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- Formula One (29650 bytes)
7: ...World Drivers Championship and World Constructors Championship, and is the most expensive sport in the...
9: ...nd [[Australia]]. New races in [[Bahrain]] and [[China]], one planned for [[2005]] in [[Turkey]], and...
18: ...onship for constructors followed in [[1958]]. Non-championship Formula One races were held for many ye...
22: ...ough [[1957]], his streak interrupted by two-time champion [[Alberto Ascari]] of [[Scuderia Ferrari|Fe...
24: ...ars, occurred in the [[1950s]]; [[Jack Brabham]], champion in [[1959]] and [[1960]], soon proved the n... - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: A '''computer''' is a device or [[machine]] for making [[calculation]]s or controlling o...
4: The discipline which studies the theory, design, and application of co...
8: ...computers have been built out of many different technologies, nearly all popular types of computers ha...
10: ...t be used to model the flow of water in a dam. Such ''[[analog signal|analog]]'' computers were once ...
14: ...ated into mathematical ones). This basic idea, which made modern ''digital'' computers possible, was f... - Ship (18843 bytes)
2: ...ze (or the number of [[mast (sailing)|mast]]s) which a boat requires to become a ship. (Note that one ...
4: ...of the definition. The same economic pressures which increased sizes to the point of carrying four or ...
10: ...ther than weight, and are used when describing merchant ships for the purpose of tolls, taxation, etc.
12: ...ship for a voyage and, upon realizing the danger, chose to leave the ship, could end up in [[jail]].
14: ...safe depth (or freeboard above the surface) to which a specific ship could load in water of various de... - Forest (3705 bytes)
6: ...me types of forests such as [[boreal forest]]s, much of it is locked in [[lignin]] and other materials...
8: ...t or interlock. A woodland has an open canopy, which allows some sunlight to penetrate between the tre...
9: ...image:Forest1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A decidous beech forest in [[Slovenia]].]]
17: ...rate coniferous forests|temperate rainforest]], [[chaparral]]). [[Tropical]] and [[subtropical]] fores...
25: {{Commons|Forest}} - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
44: ... the downtown area was first settled by William Richardson, an [[England|English]] whaler.
48: ... reliance on filled marshlands for real estate. Much of the present downtown is built over the former ...
51: ..., [[Ghirardelli Chocolate Company|Ghirardelli]] [[chocolate]], and [[Wells Fargo]] bank.
53: ...he political situation in early San Francisco was chaotic. This was exacerbated by squabbling in the [...
58: ...ity hospital, Mercy Hospital of San Francisco, which is still in operation today at its original locat... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
5: ...tion of the treasury of the [[Delian League]], which later became the [[Athenian Empire]].
9: ... drawn from the treasury of the Delian League, which was moved from the Panhellenic sanctuary at [[Del...
11: ...the columns." The stylobate is the platform on which the columns stand. It curves upwards slightly for...
23: ...e pediments were painted in bright colours. Some scholars believe that the upper parts of the Partheno...
27: ...rtainly still intact in the 4th century AD, by which time it was already as old as [[Notre Dame Cathed... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...c]] into the [[Roman Empire]]. In 55BC Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of [[Britain]], and hi...
4: ...s the catalyst for a second set of civil wars, which marked the end of the [[Roman Republic]] and the ...
6: ...y later historians such as [[Suetonius]], [[Plutarch]], and [[Dio Cassius|Cassius Dio]].
9: ...cian]] family (''[[gens]]'' [[Julius|Julia]]), which supposedly traced its ancestry to [[Julus]], the ...
11: ...mer of the Roman army. Marius became one of the richest men in Rome at the time and while he gained po... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
11: ...the (Leader and Imperial [[Chancellor of Germany|chancellor]]) of [[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his de...
13: ...azi Germany]] and its [[Axis Powers]] dominated much of [[Europe]] during [[World War II]]. The [[Raci...
15: ...er]]. His intended [[Third Reich|thousand-year Reich]] ended shortly thereafter.
18: ===Childhood===
20: ... and his younger sister [[Paula Hitler|Paula]] reached adulthood. Alois Hitler also had a son (Alois J... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...s|thirteen North American colonies]]. The war, which eventually widened far beyond [[British North Ame...
3: ...' and ''American Revolution'' are often used interchangeably, though the Revolution included political...
10: ...(also known as a "regular" or "standing" army). Each colony instead provided for its own defenses thro...
12: ...d appointed [[George Washington]] as commander-in-chief. The development of the Continental Army was a...
19: ...ar proved decisive, though disastrous for the French economy. France's standing army at the time is es... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
2: ...r, and a terminus for [[wagon train]]s, [[stagecoach]]es, [[riverboat]]s, the [[telegraph]], the [[Pon...
44: ... or cities, such as [[Carmichael, California|Carmichael]], [[Florin, California|Florin]] and [[Citrus ...
46: ...Nevada]], the newly founded city grew, quickly reaching a population of 10,000.
54: ...s financed by the "Big Four"--[[Mark Hopkins]], [[Charles Crocker]], [[Collis P. Huntington]] and [[Le...
58: ...[Paddlewheel steamboat|paddlewheel steamboat]] which for a long time lay on the bottom of the river, w... - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
34: ...eaning "wooded". It first came to use among [[French-Canadian]] [[fur trapper]]s in the nineteenth cen...
36: ...own as Fort Boise, Boise was incorporated under a charter in [[1864]] by an act of the [[Idaho Territo...
38: ...According to [[legend]], the proposal for the switch was very unpopular, so members of the government ...
44: Known as the "City of Trees," Boise is also rich in culture. It is home to the largest concentrati...
54: ...ar. The city is also home to numerous theatres, such as the [[Boise Little Theatre]] (Idaho's oldest c... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
29: ...designed by [[Germany|German]] architect [[Bruno Schmitz]], was completed on the site in [[1901]].
33: ...major "hub" of regional transport connecting to [[Chicago]], [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], [[Ci...
35: ...re. This led to a sharp increase in industries such as [[glass]] and [[automobile]] manufacturing. H...
37: ...ery and jailed. Governor Jackson was indicted on charges of bribery, but he was acquitted in [[1928]]...
39: ...that day. Kennedy would deliver an impromptu speech on race reconciliation to a mostly African-Americ... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
1: [[Image:CapitolMichigan.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Capitol Building]]
2: ...l portion extends into adjacent [[Eaton County, Michigan|Eaton County]]. As of the [[2000]] census, it...
7: state = Michigan |
13: ...ham County, Michigan|Ingham]] & [[Eaton County, Michigan|Eaton Counties]] |
28: ...al view of Lansing, the capital of the State of Michigan]] - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
1: ...s Christ of Latter-day Saints|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] during the [[2002 Wint...
4: ... end of the [[Salt Lake Valley]] along the [[Wasatch Front]] at an elevation of 4,330 ft (1,320 m). Th...
6: ...s Christ of Latter-day Saints|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. [[Mining]] and the [[...
20: ...], which officially renounced polygamy in the church. This paved the way for statehood in [[1896]], wh...
22: ... the Madeleine]] in [[1909]], the first major churches not of the Latter-Day Saint faith. Both cathedr... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...ks eighth in the world in population, following [[China]], [[India]], the [[United States]], [[Indones...
13: ...as the [[Merya]], the [[Muromian]]s and the [[Meshchera]].
15: ...filiated with the Byzantine, or [[Orthodox]], church and moved the capital to [[Kiev]] in [[1169]] A.D...
17: ...rn zone was largely incorporated into the Grand Duchy of [[Lithuania]] and [[Poland]]. The political d...
23: ... Russia remained the only more or less functional Christian state on the Eastern European frontier, al... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
2: subject_name=Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
13: ...ionalist and international movements for peaceful change.
18: ...(Chief Minister) of Porbandar, and Putlibai, Karamchand's fourth wife, a Hindu of the [[Vaishnava]] se...
20: ... leapt at the opportunity to study in England, which he viewed as "a land of philosophers and poets, t...
22: <!-- ATTENTION!! Before changing the following paragraph, please note that "... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...b|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Portrait Gallery]], London)...
10: ...was the aggressive [[Puritan]] [[John Wilkinson (scholar)|John Wilkinson]] and he had some influence o...
12: ... own curriculum; he was "little attracted by the scholastic learning". He did not complete his degree ...
14: ...lassic Greek and Latin authors, the outcome of which was, in [[1628]], his great translation of [[Thuc...
16: ...ime to the son of Sir Gervase Clifton. This task, chiefly spent in Paris, ended in [[1631]] when he ag... - Native American (42651 bytes)
5: ...c peoples not native to the American continent, such as those from arctic [[Russia]]n [[Siberia]].
11: ...Samoa]] (USA) and natives of [[Easter Island]] ([[Chile]]).
15: ''See also: [[Archeology of the Americas]]''
21: ...ars ago]] or earlier [http://www.andaman.org/book/chapter53/luzia/luzia.htm]. Thus other possibilities...
25: ...00 years ago]]. This is also supported by the archaeology dating of some sites in South America prio... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ...nd the [[Death Valley Pupfish]] - a survivor of much wetter times.
3: ... [[soap]] and an important industrial [[compound (chemistry)|compound]]. [[20-Mule Teams]] were famous...
5: ... the wet times of [[ice age]]s, with [[lake]]s, such as [[Lake Manly]].
9: ... extension in the central part of Death Valley which causes a slight widening and relatively more subs...
38: ... in intense storms that cause [[flash flood]]s which remodel the landscape and sometimes create epheme... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
5: image_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529) |
12: ...Counter-Reformation]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
14: ...tradition of [[clerical marriage]] within several Christian traditions.
17: ...4 to 17 while attending private school at [[Eisenach]].]]
19: ...to schools in Mansfeld, [[Magdeburg]] and [[Eisenach]].
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