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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
160: | [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] - Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
14: ...asylums to treat the insane according to the precepts of moral treatment.
16: ...is up by persuading [[Cyrus Butler]], a self-made Providence millionaire and "by all reports a skinflint of th...
20: ...ivil War she moved to [[Washington, DC]] and attempted to set up a nursing service for soldiers. Due t... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
31: ...rts that make up a clarinet are as follows (description follows the illustration from left to right):
37: * The main body of the clarinet is divided (except in the case of the E♭ clarinet) into the ''...
94: ...] - An octave below the B♭ Bass. Rare, except in large clarinet choirs and wind ensembles. Orch...
105: Clarinets were soon accepted into orchestras. Later models had a mellower to...
107: ... these leaked air, the number of pads had to be kept to a minimum, so the clarinet was severely restri... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
35: ... widow of [[Daniel Parker Custis]]. Washington adopted Custis's two children and never fathered any of...
47: ...September 11]] and succeeded in his task. An attempt to dislodge the British, the [[Battle of Germanto...
53: ...ender there was the effective end of British attempts to quell the Revolution. In [[March]] of [[1783]...
62: ...heir labors. He adamantly enforced the secrecy adopted by the Convention during the summer. Many belie...
75: ... Washington died from either a [[strep throat|streptococcal infection of the throat]] or, since he was... - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
59: ...td>[[Rhode Island]]<td>[[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]]</tr>
84: ...of Rhode Island is "the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations"
93: * Every state—except Hawaii, which has no land boundaries—has st...
106: ...me 13 independently sovereign states. Upon the adoption of the [[Articles of Confederation]] and Perpe...
110: ...vertly tyrannical government. Several states attempted to secede during the [[U.S. Civil War|Civil War... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
9: ... their father would beat Babe in a desperate attempt to bring the boy into line, but to no avail. He w...
12: ...ted mocking his own pitcher. Brother Matthias promptly switched George from catcher to pitcher to teac...
18: ...ternational League with the Providence Grays of [[Providence, Rhode Island]]. Pitching in combination with the...
47: ...into the seats to confront a heckling fan. The captaincy was stripped, and Ruth's aggressiveness woul...
49: ...wn, lived on their farm near Boston with their adopted daughter, Dorothy. Free from the eyes of his wi... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
47: ...land, and were given land for a settlement called Providence (now called Annapolis). In 1650 the Puritans rev...
51: In 1708 the seat of government was moved to Providence, renamed Annapolis in honor of [[Anne of Great Br...
53: ...e War of 1812 the British military attempted to capture the port of Baltimore which was protected by [...
61: ...that lie entirely within the state's borders, except as limited by the [[Constitution of the United St...
133: ...s, but is pressed with foreign competition, bankruptcies, and company mergers. - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
3: Fullname = The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
9: Capital = [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] |
37: ...ll part of the town of [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], and Rhode Island (also known as [[Aquidneck Is...
42: ... declared it a place of religious freedom for [[Baptist]] settlers. Historically, the land is unique b... - Pyrrhus of Epirus (7425 bytes)
5: ... between Ptolemy I and Demetrius. Pyrrhus married Ptolemy's I stepdaughter Antigone and in 297 BC rest...
11: ... for himself in Italy. He made an alliance with [[Ptolemy Ceraunus]], King of Macedon and his most pow...
21: ...rongest Carthaginian fortress in Sicily. This prompted the rest of the Carthaginian-controlled cities ...
43: ...April 8-10, 1988 (Archaeologia Transatlantica XI) Providence 1992, pages 175-188. - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
15: ...ntations]], later [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]]
40: ...the Proclamation of 1763. (Map produced by U.S. Dept. of Interior.)]] - Human (48024 bytes)
2: ...mage | image = [[Image:|200px|Pioneer image]] | caption = Image of a man and a woman,<br> sent to spac...
24: ...ch]], [[language]], and [[introspection]]. A concept current within the [[scientific community]] is th...
27: ...erature]] are often used in expressing these concepts and [[feelings]].
80: ...human [[life]] develops from [[fertilisation|conception]]. An [[Ovum|egg]] is usually fertilized insid...
104: ...researchers believe that skin darkening was an adaptation that evolved as a defense against [[UV]] sol... - Colorado (22240 bytes)
38: ... ''Nil sine numine'' ([[Latin]], "Nothing without Providence") |
63: Reptile=Hide |
84: Image = State_Quarter,_Colorado_Accepted_Design.jpg |
114: ...002]] devastating [[forest fire|forest fires]] swept this area.
122: ...inter; most snow melts by mid August with the exception of a few small glaciers. The [[Colorado Minera... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
7: ...own but seemingly well-to-do parentage, and was baptized Guido or Guidolino (friars used to change the...
17: .... Here he decorated the cells, the hall of the Chapter, the corridors, the [[colonnade]], the church [...
21: ...him, and declined by him on the grounds of his inaptitude for so elevated and responsible a station.
31: ...r handled a brush without fervent prayer and he wept when he painted a [[Crucifixion]]. The [[Last Jud...
33: ...urs on a wall near the [[dormitory]]; in the [[chapterhouse]] is a third Crucifixion, with the Virgin ... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...has been an annual event since 1903, with the exception of 1904 and 1994. The New York Yankees have th...
3: ...ng in the [[1918 World Series]], completed on [[September 11]], [[1918]].
7: A portion of the gate receipts from the World Series - and, from [[1969]] onwar...
9: ...challenges have been made by other leagues. Attempts to pit the [[North America]]n champions against ...
46: * 1879 [[Providence Grays]] - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
18: ...e and colors, and it happens that the Chicagos adopted white as their primary color. After a summer of...
26: ...ut [[Old Hoss Radbourn]]'s 60 victories for the [[Providence Grays]] of [[1884]], but Clarkson also had a fair...
30: ...the better part of twenty seasons, the team was captained and managed by first baseman [[Cap Anson|Adr...
57: ...935 when they won a record 21 games in a row in September, and 1938 when they won a crucial late-seaso...
62: ..."The Kissing Bandit", ran onto the field and attempted to plant one on [[Ryne Sandberg]]. She was thwa... - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
9: ...ging the car to cable speed too quickly and unacceptably jarring the [[passenger]]s.
16: Though there may have been earlier attempts to pull cars by endless ropes, the first cable c...
21: ... car. Both of these innovations were generally adopted by other cities, including San Francisco.
29: On [[25 September]] [[1883]] a test of a cable car system was ...
92: * [[Providence, Rhode Island]] - Blackbeard (5955 bytes)
6: ...d when, near the island of [[Martinique]], they captured the French [[slave ship]] ''La Concorde'' out...
14: Teach kept headquarters in both the [[Bahamas]] and the [[Ca...
18: ...r the command of Lieutenant [[Robert Maynard]], Captain of the [[HMS Pearl|HMS ''Pearl'']], with instr... - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
4: ...ence]] (Santa Catalina), and when Mansfield was captured and killed by the Spanish shortly afterwards,...
6: ...astonished at this daring adventure, in vain attempted to drive out the invaders, and finally Morgan c...
8: ...to the [[Caribbean]]; but these he destroyed or captured, recovered a considerable amount of treasure ...
10: ...gan determined on an expedition to Panama. He recaptured the island of Santa Catalina on [[December 15...
16: Sir Henry is immortalized now by Captain Morgan's Spiced [[Rum]], which comes, cheekily... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
19: ... entered the war against Great Britain in an attempt to dilute Britain's super power status. France of...
41: ...ns that had been [[Battle of Ticonderoga (1775)|captured by the Americans]] at [[Fort Ticonderoga]] we...
46: ...m Fort Ticonderoga with about 1,700 militiamen, capturing [[Montreal]] on [[November 13]]. General [[G...
48: ...m [[Fort Western]] (present day [[Maine]]) on [[September 25]]. The expedition was a logistical nightm...
52: Another attempt was made by the Americans to push back towards Qu... - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
28: A settlement named Providence was founded on the north shore of the [[Severn Ri...
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