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- Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
2: ...a]], with the aid of [[abolitionists]]. Other routes led to [[Mexico]] or overseas.
4: ...c imagination as a symbol of [[freedom]] and figures prominently in [[African American history]].
6: ...|400px|thumb|Map of some Underground Railroad routes]]
10: ...], [[Congregationalist]]s, and [[Wesleyan Church|Wesleyans]], as well as breakaway sects of mainstream...
15: *people who helped slaves find the railroad were "agents" - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=William Jefferson Clinton
4: | order=42nd President
15: | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Al Gore]]
19: ...States]] from [[1993]] to [[2001]]. Before his Presidency, Clinton served five terms as the [[Governo... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
1: [[Image:AaronBurr-flipped.jpg|thumb|Vice President Aaron Burr]]
3: ...er Hamilton]] and his trial and acquittal on charges of [[treason]].
7: ...ersey]], now [[Princeton University]]; his mother Esther Edwards was the daughter of [[Jonathan Edward...
9: ...Reeve]], at [[Litchfield, Connecticut]]. His studies were put on hold for the [[American Revolutionary...
13: ...[[Montreal]] through [[Great Britain|British]] lines to notify General [[Richard Montgomery]] of Arnol... - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
3: ...he [[governor]] of two different [[U.S. state|states]].
5: ... he was assigned as an Indian agent to the Cherokees. He left the army in March [[1818]].
7: ...e, where he was a staunch supporter of fellow Tennesseean [[Andrew Jackson]] and was widely considered...
9: ... eleven week marriage to Eliza Allen he abruptly resigned (the actual [[divorce]] was not until [[1837...
11: ... representative for [[Nacogdoches, Texas|Nacogdoches]] and emerged as a [[radicalism|radical]], suppor... - Wendell Phillips (1286 bytes)
2: ...ndment]] was passed, Phillips concentrated on issues such as [[women's rights]], [[universal suffrage]...
7: *[http://www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com/11BiographiesKeyIndividuals/WendellPhillips.htm Article from "I... - James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Knox Polk
3: | image name=James_polk_3.jpg
5: | order=11th President
14: | place of death=[[Nashville, Tennessee]]
15: | wife=[[Sarah Childress Polk]] - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
1: [[image:Ch-Babbage.jpg|thumb|Charles Babbage]]
2: ...and functioned perfectly. It was built to tolerances achievable in the [[19th century]], indicating th...
5: ...ld Rowdens house in East [[Teignmouth]], and Charles' father became a warden of the nearby St. Michael...
8: ...e." The second was an Oxford tutor from whom Charles learned enough of the Classics to be accepted to ...
10: ...hematical instruction available at Cambridge. In response, he, [[John Herschel]], [[George Peacock]], ... - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
2: [[Image:President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg|thumb|'''Jefferson Davis...
3: ...Naming the American Civil War|War Between the States]]).
6: ...[public servant]]. His father, along with his uncles, had served in the [[Continental Army]] during th...
8: During Davis's youth, his family moved several times, in [[1811]] to [[St. Mary Parish, Louisiana]], a...
10: ...ered the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Point, New York]] as a [[cadet]]. - Photography (18493 bytes)
2: ... [[mechanical]], [[chemical]] or [[digital]] devices commonly known as [[camera]]s.
4: ==Image forming devices==
5: ...rectly on the glass of a scanner to produce pictures electronically.
7: ...lly film) to light. After processing, this produces an image whose contents are acceptably sharp, bri...
17: ...ols are usually inter-related, for example brightness is aperture multiplied by shutter speed, and var... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 B... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]])
13: *[[Charles Hitchcock Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1868]] – [[1951]])
15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876]] – [[1956]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Ice age (15810 bytes)
4: ...'glacial periods' for colder periods during ice ages and 'interglacial' for the warmer periods.
6: ...he best studied. There have been four major ice ages in the further past.
10: ...and Agassiz published it in his book ''ɴude sur les glaciers'' of [[1840]].
12: ...during the current ice age. The far earlier ice ages were unsuspected.
14: == Major ice ages == - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
18: ...conservatism|conservative]] of the two major parties.
20: ... Party]]. The latter was formed in the winter of 1833-1834 but was defunct by the time of the [[America...
22: ... [[Jackson, Michigan]]. Many of its initial policies were inspired by the Whig Party, which by then wa...
24: ...A Safer World and a More Hopeful America'' expresses commitment to:
28: * Strengthening Our Communities - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...e late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoni...
7: ...ons. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this page.
10: ...rmanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germani...
12: ...s Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Rom... - Daniel Webster (10835 bytes)
3: ...Henry Clay]], he had a predisposition to compromises marked by a passionate patriotic devotion to the ...
9: ...simply the inability of his parents to meet the fees.
11: ...raduating from Dartmouth he took a legal apprenticeship (firstly under Thomas W. Thompson and then Chr...
13: ...o died in [[1828]]. With her he had one son, Charles.
17: ...served two terms in the House before leaving Congress in [[1816]] and moving to [[Boston, Massachusett... - Biochemistry (3247 bytes)
1: ...e on [[molecular biology]] for a [[diagram]] and description of the interrelationship between biochemi...
3: ...[[enzyme]]-mediated reactions, and on the properties of proteins.
5: ...genetic code]] ([[DNA]], [[RNA]]), [[protein synthesis]], [[cell membrane]] transport, and [[signal tr...
8: ...he discovery and detailed analysis of many molecules and [[metabolic pathway]]s of the [[cell (biology...
12: ==Subdisciplines== - Vice President of the United States (33884 bytes)
2: ...00px|Seal of the Vice President of the United States]]<br />
3: .... Cheney]], 46th Vice President of the United States]]<br />
5: ...h of the President, and one upon the President's resignation.
7: The current Vice President of the United States is [[Dick Cheney]].
9: ...US" to the Vice President. More casual news sources, such as [[weblog]]s often abbreviate the title t... - James A. Garfield (15070 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''James A. Garfield'''</font></caption>
4: ...r">[[Image:james_a_garfield_illustration.3.jpg|James A. Garfield]]</div></td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>20th President</td></tr>
7: ...tr><td>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[Rutherford B. Hayes]]</td></tr>
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[Chester A. Arthur]]</td></tr> - Benjamin Harrison (11469 bytes)
1: ''This article is about the President. For the Angband member, see [[Ben Harrison]...
7: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>23rd President</td></tr>
11: ...><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[August 20]], [[1833]]</td></tr>
15: ...td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Caroline Harrison]] (wife)<br />
18: ...States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]</td></tr>
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