresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabriella dead, it was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to ... - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
3: ...1]] – [[November 15]], [[1978]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[cultural anthropology|cultu...
5: .... (Source: ''The Columbia Encyclopedia'', Fifth Edition, 1993.)
7: ...h she conducted as a graduate student, but her position as a pioneering anthropologist--one who wrote ...
12: ...Samoa'', Mead's advisor, [[Franz Boas]], wrote of its significance that
13: ...and definite ethical standards is not universal. It is instructive to know that standards differ in t... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ... [[1910]]), who came to be known as ''The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pioneer of modern [[nurse|nu...
7: ...r older sister (named [[Parthenope]] for the old city that is now [[Naples]]). A brilliant and strong-...
9: ...her family in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
13: ...sed by the quality of medical care and by the commitment and practises of the sisters.
17: ...vinced that marriage would interfere with her ability to follow her calling to nursing, Nightingale co... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ... [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[poverty|poor]] of Calcu...
6: ...80]]. She was made an [[Honorary Citizen of the United States]] in [[1996]] (one of only six). She was...
9: ...though most Albanians are [[Muslim]] and the majority of their native Macedonia are [[Macedonian Ortho...
11: ...Loreto]], an [[Ireland|Irish]] community of nuns with a mission in [[Calcutta]].
13: ...al vows in May [[1937]], acquiring the religious title ''Mother Teresa''. - Pulmonary alveolus (8193 bytes)
1: ...es and are the primary sites of [[gas exchange]] with the [[blood]]. The alveoli are found in the resp...
6: The alveoli consist of an epithelial layer and extracellular matrix surrounded b...
16: ...lation to the water solubility of the gas the ability of the gas to bind to hemoglobin. [[Water vapor...
18: ...leaves the alveolar capillaries are 'perfusion limited'.
20: ... and [[sneezing]] to dislodge mucus contaminated with dust particles or micro-organisms. - National flag (3434 bytes)
2: and which can usually be flown by [[citizen]]s of that country.
4: ...ies the national flags are only flown from non-military buildings on certain flag days.
6: ...sign may be flown from the [[yard-arm]]. See [[Maritime flags]].
9: ...ent shades of blue as a distinction. Furthermore, it is also possible that a country's current flag is...
13: ...pside down (where this is possible) except as a [[distress signal]]. - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...nant economic power and well on its way to taking its place among the imperial powers of the age. Thi...
5: ''Main article: [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]]''
7: ...ed by the Federal government, established the conditions and procedures for reintegrating the southern...
9: ...lure of the federal government to effectively reunite the country contributed to the government's fail...
11: ... which had been readmitted in [[1866]]) into 5 military districts. Governments that had been establish... - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
7: ...wever agriculture became increasingly mechanized with widespread use of the [[tractor]], so fewer farm...
9: ...he U.S. toooo join the new [[League of Nations]] without success, as the mood of the nation rejected W...
14: ...publican Party]] returned to the [[White House]] with the election of [[Warren G. Harding]], who promi...
16: .... The boom was reflected by the extension of credit to a dangerous degree, including in the [[Stock M...
18: [[Jazz]] music became widely popular with the young (and was widely reviled as unmusical n... - Morse code (33777 bytes)
1: [[Image:Morse_sam.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http://c...
2: ...r, making it appropriate for sending automated digital data in voice channels.
4: ...s — on and off — it was an early form of a digital code. International Morse code is composed of s...
5: # short mark, dot or 'dit' (·)
7: ...intra-character gap (between the dots and dashes within a character) - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...In the course of the [[development of religion]], it has taken a huge number of forms in various cultu...
2: ...e religion, often taking the form of a [[legal entity]] (see [[religion-supporting organization]]).
4: [[Image:Borobudur-perfect-buddha edited.jpg|300px|thumb|right|[[Borobudur]], a [[Buddhi...
10: ...ing attributed by [[Cicero]] to describe the repetition of scripture. The second interpretation, favo...
15: Beyond the above, very broad definition of religion, there are a variety of uses and m... - Pope Boniface IV (5099 bytes)
3: ...8 May]] or [[25 May]], [[615]] by these two authorities.
5: ...tor'', that is, the first official in connection with the administration of the patrimonies.
7: ... pope to the [[Virgin Mary]] and all the Martyrs. It was the first instance at Rome of the transformat...
9: ...im to England the decree of the council together with letters from the pope to [[Laurence of Canterbur...
11: ... for its expressions of exaggerated deference and its tone of excessive sharpness. - Pope John IV (2299 bytes)
1: ...t to an Emperor Heraclius for Christian teachers. It is supposed that the emperor to whom this message...
4: ...ated the attempt to connect the name of Honorius with Monothelism. Honorius, he declared, in speaking ... - Frontal lobe (4776 bytes)
1: ...ach [[cerebral hemisphere]], frontal lobes are positioned in front of (anterior to) the [[parietal lob...
9: ...and behind the precentral sulcus, which separates it from the frontal gyri. The superior and middle gy...
12: ...tary movements of specific body parts associated with areas of the gyrus.
14: ...complex sequences of actions; perhaps persisting with one course of action or pattern of behaviour whe...
16: ...of schizophrenia in early adult years correlates with poorly myelinated and thus inefficient connectio... - Disease (4576 bytes)
2: ... term is used broadly to include injuries, disabilities, [[syndrome]]s, symptoms, deviant behaviors, a...
8: ...rred to as "syndromes". Furthermore, numerous conditions of unknown etiology are referred to as "disea...
10: ...f whether they in fact have a disease. A person without any disease may feel unhealthy and believe he...
12: ==Identifying a condition as a disease==
14: ...ntries, and affect financial and other responsibilities of governments and companies to individuals. A... - George Washington Carver (7937 bytes)
2: ...]] and other [[plant]]s to increase the profitability of farming.
5: ...]] that left him with a permanently weakened constitution. Because of this, he was unable to work as a...
7: ...tchen to collect his reward. When he entered the kitchen, he saw no one. He did, however, see somethin...
9: ...ed to strike out on his own, much to the Carvers' distress. He had set out to get an education, and his firs...
11: ...Mechanic Arts, which today is [[Iowa State University]]. - Swimming (22854 bytes)
1: ...ecautions are needed to participate in water activities.
5: ... a slight propelling of water in a direction opposite to the direction of motion, due to generally low...
7: ... that improve speed also aid one to move farther with the same effort.
13: ...ms into the water. The torso is by far the most critical.
15: ...r generates eight times the drag (drag increases with the cube of the speed) of an equal amount of tor... - 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]], ...
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