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- Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
1: [[Image:Uscongress.gif|right|frame|Seal of the Congress.]]
9: ...eet in the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]] in [[Washington, D.C]].
13: ... renewed every two years; two members are elected from each [[U.S. state]] by popular vote to serve si...
15: ...sional district]]s. Only the non-voting delegate from Puerto Rico (known as [[Resident Commissioner o...
24: ...fect. The [[United States Capitol]] building in [[Washington, D.C.]] hosted its first session of Congress on [... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
1: [[Image:Us senate seal.png|framed|[[Seal of the United States Senate|Seal of th...
2: ...rtisan atmosphere that is somewhat more insulated from public opinion than the House. The Senate has s...
6: ... [[United States Capitol|Capitol]] building, in [[Washington, D.C.]], the national capital. The House of Repre...
12: ...egislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it (from the The House of Representatives)". <!--Sources...
14: ...er several southern states declared [[secession]] from the Union, culminated in the South's defeat and... - Oceanography (3841 bytes)
1: '''Oceanography''' (from [[Ocean]] + [[Greek language|Greek]] ''γ&...
13: ...mont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and University of Washington's School of Oceanography. In Britain, a major new... - Estuary (1941 bytes)
2: ...a water and a significantly-sized river to supply fresh water. A [[tide]] is a necessary component to ...
4: ...es mainly from the sea though in some cases, that from the river predominates. The sand and mud banks ...
13: ... Lauf (ed.) ''Estuaries'', A.A.A.S. Publ. No. 83, Washington, D.C. - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...te a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: The term ''tsunami'' comes from the [[Japanese language]] meaning ''harbour'' (...
18: ...pate quickly and rarely affect coastlines distant from the source area due to the small area of sea af...
22: ...by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast an...
24: ...ve decreases as the inverse power of the distance from the source. This is the two-dimensional equiva... - National League (4871 bytes)
19: *[[Washington Nationals]] (Montreal Expos through 2004)
38: *[[San Francisco Giants]]
52: *[[Ford Frick|Ford C. Frick]] [[1934]]-[[1951]] - World Series (40101 bytes)
3: The [[2004 World Series]] was played from [[October 23]] until [[October 27]], between th...
7: ...y preceding it - is used to fund a Players' Pool, from which descending shares are distributed to the ...
11: ...es that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World's Championship Series" (used ...
13: ...ening the Olympic tournament if the MLB agrees to freeing its players. According to the IBAF chairman,...
15: ... teams. The winter scheduling would allow players from the North American and Japanese professional le... - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
1: {{MLB Braves franchise}}
5: ...ngs founder [[Harry Wright]] and the best players from that team re-formed in Boston and took the nick...
6: ...liam Russell (lawyer)|William Russell]] owned the franchise, [[1911 in sports|1911]]). Following the ...
11: ..., [[Philadelphia Phillies]], [[New York Mets]], [[Washington Nationals]]
18: == Franchise history == - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
2: {{MLB Orioles franchise}}
5: ...in sports|1893]], as the [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] franchise in the minor Western League. In [[1900 in...
16: == From the Browns to the Orioles ==
18: ...ority owner [[Bill Veeck]] to consider moving his franchise. Just before [[World War II]], the Browns ...
25: ...les, eventually became baseball's most successful franchise - the [[New York Yankees]]. - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
1: {{MLB Dodgers franchise}}
7: ..., the ''Robins'' (after Wilbert Robinson, manager from [[1914]] through [[1931]]) and the ''[[Trolley ...
8: ...) (Prior to 1912, the Brooklyn Dodgers played at Washington Park on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn. [http://www.forgo...
18: :'''Owner''': [[Frank McCourt (executive)|Frank McCourt]]
21: == Franchise history == - Milwaukee Brewers (8926 bytes)
3: {{MLB Brewers franchise}}
8: ...le Pilots]] ([[Sick's Stadium]]) ([[1969]]). The franchise relocated to Milwaukee and changed its nam...
20: == Franchise history ==
23: ... The team had six days to remove the Pilots logos from team uniforms and replace them with Brewers log...
25: The team was moved from the [[American League]] to the [[National Leagu... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
1: {{MLB Athletics franchise}}
5: ...ed:''' [[1893]], as the [[Indianapolis, Indiana]] franchise in the minor [[Western League]]. Moved to...
15: == Franchise history ==
18: ...rioles|Milwaukee Brewers]], and [[Minnesota Twins|Washington Senators]]. A.L. President [[Ban Johnson|Bancroft...
20: The new league recruited many of its players from the existing National League, persuading them t... - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
1: {{MLB Pirates franchise}}
6: ...apered off after the [[National Football League]] franchise called the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] came a...
16: ==Franchise history==
17: ...d Clarke]] (who also served as the team's manager from [[1900]] to [[1915]]), triggering a long string...
21: ... [[1925]] World Series over the [[Minnesota Twins|Washington Senators]], and reached the [[1927]] World Series... - San Diego Padres (7131 bytes)
2: {{MLB Padres franchise}}
17: == Franchise history ==
19: ...36]]. That [[minor league baseball|minor league]] franchise won the PCL title in [[1937]], led by then...
23: ...ional League pennant (after dramatically rallying from a 2-0 deficit against the [[Chicago Cubs]] in t...
25: .... Currently, their team mascot is the [[Swinging Friar]]. - Texas Rangers (baseball) (14993 bytes)
2: {{MLB Rangers franchise}}
7: ... Twins]], or the Washington Senators that existed from 1891-1899 and were contracted.)
16: == Franchise history ==
18: === Washington Senators ===
20: ...Washington, D.C.]], giving it the name of the old franchise. - Crossword (24761 bytes)
12: ...ered either radially or in concentric circles. ''Free form'' crosswords have simple designs and are n...
18: [[French language]] crosswords are smaller and not nec...
20: ...apitalizable letter in the intersecting clue. In French-language puzzles, [[diacritic]]s are omitted ...
26: ...mple, '''SSE''' might be clued as '''"New York to Washington direction"'''.
27: ...o in a foreign language. For example, '''ETE''' (French for "summer") might be clued as '''"Summer, i... - Tyrannosaurus rex (20653 bytes)
2: ...n at<br>[[National Museum of Natural History]], [[Washington, DC]]}}
15: ...carnivorous]] [[Theropoda|theropod]] [[dinosaur]] from the Upper Maastrichtian, the last stage of the ...
22: ...e. The teeth are often worn or broken at the tips from heavy use but, unlike [[mammals]], were continu...
35: ...nnosaurid ''[[Dilong paradoxus]]'' was discovered from the same formation with preserved long tail plu...
40: ...d of extracting as much food (marrow) as possible from a carcass's least nutritious parts. Horner also... - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
15: ... out of admiration for Alexander Graham, a family friend.
19: ...year he spent at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. From [[1866]] to [[1867]], he was an instructor at S...
23: ...ical notes, but articulate speech. With financing from his American father-in-law, on [[March 7]], [[1...
27: ...e]] bestowed on him the [[Volta Prize]] of 50,000 francs, the [[Royal Society of Arts]] in London awar...
41: ... in circuit with the line. As the current passed from the probe through the liquid to the line a grea... - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
5: ...eometry]] at [[Oxford]]. In the family and to his friends he was known as Stephe (rhymes with Livy). H...
11: ...dia]]. In [[1895]] he held special service in [[Africa]] and returned to India in [[1897]] to command...
13: ...oon transferred to the British secret service. He frequently travelled disguised as a butterfly collec...
15: ...ful campaign in [[Ashanti Confederacy|Ashanti]], Africa, and at the age of 40 was promoted to lead the...
17: ...as responsible for the organisation of a force of frontiersmen to assist the regular army. Whilst arra... - Garrett A. Morgan (5956 bytes)
2: ...st 27]], [[1963]], [[Cleveland, Ohio]]) was an [[African American]] inventor who originated a respirat...
7: ...an for a wealthy Cincinnati landowner. Like many African-Americans of his day, Morgan had to quit scho...
17: ...ties and sororities|fraternity]] established for African Americans.
20: ...ed the smoke masks. The invention won gold medals from the International Association of Fire Chiefs an...
23: ...utomobile. He is reported to have been the first African American to own an [[automobile]]. It was Mor...
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