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- Ukulele (6345 bytes)
11: ...s very popular in vaudeville in the days before amplification. The tension and tone are a little brig...
17: ...[Image:UkuleleZiegfeldGal.jpg|thumb|Ukulele being played by a [[Ziegfeld Follies]] chorus girl, c. [[1...
18: Musicians and entertainers particularly known for playing the ukulele have included:
46: ...en in colour (and apparently about 50[[pound|lb]] test).
50: You can hear the playing of a Tahitian ukulele by Vehia, of Te Ava Pi... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
7: ...tested dates in other calendaric systems, for example, Greek, Jewish, Assyrian, Persian, and Julian/Gr...
9: The archeological record is incomplete, also (with relics and artifacts missing or de...
15: ... that the beginning of the next Sothic cycle took place in [[26 BCE]], instead of 139 CE.
17: ...' states that all the plausible second millennium placements require that a major calendrical readjust...
21: ... the 1960s''). It has been dated by [[radiocarbon test]]. In another case Libby, using the 5720 half-lif... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
9: ...gy” that is quoted by [[David Rohl]] in ''A Test of Time'' (1995, Century).
20: (This information has been supplemented from ''The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
72: ...e services, and little prospects for productive employment in the small and weak economies of the sout...
76: ...killing and attacking non-muslims. Over 10,000 people are killed a month.
83: ...7, the structure of regional administration was replaced by the creation of 26 states. The executives,...
85: ...randum of understanding with the [[SPLA]]. He was placed in a maximum-security prison and remains in c...
92: ...retaliation for Ugandan support of the [[Sudan People's Liberation Army]]. Beginning from the mid-199... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...umber One in its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players."
4: ...he start of what has become statistically the greatest sports dynasty in history, the [[New York Yankees...
9: ... [[Roman Catholic]] priest, and the school's disciplinarian, became the major influence on his life, t...
12: ...ked the position because he was involved in every play. One day, as his team was getting pounded, Babe...
15: ...or cash, and sold Ruth's contract, with two other players to [[Joseph Lannin]], owner of the [[Boston ... - Florida (24937 bytes)
36: ...owery". It was discovered by [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers during the [[Easter]] season, which is calle...
49: ...licans]], leaving the state approximately evenly split between the two parties. Despite this demograph...
76: ...t as large as those in the [[Midwest]] or [[Great Plains]]. [[Hail]] is not an uncommon occurrence in ...
85: ...rt]] with four theme parks and over twenty hotels plus countless water parks, shopping centres and oth...
88: ...ata centers and the state's reputation as "a good place to do dirty business". [[Spammers]] are not t... - Nevada (17565 bytes)
37: ...0 census]] figure of 1,998,257. Nevada is the fastest growing state in the country. Between 2000 and 20...
41: ...'. (Residents often regard the pronunciation as a test of whether visitors such as presidential candidat...
55: ...). The deficiencies in the [[Homestead Act]] as applied to Nevada were probably due to a lack of under...
66: ...uard" trying to rule as an [[oligarchy]]. Most people outside the state are not familiar with this riv...
84: :''See: [[Richest places in Nevada]]'' - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
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18: ...pterosaur]]s, and the aquatic [[ichthyosaur]]s, [[plesiosaur]]s, and [[mosasaur]]s.
20: ...keley.edu/diapsids/avians.html]. The widespread application of [[cladistics]], which rigorously analyz... - Hoover (912 bytes)
5: *[[Bob Hoover]], legendary [[airshow]] and test pilot, author
6: ...s Robinson]], [[United States|U.S.]] [[baseball]] player who acquired the [[nickname]] "the human vacu...
9: Places named '''Hoover''': - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ... the most famous and important aspects of space exploration was the landing of the first man on the mo...
6: ...ticles of space hardware, including a full-size replica of the [[Apollo 11]] [[Saturn V]] rocket, the ...
13: ...anywhere else, such as to the [[Moon]] or [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. The first successful orbital launch ...
15: ...d on [[May 17]], [[2004]] when [[Civilian Space eXploration Team]] launched the [[GoFast Rocket]] on a...
19: ...er 23]], [[2004]] with a VSV-30, or [[Brazilian Exploration Vehicle]], launched on a [[sub-orbital]] m... - Astronaut (7339 bytes)
3: ...pace including 99 crew-days of spacewalks. 437 people qualify under the FAI definition. Those who have...
7: By convention, a space traveller employed by the [[Russian Aviation and Space Agency]] ...
9: ...nited States, the term "astronaut" is typically applied to the individual as soon as training begins, ...
13: ...31354;人, "space human") which refers to people who has actually been in space. Official English...
22: ...n publicly funded flights (generally Russian resupply flights to the ISS). The first space tourist was... - History of science (41710 bytes)
4: ...ries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still, many place ancient [[natural philosophy]] clearly within ...
15: ...ose in the social sciences or humanities (for example, the "[[Science wars]]").
23: ...ic Revolution]], these theories were never really tested experimentally. At the time, the utility of exp...
27: ...ment of]] [[agriculture]], which allowed for a surplus of food, it became possible for early [[Civiliz...
29: ...ture of the planets and stars, many theoretical explanations were proposed. - Earth science (5396 bytes)
2: ...aches to Earth science. The major historic [[discipline]]s use [[physics]], [[mathematics]], [[chemist...
4: ...h's mantle|mantle]], and [[crust]]. Major subdisciplines are [[geophysics]], [[geochemistry]], [[paleo...
6: ... of the Earth (or [[hydrosphere]]). Major subdisciplines include [[hydrogeology]] and [[Physical ocean...
12: ...es|spheres]] many modern fields take an interdisciplinary approach and thus do not sit comfortably in ...
13: ===Interdisciplinary fields=== - Cuneiform script (7588 bytes)
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2: ...ver time, the pictorial representations became simplified and more abstract.
7: ...elopments made the process quicker and easier: People began to write from left to right in horizontal ...
13: ...ords conventionally written by logograms. The complexity of the system bears a resemblance to classic...
16: ...simplified cuneiform characters, that formed a simple, semi-alphabetic syllabary, using far fewer wedg... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...l]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...s are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, su...
15: ...esign, with modern knowledge of aerodynamic principles in mind, was made. Leonardo also sketched desig...
17: ...d examples from nature that such flights can take place without danger, although when the first trials...
19: The first known human flight ever took place in [[Paris]] in [[1783]]. [[Francois Pilatre ... - Geography of the United States (15104 bytes)
83: ...aphy of the United States Atlantic Plain|Atlantic Plain]] - the coastal regions of the eastern and sou...
85: ...s, it includes much of what is called the [[Great Plains]].
86: ...ited States, this division includes the [[Ozark]] Plateau.
88: ...e [[Basin and Range Province]], it is a system of plateaus, basins, ranges and gorges between the Rock...
93: ...ith minor exceptions, low. Here, lie the Atlantic Plain and Appalachian Highlands. The Appalachian Hig... - Human (48024 bytes)
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27: ...]] and [[observation]] have led to a variety of explanations for [[consciousness]] and the the relatio...
30: ...e inherently [[society|social]]. Humans create complex [[sociology|social structures]] composed of man... - India (27950 bytes)
1: ...anistan]]{{mn|afgh|1}} on the northwest, the [[People's Republic of China]], [[Nepal]], and [[Bhutan]]...
5: ...nwards, though its contemporary use is unevenly applied due to domestic disputes over how representati...
23: ...1991]], have transformed India into one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
34: ...nown as the ''[[Lok Sabha]]'', or House of the People, and the President. The 245-member ''Rajya Sabha...
59: ...ly composed of the [[Deccan|Deccan plateau]]. The plateau is flanked by two hilly coastal ranges, the ... - Cold War (18329 bytes)
2: ...d by means of economic pressure, selective aid, diplomatic manoeuvre, propaganda, assassination, low-i...
9: ...lations in which the world was no longer clearly split into two clearly opposed blocs. Less powerful c...
12: ...ach conflict. This tension shaped the lives of people around the world almost as much as the actual fi...
14: ...] and the territory of [[East Germany]], which completely surrounded it.
17: ...several other [[European]] powers. This race took place in many technological and military fields, res... - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
25: *[[1954]] - The [[People's Republic of China]] lays siege on [[Quemoy]] a...
36: *[[1957]] - First nuclear power plant goes into service
67: *[[1963]] - [[Atomic Test Ban Treaty]]
74: *[[1964]] - [[Full Employment Act]]
95: ...inted [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court]] to replace [[Earl Warren]]
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