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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
1: ...er.jpg|right|thumb|150px|A bagpipe performer in [[Amsterdam]].]]
3: .... The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes...
16: ...ch is tied into the bag and which the pipe itself plugs into. The bag usually consists of leather, but...
23: ...s. [[Nero]] is generally accepted to have been a player; there are Greek depictions of pipers, and th...
25: ...iti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Robert the Bruce]]'s troops marched to [... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ... States|American]] [[human rights]] activist, [[diplomat]] and as the wife of [[President of the Unite...
9: ...However their marriage almost split over sexual explorations outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin D...
11: ...Martenszen van Rosenvelt]] who emigrated to [[New Amsterdam]] ([[Manhattan]]) from [[Holland]] in the 1640s. ...
33: ...eful action based on sensitive discourse among people of diverse perspectives focusing on the varied n...
43: ...), for many years graced the mantle above the fireplace in her husband Franklin's presidential library... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
15: ...meetings of the International in [[Russia]] and [[Amsterdam]] and also meetings of the Italian Socialist Part... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...s silver medallist [[Maureen Gardner]], while 3rd place finisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on...
15: ...on the same day. In the high jump, she took sixth place (shared with two other jumpers) while the Dutc...
23: ...er name to Blankers-Koen. Blankers, a former [[triple jump]]er (participant in the [[1928 Summer Olymp...
25: ... athlete. Blankers-Koen and her husband had other plans, and she resumed training only weeks after her...
27: ....71 m in a specially arranged competition in Amsterdam. Then, she tied the 100 m world record, but ... - Tapestry (2919 bytes)
7: The term is commonly (though incorrectly) applied to embroidered items made in [[canvas work]] o...
10: ...dence to another. In [[church]]es, it could be displayed on special occasions.
24: ...tant producers of tapestries, and [[Delft]] and [[Amsterdam]] became the most important tapestry cities. - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
3: ...country]], [[state]], [[nation state]] for some explanation of the difference between these.
68: ...a continent in the 5 continent systems, called simply Asia in one of them.
81: * [[China, People's Republic of]] - [[Beijing]]
86: ...ng]], [[Special Administrative Region|SAR]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]
99: ...au]], [[Special Administrative Region|SAR]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
17: <tr><td>[[Amsterdam]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (official)
36: <tr><td>[[Beijing]] <td>[[People's Republic of China]], see also [[Capital of Chi... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...nd became a mere province of the Kingdom and was split into North and South Holland in [[1840]]. There...
15: capital = [[Amsterdam]]. [[The Hague]] is the seat of government |
17: largest_city = [[Amsterdam]] |
55: ...host to the [[International Court of Justice]]; [[Amsterdam]] is the official capital as stated by the consti...
66: ...rope it featured the most wealthy trading city ([[Amsterdam]]) and the first full-time [[stock exchange]], wh... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
39: ...ork|New York State]] and had its capital at [[New Amsterdam]], now known as [[New York City]]. Some of southw...
78: ... but some go more one way than others. For an example, Bergen County, which is very Republican in the ...
82: ... members. Assembly members are elected by the people for a two year term in all odd-numbered years; S...
107: ...ny jokes about [[pollution]] and [[irony|ironic]] plays on the state's nickname, the "Garden State."
165: ..., Senses Fail, Saves The Day, Thursday, Hidden In Plain View, The Early November, Armor For Sleep, Out... - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
3: ...up left their home in [[Scrooby]] and sailed to [[Amsterdam]] to escape religious persecution at the hands of...
5: ...und for the [[United States|Americas]]. These people became known as the [[Pilgrims|Pilgrim Fathers]]...
8: ...ment to stop it, the Dutch government began to comply and the exiles decided that it was time to leave...
10: ...pain]]. The English government was thus trying to plot a course between the position of the [[Roman Ca...
12: ... in the [[London Company]]. This grant would have placed them near the [[Hudson River]]. - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
12: *[[1609]]-[[Henry Hudson]], hired by the Dutch, explores the present-day [[Hudson River]]
22: ... ''[[Mayflower (ship)|Mayflower]]''. They found [[Plymouth Colony]] in present-day [[Massachusetts]]; ...
24: *[[1626]]-[[New Amsterdam]] founded by the Dutch in present-day [[New York ...
65: ...]]-[[Glorious Revolution]] deposes James II and replaces him with [[William and Mary]]; Dominion of Ne...
94: ...ry/United_States/People Pictures of Historical People] - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
4: ...n [[ancient Greek]] [[philosopher]]. Along with [[Plato]], he is often considered to be one of the two...
8: ...gh Plato and a few other writers. The writings of Plato and Aristotle form the core of [[Ancient philo...
10: ...ge has ethical as well as scientific importance. Plato can be called, with qualification, an [[ideali...
12: Aristotle, by contrast, placed much more value on knowledge gained from the ...
21: ...The surviving works are known and respected for a plain and unadorned (though not easy) style; not one... - Metronome (3057 bytes)
4: ...was invented by [[Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel]] in [[Amsterdam]] in [[1812]]. [[Johann Maelzel|Johann M䬺el]] c...
10: ...[[polyrhythm]]s and can "count aloud", using a sampled voice.
26: ...line.com], a metronome for [[Macromedia]] [[Flash Player]]. - Endangered species (12553 bytes)
4: ...ypical areas of controversy include: criteria for placing a species on the endangered species list, an...
8: ...sing the conservation status of a species: not simply the number remaining, but the overall increase o...
14: ...resumed to have died beyond reasonable doubt. Examples: [[Thylacine]], [[Dodo]].
15: ... there is no free-living, natural population. Examples: [[Dromedary]], [[Przewalski's Horse]].
16: ...sk of [[extinction]] in the immediate future. Examples: [[Ivory-billed Woodpecker]], [[Arakan Forest T... - Airline (29546 bytes)
2: ...owns or [[lease]]s [[airliner]]s with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alli...
7: ...ernational airlines operating many hundreds of airplanes in various types. Airline services can be cat...
9: ...akes analysis of the airline industry somewhat complex. Nevertheless, some patterns have emerged in th...
11: ...ually decades apart. This pattern has not been completed for all airlines in all regions.
17: ...t airlines begin paying for new generations of airplanes and other service upgrades they ordered to re... - Canal (2513 bytes)
4: ...ance, opened up a connection to the fertile Great Plains.
6: ...village of [[Amsterdam]] a port. Canals are so deeply identified with [[Venice]] that all cities that ...
9: ...o use the picturesque early industrial canals for pleasure boats has spurred rehabilitation of stretch...
23: * [[Amsterdam]] - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]], [[...
13: | place of death=[[Warm Springs, Georgia]]
18: ...and privilege, he overcame a crippling illness to place himself at the head of the forces of reform. H...
22: ... conservatives. Today opinions of him are more complex. Some liberals criticise measures such as the i...
26: ...lands]], arrived in New York (then called [[Nieuw Amsterdam]]) in about [[1650]]. In [[1788]] [[Isaac Rooseve... - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ...''Afro-Americans''', '''Black Americans''', or simply '''blacks''', are an ethnic group in the [[Unite...
6: ... identifiers. However, the term properly can be applied to nearly all black citizens of the United Sta...
19: ...nal Association for the Advancement of Colored People|NAACP]], led a series of legal battles in the [[...
21: ...he hospitality industry, public transportation, employment and housing, granting equal access to Afric...
26: .... They are more likely to be stopped by police simply because of their ethnicity. They are also more l... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...d navigator in the early seventeenth century. His place and date of birth are unknown, but [[September...
7: ...later claim the area and set up a colony as [[New Amsterdam]].
13: ...and spent the next months continuing to map and explore the eastern shores. In November the ship becam...
15: ...e spring of [[1611]], Hudson wanted to continue exploring, but the crew wanted to return home. Eventua...
17: ...West India'') from [[1625]]. The same situation applies to the voyage of [[Adriaen Block]]. - March 21 (10586 bytes)
11: ...ley]] began his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Livingstone]].
23: ...1965]] - [[Martin Luther King Jr]] leads 3,200 people on the start of the 3rd and finally successful [...
26: *[[1970]] - In [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]], [[Dana (singer)|Dana]] wins t...
29: *[[1985]] - [[Canada|Canadian]] [[paraplegic]] [[athlete]] and [[humanitarian]] [[Rick Han...
30: ...ted]]'' reports allegations that tie [[baseball]] player [[Pete Rose]] to [[baseball]] [[gambling]].
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