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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
1: ...er.jpg|right|thumb|150px|A bagpipe performer in [[Amsterdam]].]]
3: '''Bagpipes''' are a class of [[musical instrument]], [[aerophone]]s using enclosed [[reed (mus...
16: ...f an airtight bag, which can supply a continuous stream of air. Air is supplied either by a blowpipe o...
23: ...e [[Jacobite Rising|'45 Rising]]. This claim is untrue; there is no mention of the bagpipe in the [[Ac...
25: ...ve been the tune played as [[Robert the Bruce]]'s troops marched to [[Bannockburn]] in [[1314]]. - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eleanor_Roosevelt.gif|White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ...ted States promoting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]]. Sh...
5: ...st Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
9: ...y cold woman, in an autocratic house. On [[St. Patrick's Day]], [[1905]] she married [[Franklin D. Ro...
11: ...Martenszen van Rosenvelt]] who emigrated to [[New Amsterdam]] ([[Manhattan]]) from [[Holland]] in the 1640s. ... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
7: ...t|Christabel]] and her mother Emmeline. But in contrast to them she retained her interest in the labou...
11: ...The CP(BSTI) was opposed to parliamentarism in contrast to the views of the newly founded [[Communist ...
15: ...meetings of the International in [[Russia]] and [[Amsterdam]] and also meetings of the Italian Socialist Part...
19: She died in 1960, and was buried in front of Trinity Cathedral in [[Addis Ababa]]. - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...en Gardner]], while 3rd place finisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on the far left.]]
7: ...after which she became leader of the Dutch female track and field team. In 1999, she was voted "Female...
13: ...ace, she set a new National Record in the 800 [[metre|m]]. Fanny Koen soon made the Dutch team, althou...
17: ...eek before the Netherlands were invaded by German troops.
23: ...g her name to Blankers-Koen. Blankers, a former [[triple jump]]er (participant in the [[1928 Summer Ol... - Tapestry (2919 bytes)
2: ...age:Tapestry_cushion.JPG|thumb|right|250px|A tapestry [[cushion]], depicting [[pansy|pansies]]]]
3: ...in thread made out of [[linen]] or [[wool]]. The striking threads can be made out of [[silk]], [[wool]...
5: ...oard were made by a famous artist, while the tapestries themselves were made by the craftsmen.
10: ...nd [[Nobility|noblemen]] could transport the tapestry from one residence to another. In [[church]]es, ...
13: The iconography of most Western tapestries goes back to written sources, the [[Bible]] an... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ...on density|by population density]], [[list of countries by date of nationhood|by date of nationhood]] ...
3: ... both states and dependent territories, see [[country]], [[state]], [[nation state]] for some explanat...
5: '''Countries listed by [[continent]] and their [[capital]]s...
17: *[[Central African Republic]] (Centrafrique) - [[Bangui]]
26: *[[Eritrea]] - [[Asmara]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
4: *[[List of capitals and larger cities by country]]
9: <tr><td> <tr bgcolor=efefef><td colspan=2>'''A'''
10: <tr><td>[[Abidjan]] <td>[[C?d'Ivoire]] (administrative)
11: <tr><td>[[Abu Dhabi]] <td>[[United Arab Emirates]]
12: <tr><td>[[Abuja]] <td>[[Nigeria]] - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...e south, and [[Germany]] to the east. In many countries, the Netherlands is often referred to by the n...
6: {{Infobox_Country|
15: capital = [[Amsterdam]]. [[The Hague]] is the seat of government |
17: largest_city = [[Amsterdam]] |
20: leader_names = [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]] <br> [[Jan Peter Balkenende]] | - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] |
39: ...ork|New York State]] and had its capital at [[New Amsterdam]], now known as [[New York City]]. Some of southw...
41: ... 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton|Lord Berkeley of Stratton]].
43: ...], Jersey's Royalist Governor, was gifted a large tract of land in North America henceforth known as N...
45: ...rs]] in England (with [[William Penn]] acting as trustee for a time) who settled the Delaware Valley ... - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
3: ...e religious persecution at the hands of their countrymen. They settled in [[Leiden]] for 12 years, but...
10: ...ip II of Spain]]. The English government was thus trying to plot a course between the position of the ...
26: Pilgrims are commonly portrayed as wearing black and white clothing. In real... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
1: ...mb|A 19th century illustration of the Salem Witch Trials]]
17: *[[1612]]-[[Tobacco]] cultivation introduced to [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]] by [[J...
24: *[[1626]]-[[New Amsterdam]] founded by the Dutch in present-day [[New York ...
28: *[[1630]]-[[Winthrop Fleet]] travels to [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]
45: *[[1655]]-English take control of [[New Sweden]] - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
4: ...ght. He wrote many books about [[physics]], [[poetry]], [[zoology]], [[government]], and [[biology]]....
6: == Introduction ==
8: ... reasons articulated against writing philosophy attributed to him in Plato's dialogue ''[[Phaedrus (Pl...
10: ...h guides the interlocutors away from the paths to truth. The soul alone can have knowledge of the [[Fo...
12: ... works of Aristotle that still exist today are in treatise form and were, for the most part, unpublish... - Metronome (3057 bytes)
1: ...er metronome in motion.jpg|A mechanical wind-up metronome in motion|right|frame]]
2: A '''metronome''' is a device that produces a regular [[pul...
4: ...pieces lead some modern scholars to suspect his metronome was quite inaccurate.
6: ... do not require strict time (see [[rubato]]), a metronome is used to give an indication of the general...
8: ...s back and forth in tempo; mechanics inside the metronome produce a clicking sound on each swing of th... - Endangered species (12553 bytes)
1: ...son]] numbered as few as 750 in [[1890]] due to extreme overhunting.]]
2: ...c.) to prevent extinction. Only a few of the many truly endangered species actually make it to the lis...
4: ...ist once its population has recovered; whether restrictions on land development constitute a "taking" ...
16: ...red">''critically endangered''</font>: faces an extremely high risk of [[extinction]] in the immediate...
18: ...n in the medium-term. Examples: [[Cheetah]], [[Bactrian Camel]] - Airline (29546 bytes)
6: ==Industry overview==
7: ...s can be categorized as being intercontinental, intracontinental, [[Regional Airlines|regional]] or do...
9: ...es they serve, makes analysis of the airline industry somewhat complex. Nevertheless, some patterns ha...
13: * The demand for air travel services is derived demand. That is, it depen...
15: ... Brazil, Mexico, and other markets exhibited this trend. - Canal (2513 bytes)
2: ... the delivery of water and preceded the use of [[transport]]ation canals used by [[barge]]s or [[narr...
4: ...ilroad]]s during the earliest phase of the [[Industrial Revolution]]; some canals were later drained a...
6: ...th century and canalization made the village of [[Amsterdam]] a port. Canals are so deeply identified with [[...
9: ...for pleasure boats has spurred rehabilitation of stretches of historic canals
23: * [[Amsterdam]] - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[Harry S. Truman]]
16: ...N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<br>[[Harry S. Truman]]
18: ...cted President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. Born to wealth...
26: ...lands]], arrived in New York (then called [[Nieuw Amsterdam]]) in about [[1650]]. In [[1788]] [[Isaac Rooseve...
30: ...ly. Franklin was her only child, and she was an extremely possessive mother. Since James was a rather ... - African American (19830 bytes)
6: ... recent African immigrants, who usually adopt country-of-origin identifiers. However, the term properl...
10: ...ercent, followed closely by [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]], with 83 percent.
15: ...ved free across the country. [[Slavery]] was a controversial issue in American society and politics. T...
17: ...previously had been denied. However, when [[Reconstruction]] ended in [[1877]], southern, white landow...
19: ...lite in the [[Northern United States]], led to a strengthening movement to fight violence and discrimi... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
5: In [[1608]] he tried again, this time sailing farther to the east a...
7: ...later claim the area and set up a colony as [[New Amsterdam]].
9: ...ntilist]] laws England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released.
13: ...e the eastern shores. In November the ship became trapped in the ice in [[James Bay]], and the crew mo... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: *[[1788]] - A [[fire]] destroys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves mo...
11: ...] - Journalist [[Henry Morton Stanley]] began his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Liv...
14: ...he [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for his first trans-[[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] flight.
17: ...]] - [[World War II]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] troops liberate [[Mandalay]], [[Burma]]
19: ...e on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180
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