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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
74: ...s of Tejas, calling themselves Texians and led mainly by relatively recently-arrived [[English languag...
87: ...cial branches. Historically, the executive is the dominant branch, with power vested in the [[President of M...
139: ...e than the nation's "free and sovereign states": only since 1997 have its citizens been able to elect ...
161: Situated in the southwestern part of mainland North America and roughly triangular in shape,...
185: ...merindian and white), 30% is [[Amerindian]] or predominantly Amerindian, and 9% is white or of [[Europe]]an ... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
12: ... concentrated in [[Athens]], which had become the dominant city-state in [[Greece]].
14: ...e to the use of slavery there - the workforce, mainly slaves, performed the labour that otherwise woul...
20: ... the idea that evil is a kind of ignorance, that only knowledge can lead to virtue, that art should be...
42: ... Reason" or "Early Modern Philosophers" and "The Enlightenment", another author might write from the p...
46: ...of the [[American Revolution]] are part of [[The Enlightenment]]. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...y [[coal]]) and powered [[machine|machinery]] (mainly in [[textile]] [[manufacturing]]). The developme...
34: ...f Arts, Manufactures and Commerce]] or, more commonly, [[Society of Arts]] published an illustrated vo...
65: ...g needed, and thus goods in these materials made only a small proportion of the output.
67: ... extent that manufactured cotton goods became the dominant British export by the early decades of the 19th c...
83: ... the scientific reasons for the improvement were only discovered later. His family followed in his foo... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: The word ''Puritan'' is now applied unevenly to a number of [[Protestant]] churches from the ...
5: ...hurch]]. The term was used by the group itself mainly in the sixteenth century, though it seems to hav...
18: These radicals were looked down on by the dominant [[Anglo-Catholicism|Anglo-Catholic]] faction in t...
24: ...eak of the [[English Civil War]]. Puritans certainly agitated against the king, and reform of the rel...
44: *Education and enlightenment for the masses - China (38909 bytes)
5: ...gically]] advanced civilizations, and East Asia's dominant [[culture|cultural]] influence. However, by the [...
7: ...f as ''[[Taiwan]]'', which is also the usage commonly adopted in the West (see [[political status of T...
16: ...ng the [[Spring and Autumn Period]], it was used only to describe the states politically descended fro...
27: The Republic of China as it controlled mainland China, and later, the People's Republic of Chi...
30: The most commonly accepted theory as to the origin of the [[Englis... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...therine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened monarch]]."
13: ...erine proceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[Peter the Great]], Catherine scorned force a...
21: Catherine made Russia the dominant power in the [[Middle East]] after her [[Russo-Tu...
25: ...e of Svensksund]] (modern-day Ruotsinsalmi in [[Finland]]), July 9-10, 1790. The Russian navy, command...
33: Catherine subscribed to [[the Enlightenment]] and considered herself a "philosopher... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
11: ... to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found hers...
19: ...s plotting to destroy the Austrian influence then dominant at the Russian court. It is a mistake to suppose,...
23: ...e Preobrazhensky [[Leib Guard|Guards]] regiment, enlisted their sympathies by a stirring speech, and l...
25: ...ttle knowledge and no experience of affairs, suddenly found herself at the head of a great empire at o...
29: ...eden ceded to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus became... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...ingen|Karl, Prince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Pala...
14: ...n in the line of succession, Victoria was taught only [[German language|German]], the first language o...
35: ...le ''His Royal Highness''. Prince Albert was commonly known as the "Prince Consort", though he did not...
39: ...olitical advisor, replacing Lord Melbourne as the dominant figure in her life. Having found a partner, Victo...
43: ... to shoot the Queen. Although his gun was loaded only with paper and tobacco, his crime was still puni... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 2005]] to serve in that position. ...
33: ...even less popular [[Community Charge]], more commonly known as the [[poll tax]]. At the same time the ...
47: ...icy of the Labour Government as being steps "not only towards [[Socialism]], but towards [[Communism]]...
66: ... seemed for a time that conservatism might be the dominant political philosophy in the major English-speakin...
69: ...al Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA]] and [[INLA]] prisoners in [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irela... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
66: ...rters argue that Rand was so critical of the then-dominant schools of modern philosophy, which were [[logica...
105: ... vol 2, #2. [http://www.skeptic.com/02.2.shermer-unlikely-cult.html] - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
13: ...with the change of sensibility and literary modes dominant in the postwar era?Woolf's novels, in this view, ...
60: ...ature.com/virginia_woolf/ Read her literature at online-literature.com]
61: .../etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/w/woolf/virginia/ Online editions of her works] from [http://etext.libr... - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
28: ...ested that such women, in this new context, were unlikely to speak frankly about their adolescent beha...
33: ...e. According to contemporary research, males are dominant throughout Melanesia (although some believe that ...
35: ...sis in child-rearing, and her documentation of predominantly peaceful relations among relatives hold up. The...
54: ...d people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
61: * "I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accur... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
18: ... not believe that the Savior said this. For certainly these teachings are of other ideas."
20: ...tly with a woman, in preference to us, and not openly? Are we to turn back and all listen to her? Did ...
31: ... other hand, consider this one person to be, not only the sinner of Luke 7:36-50 but also [[Mary siste...
43: ...eloved Disciple]], to whom the Fourth Gospel commonly called ''[[Gospel of John]]'' is ascribed. The m...
47: ...e]]'' (Eio Books, 2005), similarly sees Mary not only as the author of the [[Gospel of John]], but as ... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
2: ... No. 1 player for a record 377 weeks, and is the only player to have won all four of the Grand Slam ti...
10: ...nis stars had. In 1985, for instance, she played only 10 events leading up to the [[U.S. Open (tennis)...
22: ... had dubbed the "Golden Slam". Graf also won her only Grand Slam doubles title that year – at Wi...
30: ...es did not play at Wimbledon, where Graf won her only Grand Slam final of the year following a tight t...
62: ...les. Her 22 Grand Slam singles titles are second only to Margaret Court, who won 24. Her career prize-... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
19: The mid-[[1980s]] were the most dominant period of Navrátilová’s career. After losing ...
25: ...on and US Open finals (and at the US Open became only the third player in the [[Tennis Open Era|Open E...
31: ...verall number of Grand Slam titles to 58 (second only to [[Margaret Court]], who won 62). Navratilova ...
41: ...vá’s openness about her sexuality almost certainly cost her millions in endorsement opportunities. - Rose (15436 bytes)
25: ...xception of ''[[Rosa sericea]]'' which often has only four), usually white or pink, in a few species y...
29: ...vily browsed by [[deer]]. A few species of roses only have vestigial thorns that have no points.
67: The [[rose hip|hips]] are sometimes eaten, mainly for their vitamin C content. They are usually pr...
80: **'''Hybrid Perpetual''' - The dominant class of roses in [[Victorian Era|Victorian]] Eng...
114: Roses are commonly portrayed by [[artist]]s. The [[France|French]] ... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
29: By the end of the [[20th century]], almost the only steam power still in regular use in [[North Amer...
34: ...to do so. Therefore this type of transmission is only suitable for low-powered [[Switcher|shunting]] l...
43: ...n from Chicago, Illinois to [[Denver, Colorado]] only cost [[United States dollar|US$]]14.64 (in 1934]...
60: ... remain dominant in some European countries. The only diesel-electric locomotives of the Deutsche Bund...
93: ...r]] (or shunter) locomotives. These categories mainly depend on manoeuvrability, traction power and sp... - Flowering plant (29088 bytes)
16: ...]. Its use with any approach to its modern scope only became possible after [[Robert Brown]] had estab...
22: ...t expression of this evolution and constitute the dominant vegetation of the earth's surface at the present ...
24: ...taceous, angiosperms appear to have become the predominant group of land plants, and many fossil plants reco...
27: ... how the flowering plants should be arranged has only recently begun to emerge, through the work of th...
29: ...dicots and monocots for short). This is based mainly on the number of [[cotyledon]]s or embryonic lea... - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
57: ...used as a susceptor in microwave furnaces, a commonly used abrasive, and as a refractory material.
73: ...]]y) materials, [[Viscosity|viscous]] flow is the dominant source of plastic deformation, and is also very s...
112: ...r]]s, etc. The specialized formulations most commonly used in electronics are detailed in the book "Ta...
127: ...aliber [[rifle]] fire. Such plates are known commonly as [[small-arms protective insert]]s (SAPI). Ver... - Culture (23440 bytes)
1: ...uating, human activity. Anthropologists most commonly use the term "culture" to refer to the universal...
10: ...ternal [[logic]] and [[value]]s; but rather that only a single standard of refinement suffices, agains...
21: ... conditions. Anthropologists view culture as not only as a product of biological evolution but as a su...
23: ...erial culture''' and '''symbolic culture''', not only because each reflects different kinds of human a...
45: ...nthropologists understand "culture" to refer not only to [[consumption goods]], but to the general pro...
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