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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
6: ... [[rocket]]s. The [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center|NASM annex]] at [[Dulles International Airport]] in No...
15: ...launch of an object into space. The first [[organisms]] launched into space were fruit flies and corn ...
55: ==Criticisms==
56: Space exploration has come under criticism from people. One of the most common charges is th...
194: {{Commons|Category:Space exploration}} - Cave (10592 bytes)
3: ...ght; however, in popular usage, the term includes smaller spaces like cliff cavities, rock shelters an...
20: ... the rocks of the coast they are generally rather small.
47: ...lobites are among the most extraordinary of organisms. Troglobitic species often show a suite of char...
58: ... Cave]] ([[Kentucky]], [[United States|USA]]) at 579km in length. This record is unlikely to be surpas...
76: {{Commons|Cave|Cave}} - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...nical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
29: | [[730]]-[[787]]; [[813]]-[[843]] || Iconoclasm controversies. This results in the loss of most ...
46: ...]] (379-395) and Christendom's triumph over paganism, or, following his death in 395, with the divisio...
61: ...icularily in the [[acritic songs]], where frontiersmen (ακρίτες) ar...
68: ...ntegration where the economic and judicial mechanisms of the state could be applied around the entire ... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ... enclosure]]. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained [[fortress]], usually of the [[...
2: ...eir "castle" designations, relics of the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, often remained attached to the dwel...
42: The traditional mechanism used to occupy a castle would normally be to lay ...
63: ...e 16th the feudal fastness has become an anachronism.
79: ...by civil strife, their military importance was of small account, the crown's historic jealousy of priv... - Tree (23723 bytes)
13: A small group of trees growing together is called a [[...
24: ...between shrubs and trees is possible. Given their small size, [[bonsai]] plants would not technically ...
35: .../tasfor/tasforests_12/tasfor_12_09.pdf Forestry Tasmania] [pdf file])
53: ...volume, so measurements have only been made for a small number of trees, and generally only for the tr...
60: ...sh, the 'El Grande' tree of about 380 m� in [[Tasmania]]. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|200px|right|''[[Darlingtonia]]'': note the small entrance to the trap underneath the swollen 'b...
8: ==Trapping mechanisms==
10: There are five basic trapping mechanisms exploited by carnivorous plants. These
33: ...imilar to that of a bathroom [[sink]]: there is a small gap in the
41: ... ''S. purpurea'' (the huntman's cup) has a more cosmopolitan distribution. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...as an [[England|English]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He ...
4: ... were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
18: ...e took up his residence in law at Gray's Inn in 1579.
35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn...
49: ... philosophy at the time used the deductive syllogism to interpret nature, the philosopher should inste... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
37: {{commons|Socrates}} - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...os]] and [[Deimos (moon)|Deimos]]) which are both small and oddly-shaped, possibly being captured [[as...
6: Its symbol, ♂ (a circle with a small arrow pointing out from behind it), is a styli...
13: ...the existence of life in the form of [[microorganism]]s such as [[methanogen]]s are among possible but...
18: ... would have helped to protect the planet from [[cosmic radiation]]. Other explanations have also been ...
22: ...e presence of [[hematite]] on Mars in the form of small spheres on the [[Meridiani Planum]]. The spher... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
16: ... a degree of [[Protestantism|Protestant]] militarism and adoration of [[British Monarchs|Queen]] [[Eli...
27: ...d, the company sent [[Jewellery|jewelers]], [[goldsmith]]s, [[aristocrat]]s, and the like - but not a ...
29: ...ure named [[John Smith of Jamestown|John Smith]]. Smith made himself the benevolent, if uncompromising...
31: John Smith had saved the colony, but it had yet to turn a...
37: ...flung tobacco planters. Thus, unlike in [[Puritanism|Puritan]] New England, there were few [[church]]e... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
8: Although Christianity is a [[monotheism|monotheistic]] religion,Christians believe in a [...
9: #[[Roman Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, with over one...
11: ...m]], [[Calvinism]], [[Lutheranism]], and [[Methodism]]).
14: ...forms of [[Protestantism]], but not [[Restorationism]]) derive their beliefs from the conclusions reac...
39: ...e concept of purity, [[sabbath]], [[quartodecimanism]]) pejoratively called [[judaize|judaizing]]. Hel... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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25: ...me other Central American countries produce it in small amounts.
28: ...nd stored. The leaves and wood are often used for smoking meats where allspice is a local crop.
31: ... in Caribbean jerk seasoning (The wood is used to smoke jerk in Jamaica, although the spice is a good ...
34: ... subtropics with normal garden soil and watering. Smaller plants can be killed by frost, although larg... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
40: ...itary of France|French military]] leader and statesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciatio...
42: ...eologies|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left a major influence in subsequent Fre...
47: ...more [[liberal]], influenced by [[social Catholicism]]. During the [[Dreyfus affair]] the family dista...
56: ...n them became strained. French politicians also dismissed de Gaulle's theories with the notable except...
75: ....winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=679].) - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
12: ...crobosco]]'s Tractatus de Sphaera, [[Apianus]]' Cosmographia seu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomo...
33: ...ssion. Tycho was strongly critical of those who dismissed the implications of the astronomical appeara...
37: ==Heliocentrism==
38: ...able, to persuade Brahe to adopt the [[heliocentrism|heliocentric model]] of the [[solar system]]. Tyc...
60: ...) [[terrestrial]] events, but expressed [[skepticism]] about the [[multiplicity]] of interpretative sc... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ..., in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
19: ...dition in literature and philosophy. More and Erasmus collaborated on a Latin translation of the work...
27: ...[Karl Marx]]'s later vision of the ideal [[Communism|communist]] state strongly resembles More's Utopi...
31: ...acraments]]'', a [[polemic]] against [[Protestantism|Protestant]] doctrine that earned Henry the title... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...ation. It downplays the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power of...
12: ...esentment of royal [[political absolutism|absolutism]].
21: ...rt factions, and both ministers were ultimately dismissed. [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]], who beca...
25: ...eeing that Calonne himself was now a liability, dismissed him and replaced him with [[ɴienne Charles ...
42: ...state, now meeting as the ''Communes'' (English: "Commons"), proceed with verification of its own powers an... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]]. - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
15: ...us occidentalis'' <small>†</small>) is the smallest (42"-54") member of the [[pelican]] family.
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...s structure and powers. Congress is a [[bicameralism|bicameral]] legislature, consisting of the [[Unit...
13: ...l Convention, where every state had one vote, the small states refused to go along with any Constituti...
15: ... The states with the very small populations—smaller than the population of a whole Congressional...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
33: ...ave more influence over the public purse than the small states. In practice, however, each house can v... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ... than the House of Representatives; the Senate is smaller and its members serve longer terms, allowing...
4: A [[bicameralism|bicameral]] Congress was created as a result of t...
12: ...sentation based on population in both Houses. The smaller states, however, favored the [[New Jersey Pl...
14: ... by the service of distinguished orators and statesmen such as [[Daniel Webster]], [[John C. Calhoun]]...
64: ...wever, may challenge the presiding officer's assessment and request a recorded vote. The request may b...
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