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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
16: ...ed either by a blowpipe or a set of bellows; the inlet to the bag normally has a one-way [[valve]] whi...
20: ...lown. Sometimes the term is also somewhat mistakenly used to describe the general sound produced by a...
33: ...l known are the [[Great Highland Bagpipe]]s (commonly abbreviated GHBs), which were developed in [[Sco...
53: ...iping careers. Another common choice is to have only the drones, without regulators. This is known a... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...pularly elected, she remains [[North America]]'s only female head of a national government to date. Sh...
61: ...c Society]]. She was cited for her status as the only woman leader of a North American country to date...
63: ...cy in the world. Its membership is by invitation only and consists of former Heads of State and Govern...
67: ... she was “deeply honoured” to be the only woman to have her picture in the prime ministers...
74: ...ile the Progressive Conservatives teetered on the brink of destruction after her leadership, they did reg... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
100: ...mixed. The cessation of Ethiopian trade, which mainly used Eritrean ports before the war, leaves Eritr...
102: ...]], with food supplies currently (February 2005) only lasting for one month.
117: As of May [[2002]], the government of Eritrea only officially recognizes the [[Islam]]ic, Catholic,... - Greece (54754 bytes)
23: ...Minister]]''' || [[Costas Caramanlis|Ks Karamanl�]
50: ...e east. The [[Aegean Sea]] lies to the east of mainland Greece while the [[Ionian Sea]] lies to the we...
57:
59: ...]] {{lang|he|יוון}} ({{lang|he|Yavan}}). In only a few languages is the "Hellas" root the basis o...
87: ...were completing the main conquest of the Greek Mainland, two Greek migrations occurred. The first migr... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
60: ...led by [[Joshua Nkomo]]. With his regime near the brink of collapse, Smith in [[March]] [[1978]] signed a...
62: Muzorewa, who not only had the support of Smith but with the white-mino...
110: ...ican countries. The political situation makes it unlikely that the West will be inclined to do much mo...
150: *[http://www.gta.gov.zw/ Zimbabwe Government Online] official government site and [http://www.zim....
155: * [http://www.africaonline.co.zw/mirror/ The Sunday Mirror] weekly newspa... - Togo (15373 bytes)
57: ...came agents for the European traders, travelling inland to buy slaves from the Kaby頡nd other norther...
59: ... voted to be incorporated into Ghana, then on the brink of independence. After the expiration of the [[Fr...
65: It was, however, only a perfunctory strike against [[colonialism]]: To...
67: ...tripped of all powers and made president in name only. An interim prime minister was elected to take o... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
64: ...ch includes the mainland of Great Britain, the mainland of [[Ireland]], and the smaller islands associ...
69: ... This occurred at a time when Scotland was on the brink of economic ruin and was deeply unpopular with th...
91: ...use of Commons|House of Commons]], the lower and only directly elected house in Britain's [[bicameral]...
93: ...he Commons with a small number chosen from the mainly appointed upper house, the [[British House of Lo...
97: ...e modern United Kingdom, the monarch's role is mainly, though not exclusively, ceremonial. Her Majesty... - World War I (62979 bytes)
8: It was commonly called "The Great War" (a title previously used ...
19: ...of these nations was emphatic that victory would only be gained by striking first, and that mobilizati...
74: ...he summer of 1916 brought the French army to the brink of collapse. Futile attempts at more frontal assa...
77: ...ne and operating a month-long four stage system, unless an offensive was underway. The front contained...
107: ...orious sector commander. Allied fortunes revived only temporarily with [[Romania]]'s entry into the wa... - Cambodia (32076 bytes)
49: ....e. "the great river") and the [[Tonle Sap Lake|Tonle Sap]] (i.e. "the fresh water river"), an importa...
83: ===Ancient states: Funan and Chenla===
85: ...s AD, the Indianized states of [[Funan]] and [[Chenla]] took hold in what is now present-day Cambodia ...
94: ...18) saw the rapid expansion of the Khmer Empire. Unlike his ancestors, who had concentrated upon the c...
122: ... its actions by claiming that Cambodia was on the brink of major [[famine]] due to the American bombing c... - San Diego Padres (7131 bytes)
23: ...bs]] in the [[National League Championship Series|NLCS]]) in [[1984 World Series|1984]]. His wife, Joa...
27: ... have had limited success, going to the playoffs only three times during their Major League tenure. Th...
49: *38 [[Image:Us_flag_large.png|20px]] [[Scott Linebrink]]
101: *[[Steve Finley]]
127: *Runs: 126 (1996) [[Steve Finley]] - Endangered species (12553 bytes)
2: ...s from development, etc.) to prevent extinction. Only a few of the many truly endangered species actua...
241: ...nce/nature/4013719.stm Science counts species on brink] - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
18: ...the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was...
30: ...other very old American family. Franklin was her only child, and she was an extremely possessive mothe...
36: ...t firm of Carter, Ledyard and Milburn, dealing mainly with corporate law. Meanwhile he had become enga...
46: ...vy]], [[Josephus Daniels]], had been appointed mainly for political reasons and was widely considered ...
50: ...This made him a favorite of Wilson, and it was mainly due to Wilson's influence that the [[1920]] [[De... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
27: ...iddle Ages]]. They raided the coasts, rivers and inland cities of all Western Europe as far as [[Sevil...
39: ...atic]] routes and nearly brought sea trade to the brink of extinction. The [[Victual Brothers]] of [[Gotl...
63: ...set up their small gangs near river estuaries, mainly to protect themselves. They recruited locals as ...
89: Unlike traditional Western societies of the time, man...
101: ...t popular as they were hard to sell and pirates, unlike the public of today, had little concept of the... - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
59: ...e used as a source of material for the landfill. Only Beacon Hill, the smallest of the three original ...
65: ... though this increases dramatically as one goes inland away from the city.
101: ...t galleries spill out onto the street, providing unlimited access to their contents during Art Newbury...
118: *''[[The Brink's Job]]''
288: *[http://www.boston-online.com/glossary.html Guide to the local language] - Cuban Missile Crisis (13015 bytes)
19: ...8]], the first consignment of [[SS-4]] MRBMs was unloaded in [[Havana]], and a second shipload arrived...
21: ... government kept the information secret, telling only the fourteen key officials of the executive comm...
27: ... about the missile installations; they were certainly a threat to the U.S., but similar missiles aimed...
31: ...e of terror. People began talking and worrying openly about [[World War III|nuclear Armageddon]], and ...
52: *[[brinksmanship]] - Massachusetts (31663 bytes)
36: ...names are ''the Old Colony State'', and less commonly ''the Puritan state'' and ''the Baked Bean state...
94: ...uish between felonies and [[misdemeanors]]. Also unlike many other states, Massachusetts does not proh...
135: <nowiki>*</nowiki> Celebrated only in [[Suffolk County]] ([[Boston]], [[Chelsea, Ma...
144: Massachusetts is commonly referred to by residents both as "the state" and...
229: ...m, Massachusetts|Framingham]]. Politically, the only difference between a town and a city is that a t... - Bald Eagles (3338 bytes)
15: ... of the [[United States]]. The species was on the brink of [[extinction]] late in the [[20th century]] bu... - Crane bird (6009 bytes)
17: ... order [[Gruiformes]], and family '''Gruidae'''. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated [[heron]]s, ...
34: ... With effort they have been brought back from the brink of extinction. Japan has named one of their [[sat...
36: ...ry [[Tao]]ist sages were transported between heavenly worlds on the backs of cranes. - Egrets (2462 bytes)
19: ... of the world's egret species were brought to the brink of extinction by relentless hunting. Hat makers i... - Right Whales (11436 bytes)
25: ...gle worldwide species, as two species (one found only in the northern hemisphere, the other found in t...
42: ...y all the following titles: The Whale; the '''Greenland Whale'''; the '''Black Whale'''; the '''Great ...
48: ...n Right Whales followed, and they too were on the brink of extinction by the early 1900s. A worldwide tot...
50: ...n. Today the whaling station is restored and the only Whale Museum of South America tells the story of...
53: Its diet consists mainly of plankton and tiny crustaceans like copepods, ...
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