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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ...r technological and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions was no longer a dream, ...
24: ...ed in December 1990. The agency is led by its president, who reports to the Minister of Industry.
47: On [[July 29]], [[1958]], President Eisenhower signed the [[National Aeronautics a...
56: ...e stating that the money could have been used to aid the Third World countries and the betterment of t...
153: ...ent [[orbital plane]]s. ''[[Pravda]]'', however, did not mention this information and indicated that r... - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: [[image:Lavacaveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed from a cave]]
3: A '''cave''' is a natural underground void large enough for an adult human to enter. Some sc...
11: ...ools down and becomes hard. The lava now flows inside its crust, until the eruption ends.
12: The liquid lava inside the crust flows out and leaves a hollow tube.
18: '''Secondary caves''' are formed inside the rock after the rock itself has formed by pro... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
1: ... 1em; background: #ffffff; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
29: ... of the Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south.
46: ...e empire into a ''pars Orientis'' and a ''pars Occidentis''. Others place it during the reign of [[The...
51: ...ncient presecessors. Standardization of the term did not occur until the 17th century when French auth...
55: ==Identity== - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...g)|earthworks]] (e.g. [[Hollingbury]] Castle, [[Maiden Castle]]).
5: ...jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
7: ...astle found along the coast of Ireland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
10: ...astles - e.g. portcullises, battlements and drawbridges.
12: ...look was probably built merely to impress, and inside the castle is geared towards family living. - Tree (23723 bytes)
9: ...biology)|families]] of plants. Trees thus show a wide variety of growth form, leaf type and shape, bar...
22: ...trunk gives height to the leaf-bearing branches, aiding in competition with other plant species for [[...
24: ... form of a species with the size or shape of individual specimens. A spruce seedling does not fit the ...
27: The world's champion trees can be considered on several factors; height, trunk diameter or...
30: ...t trees in the world have been the subject of considerable dispute and much (often wild) exaggeration.... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...e colourless patches that confude prey trapped inside ]]A '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[plant]] that ...
5: especially [[nitrogen]], such as acidic [[bog]]s and rock outcroppings.
15: *Snap traps, which trap prey with rapid leaf movements;
22: ... [[sundew]]s, whose leaves undergo rapid growth, aiding in the retention and
39: which are endemic to [[Florida]] (for the most part) and [[California]] respect... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
10: ... was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for three y...
12: At Cambridge he first met the Queen, who was impressed by hi...
18: ...ly in debt. To support himself, he took up his residence in law at Gray's Inn in 1579.
21: ...he church. Knowing that a prestigious post would aid him toward these ends, in 1580 he applied, throug...
23: ...ntment, into the enjoyment of which, however, he did not enter until 1608. - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...w military action, fighting at the [[Battle of Potidaea]], the [[Battle of Delium]] and the [[Battle o...
7: ...explicitly states that he teaches for a living, paid by his students, and that he thinks this is the m...
11: ...phy for much longer than this and include [[Parmenides]], [[Anaxagoras]], [[Prodicus]], the priestess ...
13: ...ccounts of his real life have been located, he is idolized by his disciples and thinkers that reflect ...
37: {{commons|Socrates}} - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...and oddly-shaped, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refers to Mars.
8: ...le. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron Oxide (rust) on its surface. Mars has only a quarter t...
11: ...The atmosphere on Mars is 95 percent [[carbon dioxide]], 3 percent [[nitrogen]], 1.6 percent [[argon]]...
13: ...e volcanic methane is accompanied by [[sulfur dioxide]].
18: ...lished in [[1999]] is that these bands could be evidence of the past operation of [[plate tectonics]] ... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: ...north to south, they are: [[New England]], the [[Middle Colonies]], the [[Chesapeake Bay]] and the [[S...
9: ...ity about the world that had subsided during the Middle Ages. At the same time, the intellectual growt...
11: ...ion and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[South America|South]] and [[Cent...
16: ...olonies was piecemeal and variable. Practical considerations such as [[business|commercial enterprise]...
22: ..., and children had apparently disappeared in the middle of their daily tasks. - Christianity (47078 bytes)
8: ...y encompasses numerous religious traditions that widely vary by culture, as well as thousands of diver...
23: ...ed as an [[apostate]] by the people generally considered to be the [[Jew]]ish authorities ([[Gospel of...
29: ...Epistles]]; however, the four gospels are not considered to have been written eponymously by their res...
31: ...hority in his own right (Acts 28:16–22) considering that the Jews of Rome sought his opinion on ...
34: ...ty spread rapidly over the first three centuries aided by the relative internal peace and good roads o... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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18: ...at measures 3 to 4 inches long and 2 to 3 inches wide. The flesh of this pimiento -- the Spanish word ... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ''This article refers to the former French president, Charles de Gaulle. For the [[Paris]] airport,...
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10: | [[President of France]]
19: | [[Georges Pompidou]]
42: ...]]. His [[Ideology#Political_ideologies|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left a ma... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
5: ... surname "Brahe". Apparently his contemporaries did so and the usage has persisted.
10: ...Apparently this did not lead to any disputes nor did his parents attempt to get him back. Tycho lived ...
18: ...d [[alchemy]]. For the rest of his life, he was said to have worn a replacement made of [[silver]] and...
33: ...er, observed that the [[parallax]] of the object did not change from night to night, suggesting that t...
51: ...tary motion|laws of planetary motion]], which provided powerful support for the [[Copernicus|Copernica... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...oined the word "[[utopia]]", a name he gave to an ideal, imaginary island nation whose political syste...
7: ...imself incapable of [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry in [[1505]], but for the rest of his l...
9: ... her daughter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical educa...
12: ...sheriffs of the city of London, a position of considerable responsibility in which he earned a reputat...
14: ...ties of Oxford and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. In [[1525]] he became chancellor of the [[D... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
8: ...l classes who had come under the influence of the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution pr...
14: * The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals.
21: ...eans of convincing potential creditors of the confidence and stability of France's finances.
23: ...and-picked Assembly of Notables would restore confidence in French finances, and allow further borrowi...
33: ...mander an assembly to its liking. In order to avoid this, the ''Parlement'' of Paris, having returned... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
16: {{Taxobox_superfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Scarabaeoidea]]}}
17: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Lucanidae'''}}
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: ...their legs which they use for communication ([[stridulation]]) with other larvae. The name [[cervus]] ... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Pelecanidae]]}}
10: {{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''P. occidentalis'''''}}
12: ...ial | color = pink | binomial_name = Pelecanus occidentalis | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] |...
15: ... Pelican]]The '''Brown Pelican''' (''Pelecanus occidentalis'' <small>†</small>) is the smallest...
23: ...own Pelican on the wing in Baja California]]Pesticides like [[DDT]] and [[dieldrin]] threatened its fu... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
5: ...serves a two-year term. Seats in the House are divided between the states on the basis of population, ...
7: ... to the states, except where the Constitution provides otherwise. Important powers of Congress include...
13: ...s refused to go along with any Constitution that did not give them an equal vote in at least one house...
15: ...nown as [[Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico|Resident Commissioner]]) is elected to a four-year term...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...icantly, the [[President of the United States|President]] must ratify treaties and make important appo...
4: ...y represented in the Senate. The Constitution provides that the approval of both houses is necessary f...
12: ...], in answer to a question by Thomas Jefferson, said "we pour legislation into the senatorial saucer t...
14: ...[[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] President [[Andrew Johnson]] in [[1868]] for political p...
16: ...ns arose between [[1866]] and [[1906]]. Many individuals, furthermore, perceived the Senate as a basti...
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