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  1. Feather (5296 bytes)
    2: ...eather''' is one of the epidermal growths that forms the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on a ...
    7: ... a series of branches, or barbs; the ''barbs'' themselves are also branched and form the ''barbules''....
  2. Koala (10686 bytes)
    26: ... ''P. cinereus adustus'', and the intermediate forms in [[New South Wales]] as ''P. cinereus cinereus'...
    35: ... these bacteria to pass these essential digestive aids onto her offspring.
    39: ...t males carry scars on their face, ears and forearms as a result.
    52: ...entury]], largely for its fur, conservation programs since then have succeeded in increasing populatio...
  3. Thoth (5655 bytes)
    7: ...appears in a few tales as a background figure; he aids [[Horus]] and [[Isis]] against [[Set (god)|Set]] ...
    9: ...e which was occasionally used to refer to Thoth himself. He had a daughter named [[Seshat]].
  4. Solar system (21174 bytes)
    45: ...esised that while the giant planets in these systems formed in the same place as the gas giants in our...
    53: ...al life on land. By remaining out of the spiral arms, Earth may be unusually free to form large animal...
    57: ...not directly sensible by humans without technical aids. Thus both conceptual and technological advances ...
    69: == The Solar System and other planetary systems ==
    71: ...mparable systems did exist. A number of such systems have now been detected, although the information ...
  5. Dictionary (22415 bytes)
    5: ...ds and characters in [[ideographic]] writing systems such as [[Chinese character|Chinese]] are sorted ...
    17: ...tempt to achieve comprehensive coverage of the terms in the subject field concerned, or they may be mi...
    23: ... [[glossary]], an alphabetical list of defined terms in a specialized field, such as medicine or scien...
    33: ...ng judgmental interpretations into definitions themselves, such as, "an offensive term for..." or "a t...
    49: ...initions it contained were little more than synonyms. The first one to be at all comprehensive was [[T...
  6. Cave (10592 bytes)
    28: <!-- nothing to do with speleothems, which can be in any size passage -->
    42: ...gdom|UK]] etc.). It is likely that many more systems remain to be discovered, especially in [[China]],...
    45: ...e authors use separate terminology for aquatic forms (i.e., [[stygobite]]s, [[stygophile]]s, [[stygoxe...
    47: ...obites are among the most extraordinary of organisms. Troglobitic species often show a suite of chara...
    69: ... shelter, burial, or as religious sites. Since items placed in caves are protected from the climate an...
  7. Human (48024 bytes)
    21: ... [[biological]], [[social]], and [[spiritual]] terms. Biologically, humans are classified as the [[spe...
    30: ...]]s, [[values]], and [[norm (sociology)|social norms]] which form the group's [[culture]].
    39: ...[Animism]], [[Vedic religion|Vedic]] and other forms of [[Eastern philosophy]] have related beliefs.
    56: ...s tchadensis]], was discovered in [[Chad]] and seems to indicate an earlier divergence from the ape li...
    84: ...h [[gestation]] period, with typically 3-4 kilograms (6-9 pounds) in weight and 50-60 centimetres (20-...
  8. Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
    18: ...money and became habitually in debt. To support himself, he took up his residence in law at Gray's Inn...
    21: ...wo years he worked quietly at Gray's Inn giving himself seriously to the study of law, until admitted ...
    23: ...on of Mary Queen of Scots. About this time he seems again to have approached his powerful uncle, the ...
    31: ...as knighted in [[1603]], and endeavoured to set himself right with the new powers by writing his ''Apo...
    35: ...n's advice to him, James and the Commons found themselves frequently at odds over royal prerogatives a...
  9. Bottlenose Dolphin (16802 bytes)
    45: ...the head and have a ''[[tapetum lucidum]]'' which aids in dim light.
    66: ...ins. [[Orca]]s may also prey on them, but this seems rare.
    85: ...of marine mammals is forbidden in almost all circumstances. The international trade in dolphins is als...
    112: ... and distribution of the aduncus and truncatus forms of bottlenose dolphin Tursiops in the Indian and ...
    116: #Ainsley Thomson. ''[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?...
  10. United States Senate (35505 bytes)
    2: ...Senate is smaller and its members serve longer terms, allowing for a more collegiate and less partisan...
    23: ...lection every two years. The staggering of the terms is arranged such that both seats from a given sta...
    30: ...wer of them, and because they serve for longer terms, represent larger constituencies (except for Hous...
    35: ...e Constitution, but later engages in rebellion or aids the enemies of the United States, is disqualified...
    46: ...ndle routine police work, while the Sergeant-at-Arms main deals with administrative oversight of techn...
  11. Formula One (29650 bytes)
    26: ... [[Graham Hill]], and [[Denny Hulme]], British teams and [[commonwealth]] drivers won twelve world cha...
    28: ...orship]] to the sport. It has since become the teams' biggest source of income by far, and [[cigarette...
    35: ...ncorde Agreement]], a contract which bound the teams to compete until its expiration and assured them ...
    39: ...of races more than driver skill, banned many such aids in [[1994 Formula One season|1994]].
    41: The teams signed a second Concorde Agreement in [[1992]] an...
  12. Crossword (24761 bytes)
    12: Substantial variants from the usual forms exist. Two of the common ones are ''barred crossw...
    23: ...guish among several possible answers (often synonyms), and the solver must make use of ''checks'' to e...
    52: ...e '''You will never walk alone'''. This generally aids the solver in that if they have one of the words ...
    62: ...cryptics'' for short, the clues are puzzles in themselves. A typical clue contains a definition, locat...
    90: to one clue forms part of another clue, in which it is referred to ...
  13. List of common diseases (5000 bytes)
    21: * [[AIDS]]
  14. Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
    15: ...ew years later he wrote a small manual, entitled "Aids to Scouting", a summary of lectures he had given ...
    19: ...aden-Powell did most of the reconnaissance work himself and built up a team of native boys to stand gu...
    25: ...n-Powell found that his military training manual "Aids to Scouting" had become something of a best-selle...
    27: ...ander Smith]], Baden-Powell decided to re-write ''Aids to Scouting'' to suit a youth readership, and in ...
    37: ...f [[World War I]] in [[1914]], Baden-Powell put himself at the disposal of the War Office. No command,...
  15. Softball (19057 bytes)
    14: There are two general forms of softball&#8211;''slowpitch'' and ''fastpitch''...
    20: ... the competitive aspects of the game. The pitcher aids the batter by attempting to give the easiest pitc...
    52: '''Strength'''- Particularly in the legs, arms, and back. This minimizes injuries, and makes for...
    66: ...orms. The uniform varies more than baseball uniforms, in that short pants are allowed as well as britc...
    74: The teams take turns batting. Each team bats until three pl...
  16. Swimming (22854 bytes)
    1: ...od by which [[human]]s (or other animals) move themselves through [[water]]. Swimming is a popular rec...
    13: ...he narrowest direction of head, hands, legs and arms into the water. The torso is by far the most crit...
    17: ...e water is not nearly as critical as the above items. Most swimmers simply grab water with their hand ...
    31: ... (USAS) and [[United States Masters Swimming]] (USMS) in the United States. FINA regulates four swimmi...
    36: ...on of the crawl &mdash; competitors swing their arms back over their shoulder, alternately, and pull t...
  17. San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
    31: ...rn tip of the [[San Francisco Peninsula]] that forms [[San Francisco Bay]]. The city-county also incl...
    85: ... (see "[[Twinkie Defense]]"). In the 1980s, the [[AIDS]] virus wreaked havoc on the gay community there....
    87: ...o)|Financial District]] and residential condominiums were built across the city in the late 1970s thro...
    89: ...ed [[drug rehabilitation]] and job training programs.
    107: ...n the Bay Area's two [[Major League Baseball]] teams, the [[San Francisco Giants]] and the [[Oakland A...
  18. Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
    31: ...ctional play-by-play (in which hitters on both teams fouled off pitches) until the wire was restored.
    35: ...le for his autobiography. Other notable Reagan films include ''[[Hellcats of the Navy]]'', ''[[This Is...
    38: ...Air Force]], which made training and education films. He remained in Hollywood for the duration of the...
    71: ...ller government. Reagan also liked to think of himself and was thought of by many others as being sup...
    81: ...ad to allow increases in spending on social programs, resulting in record [[deficit spending]] and a t...
  19. March 20 (10075 bytes)
    34: ... [[Food and Drug Administration]] approves anti-[[AIDS]] drug [[AZT]].
  20. Leaf (20580 bytes)
    8: ...l below under <u>Leaf types, arrangements, and forms</u>.
    16: ...i-layered group of cells covering the leaf. It forms the boundary between the plant and the external w...
    50: == Leaf types, arrangements, and forms ==
    54: ... at [http://wikibooks.org/wiki/Botany:_Leaves_(forms) Wikibooks].
    70: ... the arrangement of leaves using the following terms:

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