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- John Adams (18716 bytes)
22: ...neration descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in...
24: ...1758]], he was admitted to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing ...
35: ...of a series of committees to study naval matters. From that time onward, Adams championed the establis...
37: ... "these colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent states," acting as champion of ...
39: ...a committee with [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Robert R. Livingston]] and [[Roger She... - North America (12844 bytes)
4: ...phically defined by subtracting [[South America]] from the [[supercontinent]] of the [[Americas]]. Bot...
14: ...any sub-regions): the [[Great Plains]] stretching from the [[Gulf of Mexico]] to the [[Canadian Arctic...
58: *[[Guadeloupe]] (overseas department of [[France]])
59: *[[Martinique]] (overseas department of [[France]])
71: ...und in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, is the last of [[France]]'s once vast possessions in America north of... - Ancient history (7857 bytes)
1: ....com Classroom Clip Art]]'''Ancient history''' is from the period of time when [[writing]] and [[histo...
3: ...y of evidence that [[Homo sapiens]] first left [[Africa]] about 60,000 years ago.
12: *African Ancient Kingdoms: [[Axumite Kingdom]], [[Kush...
18: *[[Indus Valley civilization]], unified from 2600 BC - 1900 BC.
28: *[[Urartu]] -- Kingdom from [[860 BC]] to [[585 BC]] - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
10: ...Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding up bat, in baseball uniform, on field...
12: ...itcher. Brother Matthias promptly switched George from catcher to pitcher to teach him a lesson. But, ...
15: ...rs, placed a team in Baltimore, across the street from minor league Orioles, and the competition hit O...
25: ...9 his physique had changed from the tall athletic frame of 1916 to a rotund shape with which he was us...
29: ...e the [[Black Sox Scandal|1919 World Series]] and Frazee's own failings as a theater promoter meant th... - California (63989 bytes)
91: ...a|San Jose]], and [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], and is responsible for many legal and t...
93: ... shown on early maps as an island. The name comes from ''Las sergas de Esplandián'' (Adventures of Sp...
101: ...tions of Mexican California. Traders and settlers from the United States began to arrive, harbingers o...
105: ...ck plague|plague]], caused because the area lacks frosts to kill mosquitos and fleas.
107: ...] of the [[United States Navy]] sailed into [[San Francisco Bay]] and claimed California for the Unite... - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
41: ...[[Montana]]. It is one of the six states of the [[Frontier Strip]].
82: ...the U.S. failed to stop white miners and settlers from entering the region. [[Sitting Bull]] and [[Cr...
125: the papers and obscure from him which he was signing
130: ...est point between the [[Rocky Mountains]] and the French [[Alps]]. More than 70,000 people hike to its...
132: ...plunges more than 8,000 feet beneath the surface. From 1969 until 1993, it was home to the Homestake C... - North Dakota (14827 bytes)
44: ...nited States]] to be explored and settled. The [[French-Canadian]] trader [[La Vé²¥ndrye]] was the fi...
46: ...Clark]], they were at least somewhat aware of the French, then Spanish claims to their territory.
57: ... elects two House Representatives and one Senator from each of 47 districts apportioned by population....
61: ...ly complex. Each of the 53 counties has a court, from which appeals are sent directly to the [[North ...
65: ...ota Governors]], [[List of United States Senators from North Dakota]]'' - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
9: ...is (a native of Samos) and Mnesarchus (a merchant from Tyre). As a young man he left his native city f...
13: ...e, reading and philosophical study. We may infer from this that participants required some degree of ...
16: ... as portrayed on [[Roman empire|Roman]] [[coin]]s from [[Samos]]]]
17: ...of [[reincarnation]]. His other teachings appear framed in pithy sayings, or ''sumbola'', often in qu...
19: ...urder and pain cannot reap joy and love" (excerpt from the book ''The extended circle'', by Jon Wynne-... - Human (48024 bytes)
24: Humans have an erect body carriage that frees the upper limbs for manipulating objects, a hi...
30: ... [[state]]s down to [[Family|families]], and also from the [[community]] to the [[self]]. Seeking to [...
54: ...species of [[chimpanzee]]s should be reclassified from ''[[Pan troglodytes]]'' and ''[[Pan paniscus]]'...
56: ...had]] and seems to indicate an earlier divergence from the ape lineage.
58: ... genome is significantly affected by assimilation from archaic humans (i.e., 80% of loci may have some... - Civil rights (27169 bytes)
2: ...onal freedom, the [[right to life]], the right to freedom of movement and anti-[[discrimination]] laws...
12: ...nes status and capacity. As each individual moves from state to state, the extent of the civil rights ...
17: ...) maintained that [[analysis]] of legal issues is frequently muddled and inconsistent because the lega...
20: ...Nozick and Rawls approached the concept of rights from the perspectives of libertarian and political t...
23: ...''right'' from ''[[liberty]]'', and ''[[power]]'' from ''[[immunity]]'' ? concepts that are often used... - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
7: ...concerning the [[United States]] troops returning from [[World War I]], "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down O...
27: ... sale or use of a substance was considered so far from the accepted powers of the U.S. Federal Governm...
42: ...ase in sustained demand. Fixed exchange rates and free convertibility gave way to a compromise—t...
46: ...st); and other signposts of economic health—freight carloads, industrial production, wholesale p...
48: ...ld economic situation. [[Germany]] was suffering from hyperinflation of currency, and many of the All... - Meditation (26064 bytes)
7: From the point of view of [[psychology]], meditation...
20: ...ces. It may serve simply as a means of relaxation from a busy daily routine, or even as a means of gai...
32: ...rgy and spirits that can protect the practitioner from misfortune.
41: ... loss. This in turn can gradually free one's mind from the attachment to the impermanent that is the r...
53: ...icult one of struggle and [[temptation]]. [[Saint Francis]] would also retreat to the wilderness in is... - Pope Silvester II (8276 bytes)
1: ...e]] (see [[List of French popes|list]]), reigning from [[999]] until his death in [[1003]].
5: ... the [[Auvergne (province)|Auvergne]] region of [[France]]. Around [[963]], he entered the monastery o...
11: ... supporting [[Hugh Capet]]. Capet became king of France, ending the [[Carolingian]] line of kings.
13: ...egate to France who temporarily suspended Gerbert from his episcopal office. Gerbert sought to show th...
27: ...Gerbert was aware of the pursuit, and hid hanging from a wooden bridge, where, suspended between heave... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
8: ...court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an important family which had produced leading ...
14: ...ect with the aim of mapping the heavens conducted from a single location over a period of several year...
22: ...burg, where he built a great quadrant, Basel, and Freiburg. He was informed about his father's illness
33: ...hat the [[parallax]] of the object did not change from night to night, suggesting that the object was ...
43: ...narch|King]] [[Frederick II of Denmark and Norway|Frederick II]] of [[Denmark]] and [[Norway]], impres... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
1: [[image:copernicus.jpg|right|frame|Nicolaus Copernicus]]
8: ...cus' father. His brother Andrew became canon in [[Frombork]]. A sister, Barbara, became a [[Benedictin...
14: ...of Warmia and Copernicus was named a canon in the Frombork [[cathedral]], but he waited in Italy for t...
16: ...o complete his studies in Padua (with Guarico and Fracastoro) and in Ferrara (with Bianchini), where i...
18: ...e end of his studies, he came to live and work in Frombork. Some time before his return to [[Warmia]],... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
1: {{French Revolution}}
2: ...]]'', and eclipses both subsequent revolutions in France in the popular imagination. It downplays the ...
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflic...
21: ...tial creditors of the confidence and stability of France's finances. - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...rk for the [[American Revolution|American]] and [[French Revolution]]s, the Latin American independenc...
14: ...ne. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton through to Jefferson.
16: ...d by the ideas of [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]], [[Gottfried Leibniz|Leibniz]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]]...
18: ...ies. If the previous era was the age of reasoning from first principles, Enlightenment thinkers saw th...
20: ...figures such as Sir [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)|Francis Bacon]] with the axiomatic approach of Desca... - Bottlenose Dolphin (16802 bytes)
19: ...t the underside. This makes them hard to see both from above and below when swimming. The elongated up...
21: ... length from 2 to 4m (6 to 13 feet) and in weight from 150 to 650kg (330 to 1430 pounds) with males be...
23: ...y)|homologous]] to the forelimbs of land mammals (from which dolphins and all other [[cetacea]]ns evol...
33: ...nded them for forty minutes, preventing an attack from the shark, as they returned to shore. (See [6]...
43: ... sounds are emitted in a focused beam towards the front of the animal. They have two small ear opening... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...te a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: The term ''tsunami'' comes from the [[Japanese language]] meaning ''harbour'' (...
18: ...pate quickly and rarely affect coastlines distant from the source area due to the small area of sea af...
22: ...by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast an...
24: ...ve decreases as the inverse power of the distance from the source. This is the two-dimensional equiva... - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
15: ... out of admiration for Alexander Graham, a family friend.
19: ...year he spent at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. From [[1866]] to [[1867]], he was an instructor at S...
23: ...ical notes, but articulate speech. With financing from his American father-in-law, on [[March 7]], [[1...
27: ...e]] bestowed on him the [[Volta Prize]] of 50,000 francs, the [[Royal Society of Arts]] in London awar...
41: ... in circuit with the line. As the current passed from the probe through the liquid to the line a grea...
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