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- Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ...as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
13: ...dividual has a right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self;...
19: ...present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter.
22: ...e United States. Her first literary success came with the sale of her screenplay ''[[Red Pawn]]'' in [... - Heraldry (23465 bytes)
1: ...as '''achievements''' or '''armorial bearings'''. Its origins lie in the need to distinguish participa...
3: ...of the field is some sort of landscape), and then it describes the placement and tinctures of the diff...
7: There are no strict definitions of the shades of colours used in heraldry, bu...
12: ...rtain rules) by women in the British heraldic tradition, see the separate article on the [[lozenge]].
14: ...imes followed to the extent, as in [http://www.polity.org.za/html/govdocs/misc/gaucoat.html the arms o... - Culture (23440 bytes)
1: ...rm "culture" to refer to the universal human capacity to classify, codify and communicate their experi...
6: ...o eliminate popular or mass culture from the definition of culture.
8: ...as [[punk rock]] or than the indigenous music traditions of aboriginal peoples of [[Australia]].
10: ...ore "natural", and observers often defended (or criticized) elements of [[high culture]] for repressin...
12: ...rupted by the highly-stratified [[capitalism | capitalist]] systems of [[western culture | the West]]. - Old wives' tale (4347 bytes)
1: ...ften concern [[pregnancy]], [[puberty]] and [[nutrition]].
10: ... [[Second World War]] when the [[United Kingdom|British]] spread a [[rumour]] that their plane spotter...
16: ...at is unhealthy in other ways) by associating it with something that people are afraid of.
19: ===Staying out in the cold without a coat causes pneumonia===
25: ...immune response. Still, this old wives' tale, in its modern, pseudoscientific version, is still preva... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...erifiable [[empirical knowledge]], a global community of [[scholar]]s, and a set of [[technique]]s for...
4: ...any place ancient [[natural philosophy]] clearly within the scope of the history of science.
6: ...conception). [[Technology]] concerns the [[Creativity|creative]] process of designing useful objects a...
11: ...''is'', how it ''functions'', and whether it exhibits large-scale patterns and trends. The [[sociology...
15: ...ommunity and those in the social sciences or humanities (for example, the "[[Science wars]]"). - Mathematics (24164 bytes)
1: ...ntity]], [[structure]], [[space]] and [[change]]. It developed, through the use of [[abstraction]] and...
8: ...ing, naturally followed [[arithmetic]] (e.g. [[addition]], [[subtraction]], [[multiplication]] and [[d...
10: ...ps [[prehistoric]] peoples first expressed [[quantity]] by drawing lines in the ground or scratching w...
12: Historically, the major disciplines within mathematics arose out of the need to do calcul...
15: ...tely has relevance for the subject which inspired it and can be applied to solve problems in that subj... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...'Christianity''' is the world's largest religion. It is based on the life and teachings of [[Jesus|Jes...
8: ...erally grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
9: ... Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, with over one billion adherents),
10: #[[Orthodox Christianity]] (including [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Orienta... - 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]] -- - Assessment (8640 bytes)
1: ...ducational assessment including the work of [[institutional research]]ers, but the term applies to oth...
4: ...nd summative; (2) objective and subjective; (3) criterion-referenced and norm-referenced; and (4) info...
11: ...dge and skills for the purpose of identifying a suitable program of learning. '''Self-assessment''' is...
14: ...sment]]) since this form of questioning is well-suited to computerisation.
16: ===Criterion-referenced and norm-referenced assessments==... - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
10: |'''Orbit height'''||600 km
12: |'''Orbit period'''||97 min
16: |'''Deorbit date'''||circa 2010
43: ...story of [[astronomy]]. Since its launch in 1990 it has been responsible for many ground-breaking obs...
45: ...as restored to its planned quality, and became a vital research tool as well as a [[public relations]]... - Caesar Augustus (50559 bytes)
5: ...ms of Rome, as well as prompting an age of great literacy and culture.
7: ...e for over 400 years. His surname [[Caesar]] and title [[Augustus]] would be taken by all subsequent E...
12: ...e Tenth Legion stationed in the rear as reserves. It was Octavian’s quick thinking to engage the...
14: ...l about provincial administration, warfare and political manipulation while a part of his uncle’...
16: ...gain loyalty from the Macedonian legions, while waiting to accompany Caesar on a campaign against the ... - Text of the GNU Free Documentation License (20454 bytes)
9: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
10: of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
15: ...ves for the author and publisher a way to get credit for their work, while not being considered respon...
17: ...cument must themselves be free in the same sense. It complements the GNU General Public License, which...
19: ...ual work, regardless of subject matter or whether it is published as a printed book. We recommend this... - 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: ...ned out ''bourgeoise'' from [[Nuremburg]] (left) with her counterpart from [[Venice]], in 1496-97. The... - Black widow spider (5745 bytes)
15: ...' is used to refer specifically to ''L. mactans'' it is occasionally also applied to several members o...
17: ...dow spiders are half the size of the female, but with longer legs.
20: ...y causing a localized release of the [[neurotransmitter]] [[acetylcholine]], which is involved in musc...
22: ...oes not typically cause problems at the bite site itself, unless a secondary skin infection occurs.
24: ... black widow spider then carries its prey back to its retreat before feeding (Foelix, 1982). - Physical fitness (3093 bytes)
1: The notion of '''physical fitness''' is used in two close meanings.
3: ==General fitness==
5: ...eral state of good [[somatic]] [[health]] and abilities.
7: ...ly fit. Fitness helps them to compensate [[disability]].
9: ...ty, e.g., physical [[exercise]], and proper [[nutrition]]. - Global warming (53726 bytes)
3: ...y journalists and politicians, but by only a minority of established scientists.
5:
7: ...nd pattern of [[precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]], climate patterns and various other forms ...
11: ...nge" for human caused change and "climate variability" for non-human caused change [http://www.grida.n...
16: ...], [[Russia]], the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[United States]] [http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/displaypag... - Cymbal (7449 bytes)
1: ...al]] disks, for the [[string instrument]] played with [[drum stick|beater]]s see [[cymbalum]].''
3: ...ped cymbals based on ancient designs sound a definite note, see [[crotal]].
5: ...[[contemporary music]]. Even the most basic drum kit normally contains at least one [[suspended cymbal...
9: ...'[[Tannhäµ³er]]'' and [[Grieg]]'s ''[[Peer Gynt suite]]''.
15: Orchestral [[crash cymbal]]s are traditionally used in pairs, each one having a strap set... - Dog (69384 bytes)
17: ... ability to fit into human households and social situations.
19: ...et|companions]]. Dogs have lived with and worked with humans in so many roles that they have earned th...
23: ...ace, as well as scientific studies of similar conditions, suggest that under such extreme stress, high...
27: ...wolf]], ''Canis lupus'', by the [[Smithsonian Institution]] and the [[American Society of Mammalogists...
29: ...l size; similarly for '''Lap dogs''', with the additional connotation of an affectionate attachment be... - Medieval History (23198 bytes)
2: ... of the Renaissance in the [[15th century]] in [[Italy]], early [[16th century]] in [[Northern Europe...
7: ...mage:MCD_001.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Romanesque]] [[architecture]] flourished in the early '''Middle Ages'''...
8: ...ts political and social senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preced...
10: ...cture quickly vanished, leading to the rise of illiteracy among leadership.
14: ...Romans did not withstand the changes, and the institutional support for large scale chattel slavery la... - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
3: ...], have in the [[20th century]] been preoccupied with the question of large-scale patterns and trends ...
7: ...ave improved tremendously over time. Instead of waiting months or years for a hand-copied letter to ar...
9: ... process, as well as the internal disciplinary limitations to the scientific publication process.
11: ...new law of nature was a prequisite for admission. It was soon shut down by [[Pope Paul V]] under suspi...
13: ...ted in empirical inquiry, and also more familiar with and more educated about the subject.
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