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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ...development of adequate propulsion technologies, stronger and lighter materials and other technologica...
6: ...o]] and [[Project Mercury|Mercury]] space capsule trainers, and the original [[Apollo 16]] space capsu...
19: ...sion. The agency's primary launch site is at [[Centro de Lan硭ento de Alc⮴ara|Alc⮴ara]].
24: ...ts president, who reports to the Minister of Industry.
26: ===China National Space Administration=== - Cave (10592 bytes)
20: ...on at all coasts of the world, but as they are restricted to the zone where waves work on the rocks of...
30: ...] and characterized by [[sinkhole]]s, [[sinking stream]]s, and underground drainage.
39: ==Distribution==
42: ...ems so far discovered is widely skewed toward countries where [[caving]] is popular (such as the [[Uni...
45: ...n caves, but also occur in other environments), [[trogloxene]]s (species which utilize caves, but must... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...eserved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
21: ...rth Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
29: ...[[730]]-[[787]]; [[813]]-[[843]] || Iconoclasm controversies. This results in the loss of most of the...
46: ...n of [[Theodosius I]] (379-395) and Christendom's triumph over paganism, or, following his death in 39...
51: ...ly thereby renouncing their eastern neighbours as true Romans. The [[Donation of Constantine]], one of... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...ortress]], usually of the [[Middle Ages]], though traditionally in Britain it has also referred to [[P...
2: ...n French a simple ''chau'' connotes a grand [[country house]] at the center of an [[estate]]. When Eur...
10: ...f protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can be seen by many of the typical featu...
11: ...in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrounding lands.
14: ...le]] in the last decades of the 10th century illustrates this: - Tree (23723 bytes)
2: ...The [[conifer]]ous [[Coast Redwood]], the tallest tree species on earth]]
3: ...ant forms, trees are long-lived. A few species of trees grow to 100 m tall, and some can live for seve...
5: ...y of the world's [[mythology|mythologies]] (see [[Tree (mythology)]]).
8: ...[Image:Raunkiaer.jpg|250px|right|thumb|An [[oak]] tree in [[Denmark]]]]
9: ...pe and shape, bark characteristics, reproductive structures, etc. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...on', and the colourless patches that confude prey trapped inside ]]A '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[pl...
2: [[nutrient]]s (but not [[energy]]) by trapping and consuming [[animal]]s,
4: ...row in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients,
5: especially [[nitrogen]], such as acidic [[bog]]s and rock outcroppi...
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...is time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
10: ...g that time, as later, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of ...
16: ...ce|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
21: ... his thoughts on philosophical reform in the lost tract, ''Temporis Partus Maximus'', but he failed to... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...ades. During such campaigns, he also showed his extraordinary hardiness, walking without shoes and a c...
7: ...e came to see that it was ''philosophy'' that was truly important for study.
9: ...rt was induced by three leading public figures to try Socrates for impiety and for corrupting the yout...
11: ...nly in so far as he ''knew'' he knew nothing and strived for knowledge. Historical accounts from vari...
15: ...]] for more detail and background about Socrates' trial and execution. - Mars (27704 bytes)
11: ...present measurements state a average methane concetration of about 10 [[Parts per million|ppb]] (see [...
13: ...sphere) before it has time to become uniformly distributed in the atmosphere. Plans are now being made...
18: ...ave helped to sustain an Earth-like atmosphere by transporting carbon rich rocks to the surface, while...
24: .... [[As of 2005]], this interpretation remains controversial with no consensus having emerged.
27: ...iking: northern plains flattened by lava flows contrast with the southern highlands, pitted and crater... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...politics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
11: ...ded up lucrative [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]].
13: ...he [[United States]] presented themselves as an attractive place for these new powers to establish col...
22: ...g only the mysterious word "CROATOAN" carved on a tree. Over a hundred men, women, and children had ap...
25: ...d|James I]] - very nearly became the next in the string of failed colonies. - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ...hich is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] translation for "Messiah". The word ''[[Christian]]'...
8: ... which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
14: .... This describes the beliefs that [[God]] (as a [[Trinity]] of distinct persons with one substance) be...
21: ...[[Judea]]. After Jesus' death, early Christian doctrine was taught by [[Peter|Saint Peter]], [[Paul of...
27: ...; Matt. 27:26) and general humiliation that is centred on the given references. - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}}
6: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
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8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Myrtales]]}} - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
7: ..." align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:DeGaullePortrait.jpg|180px]]
42: ... of [[tank]] battles and an advocate of the concentrated use of armored and aviation forces. He was th...
45: ... was a family of rich entrepreneurs from the industrial region of Lille in [[French Flanders]]. Born i...
47: ...herland, equal to her religious piety"). Although traditionalist and [[monarchist]], the family was le...
50: ...aduated in [[1912]] and decided to join an [[infantry]] regiment when he could have joined an elite co... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...[[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer]]/[[astrologer]] (the two were not yet distinct) and [[alc...
8: ...was born at his family's ancestral seat of [[Knudstrup]] [[Castle]], [[Denmark]] to [[Otte Brahe]] and...
10: ...and aunt, J? Brahe and [[Inger Oxe]], in the [[Tostrup Castle]] until he was six years old. Around 155...
12: ...descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangulis omnimodis.
14: ...t as many measurements and methods as there are astronomers and all of them disagree. What's needed is... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: [[Image:Thomas More.png|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans Holbein the Young...
2: ...man Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: Born in Milk Street, [[London]], Thomas More was the eldest son of...
12: ...eror|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As secretary and personal ad...
14: ...tion that entailed administrative and judicial control of much of northern England. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...he popular imagination. It downplays the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and ampli...
21: ...r-General of the Finances in [[1783]], pursued a strategy of conspicuous spending as a means of convin...
25: ...inced the short-term creditors on whom the French treasury depended to maintain its day to day operati...
33: ... meeting. Although it would appear that the magistrates were not specifically aware of the "forms of ...
42: ...state, now meeting as the ''Communes'' (English: "Commons"), proceed with verification of its own powers an... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
6: {{Taxobox_subregnum_entry | taxon = [[Metazoa]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Arthropod]]a}}
8: {{Taxobox_subphylum_entry | taxon = [[Hexapoda]]}} - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox regnum entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
5: {{Taxobox phylum entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
6: {{Taxobox classis entry | taxon = [[bird|Aves]]}}
7: {{Taxobox ordo entry | taxon = [[Pelican|Pelecaniformes]]}}
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Pelecanidae]]}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...f the United States]], which also delineates its structure and powers. Congress is a [[bicameralism|bi...
5: ...is elected by the whole state rather than by a district, serves a six-year term. Senatorial terms are ...
15: ...r than the population of a whole Congressional district elsewhere—are still guaranteed one whole...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
33: Each house of Congress has the power to introduce [[legislation]] on any subject dealing with ... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...dent of the United States|President]] must ratify treaties and make important appointments "with the A...
10: ...ife and their weight of property, and bearing as strong a likeness to the British House of Lords as po...
12: The structure of Congress was one of the most divisive is...
14: ...Johnson]] in [[1868]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with the Senate...
16: ...to a period of irrelevance that stood in sharp contrast with the pre-Civil War era. Very few senators ...
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