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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: .... Some of these works even included various descriptions of exactly how that would be done. During the...
97: ||[[September 14]] [[1959]]
153: <sup>2</sup> The Soviet Union had attempted an earlier rendezvous on [[August 12]], [[1962]...
172: ||[[September 11]] [[1985]]
194: {{Commons|Category:Space exploration}} - Cave (10592 bytes)
11: ...The lava now flows inside its crust, until the eruption ends.
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...
76: {{Commons|Cave|Cave}} - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
27: | Arab armies conquer the Levant and Egypt. In the following decades, they take most of Nor...
51: ...ed empire, and in concert with the [[Pope]], attempted to legitimize their conquests by claiming inher...
68: ...itain]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] or [[Egypt]].
84: ...ovinces were all overrun. Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt, and the [[Exarchate of Africa]] were permanently...
90: ...me the largest city in the Christian world. Attempts by the Arabs to conquer Constantinople failed in... - Castle (27805 bytes)
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...
59: ... the garrison, used only when all else had been captured. Indeed the keep, in several crusader castles...
63: ...e), entailed the fall of the whole castle. The adoption of the concentric system precluded any such mi...
65: The general adoption of [[cannon]] placed in the hands of the centr... - Tree (23723 bytes)
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.
72: Other species suspected of reaching exceptional age include [[Yew|European Yew]] ''Taxus bac... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
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
90: ...ng glands, which may either be short and nondescript (like those of
105: on all the continents except the [[Antarctica|Antarctic mainland]]. They are p... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
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...
94: ...ze:XS text:Viscount St. Albans; Charged with corruption, retires from public life. - 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 ...
41: ...ures in 1830-32. In [[1877]], their choice was adopted as the prime meridian by the Italian astronomer...
84: ...ht|Viking Lander 1 site (click for detailed description).]]
89: ...ed their presence at the north pole of Mars. Attempts to contact the Beagle 2 failed and it was declar...
98: ...phed by Mars Pathfinder (click for detailed description).]] - 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...
56: ...t America would be a "redeemer nation" (see [[exceptionalism]]). Though they fled from religious repre... - 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...
56: ...smissed de Gaulle's theories with the notable exception of [[Paul Reynaud]] who would later play a maj...
69: ...ons of Frenchmen were refugees on the road), excerpts of the speech appeared in French newspapers the ...
82: ...he President of the provisional government from September [[1944]] but resigned on [[January 20]], [[1...
87: ... active politics, though the RPF lingered until September [[1955]]. - 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...
38: ...er tried, but was unable, to persuade Brahe to adopt the [[heliocentrism|heliocentric model]] of the [...
53: ...ric model was contrary to both philosophy and Scripture, and could be discussed only as a computationa... - 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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11: {{Taxobox_infraclassis_entry | taxon = [[Neoptera]]}}
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13: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[beetle|Coleoptera]]}} - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
2: ...= [[image: Brownpelican77.jpg|Brown Pelican]] | caption = }}
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...
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
67: * Levy direct taxes on citizens, except on the basis of a census already taken (This was ... - 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: ...tutional Convention]] in [[1787]]; all states except [[Rhode Island]] agreed to send delegates. Many d...
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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