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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ... [[Ipanema]], for the giant statue of [[Jesus]], known as [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Re...
13: The area where Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedi...
15: ...eiro'' (San Sebastian of the January River), in honor of then King [[Sebastian I of Portugal]]. For ce...
17: ...en westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ...[[René „uguay-Trouin]], and [[Nicolas de Villegaignon]]. After [[1720]], when the Portuguese found gol... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...s. Gifted with a three-octave vocal range, she is noted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvi...
6: ...ding fame to both the Apollo and herself. She was noticed by [[Bardu Ali]] of [[Chick Webb]]'s band, w...
10: ...[[bebop]], scat, and performed [[blues]], [[bossa nova]], [[samba (music)|samba]], [[gospel]], [[calyp...
12: ...the few to sing - in her unique way - the little known lyrics.
16: ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' is the most notable of her many recordings with jazz legend [[Lo... - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
1: ...]] and amateur [[composer]]. She is perhaps best known as the sister of [[Felix Mendelssohn]], but her...
3: ...music]]al education and upbringing as her better known brother. Like him, Fanny showed prodigious musi...
7: ... 1838, when she played Felix's piano [[concerto]] No. 1.
9: ...eloped by Felix Mendelssohn, though many scholars nowadays believe it was actually Fanny who first wor... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
1: [[Image:Steffi Graf.jpg|right|thumb|Steffi Graf honored at the [[WTA]].]]
2: ... Medal in the same year. She was ranked the World No. 1 player for a record 377 weeks, and is the only...
10: ...p to the [[U.S. Open (tennis)|US Open]]; whereas another up-and-coming star, [[Gabriela Sabatini]] of...
12: ...ories in 1986, and finished the year ranked World No. 3.
18: ...the French Open and did enough to claim the World No. 1 ranking from Navratilova in August 1987. She a... - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ... [[Europe]]. It is bordered to the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Baltic Sea]], to...
51: ...ages per the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages|ECRML]].<br>
57: ...e [[G8]] nations and a founding member of what is now the [[European Union]].
62: ...o back more than a thousand years, the state now known as Germany was unified as a modern nation-state...
66: ...ading state of Germany, from the more western and northern parts. - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ... [[7 July]] [[1937]] (the start of the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese...
8: ...aft]], and [[RADAR]] are only a few of many [[Technology during World War II|war-time inventions]].
10: ...|spheres of influence]], the former undergoing economic reconstruction under the [[Marshall Plan]] and...
18: ...ntries did not have a profound impact on the war, nor did they supply the Axis powers with any great a...
22: ...Canada, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Greece, and Denmark were also counted among ... - Morse code (33777 bytes)
2: ...unications technologies, the use of Morse code is now largely obsolete, although it is still employed ...
13: ...wn as Railroad or [[American Morse code]], and is now very rarely used.
17: ...e receiving end of the transmission wire. The technological limits of the time made it impossible to p...
21: ...g and end of dots and dashes, meaning that it was no longer necessary to use the tape.
23: ... dash as "dah", and a dot as "dit". When a dit is not the final element of a character, its sound is s... - Pope Formosus (4107 bytes)
4: ...ee. The condemnation of Formosus and others was announced in July 872. In [[878]] the sentence of exco...
8: ...rrel between the Archbishops of [[Cologne]] and [[Hamburg]] concerning the Bishopric of [[Bremen]]. In the ...
10: ...]]. In [[894]], Arnulf subjugated all the country north of the [[Po]]. Guido died in December leaving ...
14: ...us in [[897]], in what was called the [[Cadaver Synod]]. The corpse was disinterred, clad in papal ves... - Pope Benedict V (659 bytes)
1: ...nly a month, and the ex-pope was carried off to [[Hamburg]] where he became a [[deacon]], dying in July 965...
3: At the [[synod]] which deposed him the pastoral staff was broke... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...unami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: ...ometres long), which is why they generally pass unnoticed at sea, forming only a passing "hump" in the...
6: ...d its usage is discouraged by [[oceanographer|oceanographers]].
10: ...s of [[water]], such as an [[earthquake]], [[volcano|volcanic eruption]], [[landslide]] or [[meteorite...
12: ...lates slip under continental plates in a process known as subduction. - July 24 (8660 bytes)
18: *[[1929]] - The [[Kellogg-Briand Pact]], renouncing [[war]] as an instrument of [[foreign polic...
22: ...mericans]] by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed ...
28: ...imously rule that President [[Richard Nixon]] did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed [[Whit...
53: *[[1916]] - [[John D. MacDonald]], novelist, (d. [[1986]])
54: *[[1917]] - [[Robert Farnon]], conductor, composer and arranger - River (12397 bytes)
4: ...er typically widens at its end and forms what is known as a delta or estuary.
11: ...r, the [[sea]], a lake, or as a [[tributary]] to another (usually larger) river. In [[arid]] areas riv...
22: ...ocean because the water is [[fresh water|sweet]] (non-salty). Living things in a river must be adapted...
28: ...e hindered (see [[fish ladder]]) and waterflow is no longer bounded by seasonal changes. One very famo...
31: ...ich enriched the fields with fresh [[nutrient]]s. Nowadays, floods are disasters, causing untold prope... - Phosphorus (11557 bytes)
2: {{Elementbox_series | [[nonmetal]]s }}
21: {{Elementbox_crystalstruct | monoclinic }}
30: {{Elementbox_magnetic | no data }}
41: ...itrogen group]], phosphorus is commonly found in inorganic phosphate rocks and in all living cells. Du...
43: == Notable characteristics == - Franz Xaver von Baader (10383 bytes)
3: ...velled through several of the mining districts in north Germany, and for four years, 1792–1796, ...
5: ...tly influenced by that philosopher. Yet Baader is no disciple of Schelling, and, probably gave out mor...
7: ...intendent of mines, and was raised to the rank of nobility for his services. He retired in [[1820]], a...
9: ...a'', it is invariably ''con-scientia'' — a knowing with, consciousness of, or participation in G...
11: ...e and non-temporal act of God's love and will, cannot be speculatively deduced, but must be accepted a... - Holocaust (53541 bytes)
4: ...olocaust''' was [[Nazi Germany]]'s systematic [[genocide]] ([[ethnic cleansing]]) of various [[Ethnici...
6: ...lion, so much so that the phrase "six million" is now almost universally interpreted as referring to t...
14: ...ally to any mass killings such as the [[Rwandan Genocide]] and the actions of the [[Khmer Rouge]] in [...
20: ...hich taken together distinguish it from other [[genocides in history]].
24: ...[[Karl Binding]], a widely respected judge, and renowned [[Psychiatry|psychiatrist]] [[Alfred Hoche]],...
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