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- Ukulele (6345 bytes)
1: ...awai'ian]] spelling ''''ukulele''' is also sometimes seen.
3: ...as acombination of the Madeiran [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Cavaquinho|braguinha]] and raj㯮 A braguinh...
5: ...ica. Flora Fox, a great grandaughter of Manuel Nunes (mentioned below)
7: ...rom Portugal in Hawai'i. One of these, Manuel Nunes, was Bill Tapia's neighbor. He sold Bill his fir...
9: ...ukulele comes in four sizes (from smallest to largest): [[soprano]] (the original size), concert, [[te... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
1: ...]] is a type of [[chronology]] worked on for decades by scholars of [[Egyptology]].
7: ...orian''. [http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/pages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Teaching/HIS-SCI-STUDY-GUIDE/0...
9: ...st solutions to ultimately settle many of these questions while others may last for eternity.
13: ...rn Egyptian chronology, so the previous "firm" dates cannot be supported astronomically.
15: ... ended in [[139|139 CE]]. Therefore, the [[Menophres Era]] may have started in 1321 BCE. However, John... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
7: ...ere are also several possible spellings of the names.
9: ...y” that is quoted by [[David Rohl]] in ''A Test of Time'' (1995, Century).
11: All dates are [[BC]].
13: ===Sources===
15: ...tic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt]. - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ... [[Chad]] to the west, and [[Libya]] to the northwest.<!--
15: official_languages = [[Arabic language|Arabic]] |
19: ...tles = [[List of Presidents of Sudan|President]] |
20: leader_names = [[Umar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir|U. H. ...
21: largest_city = [[Khartoum]] | - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
1: ...g.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ruth batting for the Yankees]]
2: ...as Number One in its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players."
4: ...ion of nearly all the ballparks in the major leagues.
9: ...o taught him baseball, working with him for countless hours on hitting, fielding and later, pitching.
12: ...ed George from catcher to pitcher to teach him a lesson. But, instead of getting his comeuppance, Babe... - Florida (24937 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]]...
25: ...entral]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] (western panhandle)|
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36: ...uthern]] [[U.S. state|state]] in the [[United States]]. It is known as the Sunshine State. "Florida" i... - Nevada (17565 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] |
25: ...Reservation, Jackpot, Mountain City, Owyhee, and West Wendover) are in Pacific</small> |
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37: ... census]] figure of 1,998,257. Nevada is the fastest growing state in the country. Between 2000 and 2... - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...aurus rex|T. Rex]]'' from the <br /> [[United States Department of the Interior|U.S. Department of the...
16: ...od vessels and cells lining them [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/03/science/03dinosaur.html]".
18: ...erosaur]]s, and the aquatic [[ichthyosaur]]s, [[plesiosaur]]s, and [[mosasaur]]s.
20: ...ication of [[cladistics]], which rigorously analyzes the relationships between biological organisms, h...
27: ...s chosen to express Owen's awe at the size and majesty of the extinct animals; not out of fear or trep... - Hoover (912 bytes)
2: ...gar Hoover]], chief of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] for many years
3: ...ing]] [[engineer]], [[President of the United States]]
4: *[[Lou Henry Hoover]], wife of President Herbert Hoover
5: *[[Bob Hoover]], legendary [[airshow]] and test pilot, author
6: *[[Brooks Robinson]], [[United States|U.S.]] [[baseball]] player who acquired the [[nic... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...on in the [[space race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
4: ... the development of adequate propulsion technologies, stronger and lighter materials and other technol...
6: ... next to [[Redstone Arsenal]] displays many articles of space hardware, including a full-size replica ...
11: ...ve Earth's surface. The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]]....
13: ...4]], [[1957]]. This spectacular success led to an escalation of the American space program, and to an ... - Astronaut (7339 bytes)
1: ...I]] using a manned maneuvering unit. Picture courtesy NASA]]
3: ...[[Timeline of astronauts by nationality|32 countries]] have gone into space.
7: ...ek words ''kosmos,'' meaning "universe" and ''nautes,'' meaning "sailor".
9: ... becoming the first American cosmonaut in the process.
11: ...et Union, and, to a lesser extent, the United States of America. - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...c method]]. The '''history of science''' traces these [[phenomenon|phenomena]] and their pre-cursors b...
4: ...considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still, many plac...
6: ...ledge, notably [[ethics]]. In practice, each of these fields is heavily used by the others as an exter...
8: ==Theories and sociology of the history of science==
9: {{seemain|Theories and sociology of the history of science}} - Earth science (5396 bytes)
2: ...f the principal areas or ''[[Earth's spheres|spheres]]'' of the Earth system:
3: ===Earth's spheres===
4: ...mantle|mantle]], and [[crust]]. Major subdisciplines are [[geophysics]], [[geochemistry]], [[paleontol...
6: ...the Earth (or [[hydrosphere]]). Major subdisciplines include [[hydrogeology]] and [[Physical oceanogra...
8: *'''[[Atmospheric sciences]]''' cover the [[gas|gaseous]] parts of the Earth... - Cuneiform script (7588 bytes)
1: {{Template:Ancient Mesopotamia}}
2: ...raphy|pictographs]]. Over time, the pictorial representations became simplified and more abstract.
4: ...e|Hittite]] and [[Luwian language|Luwian]] languages, and it inspired the [[Old Persian]] and [[Ugarit...
7: ... could use a single tool to make a variety of impressions.
9: ...served because they were baked when attacking armies burned the building in which they were kept. - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...e controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, such a...
13: ...e many claims and counter-claims how successful these were. See [[First flying machine]] for a review...
15: ...also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
17: ...for powered flight until the [[gasoline]] engine designed by the Wright Brothers. - Geography of the United States (15104 bytes)
57: ... contiguous and form the [[continental United States]].
59: The U.S. shares borders with [[Canada]] and [[Mexico]],
61: ...y other area of land. Each point extends the farthest in a certain direction.
65: The U.S. is the world's third largest country after [[Russia]] and Canada with an area...
67: *slightly more than one and a quarter times the size of [[Australia]] - Human (48024 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Primates]]}}
12: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''H. sapiens '''''}}
15: ...bdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Subspecies}}
21: ...uperfamily of [[Hominoidea]], with all of the [[apes]]: [[chimpanzee]]s, [[gorilla]]s, [[orangutan]]s,...
24: ...mmunity]] is that [[human evolution]] occured in response to a need for long distance [[running]]. Hum... - India (27950 bytes)
1: ...nd is the [[List of countries by area|seventh largest]] country by geographical [[area]].
3: ...wn significantly, in its economic and military roles, regionally as well as globally.
5: ...nly applied due to domestic disputes over how representative it is as a national signifier.
11: ... in [[Madhya Pradesh]] are the earliest known traces of human life in India. The first known permanent...
13: ...om [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in the northern Indian subcontinent of... - Cold War (18329 bytes)
2: ...le. The Cold War was waged by means of economic pressure, selective aid, diplomatic manoeuvre, propaga...
5: ...wer in Europe were firmly established, proxy battles in the Third World became an ever-important arena...
7: ...arming or funding surrogates, a development that lessened direct impact on the populations of the majo...
9: ...ere partially able to recognize their common interest in trying to check the further spread and prolif...
12: ...ern for each conflict. This tension shaped the lives of people around the world almost as much as the ... - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1950]] to [[1...
8: ...1]] - [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution|22nd Amendment]]
13: *[[1953]] - [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] becomes President
16: ... [[Shah of Iran]] returns to power in [[CIA]]-orchestrated coup known as [[Operation Ajax]]
26: *[[1955]] - [[Rosa Parks]] incites [[Montgomery bus boycott]]
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