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- Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
3: ...2]]), often known as "'''Bess Truman'''", was the wife of [[Harry S. Truman]] and [[First Lady of the...
5: ...lative said, "there never was but one girl in the world" for him. They attended the same schools from...
7: ... their daughter [[Margaret Truman|Mary Margaret]] was born in [[1924]].
9: ... who managed to look on with composure, was the new First Lady.
11: ...gton except for the social season when her duties were needed. - Ocarina (3914 bytes)
2: ...y. They are made of [[earthenware]], although a few exceptions composed of inexpensive [[plastic]]s e...
5: ...]] ocarina-makers to use the [[Meissen]] blue and white "[[onion pattern]]" as the exterior design.
8: ...cavity acts as a [[Helmholtz resonator]] (see below).
13: ...t a range of higher pitched notes is not possible with the ocarina, so the range of pitches available...
15: ...varied by changing the strength with which one blows through the instrument. - Musician (3042 bytes)
1: A '''musician''' is a person who plays or composes [[music]]. Musicians can be c...
5: ...r]]s [[composition|make up]] music and write it down.
8: ...ture]]-specific. Think, for instance, about your own [[concept]]s relating to "the [[heavy metal musi...
10: ...sional musicians may work [[freelance]], contract with a studio or [[Record label|label]], or may be ...
12: ...board|keyboard]], nor are they the only creatures which respond to (or produce) [[rhythm]] and [[melo... - Australia (39438 bytes)
2: native_name =Commonwealth of Australia|
10: latd=35|latm=15|latNS=S|longd=149|longm=28|longEW=E|
14: ...Elizabeth II]]<br>[[Michael Jeffery]]<br>[[John Howard]]|
18: percent_water=1|
27: ...t]]<br>- [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]]<br>- [[Australia Act]]| - Turkey (41694 bytes)
4: national_motto = Peace at Home, Peace in the World
10: ...] |latd=52|latm=31|latNS=N|longd=13|longm=24|longEW=E|
11: ...]] |latd=41|latm=1|latNS=N|longd=28|longm=57|longEW=E|
22: percent_water = 1.3 |
39: currency = [[New Turkish Lira]] | - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
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27: | '''[[Area]]'''<br>- Total<br>- % water
49: ...'''[[National Flower]]''' || Water lily|Shapla ([[Water lily]])
55: | '''[[National Bird]]''' || Doel(Magpie) - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
1: ...of [[Cuba]] and to the west of [[Hispaniola]], on which [[Haiti]] and the [[Dominican Republic]] are ...
2: ... border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #...
7: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Jamaica flag large.png|125p...
8: | align="center" width="140px" rowspan="2" height="135px" | [[Image:Jamaica_coat_med...
10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Jamaica|In Detail]]) - Feather (5296 bytes)
1: ...ather_closeup.jpg|thumb|200px|Closeup on a single white feather]]
2: ...he distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on a [[bird]]. They are the outstanding characteristic that d...
5: ...feathers are very light, a bird's plumage weighs two or three times more than its skeleton.
7: ...to form the hollow tubular ''calamus'', or quill, which inserts into a [[follicle]] in the [[skin]].
9: ...through the same follicle from which the old ones were fledged. - Koala (10686 bytes)
11: ...r/>{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Richard Owen|Owen]] | date = 1839}}
20: ...ly. The word "koala" comes from an [[aboriginal]] word meaning "does not drink".
22: ...ntury]], but the state has since been repopulated with [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]n stock.
26: ...tinuous, and there are substantial differences between individual Koalas in any given region such as ...
30: ...g) that can be heard from almost a [[kilometre]] away during the breeding season. - Sun Bear (4617 bytes)
17: ...has a two-[[inch]] (3 cm) [[tail]] and on average weighs less than 145 [[pounds]] (65 kg). [[male|Mal...
19: ... there is a pale [[orange (color)|orange]]-[[yellow]] marking in the shape of a [[horseshoe]]. Simila...
21: ...imbing]]. Their inward-turned feet make the bears walk pigeon-toed, but they are excellent climbers. ...
25: ...recent decline in the sun bear [[population]], as well as [[poaching]] for its fur and for use in [[C...
27: ...ots]], cocoa and coconuts. Their powerful [[jaw|jaws]] can crack open coconuts. Much of the sun bear'... - Cobra (snake) (2058 bytes)
4: ...e [[spitting cobra]] can also incapacitate larger would-be predators by delivering irritating venom t...
6: ...ying colors from black or dark brown to yellowish-white. The (jet) black cobra found in North India i...
8: ...tors include the [[mongoose]] and possibly some [[Bird of prey|raptors]].
10: ...Italian and is short for "cobra capello" = "snake with a hat" or similar (referring to the hood); it ...
19: * Eastern Water Cobra, ''Boulengerina annulata stormsi'' - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
1: ...part.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''Ancient Egypt''' was an organized [[civilization]] of the [[Great Ri...
6: ... and the [[Red Sea]]; it borders [[Libya]] to the west, [[Sudan]] to the south, and the [[Gaza Strip]...
8: ... the rulers of the Two Kingdoms, viz. upper and lower Egypt.
10: ...]] is disputed. And it is unknown if [[Alashiya]] was actually the island of [[Cyprus]].
14: ...f the Fayyum as a reservoir to store surpluses of water for use during the dry seasons. From the time... - Cyperus papyrus (4281 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
15: '''Papyrus sedge''', also known as '''Bulrush''' or '''Paper reed''' (''Cyperus ...
17: ... the ends of the rays. The flowers give way to brown, nut-like [[fruit]]s.
19: ... covered by red-brown, papery, triangular scales, which also cover the base of the culms and represen...
21: ...ures of 20-30�C and pH of 6.0 - 8.5. Papyrus flowers in late summer, and prefers full sun to partly... - Isis (20790 bytes)
3: ... of Horus, and was worshipped as the archetypical wife and mother.
5: ...e emblem worn on her head was that of a throne. However, the hieroglyph for her name used originally ...
7: ...far away as the [[British Isles]]. Pockets of her worship remained in [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Eu...
14: ...and [[semi-vowel]]s, and left out most of the [[vowel]]s.
16: ...s of the original pronunciation remain in Coptic (which is the "surviving" form of the Egyptian langu... - Thoth (5655 bytes)
1: ...Greeks with their god [[Hermes]], with whom Thoth was eventually combined, as [[Hermes Trismegistus]]...
3: ...oth gained prominence, and millions of [[ibis]]es were mummified and buried in his honour.
5: ...aid to be the secretary and counsellor of Ra, and with [[Maഝ] stood next to Ra on the nightly voyag...
7: ...[[precession|precess]] by 1/360th of a cycle (360 was used as the number of degrees in a circle since...
9: ...as a close companion of [[Astennu]], a name which was occasionally used to refer to Thoth himself. He... - Alabama (10792 bytes)
2: ...labama-state-capital-montgomery-nickname-the-yellowhammer-state-18291.jpg|thumb|350px|right| Alabama ...
3: ...''Alabama'']] and [[CSS Alabama|CSS ''Alabama'']] were named in honor of this state.
12: ... State, The Heart of Dixie[[#Notes|¹]], Yellowhammer State |
22: WaterArea = 2,696 mi?/4,338 |
23: PCWater = 3.20 | - Alaska (24727 bytes)
14: Governor = [[Frank Murkowski]] |
19: WaterArea = 236,507 |
20: PCWater = 13.77 |
27: ...eutian]]: [[UTC]]-10/[[Daylight saving time|-9]] (west of 169? 30') |
29: Longitude = 130?W to 173?E | - Arizona (24367 bytes)
21: WaterArea = 942 |
22: PCWater = 0.32 |
31: Longitude = 109?3'W to 114?50'W |
32: Width = 500 |
36: LowestElev = 21 | - California (63989 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] (R)|
20: WaterArea = 20,047 |
21: PCWater = 4.7 |
34: Longitude = 114°8'W to 124°24'W |
35: Width = 402.5 | - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
17: WaterArea = 3,945 |
18: PCWater = 2.6 |
27: Longitude = 81°W to 85°53'W |
28: Width = 370 |
32: LowestElev = 0 |
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