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- Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...Puritans''' were members of a group of radical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after th...
4: ... unevenly to a number of [[Protestant]] churches from the late sixteenth century to the early eighteen...
5: ...st often used by opponents and detractors of the group, rather than by the practitioners themselves. T...
8: ...th the radical reformers in [[Calvinism|Calvinist Geneva]] and [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Germany]]. These con...
10: ...estructuring and "purifying" of church practice through [[Holy Bible|biblical]] supremacy, and they sh... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ... opening the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]]...
5: ...fore dying of [[tuberculosis]]. After graduating from [[Claverack College]] in [[Hudson, New York|Huds...
9: ...riodical ''The Birth Control Review and Birth Control News''. She also contributed articles on health ...
11: ...an-Julius]] "[[Little Blue Books]]." It not only provided basic information about such topics as [[men...
13: ...ganize the first World Population Conference in [[Geneva]]. - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ... Bolzano within a few weeks, and her career as a professional pianist was launched.
7: ... at age 19) of such competition mainstays as the Prokofiev ''Toccata'' and Liszt's ''Sixth [[Hungarian...
9: ...erto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto No. 1]]. From [[1969]] to [[1973]], Argerich was married to [[...
11: ...as been tireless in promoting younger pianists, through her annual festival, and does frequently appea...
17: ...h & [[Mikhail Pletnev]] for ''[[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]] (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella Suite for Two ... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...and/or some international diplomatic recognition from selected states, but are not UN members. For mor...
5: ...term "united nations" was coined by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] during [[World War II]], to refer to the...
17: ==Background and history==
20: ...rnational economic and social cooperation. These proposals were discussed and debated by governments a...
26: ...New York]], there are major agencies located in [[Geneva]], [[The Hague]], [[Vienna]], and elsewhere. - War (7002 bytes)
1: ...n [[state]]s, organisations, or relatively large groups of people, which is characterised by the use o...
6: ...the success of highly disciplined troops of the [[Roman Empire]].
8: ...ease in the destructiveness and cost of warfare throughout human history.
14: ...ost unanimously seen as undesireable and morally problematic. Many now believe that wars should only ...
16: ...nd World War]], combined with the unquestioned horror of [[nuclear war]] have contributed to the curre... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
1: ...tria]] and [[Liechtenstein]]. The country has a strong tradition of [[neutral country|political and mi...
11: national_motto = Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno<br>(English: One for all, all for one)|
13: ...anguage|French]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Romansh]]|
31: time_zone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset=+1 |
32: time_zone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |utc_offset_DST=+2 | - Vietnam (18265 bytes)
6: ...recognized sovereignty for both sides. American troops were withdrawn by [[March 29]], 1973.
8: ... Powers Resolution]] prevented the United States from defending South Vietnam. [[Fall of Saigon|Saigon...
10: ...am."'' Refugees continued fleeing from Vietnam through the rest of the decade, and into the next.
12: ...nam invaded [[Cambodia]] and removed [[Pol Pot]] from power and into hiding, thereby decisively stabil...
17: ...positions, this practice continues. Senior Politburo members ([[Tran Duc Luong]], [[Phan Van Khai]], [... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...a]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of...
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
38: established_dates = From the League of Nations mandate administered by th...
58: === Historical roots ===
60: ...cia [[Syria Palaestina]]'', a Greek name derived from ''[[Philistine]]'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] &... - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...:nagasakibomb.jpg|thumb|295px|[[Mushroom cloud]] from the [[nuclear explosion]] over [[Nagasaki]] risi...
2: ...937]], in Asia and [[1 September]] [[1939]], in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority o...
6: ... of Germany on [[8 May]] [[1945]] ([[Victory in Europe Day|V-E]] and [[Victory Day|Victory]] Days), bu...
8: ...a case of [[total war]], it involved the "[[home front]]" and [[Strategic bombing|bombing of civilians...
10: ...Europe largely aligned as [[NATO]], and Eastern Europe largely as the [[Warsaw pact]], alliances which... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
15: ...Vietnam]]<br><br>[[Viet Cong|National Liberation Front<br>(Viet Cong)]]<br><br />[[Image:Viet cong fla...
33: ...nified in accordance with an agreement reached at Geneva in 1954, or would remain indefinitely partitioned...
37: ... experts consider the Vietnam War to just be one frontline in the larger [[Cold War]].
41: ...ern]] world as the "[[Viet Cong]]". The [[USSR]] provided military and financial aid, along with [[dip...
43: ...ed States, fought a losing effort to maintain control of her former colony of [[French Indochina]]. - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
1: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1950]] to [[1969]]'''.
14: *[[1953]] - [[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg|Rosenbergs]] executed
20: ...norman-rockwell.jpg|thumb|Norman Rockwell's "The Problem We All Live With," illustrating the struggle ...
21: *[[1954]] - [[Brown v. Board of Education]]
23: ...54]] - Fall of [[Dien Bien Phu]]; French lose control of [[Vietnam]] - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...'' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occultist]] executed as a [[heresy|...
9: ... [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associated with [[N...
11: ...her influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]], [[Marsilio Ficino]], and [[...
13: ... abandoned the Dominican order. He travelled to [[Geneva]] and briefly joined the [[Calvinism|Calvinists]]...
15: ...ion. At this time, he began to gain fame for his prodigious memory. Bruno's feats of memory were appar... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...lso led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
3: == Roots of the Reformation ==
13: * [[John Calvin]] and [[Geneva]]
20: ...cal and demographic forces that contributed to a growing disaffection with the wealth and power of the...
22: ...stry. Accumulation of surplus, competitive [[overproduction]], and heightened competition to maximize ... - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
14: | wife=[[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]
19: ... was the 42nd [[President of the United States]] from [[1993]] to [[2001]]. Before his Presidency, Cl...
21: ...s, to strengthen [[environment]]al rules, and to protect the jobs of parents who must care for sick ch...
23: ...[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]-controlled [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress...
25: ...of the [[Cold War]] in the 1950s. At times his approval rating was very low, setting a record low in h... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
18: ...) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during [[World War II]], with the rank of [[Gen...
22: ...[[1909]] and he worked at Belle Springs Creamery from [[1909]] to [[1911]].
24: Eisenhower married [[Mamie Eisenhower|Mamie Geneva Doud]] (1896–1979), of [[Denver, Colorado]]...
26: ...s]]es.{{fn|1}} His mother was active in the sect from 1895, when Dwight was five years old, until she ...
30: ...p Meade]], [[Maryland]] and other places. He was promoted to Captain in [[1917]] and Major in [[1920]]... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
2: ...right|thumb|240px|Left: original [[paddlewheel]] from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. Right: ...
6: ...l that is propelled by [[steam]] power driving a propeller or paddlewheel. The term '''steamboat''' is...
15: ...same time. One of the first to propose the idea (around [[1690]]) was the physicist [[Denis Papin]] wh...
17: ...in a boat. The boat sank, and while he made an improved model he does not seem to have had much succes...
19: ... engine failed, but bureaucracy thwarted further progress. - Vatican City (21873 bytes)
1: ...he [[Holy See]], the ecclesiastical seat of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and its [[Eastern Rite]].
3: ...eads of Government are concurrently agents of the Roman Curia.
5: The city takes its name from ''Mons Vaticanus'', also known as [[Vatican Hill...
7: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
10: ... border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;" - State of Palestine (7675 bytes)
2: ...rity]], along with the [[United States]], the [[European Union]], and the [[Arab League]], envision th...
7: | style=background:#ffffff; align=center colspan=2 |
20: | [[Capital|Proclaimed capital]]
31: ...old-War-era]] [[NATO]] country. However, some [[European Union]] countries, including the [[United Kin...
33: ...s/pal/pal4.htm] [[Yasser Arafat]]'s statements in Geneva a month later were accepted by the United States ... - Lake (11397 bytes)
1: A '''lake''' is a body of water surrounded by land. The majority of lakes are [[fresh w...
3: ...lakes are artificial and are constructed for [[hydro-electric]] power supply, [[recreation]] ([[swimmi...
9: ...ntaining the lake. There are a number of natural processes that can form lakes. A recent [[tectonic]] ...
15: ... bend is formed and the river cuts through the narrow neck. This gap now forms the main passage for th...
17: ... possibly the largest in the world. The pressure from ice and the internal chemical composition means ... - Lawrencium (5210 bytes)
7: <tr><td rowspan="3" valign="center"><br>[[Lutetium|Lu]]<br>'...
12: ...r bgcolor="#ffc0c0"><font color="black">'''Known properties'''</font></th></tr>
18: ...riod]], [[periodic table block|Block]]</td><td>[[group 3 element|3]], [[period 7 element|7]], [[d-bloc...
20: ...]] </td><td>unknown; probably metallic,<br> silvery white or gray</td></tr...
24: ...n configuration]] </td><td>probably <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[radon|Rn]]<nowiki>]</now...
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