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- Economic history of the United States (14450 bytes)
5: ...also signed the [[Federal Reserve Act]], or Owen-Glass Act, establishing the [[Federal Reserve]] as th...
8: ...gan to fail. Some historians blame the crash on a lack of foresight in President Coolidge, pointing ou...
13: ...ed to pull itself strongly out of the Depression, largely due to [[World War II]], but there is an ong...
16: ...reached earlier in the decade, but this would not last.
17: ...-- Do something with this, please. It was part of Lancemurdoch's original history. Aside from being ob... - Theater in the United States (12545 bytes)
2: ...as well. [[Musical theater]] may be the most popular form: it is certainly the most colorful, and cho...
8: ...n_Forrest.jpg|thumb|left|[[Edwin Forrest]], a popular early American actor]]
11: ...sented the first professionally-mounted American play, ''[[The Prince of Parthia]]'' by [[Thomas Godfr...
13: ...the Stage" declared that "to indulge a taste for playgoing means nothing more or less than the loss of...
17: ...liam Dunlap]] and [[Thomas Abthorpe Cooper]], similarly became well known throughout the young nation. - United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
7: houseleader= [[Tom DeLay]]|
17: ...hough one early citation described it as the ''Gallant Old Party'') [http://www.gop.com/About/Default....
19: ...the [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]]. The latter was formed in the winter of 1833-1834 but was...
23: The Republican 2004 [[political platform]] ''A Safer World and a More Hopeful America...
37: ...zation lower than state-level is arranged by legislative districts). It is the counterpart of the [[D... - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
10: | place of birth=[[Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]], [[N...
13: | place of death=[[Warm Springs, Georgia]]
16: ...vicepresident=[[John N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<br>[[Harry S. Truman]]
18: ...nd privilege, he overcame a crippling illness to place himself at the head of the forces of reform. Hi... - Warren Court (6109 bytes)
4: ...trict Attorney]] of [[Alameda County, California|Alameda County]] when the incumbent resigned. He was...
6: ...they chose. In [[1946]], Warren managed the singular feat of winning the Republican, [[United States ...
8: ... Warren and University of California President [[Clark Kerr]] presided over construction of a renowned...
12: ...nterrogated while in police custody be clearly explained, including the right to an [[attorney]].
16: ...for controversy among [[conservative]]s: signs declaring 'Impeach Earl Warren' could be seen across th... - Geography1 (26085 bytes)
1: [[Image:World-map-2004-cia-factbook-large-1.7m-whitespace-removed.jpg|thumb|290px|right|...
2: ... geography]] and [[physical geography]].<ref>web.clas.ufl.edu/users/morgans/lecture_2.prn.pdf.</ref>
5: ...ty of topics such as economics, health, climate, plants and animals, geography is highly interdiscipli...
7: ...|title=The History of Geography |publisher=Basil Blackwell |location=Oxford |pages=p. 66}}</ref>}}
9: ...? |work=AAG Career Guide: Jobs in Geography and related Geographical Sciences |publisher=Association o... - Santa Claus (16146 bytes)
2: ...anta.jpg|right|frame|A common portrayal of Santa Claus.]]
3: ...language|English]] speaking world as well as in [[Latin America]] and [[Japan]].
8: ...d|Lapland]], [[Dalecarlia]] in [[Sweden]], [[Greenland]], or [[Caesarea_Mazaca|Caesarea]] when identif...
10: ...g virtually all adults the nonexistence of Santa Claus is a given, but many young children believe str...
12: ...can be traumatic to learn that there is no Santa Claus. Other parents believe that it is no more harmf... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
7: ...fought at Blore Heath, in [[Staffordshire]], [[England]]
10: ...''Countess of Scarborough'' off the coast of [[England]]
13: ...[1806]] - [[Lewis and Clark Expedition|Lewis and Clark]] return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest...
15: *[[1846]] - Discovery of [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] by French astronomer [[Urbain Le Ve...
16: *[[1868]] - [[Grito de Lares]] (Lares Revolt) occurs in [[Puerto Rico]] against Span... - February 22 (10772 bytes)
8: * [[1288]] - [[Pope Nicholas IV|Nicholas IV]] becomes [[Pope]].
9: ... [[Charles VIII of France]] enters [[Naples]] to claim the city's throne.
12: ...] for five million [[United States dollar|U.S. dollars]].
16: ...] adopts a new [[constitution]] that abolishes [[slavery]].
17: ...pkins University]] is founded in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...in a broad spectrum of ensemble combinations and classical forms. His oeuvre included everything from...
5: ...titled ''Poetics of Music''. In it, he famously claimed that music was incapable of "expressing anyth...
7: ... the [[Western countries|West]] and in his native land. He was named by [[Time magazine]] as one of th...
10: ...e age of 20, Stravinsky became the pupil of [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], probably the leading Russian ...
12: ...: from the ''L'oiseau de feu'', whose style draws largely on Rimsky-Korsakov, to ''Petrushka's'' empha... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...gion]]s of [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]].
4: ...ecember 31]], [[2004]] [http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2004/tab_3.pdf]), it is a richly [[hetero...
6: ...reignty over it. According to Israeli [[Jerusalem Law]], Jerusalem is the capital of the [[State of Is...
7: [[Palestinian]]s also claim all or part of Jerusalem as the capital of a fu...
12: ...alim'' in [[Akkadian]], a cognate of the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] ''Ir Shalem'' ("city of Salem"). S... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
21: | [[Population]]: || 4,661,219 <small>(2002 Census)</small>
23: | [[Population density]]: || 7691 persons/km�
31: | [[License plate]]: || 78, 98
36: ...he river Neva at the east end of the [[Gulf of Finland]] on the [[Baltic Sea]].
38: ...[[Russia]]'s second largest city, Europe's fourth largest city, a major European cultural center and t... - Timeline of aviation (3479 bytes)
11: *'''[[1920s]]:''' [[1920 in aviation|1920]] - [[1921 in aviation|1921]] - [[1922 in aviatio... - Gliding (16947 bytes)
1: [[Image:Glider-landed-in-field.jpg|500px|thumb|right|A modern glide...
2: ...red [[aeroplane]]s known as [[glider]]s or [[sailplane]]s. Properly, the term ''gliding'' refers to d...
4: ...r [[wing]]s; the mechanics of this process are explained in the article on [[bird flight]], while this...
7: ...nic views and sheer enjoyment of controlling the planes, others concentrate on building their own craf...
12: ...t or temperate, because gliders can soar in most places. Germany, however, remains the world center o... - Monarchy (11801 bytes)
1: ...in amount of time. <!-- ([[Dictatorships]] or similar governments may also use the terms "democracy," ...
4: ...or bloodline. In some cases the royal family may claim to hold authority by virtue of God's choosing, ...
9: ...: kings of the Franks, Roman emperors. Even where law is simply the monarch's will, the king must rule...
11: ...bsolute monarchy|absolute monarchies]] are [[Swaziland]], [[Saudi Arabia]], and [[Kuwait]]. In [[Jorda...
14: ...concentrated wealth, with the majority of the population living as [[agriculture|agricultural]] [[serf... - Assyria (13688 bytes)
2: {{Template:Ancient Mesopotamia}}
3: ...al capital, the city of [[Asshur]] (or Ashshur). Later, as a nation and Empire, it also came to inclu...
8: ...by Asshur the son of [[Shem]], who was deified by later generations as the city's patron god.
10: ... and [[Nineveh]], also near the Tigris, and [[Arbela]].
15: - Walter Baade (2275 bytes)
3: | [[930 Westphalia]] || [[March 10]], [[1920]]
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7: | [[944 Hidalgo]] || [[October 31]], [[1920]]
19: | [[5656 Oldfield]] || [[October 8]], [[1920]]
28: ...on|populations]]" for stars (Population I and Population II). - Harlem Renaissance (452 bytes)
2: ...ca|USA]]). This period, extending from roughly [[1920]] to [[1940]], was expressed through every cultu...
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