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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
6: ... of aerospace technology in one place: [[Space Shuttle Enterprise]], a Concorde and scores of aircraft...
47: ...gency for aeronautics, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).
56: ...n used to aid the Third World countries and the betterment of the impoverished instead of being wasted...
153: <sup>2</sup> The Soviet Union had attempted an earlier rendezvous on [[August 12]], [[1...
164: ||[[Space shuttle|Reusable manned spacecraft]] - Cave (10592 bytes)
64: ...r discovered is the [[Sarawak Chamber]], in the [http://www.forestry.sarawak.gov.my/forweb/np/np/mulu....
73: ... the less adventurous, a number of the world's prettier and more accessible caves have been converted ...
76: {{Commons|Cave|Cave}}
81: * [http://www.thingsasian.com/goto_article/article.1462....
82: * [http://www.british-caving.org.uk/ British Caving Asso... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
35: ...IV is defeated by the [[Seljuk Turks]] at the [[Battle of Manzikert]]. Most of Asia Minor is lost. T...
44: | Ottoman Turks take Constantinople. End of Byzantine E...
51: ...formed empire, and in concert with the [[Pope]], attempted to legitimize their conquests by claiming i...
63: ...o Byzantine society. During the [[Ottoman Greece|Ottoman occupation]] Greeks continued to identify the...
74: ...ine Empire was the [[Battle of Adrianople (378)|Battle of Adrianople]] in [[378]]. This defeat, along ... - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ... of the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, often remained attached to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castle...
5: ...right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
7: ...d along the coast of Ireland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]].
10: ...atures of European castles - e.g. portcullises, battlements and drawbridges.
21: ...le had considerable judicial powers over his [[Scottish clan]] and the main hall of the castle served ... - Tree (23723 bytes)
13: ...iga]] (see [[ecozone]]s). A landscape of trees scattered or spaced across grassland (usually grazed or...
30: ...ments made by tree climbers, carried out by the [http://www.uark.edu/misc/ents/home.htm U.S. Eastern N...
31: ..., Humboldt Redwoods State Park, [[California]] ([http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/conifers/cu/se/index.h...
32: ...[Coos County, Oregon|Coos County]], [[Oregon]] ([http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/conifers/pi/ps/menzies...
33: ... Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California ([http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/conifers/pi/pic/sitche... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
48: fluid at the bottom of the pitcher: ''Heliamphora'' relies on bacte...
50: ''Sarracenia psittacina'' and to a lesser extent in ''Sarracenia min...
52: pitted with areolae, which are [[chlorophyll]]-free pa...
73: ...rtain footing for insects. The insects are often attracted by
74: ...tome, and by bright flower-like [[anthocyanin]] patterning. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
21: ... himself seriously to the study of law, until admitted as an [[outer barrister]] in 1582. In 1584 he t...
25: ...s for a time excluded from the court. When the [[attorney-general]]ship fell vacant in 1594 and Bacon ...
29: ...th Essex, a fortunate move considering that the latter would be executed for treason in 1601; and Baco...
31: ...e Barnham]], the daughter of a London merchant. Little or nothing is known of their married life: mode...
35: ...d to stay, but a law was passed that forbade the attorney-general to sit in parliament -- and to the v... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ... Potidaea]], the [[Battle of Delium]] and the [[Battle of Amphipolis]]. We know from [[Symposium (Plat...
13: ...inker and philosopher of his time. Although no written accounts of his real life have been located, he...
21: The following quotes are attributed to Socrates in Plato's and Xenophon's writ...
27: ...ing each one of you I do not stop the whole day settling down all over. Thus such another will not eas...
31: ...I am disposed to ask: "Does teaching consist in putting questions?" Indeed, the secret of your system ... - Mars (27704 bytes)
15: ...arth-like [[frost]] and large [[cirrus cloud]]s [http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportun...
18: ...s]] on Mars, although this has yet to be proven [http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02008]. I...
22: ...l)|Science]]'' that "Liquid water was once intermittently present at the Martian surface at Meridiani,...
24: ...riginated from Mars reported features which they attributed to microfossils left by life on Mars. [[A...
27: ...ava flows contrast with the southern highlands, pitted and cratered by ancient impacts. The surface of... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...[Puritans]] of [[New England]], the gold-hungry settlers of [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]], and the...
4: ...e [[frontier]] had certain unifying features no matter what sort of colony it sprang from. By the lat...
11: ...d wealth and power necessary to begin systematic attempts at exploration. Also, as the economy of Eur...
13: ...y close to Europe, Spain and Portugal had taken little interest in them, so as far as the Europeans we...
16: ...]]. At this time, however, there was no official attempt by the English government to create a colonia... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
14: ...ed on the third day to then rise to Heaven and "sitteth at the right hand of" (become one with) God. ...
21: ...he city of [[Antioch]], where they had fled and settled after early persecutions in [[Judea]]. After J...
23: ...the [[Jew]]ish authorities ([[Gospel of Matthew|Matt.]] 26:63–64). He was condemned for [[blasph...
27: ...3:63–64), whipping (Isa. 53:5; John 19:1; Matt. 27:26) and general humiliation that is centred o...
29: ...e four gospels are not considered to have been written eponymously by their respective namesakes. - Allspice (3832 bytes)
3: <!-- If you add picture, put it in the commons with name Pimenta dioica.jpg --> - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
42: ...was mostly known as a [[tactician]] of [[tank]] battles and an advocate of the concentrated use of arm...
45: ...om [[Normandy]] and [[Burgundy]] which had been settled in Paris for about a century, whereas his moth...
50: ...by the Germans. He made five unsuccessful escape attempts, and was put in solitary confinement in a re...
61: ...nch tanks and no air support, the offensive had little impact on stopping the German advance. There wa...
69: ...e in the evening. The phrase "France has lost a battle; she has not lost the war", which appeared on p... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
8: ...e Brahe]]) and one younger ([[Sophie Brahe]]). [[Otte Brahe]], Tycho's father, a [[nobleman]], was an ...
10: ...did not lead to any disputes nor did his parents attempt to get him back. Tycho lived with his childle...
18: ...at the [[University of Rostock]] in [[Germany]]. Attending a dance at a professor's house, he quarrell...
26: ... Knudstrup Tycho fell in love with [[Kirsten J?sdatter]] who was a commoner, her father, Pastor Jorgen...
30: Kirsten J?sdatter gave birth to their daughter, Kirstine (named a... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
5: ... where he studied law with his father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] ...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
19: ... Erasmus also described More as a model man of letters in his communications with other European huma...
23: ...mong modern historians for their exceedingly unflattering portrayal of King Richard, a bias due at lea...
27: ... vehicle for discussing controversial political matters freely. It is unlikely that More, a devout an... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
23: ..., and proposed a uniform land tax as a means of setting France's finances in order in the long term. ...
25: ...ing's tactlessness), Brienne went on the attack, attempting to disband the parlements entirely and col...
33: ...part of the opposition that the government would attempt to gerrymander an assembly to its liking. In...
35: Almost immediately the "Committee of Thirty", a body of liberal Parisians, mostly...
37: ...ker and Lamoignon, the keeper of the seals, did little to give guidance to the deputies, who were rema... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: ...y of places, tree stumps, old trees and shrubs, rotting fence posts, compost heaps and [[leaf mould]].... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}}
37: *[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.c...
40: *[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.c... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
26: ...ittee]]s and [[Congressional subcommittee|subcommittee]]s. Details of the activities of Congress can ...
33: ...ge its nature. In that event, a [[conference committee]] made up of members from both houses must work...
65: ...s for crimes or unlawful acts without a trial ([[attainder]])
85: ...iding officers and [[Congressional committee|committee]] chairpersons, exercise strong influence over ... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
14: ...ical purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with the Senate falling one vote short of the ...
18: ...s—especially the chairmen of important committees—still held more clout. The influence of ...
29: ... the Governor to make temporary appointments.<!--http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subje...
30: ...tors have been nominees for the presidency than sitting representatives.
37: ...rrence, however, has not been repeated since.<!--http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Yo...
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