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- Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
43: ...ortly after the coronation, Marie-Antoinette attempted to bring the [[duc de Choiseul]] back to court....
61: ... entire country was standing on the edge of bankruptcy. [[Louis XIV]]'s wars with [[William III of Eng...
71: ...nac]] was made the new princess' Governess. She kept this post even when Marie-Antoinette's three othe...
95: ...鰨, was terminally ill with [[tuberculosis|consumption]]. The child's condition deteriorated and Mari...
125: ...g of the Revolution, Marie-Antoinette remained sceptical about the chances of a compromise. However, s... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
9: ...where in [[February]] [[1940]] she persuaded a skeptical prewar Polish [[Olympics|Olympic]] [[skier]],...
11: ...win her own and Kowerski's release by feigning symptoms of pulmonary [[tuberculosis]]. (It did not hu...
13: ...eir arrival at [[SOE]] offices in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]], it came as a shock to them that they were unde...
24: ...h, took umbrage at their shabby treatment and abruptly bowed out of his own remarkable career as a Bri...
30: ...], and by inducing non-Germans, especially conscripted Poles, in the German occupation forces to defec... - Glass (26176 bytes)
9: ... its pure form, '''glass''' is a [[transparency (optics)|transparent]], relatively [[strength of mater...
22: ...2</sub> glass, which has only slightly different optical properties (the germainium contributing to a ...
42: ...e]]. The first documented glass making is in [[Egypt]] around [[1500 BC]], when glass was first used a...
59: ...ther fields, [[flask]]s, [[test tube]]s, [[Lens (optics)|lenses]] and other laboratory equipment are o...
60: ...ool)|flint knapping]] techniques can easily be adapted to mass-produced glass. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...s of [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel ...
73: ...of [[Nazism]] in [[1933]] and the subsequent attempted extermination of the Jewish people in the [[Sho...
78: ...en-Gurion showed a willingness to essentially accept about 1/3 of the land that would ultimately be wo...
83: ...ict over its status. Immediately following the adoption of the Partition Plan by the United Nations Ge...
86: ... into ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]''. In the news: Egyptian Air Force bombs Tel-Aviv, Transjordan shells J... - Spain (36498 bytes)
48: ...]]: [[peseta|Spanish Peseta]]<br><sup>3</sup> Except in the Canary Islands, which are in the [[GMT]] t...
83: ...ut was quickly returned to the Spanish Crown, except [[Rosellon]].
95: ...nish Morocco]] and [[Equatorial Guinea]] was attempted. A period of dictatorial rule ([[1923]]–[...
97: ...s politically and economically isolated and was kept out of the [[United Nations]] until [[1955]], whe...
101: ... [[Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo Bustelo]], after an attempted [[coup d'鴡t]] in [[1981]], [[Felipe Gonzᬥz|... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
137: ...ost a lawsuit against the federal government, prompting a judge in Paris, Texas, to unintentionally cr...
168: ...ed the book (often without reading it) as an attempt to impugn the morals and character of the people ...
209: ** 33% [[Baptist]]
274: *[[Oklahoma Baptist University]]
398: |[[State reptile|reptile]] - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
35: ... BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
40: * [[Cement]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
41: ... River [[boat]]s in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]] - Food (24212 bytes)
32: ...so [[sell|sold]] pre-prepared for immediate consumption in [[restaurant]]s and other similar [[retail]...
161: ...badly managed food aid can cause problems by disrupting local markets, depressing [[crop]] prices and ...
179: ...ubstance required to provoke a reaction in a susceptible individual can be [[minute]]. For instance, t...
181: ...] after ingesting certain [[food]]stuffs, skin symptoms ([[rash]]es), bloating, [[vomit]]ing and [[reg...
190: ...l disorders that interfere with normal food consumption. They often affect people with a negative [[bo... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
25: ...s tactlessness), Brienne went on the attack, attempting to disband the parlements entirely and collect...
31: ''For a more detailed description of the events of [[August 8]], [[1788]] &ndash...
33: ... of the opposition that the government would attempt to gerrymander an assembly to its liking. In ord...
35: ...nd that the Third Estate itself was the nation, kept these resentments alive.
40: ''For a more detailed description of the events of [[June 17]], [[1789]] –... - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
8: |'''Wavelength regime'''||optical, ultraviolet, near-infrared
45: From its original conception in 1946 until its launch, the project to build...
49: ==Conception, design and aims==
68: ...lite was dropped, and budgetary concerns also prompted collaboration with the [[European Space Agency]...
73: ...ics company Perkin-Elmer to design and build the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) and Fine Guidance Se... - Prague (7962 bytes)
101: * [[Prague Spring]] (liberalization attempt in 1968) - Blimp (3839 bytes)
1: ...]) inside the envelope. For a more complete description of this style of [[aircraft]], please see [[ai...
23: ...kely to be damaged by volcanic ash than a [[helicopter]]. They are also cheaper. - Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
6: ...between a motor and a generator is one of design optimization only. ''See also [[motor-generator]]'' ...
12: ...pes{{cite web | title=Fact of the Week: PNGV Concept Vehicles Presented to the Public in 2000 | work=F...
69: ...ay reduce the engine's ability to operate at its optimum temperature, thus reducing the engine's effic...
72: ...ty from a stationary fossil fuel power plant, except that the power plant is carried on board.
74: ...ch wheel are featured in some prototypes and concept cars; this allows the possibility of easily contr... - Digital photography (33923 bytes)
22: Except for some linear array type at the highest-end and...
28: ...Shot SD200/300 and the Pentax Optio MX/MX4 will capture continuous footage at a rate of 30 frames per ...
36: *Minimal ongoing costs for those wishing to capture hundreds of photographs for digital uses, such...
45: *Ability to capture and store hundreds of photographs on the same ...
50: *The ability to shoot RAW captures: in simple terms, this is the ability to have... - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
2: ...h was defined by the much-amended constitution adopted by the Russian Republic in [[1978]]. [[Constitu...
12: ...y the Soviet parliament. Despite Gorbachev's attempts to discourage Russia's electorate from voting fo...
16: ...991|August 1991 coup]]) The coup leaders had attempted to overthrow Gorbachev in order to halt his pla...
18: ...of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in August and September 1991.
26: ...s in accordance with existing laws. When his attempt to secure confirmation of Gaidar as prime ministe... - Cigarette (11302 bytes)
8: ...rvatives and even completely changing the organoleptic qualities of the tobacco smoke. Some cigarette...
46: ...ary 2, 1971. However, some tobacco companies attempted to circumvent the ban by marketing new brands o...
48: ...to be 19 years of age to purchase cigarettes (except for [[Alberta]] and [[Quebec]], where the age is ...
60: == Consumption ==
87: ...s often develop [[junk food]] habits as they attempt to satisfy their tobacco cravings with snacks. On... - Roller coaster (14862 bytes)
23: ...4, and in 1885 Phillip Hinkle introduced the concept of the "lift hill." By [[1912]], the first [[unde...
36: ...ended'' to feel risky, accidents, such as the [[September 5]], [[2003]] fatality at the seemingly tame...
41: ...n [[emergency room]] visit, while [[Florida]] exempts parks whose parent companies employ more than 10... - Judaism (54799 bytes)
8: ..., Daniel Boyarin has argued that "Jewishness disrupts the very categories of identity, because it is n...
14: ...rd your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt..." The belief in the existence of God, that God...
15: ...have no other gods besides Me...Do not make a sculpted image or any likeness of what is in the heavens...
24: ...ite]]s from slavery. After [[the Exodus]] from Egypt, God led them to [[Mount Sinai]] and gave them th...
28: ...e point that God allowed the [[Philistines]] to capture the tabernacle in Shiloh. - Jumping spider (3866 bytes)
12: ...ent kinds of receptor cell, with different [[absorption spectra]], giving them the possibility of up t...
15: ... spider]]s and [[anyphaenid sac spider]]s are exceptions as they can recognize insect eggs as food. Ju...
18: ...roduce any other effects. Almost all spiders (except [[hackled orbweavers]]) have venom, but the [[ven... - Christmas (35108 bytes)
12: ...thew then reports that the family next fled to Egypt to escape the murderous rampage of Herod, who had...
16: ... one of the tenets of their faith, Christians accept the veracity of the story of Christmas, apparent ...
19: ...ary 7]]. This date results from their having accepted neither the reforms of the [[Gregorian calendar...
28: ...tletoe]], and the giving of [[presents]], were adapted or appropriated by Christian missionaries from ...
30: Rather than attempting to suppress such popular pagan feast days, [[P...
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