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  1. Sport (14061 bytes)
    1: .... The difference of purpose is what characterises sport, combined with the notion of individual (or team)...
    5: ==History of sport==
    7: ''Main article: [[History of sport]]''
    9: ...eal about social changes, and about the nature of sport itself.
    11: ...there was some activity at these times resembling sport.
  2. History of sport (6368 bytes)
    1: ...iology|social changes]] and about the nature of [[sport]] itself.
    3: ...xercised for their usefulness. This suggests that sport is probably as old as the existence of people as ...
    13: ...there was some activity at these times resembling sport.
    15: ... native [[American Indians]] engaged in games and sports before the coming of Europeans, such as [[lacros...
    17: ...sume from these and other historical sources that sport has origins which lie in the beginnings of mankin...
  3. Team sport (1930 bytes)
    3: ...ween opposing teams, where the players interact directly and simultaneously between them to achieve the...
    5: ...ying field or court. Baseball, as well as similar sports which use a bat to strike at the ball, is relati...
    7: ...ay'' and ''pairs'' events are not considered team sports.
    9: ... criticism, implying selfish play, often heard in sports such as soccer, basketball and ice hockey, when ...
    11: == Sports Clipart and Pictures ==
  4. Racquets (sport) (3401 bytes)
    1: ... an indoor [[List of sports#Racket sports|racquet sport]] played in the [[United Kingdom]], [[United Stat...
    5: ...to 15 points, only the server can score—the receiver may serve after winning a rally. Matches ar...
    7: ...[[19th century]] as an off-shoot of racquets, the sports were similar in manner of play and rules. Howev...
    15: ...ets is exclusively, or nearly exclusively, a male sport.

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  1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    1: ...Ford Motor Company|Ford Motor Company's]] large [[Sport utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (e...
  2. Persepolis (15450 bytes)
    6: ... the huge pillars, of which a number still stand erect. Several of the buildings were never finished. F...
    27: ...citizen of the land which had suffered it, and in sport.</i>
    39: ...ly have visited the place himself, with his usual recklessness of statement, confounded the tombs behin...
  3. Burundi (13403 bytes)
    64: ...itical landscape of Burundi has been dominated in recent years by the [[civil war]] and a long [[peace ...
    96: ...on, and [[football (soccer)]] is the most popular sport.
    104: * [[Transportation in Burundi]]
    131: ===Directories===
    132: ...9/us10065675/us559906/ LookSmart - ''Burundi''] directory category
  4. Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
    34: ...n women in a class of more than 500 students. She received her [[LL.B.]] from Harvard three years later...
    36: In [[1971]] Reno was named staff director of the [[Judiciary Committee]] of the [[Florid...
    70: ...ared with Ferrell on the final installment of the recurring sketch &ldquo;[[Janet Reno&rsquo;s Dance Pa...
  5. Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
    39: ...on once again in [[1960]] but [[John F. Kennedy]] received the presidential nomination instead.
    43: ...evelt's tales of her hunting excursions were well received, though they did not serve to further the ca...
    55: <td width="30%" align="center">'''Preceded by''':<br />
  6. Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
    5: ...s Girls' School where she excelled in science and sport. Her family were actively involved in a local Wor...
    12: ...raction of proteins in solution, her work was redirected to DNA fibres. [[Maurice Wilkins]] was already...
    18: ...h each other and their working relationship never recovered. This led to Franklin having no real collab...
    24: ==Recognition==
    25: ...le. (Posthumous prizes are permitted only if the recipient dies after the award is announced).
  7. Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
    8: ...o another short movie, which was seen by comedy director Eric Petscher. He cast her in a small part for...
    10: ...e she was there, she met the [[Sweden|Swedish]] director [[Mauritz Stiller]]. He trained her in [[film|...
    27: ...dy ''[[Ninotchka]]'' ([[1939 in film|1939]]) by director [[Ernst Lubitsch]], which was publicized with ...
    35: ... until her death, Garbo sightings were considered sport for [[paparazzi]] photographers.
  8. Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
    5: ... a gold-medal-winning [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Sport rowing|sculler]], and her brother "Jack" followed...
    28: ... and Monaco clarified that even if there are no direct heirs of the reigning prince, the [[principality...
  9. Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
    5: ...[[World War II]], Blankers-Koen set several world records during that period, in events as diverse as t...
    7: ...58 Dutch championships and set or tied 12 [[world record]]s. She retired from athletics in 1955, after ...
    11: ...s a sports talent, but she could not decide which sport to pick. A swimming coach advised her to do athle...
    13: ...nt, but in her third race, she set a new National Record in the 800 [[metre|m]]. Fanny Koen soon made t...
    17: ...rose to the top. In 1938, she ran her first World Record (11.0 seconds in the 100 [[yard]]s), and she a...
  10. Delia Gonzalez (2350 bytes)
    1: ...er 20]], [[1970]] in [[New Mexico]], she sports a record of 13-9-4 with 3 [[knockout]] wins, although s...
    11: Recently, Gonzales has been fighting in the bamtamwei...
  11. Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
    2: ...year. She was ranked the World No. 1 player for a record 377 weeks, and is the only player to have won ...
    22: ...ity of the Year Overseas Personality|BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year]].
    28: ...ght sets to further lower to youngest-ever winner record. At Wimbledon, Graf was unexpectedly beaten in...
    34: ...hat he committed the attack in order to help Graf reclaim the World No. 1 ranking, which Seles had held...
    62: ... massive 377 weeks (non-consecutive), including a record 186 consecutive weeks (from August 1987-March ...
  12. Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
    3: ...lebrity and one of the first international female sport stars, named ''La Divine'' (the divine one) by th...
    8: ...aces on the court, to which his daughter had to direct the ball.
    10: ...kes, Lenglen played in the final of the [[1914 in sports|1914]] French Championships. (The tournament, a ...
    14: ...championships were not held again until [[1920 in sports|1920]], but the [[Wimbledon Championships]] were...
    24: ...nis)|US Open]] championships. That year, to raise reconstruction funds for the regions of France that h...
  13. Ellen MacArthur (3652 bytes)
    2: ...who, on [[February 7]], [[2005]], broke the world record for the fastest solo [[circumnavigation]] of t...
    8: ...Order of the British Empire|MBE]] for services to sport.
    10: In [[2003]] she captained a round-the-world record attempt for a crewed yacht in ''Kingfisher 2''...
    12: ...el Irens and Benoit Cabaret for her to break solo records. The 75-[[foot (unit of length)|foot]] (23-[[...
    14: Using the yacht, her first significant record attempt in [[2004]] to break the west&ndash;ea...
  14. Christy Martin (2947 bytes)
    1: ...rn [[June 12]], [[1968]]) is a participant of the sport of [[women's boxing]]. Martin, who is married to ...
    5: ... more celebrity, even appearing on the cover of [[Sports Illustrated]] once shortly afterwards.
    13: She currently holds a record of 46 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws with 32 wins ...
  15. Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
    3: ...d States|American]] athlete, who excelled in many sports. She achieved her greatest successes in [[golf]]...
    9: ...earlier, she had picked up the sport of golf, the sport by which she would become most famous. She became...
  16. Campion (697 bytes)
    9: **[[Cassie Campion]] (a champion [[squash (sport)|squash]] player)
    11: **[[Jane Campion]] (a [[film director]])
  17. Spleen (4479 bytes)
    1: ...vity of the [[reticuloendothelial system]]. Until recently, the purpose of the spleen was not known. It...
    9: ...that results. Some athletes have tried [[doping (sport)|doping]] themselves with their own stored red bl...
  18. Cycling (1157 bytes)
    1: ...and other [[human powered vehicle]]s (HPVs). As a sport it is governed internationally by the [[Union Cyc...
    4: '''Utility cycling and slow recreation'''
    5: * [[Bicycle transportation engineering]]
    21: '''Sports-related cycling and fast-paced recreation'''
    34: {{Sports_clipart}}
  19. Hunter-gatherer (4757 bytes)
    28: *sport [[hunting]] and sport [[fishing]] are recreational activities practiced by people who get t...
  20. Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
    43: ===Recent developments===
    47: ... and new instruments with both mechanical and indirect actions continue to be built.
    61: ..."flue" is the CORRECT spelling. "Flute" is not correct.-->vs. ''reed'' pipes, also called ''labial'' an...
    63: ...are rigged to provide multiple pitches like big [[recorder]]s: this method was employed especially by ...
    98: ...Originally this was for ease of manufacture, more recently it is also for reasons of tradition.

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