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- Colonial America (32872 bytes)
22: ...nd, found no trace of the colonists, discovering only the mysterious word "CROATOAN" carved on a tree....
29: ... a harvest, named the winter the Starving Times. Only a third of the colonists survived the first wint...
31: ...irs did not last, but tobacco continued to be the mainstay of the region's economy for two centuries. T...
37: ...]]s out of the far-flung tobacco planters. Thus, unlike in [[Puritanism|Puritan]] New England, there w...
44: ...limination of [[Catholicism|Catholic]] elements remaining in the [[Church of England]]. But whereas the... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
8: ...cts. Christianity is generally grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in dispute...
14: ...generally believe that faith in [[Jesus]] is the only way to achieve salvation and to enter into [[hea...
17: {{Main|History of Christianity}}
19: {{Main|Jesus}}
29: Jesus' apostles were the main witnesses of his life, teaching and resurrection ... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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52: When the war ended, he remained in the military, serving on the staff of Gen. [...
59: At the outbreak of World War II, de Gaulle was only a [[colonel]], having encountered hostility from...
61: ...n armour to retreat at [[Caumont]]. This was the only significant tactical success the French gained a...
69: ...as spread from mouths to mouths. To this day it remains one of the most famous speeches in French histor... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...d come under the influence of the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as p...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of th...
14: * The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals.
25: ...creditors on whom the French treasury depended to maintain its day to day operations to withdraw their l... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
9: {{main|History of the United States Senate}}
25: ...olutions censuring members; [[censure]] requires only a simple majority and does not remove a senator ...
29: ...mporarily fill vacancies. The interim appointee remains in office until the special election can be held...
30: ...ittees, and have more staffers. The prestige commonly associated with the Senate is reflected by the b...
42: ...presides over very few Senate debates, attending only on important ceremonial occasions (such as the s... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
9: ...y been centred in [[Europe]], which undoubtedly remains its leading market, but races have also been hel...
15: ''Main Article: [[History of Formula One]]''<br>
28: ... income by far, and [[cigarette]] manufacturers remain a major and controversial financial resource for ...
45: ...oorer independent teams to struggle not only to remain competitive, but to stay in business. Financial t...
53: ...one]] tires (Ferrari, Jordan and Minardi are the only teams that don't use [[Michelin]]). Fernando Alo... - Computer (32773 bytes)
20: ...standing the important idea that the computer is only a machine, and cannot "think" or "understand" th...
29: ...d afford them and were considered so exotic that only a handful would ever be required to satisfy glob...
39: *[[Mainframe|Mainframe computer]]
51: ... such as [[differential analyzer]]s, are not commonly included in such lists. Other classification sch...
54: ...]] (silicon chips) were adopted and have been the mainstay of computing technology ever since. - Ship (18843 bytes)
27: ...t safety and waste disposal. It has become usual only in large [[aircraft carrier]]s and in [[submarin...
30: ...on]]s or [[flotilla]]s. [[Convoy]]s of ships commonly occur.
48: ... to prevent collapse of the hull under stress, to maintain stability, in the event of flooding, and to c...
52: ...zontal surfaces in the ship's general structure. Unlike flats, they are a structural part of the ship.
59: ...le between the ship’s side and upper deck. It remained as a structural member, in wooden boats where i... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
31: ...tion. It is a [[consolidated city-county]] (the only one in California) situated at the northern tip ...
46: Yerba Buena remained a small town until the [[Mexican-American War]]...
62: ... it rats infected with [[bubonic plague]]. Mistakenly believing that interred corpses contributed to t...
64: ...have reached 8.25 on the [[Richter scale]]. Water mains ruptured throughout San Francisco, and the fires...
66: ... remain, whose 30,000 deceased residents are the only permitted within the city to this day. - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
8: ...b|right|300px|The western face of the Parthenon remains relatively intact.]]
17: ...on4.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Only a few sculptures remain on the Parthenon.]]
19: ...es both internally and externally. These survive only in part, but there are good descriptions of most...
21: ... the great procession of the [[Panathenaia]], the main annual festival honouring Athena. On the fourth, ...
27: ...igion for close to a thousand years. It was certainly still intact in the 4th century AD, by which tim... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
13: ...he Marius party through family connections. Not only was he Marius' nephew, he was also married to Co...
17: Despite Sulla's pardon, Caesar did not remain in Rome and left for military service in [[Asia (...
30: ...ws which were designed to grant Pompey the Great unlimited powers in dealing with Cilician Pirates in ...
32: ...a young Senator, and Crassus’ support certainly made it an achievable task for Caesar. All the w...
34: ...c duties as the construction and care of temples, maintenance of public buildings, traffic, and other as... - 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...
47: ...many in November [[1918]] while the German army remained (in popular German belief) undefeated. Like man...
51: {{main|Hitler's political beliefs}} - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ... use of local [[militia]]. Militiamen served for only a few weeks or months at a time, were generally ...
19: ...rican Colonial army against the British for the remainder of the war. Spain entered the war in 1779, but...
23: ...er shortages, Washington lifted the ban on black enlistment in the Continental Army in January 1777. A...
48: ...d]], set out from [[Fort Western]] (present day [[Maine]]) on [[September 25]]. The expedition was a log...
59: ... and [[Manhattan]], thus allowing Howe to engage only one half of the American army at a time. - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
12: :''Main article: [[History of Salt Lake City]]''
14: ...This section is meant to only be a summary of the main article. Thanks.-->
19: [[Image:Salt_lake_city_main_street_c1920_pc.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Salt Lake Ci...
20: ... [[Fort Douglas]], was established in [[1862]] to maintain [[Union]] allegiance during the [[American Ci...
29: ...ish speaking]]. Jackie Biskupski, an [[lesbian|openly gay woman]], was elected in [[1998]] as a Utah S... - Russia (28007 bytes)
10: {{main|History of Russia}}
23: ...ll of Constantinople in 1453 Russia remained the only more or less functional Christian state on the E...
27: While still nominally under the domain of the Mongols, the duchy of Moscow began to asse...
34: ''Main article: [[History of the Soviet Union]]''
40: {{main|Politics of Russia}} - Native American (42651 bytes)
7: ...Canada, where the term [[First Nations]] applies only to Native Canadians who belong to the same cultu...
21: ...C|11,000 years ago]]), and that they followed an inland route through Alaska and Canada that had just ...
26: ...ents of this theory claim that the oldest human remains in South America and in [[Baja California (penin...
28: Some mainstream anthropologists and archaeologists consider...
35: ...rica. While Native Americans have traditionally remained primarily loyal to their individual tribes, eth... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
3: ...h]] to exploit minor local bonanzas of gold. The only long-term profitable ore to be mined, however, w...
5: ...of [[ice age]]s, with [[lake]]s, such as [[Lake Manly]].
41: ... [[lake]] that once filled Death Valley ([[Lake Manly]]) was the last stop for water flowing in the re...
45: ...h. Thus the overall position of the dune fields remain more-or-less fixed.
51: ... - remnants of the once huge lakes [[Lake Manly|Manly]] and [[Lake Panamint|Panamint]]. A much milder... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
28: ...n the ''[[Sentences]]'' by [[Peter Lombard]] (the main textbook of theology in the [[Middle Ages]]), in ...
31: ...life, death and resurrection of [[Jesus]]. It is only this righteousness that makes a sinner just befo...
39: ...d that indulgences did nothing to save souls and only lined the pockets of the clergy. Because he beli...
41: ...an Order|Dominican]] friar [[Johann Tetzel]] was enlisted to travel throughout Albert's sees and sell ...
55: ...tenburg]] in Jan., 1519, led Luther to agree to remain silent so long as his opponents should, to write ... - Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
11: ...by ''Opocentsky'', 10/76, [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3987685.html 3987685].]]
13: ...gelbart's oN-Line System ([[NLS (computer system)|NLS]]), which was both a hardware and software syste...
24: ...Kirsch]] of [[Mouse Systems Corporation]], could only be used on a special metallic surface ([[mouse p...
31: ...they work better than mechanical mice, require no maintenance and last longer due to fewer moving parts.
37: ...e track at 40 inches per second and faster. Also, maintenance on a broken mechanical mouse is much simpl... - Andes (13210 bytes)
20: ... 2,000 m at 40°S, 500 m at 50°S, and only 300 m in [[Tierra del Fuego]] at 55°S; fro...
24: ...ndangered with only 10% of the original forests remaining [http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/andes_climate...
32: ...f the Andes where they descend to the Amazon. The main surviving languages of the Andean peoples are tho...
41: ...e. Currently, tobacco, cotton and coffee are the main export crops. The potato holds a very important ...
46: ...des, with iron, gold, silver and copper being the main production minerals. The Andes are reputed to be...
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