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- Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
40: ... the traditionally [[conservative]] state. After only one term, Clinton was defeated by [[United State...
48: ...oray into national politics occurred when he was enlisted to speak at the [[1988 Democratic National C...
65: ...campaign promise relating to the acceptance of openly [[gay]] members of the [[military]] garnered cri...
264: ... rather than appealing his suspension. [http://conlaw.usatoday.findlaw.com/supreme_court/orders/2001/...
308: ...pport of "unlimited scientific discovery, and... unlimited applications" [http://www.rand.org/scitech/... - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
31: ... of [[Chicago Cubs]] [[baseball]] games, getting only the bare outlines of the game from a ticker and ...
35: ...''. Reagan was kidded widely about the last named film because his co-star was a chimpanzee. He has a st...
38: ...my Air Force]], which made training and education films. He remained in Hollywood for the duration of th...
40: ...rn four months prematurely in [[1947]] and lived only one day. They divorced in [[1948]]. Reagan remar...
42: ...aracteristically, he played a mob chieftain. This film was a remake of an earlier version based on a sho... - National Football League (30340 bytes)
66: ...from each conference qualified for the playoffs. Only the wild card teams played during the first roun...
77: ...sually begin as second- or third-string backups, only playing games if the first-stringer is injured, ...
122: ...sports|1953]], [[Willie Thrower]], who played in only one game and did not start in any games. After t...
141: ...vised game running late, NBC begins to show the [[film|movie]] ''[[Heidi]]'' just moments after the Jets...
144: ...as reported at 13 below zero Farienheit. The NFL Films presentation of this event in which the playing ... - Performing arts (1198 bytes)
1: The '''performing arts''' include [[theater]], [[film|motion pictures]], [[drama]], [[comedy]], [[music... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
31: ...nklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] openly questioned his loyalty.
49: ...f St. Louis]], directed by [[Billy Wilder]]. The film begins with events leading up to the flight befor...
75: [[nl:Charles Lindbergh]] - Charles Kingsford Smith (4894 bytes)
2: ... the first non-stop crossing of the Australian mainland and the first flight from Australia to [[New Z...
4: ...olonial Sugar Refining Company]]. After that, he enlisted for duty in the armed services in [[1915]] a...
6: ...ic flight). The [[Australia]]n film "''[[Smithy (film)|Smithy]]''" is based on Charles Kingsford Smith ...
24: * [http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an14514137 Austin Byrne and the Kingsford Sm... - Wright brothers (19926 bytes)
23: ...graph. In the fourth flight of the same day, the only flight made that day which was actually controll...
25: ...ocal newspaper reported the event, inaccurately. Only one other newspaper, the Cincinnati Enquirer, pr...
37: ... Orville broke a leg and two ribs. (This was the only serious accident the Wrights suffered.) In late ...
75: ...cessful powered models, and his assistant C. M. Manley was actually employed by the US government to c...
87: ...Aviation Pioneers", with a tip of the hat to not only the Wrights, but also [[John Glenn]] and [[Neil ... - Helicopter (20080 bytes)
5: ...e off]] and [[landing|land]] vertically. Subject only to refuelling facilities and load/altitude limit...
9: ...awkwardly shaped items), or as a mount for still, film or television cameras.
19: ...cept that instead of moving the entire aircraft, only the wings themselves are moved. The helicopter's...
29: ...power available for forward flight. This is commonly known as slip-streaming and can occur while in a...
70: ...rge loads. The Belvedere had a production run of only 26 and went into [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] service... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
37: ... years a steamer service was in operation on the inland [[Loch Lomond]], a forerunner of the lake stea...
42: ... The [[Vital Spark]] by [[Neil Munro]] and by the film [[The Maggie]], and a small number are being cons...
60: ...ld.html Cruising The World TV Show (RTP-TV 2001) Online video showing trip down Mississippi on the Del... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
20: ...is' niece and third wife. Of these six children, only Adolf and his younger sister [[Paula Hitler|Paul...
37: ...World War I]] in August [[1914]], he immediately enlisted in the [[Bavaria]]n army.
45: ...efers to Hitler's experience at the front as his only education and suggests he did have at least some...
52: ...he war, Hitler remained in the army, which was mainly engaged in suppressing [[socialist]] uprisings b...
62: ...cle into a propaganda stunt. Hitler was allotted unlimited amounts of time to present his arguments to... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
27: ...iddle Ages]]. They raided the coasts, rivers and inland cities of all Western Europe as far as [[Sevil...
63: ...set up their small gangs near river estuaries, mainly to protect themselves. They recruited locals as ...
86: ... and a symbol for piracy that has been adopted by film-makers and toy manufacturers.
89: Unlike traditional Western societies of the time, man...
101: ...t popular as they were hard to sell and pirates, unlike the public of today, had little concept of the... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: ... on shore. These acts are known as ''piracy''. Unlike the [[stereotype|stereotypical]] pirate with [...
38: ...is of note in [[international law]] as it is commonly held to represent the earliest invocation of the...
46: ...some surprising facts about pirate organization. Unlike traditional Western societies of the time, man...
60: ...irates are not interested in the cargo and are mainly interested in taking the personal belongings of ...
68: * Unlawful seizure of items or the ship - Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (8624 bytes)
12: ...nizing radiation because his investigations were only for a short time and he was one of the few pione...
22: ... the significance of their discovery, filed their film for further reference, and thereby lost the oppor...
38: *[http://members.chello.nl/~h.dijkstra19/page5.html The Cathode Ray Tube sit... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
5: ...antes and Alonso del Castillo Maldonado were the only survivors of the party of 600 men. The four were...
13: ...1) by Mexican filmmaker Nicolás Echevarría. The film plot is base on Cabeza de Vaca's account of the f... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
5: ...e|Kingdom of Castile]] in Spain in [[1485]], the only child of Martín Cortés and Catalina Pizarro Al...
12: ... Governor Velázquez forbade him to invade the mainland (a privilege he reserved for himself), but cal...
18: ... Mexica/Aztecs), and a dialect of Nahautl spoken only to and in front of the Mexica/Aztec emperor.
24: ... the Governor of Cuba. Cortés then led his band inland towards the fabled Tenochtitlán.
33: ... was one of the largest in the world; in Europe, only Constantinople was larger. The most common estim... - Photography (18493 bytes)
2: ...nical]], [[chemical]] or [[digital]] devices commonly known as [[camera]]s.
5: ...rge|electrical charges]] rather than photographic film, hence the term [[electrophotography]]. The [[ray...
7: ...a to expose the light recording material (usually film) to light. After processing, this produces an im...
15: *Sensitivity of the film
30: ...early cameras did not fix an image in time; they only projected what was before an opening in the wall... - Digital photography (33923 bytes)
4: ...l film cameras, and include features not found in film cameras such as the ability to shoot [[video]] an...
16: * Linear array (very rare, only limited to the highest-end)
30: ==Comparison with film cameras==
33: ...dvantages of digital photography over traditional film include:
34: *Instant review of pictures, with no wait for the film to be developed: if there's a problem with a pict... - Aperture (3151 bytes)
2: ...iation of the [[shutter speed]], and variation in film speed (ISO), this will regulate the photograph's ...
8: ...ilm and therefore reduce the exposure time of the film. These lenses are favored especially by photojour... - Film speed (5065 bytes)
1: ...ne with a shorter exposure and is called a ''fast film''.
4: ...inear scale and a logarithmic scale for measuring film speed.
6: ...d ISO 200/24° is twice as sensitive as a film rated ISO 100/21°.
8: ...30°, 1600/33°, and 3200/36°. Consumer films are generally rated between 100/21° and 800/...
14: ! example of film stock - Depth of field (8291 bytes)
2: ...ocus]]. For any given [[lens]] setting, there is only one distance at which a subject is in focus, but...
4: ...actual degree of error in relation to the area of film exposed.
6: ...distance will produce the image of a point on the film. A point farther away or nearer will produce the ...
9: ...0.05 mm) diameter. For [[16mm film|16mm film]], where the image area is smaller, the tolerance...
11: ...he film is used for each image and the amount of enlargement is usually much less.)
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