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- Mother's Day (4660 bytes)
7: ''From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with <br>
9: ''The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."<br>
15: ...et first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.<br>
20: ... were released by their masters that weekend in order to visit their families.
26: {| border=1 cellpadding=5 - Train (10331 bytes)
3: ...illustration of a historical train. Pictures provided by by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Cli...
7: ...e place to another along a planned route. The guideway ([[permanent way]]) usually consists of conven...
9: ...railway terminology]], a '''consist''' is used to describe the group of rail vehicles which make up a ...
15: ...netic_levitation_train|maglev]], [[rubber-tired underground]], [[funicular]] and [[cog railway]]s.
21: ...is quite common for a long freight train to be headed by three, four, or even five locomotives. - Airline (29546 bytes)
1: ...tography of Air Kenya, Kenya Africa. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
11: ...it greater freedom, in steps that are usually decades apart. This pattern has not been completed for a...
13: ...uenced by macroeconomic activity in the markets under study. These patterns are highly seasonal, and o...
15: ...ions, but certainly areas where deregulation provided more competition and greater pricing freedom res...
17: ...upgrades they ordered to respond to the increased demand. Since 1980, the industry as a whole has not ... - Caesar Augustus (50559 bytes)
3: ... years of civil war that followed, Octavian would defeat such enemies as [[Marcus Brutus]], [[Gaius Ca...
5: ...[police force]] and the world's first [[fire brigade]]. He finished, repaired or rebuilt almost every ...
7: ...borders he established to become the [[natural borders]] for the Empire for over 400 years. His surnam...
10: ...ble but undistinguished family of the equestian order on [[September 23]], [[63 BC]]. His father was t...
12: ...y against Caesar’s orders that turned the tide of the battle and granted Caesar his last victory... - Aviator (3951 bytes)
2: ... can be applied more broadly, for example to include people such as [[Wing-walking|wing-walkers]] who ...
6: ...te authority given to the ''Pilot in Command'' is derived from that of a ship?s captain.
8: ...for information on license requirements). The [[Federal Aviation Administration]] controls the issuanc...
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34: *[[Geoffrey de Havilland]] - Louis Bleriot (3099 bytes)
5: ...machine called an [[ornithopter]], which was intended to fly by flapping its wings. Like other ornitho...
8: ...ériot began to build and fly aircraft of his own design.
11: As lightweight engines became available, he developed planes with various configurations ranging...
14: ...d worrying the British, who felt that they had suddenly become vulnerable to air attack.
16: [[Image:Louis_Bleriot_accident.jpg|thumb|270px|Wreckage of Blériot's plane, R... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
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8: date_of_death = [[30 April]] [[1945]] |
9: place_of_death = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
11: ...[[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[National Socialist German Workers Party...
13: ...eople, including 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as [[the Holocaust]]. - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: ...marqués del Valle de Oaxaca''' ([[1485]]–[[December 2]], [[1547]]) was the [[conquistador]] who...
5: ...o]], who later conquered the [[Inca]] empire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another F...
10: ...ting the indigenous [[Guanches]]) but would prove devastating in the New World.
12: ... the west. Governor Velázquez forbade him to invade the mainland (a privilege he reserved for himself...
14: ==Cartas de Relacion== - Vatican City (21873 bytes)
1: ...he world in terms of area and population. Its borders are coextensive with the [[Holy See]], the eccl...
3: ...Vatican City]] (sometimes referred to as the President of Vatican City). Currently, they are [[Pope B...
7: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
8: ...itatis Vaticanæ<br>Stato della Città del Vaticano'''</big></big>
10: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:... - Dollhouse (4191 bytes)
3: ...ons are simulated for play value, but the making, decorating, and display of dollhouses also forms a [...
16: ...other options are to buy a house made to your own design (which can be expensive), build one yourself,...
18: ...er quality, they tend to be more expensive. Homemade items are often cheaper and more rewarding to mak...
20: ...rious miniature organizations, where artisans and dealers display and sell miniatures. Often, how-to s...
23: ...houses is [[Queen Mary's Dolls' House]] which was designed in [[1924]] by [[Sir Edwin Lutyens]] for Qu... - Postcard (2985 bytes)
4: ...ece of thick [[paper]] or thin [[cardboard]] intended for writing and mailing without an [[envelope]] ...
7: The study and collecting of postcards is called [[deltiology]].
11: ...pondent's writing was allowed only on the front side of these cards.
13: ...entire back dedicated to the address. This "undivided back" is what gives this postcard era its name.
15: ...e in the United States in 1907. Thus began the Golden Age of American postcards, which lasted until ab... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...[[timber]], [[concrete]] or other material. The underlying support maintains the rails at a fixed dist...
8: ...he car on two four wheel support trucks. Fully loaded, the contact between each wheel and the rail is ...
9: ...air resistance]] and thus energy usage. In all, under the right circumstances, a [[train]] needs 50-70...
11: Rail transport is also one of the safest modes of transport, and also makes a highly efficient ...
15: ...t have in some times and places been reduced in order to save money (see [[Beeching Axe]]). Conversely... - Olmec (8916 bytes)
1: ...BC]] to about [[400 BC]] and they are, in fact, understood to be the progenitors and [[mother culture]...
6: The Olmec were the first Mesoamericans to develop a [[hieroglyph]]ic [[alphabet|script]] for t...
8: ...tics and with calendars, and a spiritual focus on death expressed through human sacrifice) found in su...
11: ...ered ruins and art from this area before it was understood that these had been already abandoned more ...
14: ... symbolic and sophisticated luxury artefacts that define Olmec culture. - Cherokee (38956 bytes)
14: <small>(f) = federally recognized <br></small>
25: ...250,000 [[Native Americans in the United States|Federally recognized]] Cherokees, have headquarters in...
29: ...ho'' dialect, since [[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|de Soto]] was [[Extremaduran language|Extremaduran]]...
33: ...selves which means approximately this. However, modern Cherokee call themselves Cherokee, or Tsalagi.
39: ...red his great work for the Cherokee people was handed down through the [[Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni]], an ancient ... - Buffalo soldier (5141 bytes)
1: ...Leavenworth]], [[Kansas]]. The term came to include the 9th Cavalry and the 24th and 25th Infantry, a...
10: ...e units were composed of black enlisted men commanded by white officers such as [[Benjamin Grierson]],...
14: After the Indian Wars ended in the [[1890s]] the regiments continued to serv...
17: ...were involved in racial disturbances in [[Rio Grande City, Texas]] in [[1899]], [[Brownsville, Texas]]...
19: ...t experienced non-commissioned officers were provided to other segregated black units for combat servi... - April Fool's Day (15510 bytes)
6: ... that marriage on April Fools' Day is not a good idea for a man, for he will be permanently ruled by h...
15: ...stime. The advent of the [[Internet]] as a worldwide communications medium has also assisted the prank...
23: ...on of [[odor]] over the airwaves to all viewers. Despite the fact that no such capability existed, ma...
25: ...n is some power of 10 smaller than the next. The idea to metricise time was suggested in [[France]] af...
27: ...t the only way to keep your television from being detected was to wrap it in [[aluminum foil]]. Within... - Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
1: ...hree [[Gold Glove Award|Gold Glove Awards]] and made 25 [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star...
4: ...s an outstanding hitter though he batted cross-handed. His team won the [[Negro High School Champions...
6: ...cs]], as their shortstop and third baseman. He made $3 a game. He tried out for the [[Brooklyn Dodge...
12: ... the color line in the [[South Atlantic League]]. Despite enduring non-stop [[Racism|racial epithets]]...
14: ...ing a spring training game. The next day Aaron made his first spring training start for the Braves in... - Tobacco (28162 bytes)
14: ..." for a Y-shaped pipe used in sniffing tobacco powder.
16: ...icide]]s. Other active alkaloids in Tobacco include [[harmala]].
18: Major hazards of tobacco use, however, include [[carcinogen]]ic compounds in tobacco and tobacco...
26: ...and the initial colonial expansion, fueled by the desire to increase tobacco production, caused the fi...
28: ...olfe returned to Jamestown following Pocahontas's death in England, he continued to improve the qualit... - Culture of Ireland (27885 bytes)
2: ...is far from monolithic. Many notable cultural divides exist between the rural people and city dwellers...
8: ...ives in Dublin, the cattle population is of the order of 6.7 million. The total population of humans o...
12: ...hich sporting rivalries and other forms of local identity are built and most people feel a strong sens...
16: ...nd Commission]]. One consequence of this is the widely-recognised cultural phenomenon of "land hunger"...
21: ...res, the first cathedrals, such as the Viking-founded and Norman-rebuilt [[Christchurch Cathedral, Dub... - Culture of Scotland (11420 bytes)
3: ...ts of nationhood not readily defined but readily identifiable.
9: ...p://www.udallaw.com/] to the islands as part of a devolution of power from Edinburgh to Shetland and O...
17: ... of Scots who went on to become [[leadership | leader]]s in their fields during the 18th and 19th cent...
19: ...a Scottish university's honours [[academic degree|degree]] takes four years of study as opposed to thr...
23: ... nor the Bank of England's notes rank as legal tender (as Scots law lacks the concept), however bankno...
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