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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ...s of exactly how that would be done. During the [[20th century]], with the development of adequate pro...
15: ...the first amateur space flight. On [[June 21]], [[2004]], [[SpaceShipOne]] became the first privately-...
19: ...They had their first success on [[October 23]], [[2004]] with a VSV-30, or [[Brazilian Exploration Veh...
28: ...d a human into space independently on October 15, 2003 when Yang Liwei piloted the Shenzhou V mission,...
31: ...', also known as ESRO, was established on [[March 20]], [[1964]], per an agreement signed on [[June 14... - Cave (10592 bytes)
11: ...The lava now flows inside its crust, until the eruption ends.
22: ...r, [[Big Four Mountain]], [[Washington]], ca. [[1920]]]]
47: ... white coloration), loss of eyes (or at least of optical functionality), elongation of appendages, and...
58: ...e as the next most extensive known cave is the [[Optimisticeskaja]] system in the [[Ukraine]], at 214k...
60: ...0m. This was the first cave to be explored to a depth of more than 2km. (The first cave to be descende... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
27: | Arab armies conquer the Levant and Egypt. In the following decades, they take most of Nor...
37: | [[1204]]
51: ...ed empire, and in concert with the [[Pope]], attempted to legitimize their conquests by claiming inher...
67: [[Image:Tetrarch_system.PNG|thumb|200px|frame|right|Map of Roman empire after Diocleti...
68: ...itain]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] or [[Egypt]]. - Castle (27805 bytes)
5: [[Image:Prague_castle2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://cl...
48: A description of this earlier castle is given in the life of...
52: ...nd a natural rock stronghold which only needed adaptation, as at Clifford, Ludlow, the Peak and Exeter...
57: ...shown (Oman, ''Art of War: the Middle Ages'', p. c20) that the designers realized, first, that a secon...
59: ... the garrison, used only when all else had been captured. Indeed the keep, in several crusader castles... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...he term generally applies to plants at least 6 m (20 ft) high at maturity and, more importantly, havin...
22: .... In many trees, the arrangement of the branches optimizes exposure of the leaves to sunlight.
30: ...tasy or outright fraud. The following are now accepted as the top five tallest reliably measured speci...
35: ...alyptus regnans|Australian Mountain-ash]] ''Eucalyptus regnans'': '''92.0 m''', Styx Valley, [[Tasmani...
53: ... trees, and generally only for the trunk. No attempt has ever been made to include [[root]] volume. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: [[image:Darlingtonia_californica.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Darlingtonia]]'': note the small ent...
21: grow or move in response to prey capture; and there are also active flypapers, such as
49: ...a californica'', the cobra plant, possesses an adaptation also found in
61: ..., will also occasionally take small mammals and reptiles. These pitchers represent
66: [[image:Brocchinea.jpg|thumb|200px|left|''[[Brocchinia]]'': a carnivorous bromeli... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
29: ...f Essex,'' etc. He received a gift of a fine of ?1200 on one of Essex's accomplices.
33: ... income; but old debts and present extravagance kept him embarrassed, and he endeavoured to obtain fur...
35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn...
37: ...nd so clear was the evidence that he made no attempt at defence. To the lords, who sent a committee to...
40: ... be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt heart. I know I have clean hands and a clean hear... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...ity, Socrates' father was [[Sophroniscus]], a sculptor, and his mother [[Phaenarete]], a midwife. He w...
7: ...ing; in Plato's accounts he explicitly denies accepting money for teaching and does not seem to have a...
9: ... figures to try Socrates for impiety and for corrupting the youth of Athens. According to Dr Will Beld...
11: ... denying that he knew anything, was unable to accept this and began to seek out the wise men of Athens...
37: {{commons|Socrates}} - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...are both small and oddly-shaped, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refers ...
11: ...[[telescope]]s, and possibly confirmed in [[March 2004]] by the [[Mars Express Orbiter]], present meas...
15: ...hat were photographed by the Opportunity rover in 2004.
18: ...ven [http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02008]. If true, the processes involved may have help...
22: ...p of 50 scientists to conclude in the December 9, 2004 edition of the journal ''[[Science (journal)|Sc... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...an to colonize [[North America]]. The first attempts, notably the [[Colony of Roanoke]], resulted in ...
11: ...alth and power necessary to begin systematic attempts at exploration. Also, as the economy of Europe ...
16: ...At this time, however, there was no official attempt by the English government to create a colonial em...
37: ...ng - not the sort of audience that is usually receptive to the call of religion. It did not attract m...
49: ...ablishing that settlement on [[December 21]], [[1620]]. - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ...tral and some would argue the most contested concept is " '''The Greatest Command''' " or the "'''New...
14: ...s [[Jesus]] pursuant to the [[Old Testament]] scriptures, was crucified by humanity, died and was buri...
27: ...dicate that the Roman charge was actually an attempt to appease the Jewish authorities, although some ...
35: * via [[Egypt]] into [[North Africa]], [[Sudan]] and [[Ethiopia...
39: ...circumcision]], dietary restrictions and the concept of purity, [[sabbath]], [[quartodecimanism]]) pej... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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34: ...ate sexes, hence male and female plants must be kept in proximity in order to allow fruits to develop. - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
50: ...he Germans. He made five unsuccessful escape attempts, and was put in solitary confinement in a retali...
52: ... During the [[Polish-Soviet war]] in [[1919]]-[[1920]], he volunteered to be a member of the [[French ...
56: ...smissed de Gaulle's theories with the notable exception of [[Paul Reynaud]] who would later play a maj...
59: ... from the leaders of the military through the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]] due to his bold views. After the...
61: ...an]] [[tank]] forces at [[Montcornet]]. With only 200 French tanks and no air support, the offensive h... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
8: Tycho Brahe was born '''Tyge Brahe''', adopting the Latinised form Tycho at around age fifteen...
10: ...not lead to any disputes nor did his parents attempt to get him back. Tycho lived with his childless u...
12: ...s de Sphaera, [[Apianus]]' Cosmographia seu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangul...
18: ... a fair amount of drinking, while the just turned 20-year-old Tycho was studying at the [[University o...
38: ...er tried, but was unable, to persuade Brahe to adopt the [[heliocentrism|heliocentric model]] of the [... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...efly remembered for his principled refusal to accept King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]'s claim...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
41: ...nry's marriage to Catherine. In [[1531]] he attempted to resign after being forced to take an oath de...
44: ...nd. Shortly thereafter More was charged with accepting [[bribe]]s, but the charges had to be dismisse...
46: ... Act of Succession|Act of Succession]]. More accepted Parliament's right to declare Anne the legitima... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
25: ...s tactlessness), Brienne went on the attack, attempting to disband the parlements entirely and collect...
31: ''For a more detailed description of the events of [[August 8]], [[1788]] &ndash...
33: ... of the opposition that the government would attempt to gerrymander an assembly to its liking. In ord...
35: ...nd that the Third Estate itself was the nation, kept these resentments alive.
40: ''For a more detailed description of the events of [[June 17]], [[1789]] –... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
2: ...= [[Image:Vacalloria.jpeg|200px|Stag beetle]] | caption = }}
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13: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[beetle|Coleoptera]]}} - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
2: ...= [[image: Brownpelican77.jpg|Brown Pelican]] | caption = }}
15: [[image:Pelican.cropped.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Brown Pelican]]The '''Brown Pelican''' (''Pele...
23: [[Image:Brown pelican Baja 2005.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Brown Pelican on the wing in Baja Califor...
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
7: ...ion; other powers are reserved to the states, except where the Constitution provides otherwise. Import...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
19: ...to a [[joint session of Congress]] on January 28, 2003 in the House chamber.]]
33: ...s from both houses must work out a compromise acceptable to both sides before the bill becomes the law...
43: * To establish bankruptcy laws for the country as a whole - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...Senate but is not a senator and does not vote except to break ties. The Senate is regarded as a more d...
10: ...tish House of Lords as possible."<!--Harpers, May 2004, 42-->
16: ...with most serving but for a single term. The corruption of state legislatures was also widespread; nin...
23: ...essarily an absolute majority) wins. The sole exception is [[Louisiana]], which uses [[runoff voting]]...
29: ...ection can be held. All states, with the sole exception of [[Arizona]], have passed laws authorizing t...
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