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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
15: ...vilian Space eXploration Team]] launched the [[GoFast Rocket]] on a suborbital flight, the first amateu...
56: ... betterment of the impoverished instead of being wasted on spacecraft that sometimes don't work. Some e...
163: ||[[April 12]] [[1981]]
189: ... Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA)]]
191: ... anniversary of Gagarin's flight, [[April 12]] [[1981]]. The first (and so far only) automatic reusable... - Cave (10592 bytes)
20: ...o the zone where waves work on the rocks of the coast they are generally rather small.
32: ...the slowness of the solution process. If it were faster, the lifespan of limestone caves would be much ...
47: ... pale or white coloration), loss of eyes (or at least of optical functionality), elongation of appendag...
71: ...ical research because they can reveal details of past climactic conditions in speleothems and [[sedimen...
76: {{Commons|Cave|Cave}} - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...0px]]<br/><small>Emblem of the [[Palaeologus]] dynasty, as preserved today at the entrance of the Ecume...
13: | The Empire is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the death of The...
35: ... Most of Asia Minor is lost. The same year, the last Byzantine outposts in Italy are conquered by the ...
46: ...dicate, thus leaving to the emperor in the Greek East sole imperial authority. In any case, the changeo...
51: ...f Roman rights in Italy thereby renouncing their eastern neighbours as true Romans. The [[Donation of C... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...thworks]] (e.g. [[Hollingbury]] Castle, [[Maiden Castle]]).
2: ...to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles and ''[[chaux]]''.
4: Castles also figure prominently in [[History of Japan|...
5: ...:Prague_castle2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com ...
6: ==Purpose of castles== - Tree (23723 bytes)
2: ...wood.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The [[conifer]]ous [[Coast Redwood]], the tallest tree species on earth]]
3: ...m size, the term generally applies to plants at least 6 m (20 ft) high at maturity and, more importantl...
11: ...[[tree fern]]s and [[horsetail]]s, which grew in vast forests in the [[Carboniferous]] Period; tree fer...
20: ... date cores or even wood taken from trees in the past; this practice is known as the science of [[dendr...
24: ...e, but all spruces are trees. [[Bamboo]]s by contrast, do show most of the characteristics of trees, ye... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
27: Pitfall traps have evolved independently on at least four occasions. The simplest pitfall
68: The pitfall trap has evolved in at least two other groups. ''[[Cephalotus]] follicularis''...
75: In at least one species (''Sarracenia flava''), the nectar br...
91: ...ew]]s). Flypapers have evolved independently at least five times.
102: ...end of long [[tentacle]]s, which frequently grow fast enough - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
29: ...a Queen's Counsel, but missed the appointment of Master of the Rolls. During the next few years, his f...
35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn...
37: ...B. showed a failure of character in striking contrast with the majesty of his intellect. He was corrupt...
40: ...was the justest judge, that was in England these last fifty years. When the book of all hearts is opene...
56: ... Bacon's Personal Life Story" and Mark Twain's last book , "Is Shakespeare Dead" are good starting po... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
23: ... Socrates|Apology]]'', 38. In Greek, "ho de anexetastos bios ou bi? anthor?".)
27: ...y some gadfly; in this way the god seems to have fastened me on the city, some such one who arousing an...
29: ...clepius]]; will you remember to pay the debt?'' (Last words, according to the ''[[Phaedo]]'' — [[...
37: {{commons|Socrates}} - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...small and oddly-shaped, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refers to Mars.
13: ...ates that there must be (or have been within the last few hundred years) a source of the gas on the pla...
18: ...9]] is that these bands could be evidence of the past operation of [[plate tectonics]] on Mars, althoug...
20: ...jpg|thumb|left|Microscopic rock forms indicating past signs of water taken by ''[[Opportunity rover|Opp...
27: ...ing: northern plains flattened by lava flows contrast with the southern highlands, pitted and cratered ... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...gia|Georgia]] each came to the new continent for vastly different reasons, and they created colonies wi...
4: ... four regions in the lands that later became the eastern United States. Listed from north to south, th...
11: ...rst nation to find a direct trade route to the [[East Indies|"Indies"]] would benefit immensely. It wa...
22: ...y of Roanoke]], established in [[1586]] off the coast of today's [[North Carolina]] by Sir [[Walter Ral...
31: ...nd year. This state of economic affairs did not last, but tobacco continued to be the mainstay of the ... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
10: #[[Orthodox Christianity]] (including [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Oriental Orthodoxy]]), and
14: The vast majority of Christian religions (generally includ...
47: ...ssanid|Sassanids]], who tried to revive the [[Zoroastrian]] religion.
49: ...ighest authority of the [[Assyrian Church of the East]]. Soon after, during the [[Nestorian Schism]], t...
56: ...[Autocephaly|autocephalous]] churches (''see'' [[Eastern Orthodoxy]]). - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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21: ...ce its name. It is an aromatic [[spice]] with a taste similar to a combination of [[cinnamon]] and [[c... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
52: ...luenced by that war, namely by the use of tanks, fast manoeuvres and lack of trenches.
63: ...the morning of [[June 16]] in London. This was a last minute effort to try to strengthen the resolve of...
69: ...s often incorrectly associated with the BBC broadcast; nevertheless the words aptly capture the spirit ...
89: ...e Gaulle however maintained regular contact with past political lieutenants from wartime and RPF days, ...
100: ...he "most illustrious of Frenchmen" to become the last President of the Council (Prime Minister) of the ... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...] [[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer]]/[[astrologer]] (the two were not yet distinct) and [[al...
8: ...t his family's ancestral seat of [[Knudstrup]] [[Castle]], [[Denmark]] to [[Otte Brahe]] and [[Beate Bi...
10: ...2 his uncle was given the command of Vordingborg Castle to which they moved, and where Tycho began a La...
12: ...ssed him that he began to make his own studies of astronomy helped by some of the professors. He purcha...
14: ...ust as many measurements and methods as there are astronomers and all of them disagree. What's needed i... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
7: ... rest of his life he continued to observe many monastic practices, including self-punishment in the for...
12: ...ore entered the king's service as councilor and "master of requests". After undertaking a diplomatic m...
14: ...1525]] he became chancellor of the [[Duchy of Lancaster]], a position that entailed administrative and ...
19: ...is friend [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]] dedicated his masterpiece, ''[[In Praise of Folly]]'', to him. (Ind...
23: ...he authors' allegiance to the reigning [[Tudor dynasty]], which had wrested the throne from Richard at ... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
20: ...stille.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The storming of the Bastille, July 14 1789]]
25: ...osed in the ''Parlement'' of Paris (in part, at least, thanks to the King's tactlessness), Brienne went...
33: ...e to meet according to the forms observed at its last meeting. Although it would appear that the magis...
42: ...state, now meeting as the ''Communes'' (English: "Commons"), proceed with verification of its own powers an...
50: ====The storming of the Bastille==== - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
32: ...cles to move them, however females can inflict a nasty bite. Capable of a slow awkward lumbering flight... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
17: ...h America]]n birds move further north along the coasts in flocks, returning to warmer waters for winter...
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
5: ..., with each [[U.S. state|state]] entitled to at least one seat. In the Senate, on the other hand, each ...
13: ...tion that did not give them an equal vote in at least one house of Congress. Because terms are stagger...
15: ... [[direct election|directly elected]] by [[first past the post]] to serve two-year terms from [[Congres...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
26: ...s of the general Congress are now regularly broadcast on [[C-SPAN]], as are newsworthy meetings of [[Co... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
16: ...ividuals, furthermore, perceived the Senate as a bastion of the rich and the �lite. Several reformers...
23: ...the [[First Past the Post electoral system|first-past-the-post]] system, under which the candidate with...
30: ...ms by [[CNN]] in [[June 2003]] revealed that at least 40 of the then senators were millionaires.<!--htt...
33: ... a citizen of the United States for at least the past nine years, and must be (at the time of the elect...
42: ...-in of new senators) or at times when his or her casting vote may be crucial. The Constitution also aut...
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