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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ...uter-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice.
6: ...[Dulles International Airport]] in Northern Virginia displays an unparalleled array of aerospace tech...
15: ... was achieved on [[May 17]], [[2004]] when [[Civilian Space eXploration Team]] launched the [[GoFast R...
18: ===Brazilian Space Agency===
19: ...[October 23]], [[2004]] with a VSV-30, or [[Brazilian Exploration Vehicle]], launched on a [[sub-orbit... - Cave (10592 bytes)
18: ...itself has formed by processes which removes material such as [[solution]] and [[erosion]].
25: ...in [[limestone]], but can also form in other material, including [[chalk]], [[dolomite]], [[marble]], ...
40: ...rctica]], but are found widely in [[Europe]], [[Asia]], and [[North America]].
42: ...t many more systems remain to be discovered, especially in [[China]], which, despite containing around...
47: ... suite of characters, termed troglomorphies, associated with their adaptation to subterranean life. A... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
3: |+<big><big>'''''Romania'''''</big></big>
7: ...erved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
18: | Justinian builds the church of [[Hagia Sophia]] (Αγία Σοφ	...
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from... - Castle (27805 bytes)
12: ...em. This can best be seen in castles such as [[Bodiam Castle]] in [[Kent]], whose defensive look was p...
14: ...ften built castles for offensive reasons: territorial expansion and control of a region. A castle was ...
15: ...ome as they had no refuge.(Hariulf, ''Gesta ecclesiae Centulensis'')
21: ...hen the Laird of the castle had considerable judicial powers over his [[Scottish clan]] and the main h...
46: ...est in the [[Bayeux Tapestry]], and was then familiar on the mainland of western [[Europe]]. - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...and some can live for several [[millennium|millennia]].
8: [[Image:Raunkiaer.jpg|250px|right|thumb|An [[oak]] tree in [[Denm...
11: ...orsetails are not of tree form. Later, in the [[Triassic]] Period, [[Pinophyta|conifers]], [[ginkgo]]s...
18: ...[palm tree|palms]]), grow by addition of new material inwards.
20: ...changes in the rate of growth with temperature variation over an annual cycle. These rings can be coun... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...a_californica.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Darlingtonia]]'': note the small entrance to the trap undernea...
3: especially [[insect]]s and other [[arthropod]]s. Carnivor...
5: especially [[nitrogen]], such as acidic [[bog]]s and rock...
6: ...irst well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
28: traps are probably those of ''[[Heliamphora]]'', the marsh (or sun) [[pitcher plant]]. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...d in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verulam''' in [[1618]], and created '''Viscount St Albans''' in [[1621...
4: ...e|scientific]] inquiry, often called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge ...
8: ...er of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Quee...
14: ...istotle]] conflicted with his dislike of Aristotelian philosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious, a...
16: ... a few months later they went abroad with Sir [[Amias Paulet]], the English ambassador at Paris. The d... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
2: ...ōkrá´Ĥamp;#275;s) was a Greek ([[Athens|Athenian]]) [[philosophy|philosopher]].
5: ...ion and instead encouraged the decoration of Alcibiades. During such campaigns, he also showed his ext...
9: ...king to recover from humiliating defeat, the Athenian public court was induced by three leading public...
13: Socrates is probably the most influential thinker and philosopher of his time. Although no...
15: ... for more detail and background about Socrates' trial and execution. - Mars (27704 bytes)
2: [[Image:Mars NPArea-PIA00161 modest.jpg|thumb|right|North Polar region wi...
11: Mars' [[celestial body atmosphere|atmosphere]] is thin: the [[air ...
18: ...ave helped to protect the planet from [[cosmic radiation]]. Other explanations have also been proposed...
22: ...also been found by the Spirit rover in the "Columbia Hills".
24: ... of 2005]], this interpretation remains controversial with no consensus having emerged. - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...nd they created colonies with very different [[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]...
4: ...hat sort of colony it sprang from. By the late [[18th century]], these different colonies found thems...
11: ...n on his famous westward voyage. He sought for Asia, but the lands he came upon were found to belong ...
13: ...entury|17th]] centuries, a new generation of colonial powers arose: [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain...
16: ...ractical considerations such as [[business|commercial enterprise]], [[over-population]] and the desire... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
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2: '''Christianity''' is the world's largest religion. It is bas...
6: ...k]] translation for "Messiah". The word ''[[Christian]]'' means "belonging to Christ" or "of Christ".
8: ... as thousands of diverse beliefs and sects. Christianity is generally grouped into three main branches...
10: #[[Orthodox Christianity]] (including [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Orie... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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18: ...d [[bell pepper]]... These Pimientos are the familiar red stuffing found in quality green [[olive]]s.)
31: ...as Germany, it is used in large amounts by commercial sausage makers. - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
7: ...enter" colspan="2" | [[Image:DeGaullePortrait.jpg|180px]]
22: | [[November 22]], [[1890]]
40: ...atesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}})
42: ...advocate of the concentrated use of armored and aviation forces. He was the leader of [[Free France]] ...
44: ==1890–1912: Formative years== - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...dash; [[October 24]], [[1601]] [[Prague]], [[Bohemia]] (now [[Czech Republic]])) was a [[Denmark|Danis...
8: ...y which had produced leading churchmen and politicians.
12: ...scriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangulis omnimodis.
22: ... Jorgen Brahe, had already died in 1565 of pneumonia after rescuing [[Frederick II of Denmark]] from d...
27: ...heir alliance became a binding [[morganatic]] marriage after three years. - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
7: ...]]. For about four years he lodged at a [[Carthusian]] monastery next to Lincoln's Inn while he consi...
9: ..., who died in [[1511]]. He remarried almost immediately, to a rich widow named Alice Middleton who wa...
12: ...s, drafting official documents, and serving as a liaison between the king and his Lord Chancellor: [[T...
14: ... a position that entailed administrative and judicial control of much of northern England. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
8: ...ve bodies, the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source of confl...
13: * Resentment of the [[seigneurial system]] by peasants, wage-earners, and, to a le...
16: * [[Food]] scarcity in the months immediately before the revolution.
21: ...nspicuous spending as a means of convincing potential creditors of the confidence and stability of Fra...
23: ...ving conducted a lengthy review of France's financial situation, determined that it was not sustainabl... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
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17: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Lucanidae'''}} - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
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12: {{Taxobox section binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Pelecanus occidentalis | author = [[Carol...
23: ... in the southwest [[United States]] and [[California]] in the early [[1970s]].
26: *''Pelecanus occidentalis californicus'' (California brown pelican) - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
5: ...han by a district, serves a six-year term. Senatorial terms are staggered so that approximately one-th...
15: ...voting ''delegates'' from the [[District of Columbia]], [[American Samoa]], [[Guam]], [[Puerto Rico]],...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
24: ...s first session of Congress on [[November 17]], [[1800]].
29: ... the Congress to enforce its provisions by appropriate legislation), and by the [[Sixteenth Amendment ... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...ers serve longer terms, allowing for a more collegiate and less partisan atmosphere that is somewhat m...
10: ...he [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|British Parliament]]). For example, [[John Dickinson (lawyer)|Jo...
12: ...ferson, said "we pour legislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it (from the The House of Represe...
14: ...hnson]] in [[1868]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with the Senate f...
16: ...es of bribery in Senate elections arose between [[1866]] and [[1906]]. Many individuals, furthermore, ...
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