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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ...sending an object to space was conceived in the minds of many [[science fiction]] authors hundreds of y...
33: ...Centre, or ESTEC, based in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. The center is still a part of the European Space...
189: ...:Shuttle.jpg|thumb|The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA)]]
194: {{Commons|Category:Space exploration}} - Cave (10592 bytes)
11: ...a now flows inside its crust, until the eruption ends.
23: ...fluenced by the very slow flow of the ice which tends to close the caves again.
25: ...]], [[ice]], [[granite]], [[salt]], [[lava]], [[sandstone]], and [[gypsum]]. The most common process o...
76: {{Commons|Cave|Cave}} - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
59: ...gious heretics often lived on or near the borderlands, the [[Armenians]] being the only sizeable one.
88: ... different in religion from the former imperial lands in western Europe, although the southern Byzantin...
108: ...w increasingly antagonistic. Although Alexius' grandson [[Manuel I Comnenus]] was a friend of the Crusa...
122: ...ng with [[Ivan III of Russia | Ivan III]]. His grandson [[Ivan IV of Russia | Ivan IV]] would become th...
160: {{commons|Byzantine Empire}} - Castle (27805 bytes)
11: ...e territories from which to control surrounding lands.
21: In the [[Scottish highlands]] of the 17th century, as elsewhere, the need for...
37: *[[Windsor Castle]]
50: ...stles of Berkeley, Alnwick and [[Windsor Castle|Windsor]].
55: ...e constructed to exclude [[arrow]]s or flaming brands. - Tree (23723 bytes)
5: ...natural landscape and significant elements in [[landscaping]], and in [[agriculture]] supplying [[orcha...
13: ...ainforest]] and [[taiga]] (see [[ecozone]]s). A landscape of trees scattered or spaced across grassland...
43: Modern trends are to cite the tree's [[diameter]] rather than t...
301: {{commons|Trees}} - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
90: [[mucilage]]-secreting glands, which may either be short and nondescript (like ...
93: In the genus ''[[Pinguicula]]'', the mucilage glands are quite short ([[sessile]]), and the
96: ...ts (such as [[fungus gnat]]s), whose surface responds
102: mucilage glands are borne at the end of long [[tentacle]]s, which...
137: required, between one half and 30 seconds apart. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
21: ...at a prestigious post would aid him toward these ends, in 1580 he applied, through his uncle, [[William...
29: ...rs, his financial situation remained bad. His friends could find no public office for him, a scheme for...
35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn...
40: ...ountain of a corrupt heart. I know I have clean hands and a clean heart. I am as innocent of bribes as ... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
37: {{commons|Socrates}} - Mars (27704 bytes)
8: ...is on earth: 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 seconds.
13: ...he Earth's oceans biological methane production tends to be accompanied by [[ethane]], while volcanic m...
18: ...ing theory, published in [[1999]] is that these bands could be evidence of the past operation of [[plat...
27: ...een from Earth is consequently divided into two kinds of areas, with differing [[albedo]]. The paler pl...
101: ...ed analysis of the solar system's gravitational landscape forecasts an even closer approach in [[2287]]... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: ...torians typically recognize four regions in the lands that later became the eastern United States. Lis...
11: ...s westward voyage. He sought for Asia, but the lands he came upon were found to belong to an entirely ...
13: ... to establish colonies. Though these northerly lands were relatively close to Europe, Spain and Portug...
27: ...ere seeking individual wealth. A lack of social bonds in the community was further excabarated by the f...
31: ...rs of [[Africa]]ns to the [[sugar]]-producing islands of the [[Caribbean]]. - Christianity (47078 bytes)
8: ...ons that widely vary by culture, as well as thousands of diverse beliefs and sects. Christianity is gen...
41: ...ve filled every place among you—cities, islands, fortresses, towns, market-places, the very camp,...
58: ... sparked a vigorous struggle for the hearts and minds of Europeans. Disputes between Roman Catholics an...
60: ...otestants worshipped in hundreds, and later thousands, of independent denominations. Protestantism was ...
82: ...nism triggered the development of literally thousands of Christian Protestant denominations, Roman [[Ca... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
3: <!-- If you add picture, put it in the commons with name Pimenta dioica.jpg --> - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
65: ...ne 17, with 100,000 gold francs from the secret funds given to him the previous night by Paul Reynaud, ...
75: ...ience his partners in the war. "France has no friends, only interests" is one of his best-remembered st...
82: ... which he believed placed too much power in the hands of parliament with its shifting party alliances.
94: ... as French government weakness in the face of demands among the Arab majority for Algerian independence...
133: ... seen by many Canadians as an insult to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who twice fought and died fo... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
65: ...[[1574]], Tycho defended [[astrology]] on the grounds of correspondences between the heavenly bodies, t...
69: ...st died on a visit to entertain a nobleman at [[Landskrona]]. Apparently during dinner the elk had drun...
99: {{commons|Tycho Brahe}} - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
36: ...f his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, on the grounds that the pope had no authority to override a bibl... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
42: ...state, now meeting as the ''Communes'' (English: "Commons"), proceed with verification of its own powers an...
46: In Paris, the [[Palais Royal]] and its grounds became the site of a continuous meeting. Some of ...
55: ...ccused the ''[[Provost (civil)|pr鶴t]] des marchands'' (roughly, mayor) [[Jacques de Flesselles]] of t...
107: ...assignat]]s'', backed by the confiscated church lands. - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]]. - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
21: ...ree. These birds nest in colonies, usually on islands.
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
15: ...uam]], [[Puerto Rico]], and the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]]. Members are [[direct election|directly electe...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
155: ...lative behavior of representatives and senators tends to be individualistic and idiosyncratic, reflecti...
157: ...tial sector. A matter may be postponed on the grounds that the relevant committee held insufficient pub... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
52: Senate procedure depends not only on the rules, but also on a variety of c...
60: ...islative day begins when the Senate convenes and ends with adjournment; hence, it does not necessarily ...
64: ...e Senate in alphabetical order; each senator responds when his or her name is called. Senators who miss...
71: ... Relations. Each standing committee considers, amends, and reports bills that fall under its jurisdicti...
80: ...hich only the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] may originate such measures.
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