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- Celsius (3635 bytes)
18: ...anist [[Carolus Linnaeus]] (1740); also independently invented the same measurement.
20: ...tigrade''' (100 parts) or '''centesimal'''. In [[1948]] the system's name was officially changed to Cel...
24: ... purposes. In broadcast media it was still frequently referred to as centigrade until the late [[1980s... - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
18: ... and its ''de facto'' leader – and it currently has majorities in the [[United States Senate|Sen...
31: Major policies that the party has supported recently include [[tax cut]]s, changes to [[Social Securi...
48: ... Confederacy), forcing drastic reforms and frequently giving former slaves positions in government. Re...
66: ...on members of Congress. In [[1995]], a budget battle with Clinton led to the brief shutdown of the fe...
130: ...| Lost || [[Nicholas M. Butler|Nicholas Murray Butler]] - Regions of Slovakia (4168 bytes)
1: ...nsists of [[okres]]y (districts). There are currently 79 [[districts of Slovakia]].
20: In 1928-1939 (and formally also 1945-1948) Slovakia as a whole formed the administrative un...
22: == Kraje December 24, 1948/ January 1 1949 – June 30, 1960 ==
36: ...rt of the Západoslovenský kraj, afterwards a partly separate entity; from January 1971 a separate kr...
53: ... Autonomous) Regions), both of which are '''presently identical with the 8 "kraje" '''. Thus, the word... - Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
3: ... transit on [[November 9]], [[1989]] and subsequently almost entirely demolished.
9: ...calated. Conflict over a [[currency reform]] in [[1948]] prompted the [[Berlin Blockade]] by the Soviet ...
19: ...directly involving the Soviets. It was built a little way inside East German territory to ensure that ...
27: ...to be reinforced. Early on 19 August, the 1st Battle Group, 18th Infantry (commanded by Col Glover S....
29: ...ed 110 miles from Marienborn to Berlin in full battle gear, with VoPos (East German traffic police) wa... - Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
6: ...an Britain|Britain]] and other formerly (or presently) Celtic-speaking areas post-date the Roman conqu...
12: ...vine names may, nonetheless, be justified differently: many may be mere labels applied to key gods wor...
51: ...oirna]], [[Conan Maol]], [[Conn of the Hundred Battles]], [[Cormac mac Airt]], [[Cuchulainn]], [[Cumha...
80: ... for the text ''[[Cath Maige Tuireadh]]'' (the Battle of Mag Tuireadh), as well as portions of the gre...
91: ...ith a cauldron. In [[Dorset]] there is a famous outline of an ithyphallic giant with a club cut into t... - U.S. Electoral College (46986 bytes)
16: ...nclear if the sitting Vice President would be entitled to cast his usual tie-breaking vote if the Sena...
25: ... state (however that latter clause does not currently make any difference; even if it did not exist, t...
27: There are currently 538 electoral votes available in each presidenti...
34: ...the system of electing the President was given little thought beyond a desire to have [[George Washing...
39: ...ctoral College enabled the Founding Fathers to deftly incorporate the [[Connecticut Compromise]] and [... - Swedish Vallhund (2850 bytes)
13: |Swedish Cattle Dog
54: ... house. It is often referred to as "the little cattle dog of the Vikings".
57: ...ep the breed alive. As a result of their work, in 1948 the Swedish Kennel Club recognized the breed and ... - Billy Martin (4203 bytes)
6: ...[Pacific Coast League]], playing for that team in 1948 and 1949.
8: ...ence on teammates [[Whitey Ford]] and [[Mickey Mantle]], sent him to the [[Kansas City Athletics]].
16: ...own as "Billyball." He won the Western Division title in the split season of [[1981]] but was fired wh... - Baseball (36464 bytes)
15: ...er misses or does not swing at, and, most importantly, to "call" the game by a series of hand signals ...
21: ...normally an automatic ''[[home run]]'', which entitles the batter and all runners to touch all the bas...
58: ...er home plate and attempt to tap a pitch very lightly; this is called a [[bunt]].
62: ...ontact with the ball, but the ball continues directly into the catchers mitt without striking the grou...
64: ...ll (baseball statistics)|ball]] the batter is entitled to advance to first base without risk of being ... - Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
13: ...first time they were held. The Games were then mostly a local affair, and only one event was contested...
15: ...te lived in these times: The sixth century BC wrestler [[Milo of Croton]] is the only athlete in histo...
17: ...mony, and in [[393]] the emperor [[Theodosius]] outlawed the Olympics, ending a thousand year period o...
31: ... organizing the Olympics. The IOC decided differently, however, and the [[1900 Summer Olympics|second ...
36: ...ognised and supported these games, they are currently not recognised by the IOC as Olympic Games, whic... - John Nance Garner (5903 bytes)
21: ...gh he never declared his candidacy, Roosevelt quietly made it known that he would seek a third term. E...
38: ...Personal History''. New York : Harper & Brothers, 1948.
41: {{succession box|title=[[Speaker of the United States House of Represen...
42: {{succession box|title=[[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Part...
43: {{succession box|title=[[Vice President of the United States]]|before=[... - Henry A. Wallace (8151 bytes)
26: ...ndidate in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1948|1948 U.S. presidential election]]. His campaign was un...
39: ...that [[Harry S. Truman]]'s defeat of Wallace in [[1948]] helped make the Democrats an anti-totalitarian ...
42: {{succession box|title=[[United States Secretary of Agriculture]]|befor...
43: {{succession box|title=[[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Part...
44: {{succession box|title=[[Vice President of the United States]]|before=[... - Alben W. Barkley (3817 bytes)
8: ...ic ticket with President [[Harry S. Truman]] in [[1948]], and was inaugurated [[January 20]], [[1949]], ...
13: ...arkman]]|years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1948|1948]] (won)}}
14: {{succession box|title=[[Vice President of the United States]]|before=[... - Al Gore (43430 bytes)
19: | [[March 31]], [[1948]]
36: ...''Albert Arnold Gore Jr.''' (born [[March 31]], [[1948]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[United Stat...
38: Gore currently serves as President of [[Current TV|Current]], C...
57: ...correspondent until [[May 24]] of that year, slightly less than two years after he enlisted.
82: ...w about them. The question of whether Leo frequently traveled with Gore or not still has not been con... - Taro (4780 bytes)
23: ...i'' (in Hawaiian). Typical upland varieties presently grown in Hawai‘i are ''Lehua maoli'' and '...
29: ...1 million pounds (6,400 t) in 1948. But more recently the decline has resulted from pests and diseases... - History of Italy as a republic (5469 bytes)
8: ...w [[republic]], taking effect on [[January 1]], [[1948]].
12: ==Elections after World War II (1946–1948)==
21: ... 1946. The new party expected to win the upcoming 1948 general election in a similar manner.
23: The 1948 general election was heavily influenced by the [[...
25: ... Democrats (''[[Democrazia Cristiana]]'') won the 1948 election with 48 percent of the vote, while the F... - Music history of the United States (35788 bytes)
4: ...hese people was highly varied in form, and was mostly religious in purpose.
8: ...oland|Polish]] [[fiddle|fiddling]], [[music of Scotland|Scottish]] and [[music of Ireland|Irish music]...
19: ...est Coast. Later, [[Japan]]ese, [[India]]n, [[Scotland|Scottish]], [[Poland|Polish]], [[Italy|Italian...
24: ...rigin, displaying [[polyrhythm]] and other distinctly African traits. [[Work song]]s and [[field holl...
28: ...o what was called "Negro music", though it had little in common with authentic African American folk s... - United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
17: ... and its ''de facto'' leader – and it currently has majorities in the [[United States Senate|Sen...
30: Major policies that the party has supported recently include [[tax cut]]s, changes to [[Social Securi...
47: ... Confederacy), forcing drastic reforms and frequently giving former slaves positions in government. Re...
65: ...on members of Congress. In [[1995]], a budget battle with Clinton led to the brief shutdown of the fe...
129: ...| Lost || [[Nicholas M. Butler|Nicholas Murray Butler]] - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
22: ...have praised his national leadership, while dismantling his social programs.
48: ...on, although he opposed plans to completely dismantle the Navy.
56: ...906]]. Roosevelt soon found romantic and sexual outlets outside his marriage. One of these was Eleanor...
60: ...result was that Roosevelt was totally and permanently paralyzed from the waist down. At first the musc...
62: ... Roosevelt refused to believe that he was permanently paralyzed. He tried a wide range of therapies, b... - Warren Court (6109 bytes)
10: ... for [[Vice President of the United States]] in [[1948]] on a ticket with [[Thomas Dewey]]. They lost n...
32: {{succession box|title=[[Governor of California]]|before=[[Culbert Olso...
33: ... Nixon]]|years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1948|1948]] (lost)}}
34: {{succession box|title=[[Chief Justice of the United States]]|before=[[...
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