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- Chile (39914 bytes)
56: ... Mapuche imitation of a bird call. The Spanish conquistadors heard about this name from the Incas and...
64: ...[[Diego de Almagro]] and his band of Spanish [[conquistador]]s, who came from Peru in [[1535]] seekin...
66: ... many of the colony's principal settlements. Subsequent major insurrections took place in [[1598]] an...
68: ...rbitrary rule during what was called the ''[[Reconquista]]'' led to a prolonged struggle.
74: ...its territory northward by almost one-third and acquired valuable nitrate deposits, the exploitation ... - Theodore Roosevelt (35706 bytes)
27: ...ved he attended [[Friends Seminary]], a private [[Quaker]] school on [[16th Street, New York City|16t...
29: ...evelt to take up exercise at Wood's Gym and with equipment at his home. A couple of his peers beat hi...
52: ...the way a police department was run. Roosevelt required his officers to be registered with the Board...
61: ...]]s "within reasonable limits." For this and subsequent actions he has been called a "trust-buster." ...
63: ...d the British ambassador to wryly explain to an acquaintance, "You must always remember that the Pres... - Tomato (10085 bytes)
46: ...rt (though, depending on the variety, they can be quite sweet, especially roasted).
56: ..., along with [[cucumbers]], [[Squash (vegetable)|squashes]], [[beans]], and [[peas]], using the popul...
70: ...ially-ripened tomatoes, but still may not be the equal of local garden produce.
84: * [[Glycemic index]] - Wavelength (2857 bytes)
7: ...resents distance, and ''I'' would be some varying quantity (for instance air pressure for a [[sound]]...
9: ...l to the speed of the wave type divided by the frequency of the wave. When dealing with [[electromagn...
21: :''f'' = frequency of the wave
23: ...th the formula: wavelength (in metres) = 300 / frequency (in megahertz).
25: ...refractive index]] ''n'' of the medium but the frequency of the wave is unchanged. The wavelength of ... - Culture of Pakistan (6940 bytes)
1: Pakistan has a rich and unique cultural heritage, and has actively preserved i...
16: ...d for creating a form of music which synchronized Qawwali with western music. Popular forms of music ...
21: ...index (http:/.com/issue_marapr_2004/countrydetail.php). Many Western restaurant chains have established...
30: ... legends of the sport and have won several World Squash Championships and other tournaments.
43: ...ore, Karachi, Peshawar, Islamabad, Faisalabad and Quetta are especially known for the great contrast ... - Sea Urchins (11174 bytes)
57: ...pping a sea urchin into ordinary household bleach quick removes the spines and flesh substance, leavi...
61: ...isense oligos [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&lis...
73: ...Paleozoic echinoids probably inhabited relatively quiet waters. Because of their thin test they would...
75: ... and formations, but where they do occur they are quite often abundant. An example of this is ''Enall...
77: ... and [[France]]) serve as zone (or [[Index fossil|index]]) fossils. As they evolved rapidly over time suc... - Pre-experimental science (6447 bytes)
1: ...p to the time of the [[Scientific Revolution]], inquiry into the workings of the universe was known a...
4: ...f the most prolific natural philosophers of [[antiquity]]. He made countless observations of nature, ...
17: ...tion that even vacuum possesses properties (see [[quantum foam]]) which were unsuspected during the t...
19: ...hrough their own work or through the works of Antiquity that the [[Arab world]] preserved. - Scuba diving (6342 bytes)
1: ...t is grammatically acceptable to refer to 'scuba equipment' or 'scuba apparatus' in conversation.
3: ...e "open-circuit" [[Aqua-lung]], developed by [[Jacques Cousteau]] and the "closed-circuit" [[rebreath...
6: ...ntury B.C. [[Greek]] historian [[Herodotus]] (and quoted in numerous modern texts).
21: ...depress.com/abcindex.htm www.lakesidepress.com/abcindex.htm].
22: ...ed to a new site. The above URL is the global or index web site. - Horse-racing (6278 bytes)
1: '''Horse racing''' is an [[equestrianism|equestrian]] [[sport|sporting activity]] which has b...
3: ...lesser extent elsewhere. [[American quarter horse|Quarter horse]] racing is also popular in the Unite...
11: ...s to excel at a particular distance (see [[Dosage Index]]).
25: ... [[Woodbine Racetrack]] in Toronto, home of the [[Queen's Plate]], Canada's premier thoroughbred stak... - Roman economy (23678 bytes)
10: ... 1.6 to 2.85 times its metal content, thought to equal the purchasing power of 10 modern British Poun...
12: ...r workmanship was sometimes very crude and of low quality.
14: ...e struck in large numbers. Since the government required coins mainly as a means to pay its army and ...
20: ...a]] on the obverse, and a deity driving a biga or quadriga on the reverse. There was no mention of th...
25: ...rtraits. While the emperor is by far the most frequent portrait on the obverse of coins, heirs appar... - Vegetarianism (28920 bytes)
40: ...idespread impression that vegetarians are more frequently female than male, at least in the Western w...
50: ...nd to eat meat was not an unmixed or otherwise "unqualified" blessing. Commentators agree that meat-e...
56: ...y some authorities not to fulfill enough of the requirements to render the meat kosher. A third one i...
60: ...ourage vegetarianism as a preferred, though not required, lifestyle. However, most evangelical groups...
82: ...ng the Buddha's time, there was no general rule requiring monks to refrain from eating meat. In Pali... - Karl Marx (38076 bytes)
25: ...e ''[[On the Jewish Question]]'', mostly a [[critique]] of current notions of [[civil rights]] and po...
28: ...[The Poverty of Philosophy]]'' ([[1847]]), a critique of French socialist thought. These works laid t...
32: === First International and Gladstone Quote ===
33: In [[1863]], [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[William Ewart Gladstone]] gave a budget sp...
35: ... 1 of ''Capital''. The discrepancy between Marx's quote and the ''Hansard'' version of the speech (wh... - Tetrapod (26290 bytes)
30: The Latin version of "tetrapod" is "[[quadruped]]," meaning any four-legged creature.
41: ...aphical range of these animals and has raised new questions about the worldwide distribution and grea...
52: ... and then invade one that is entirely different required major changes to the overall body plan, both...
59: ...ome [[species]], such as the [[axolotl]], remain aquatic. Tetrapods that returned to the sea include ...
69: ...Similar considerations apply to [[aquatic animal|aquatic]] mammals. - Coral (8108 bytes)
4: ...hermatypic corals obtain much of their nutrient requirement from [[symbiosis|symbiotic]] unicellular ...
7: ... is the [[Great Barrier Reef]] off the coast of [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. [[Indonesia]] is home ...
29: ...some corals are useful as zone (or [[Index fossil|index]]) fossils, enabling geologists to date the age t...
44: ...ined for [[limestone]]. An example of this is the quarrying of [[Portland limestone]] from the [[Isle... - Gemstone (7411 bytes)
7: ...spinel]] or [[hematite]] group. Emerald (green), aquamarine (blue), bixbite (red), goshenite (colorle...
9: Gems have a certain [[refractive index]], a certain [[dispersion (optics)|dispersion]], ...
18: ...f which are durable, rare, and in better examples quite attractive.
24: ...y recently, larger synthetic diamonds of gemstone quality, especially of the coloured variety, have b...
30: ... "cardinal gem", but now no longer so, since huge quantities were discovered in [[Brazil]] and the pr... - Industry (5421 bytes)
13: ...1% + 5%''' ([http://www.streetauthority.com/terms/index/wilshire5000.asp])
23: *[[Qwest]]
27: ... '''22%''' ([http://www.streetauthority.com/terms/index/wilshire5000.asp])
29: ... companies ([http://www.streetauthority.com/terms/index/wilshire5000.asp]).
32: ... '''13%''' ([http://www.streetauthority.com/terms/index/wilshire5000.asp])
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