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- Formula One (29650 bytes)
9: The sport has traditionally been centred in [[Europe]], which undoubtedly remains its leading mark...
11: The sport is regulated by the FIA, [[F餩ration Internationale de l'Automobile]], and is generally pr...
18: ...r many years, but due to rising costs and sinking interest, the last of these ended in the early [[1980...
22: ...our more in [[1954]] through [[1957]], his streak interrupted by two-time champion [[Alberto Ascari]] o...
24: ...major technological development, [[Cinquemani]]'s introduction of mid-engined cars, occurred in the [[1... - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...erform simple well-defined functions. The complex interactions of these components endow computers with...
12: ...tical terms by rendering all relevant information into the [[binary]] base-two [[numeral system]] (ones...
14: ...mation processing problems that can be translated into mathematical ones). This basic idea, which made ...
18: ...t devices like light bulbs, LEDs, monitors, and printers.
20: ...omprehension or self-awareness. See [[artificial intelligence]]. - Ship (18843 bytes)
4: ...t with more than three masts. The five-masted ''Preussen'' was the outstanding example but the big [[G...
14: ...rent densities, subsequent regulations required painting a group of lines forward of the Plimsoll mark ...
19: ...[cannon]] from the [[16th century]] meant that maneuverability took second place to broadside weight; ...
21: ...nt'']]) in the [[USA]] in [[1807]], followed in [[Europe]] by the 45-foot [[PS Comet]] of [[1812]]. St...
23: ...o. About this period too, heavy [[fuel oil]] came into more general use and began to replace [[coal]] a... - Forest (3705 bytes)
6: ...atural fire frequency is too high, or mankind has intervened. Forests generally contain a large number ...
8: ...n which the branches and foliage of trees meet or interlock. A woodland has an open canopy, which allow...
21: ...tes]], most forests have been destroyed at some point, though in recent years [[environmental protectio...
25: {{Commons|Forest}} - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
33: The city is a focal point of the [[San Francisco Bay Area]], and part of th...
35: The first [[Europe]]ans to settle in San Francisco were the [[Sp...
42: ...n people") living in the coastal area between [[Point Sur]] and the [[San Francisco Bay]].
44: ...nd [[Mission San Francisco de Asis]] (named for Saint [[Francis of Assisi]] and now popularly known as ...
62: ...ith [[bubonic plague]]. Mistakenly believing that interred corpses contributed to the transmission of p... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
8: ... western face of the Parthenon remains relatively intact.]]
13: ...la was 29.8 metres long by 19.2 metres wide, with internal Doric colonnades in two tiers, structurally ...
19: ...orately decorated with [[marble]] sculptures both internally and externally. These survive only in part...
21: Internally, the cella was lined on three sides with a...
23: ...ieve that the upper parts of the Parthenon were painted bright red and blue, so that the sculptures wou... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...e [[Atlantic Ocean]], introducing Roman influence into what has become modern [[France]], an accomplish...
13: ...[[86 BC]], internal politics reached a breaking point. Several disputes of the Marius faction against ...
23: ...men (according to Suetonius), these speeches were interpreted by his political opponents as propaganda ...
26: ...ar''', depicted from the bust in the [[British Museum]], in ''Cassell's History of England (1902)'']]
30: ...onship with Rome’s great general would play into his hands later. - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
13: ...any]] and its [[Axis Powers]] dominated much of [[Europe]] during [[World War II]]. The [[Racial polic...
15: ...suicide]] in a [[Berlin]] [[F?unker|bunker]]. His intended [[Third Reich|thousand-year Reich]] ended sh...
27: ...oms official, although Adolf wanted to become a painter. This is further supported by Hitler's later de...
31: ...urists (there is evidence he produced over 2000 paintings and drawings before [[World War I]]).
33: ...lose friend and roommate at the time, he was more interested in the operas of [[Richard Wagner]] than i... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
3: ... War'' and ''American Revolution'' are often used interchangeably, though the Revolution included polit...
5: ...]'', this is one of several versions of a scene painted by A.M. Willard in the late nineteenth century ...
12: ...Continental Army]]—in June of 1775, and appointed [[George Washington]] as commander-in-chief. Th...
17: ===European nations===
19: ...tween the poorer part of the British military and European Continental forces rather than a war for Am... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
2: ...old rush]], Sacramento was a major distribution point, a [[Commerce|commercial]] and [[agricultural]] c...
58: ...er is off limits to power boats and has become an international attraction for [[rafting|rafters]] and ...
65: ...sident of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, appointed a port district organization committee, with me...
67: ...ess. The Nationalist Chinese flag ship, freshly painted for the historic event, was loaded with 5,000 t...
71: ...h Sacramento incorporated in [[1924]], and merged into the city of Sacramento in [[1964]]. - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
38: ...ery unpopular, so members of the government snuck into the capital, stole the state seal from Lewiston ...
54: Boise is home to the [[Boise Art Museum]], which hosts several traveling exhibits each y...
58: ...ontroversy over expansive residential development into the foothills.
60: For winter recreation, [[Bogus Basin Mountain Resort]] (a ...
66: ...e and endangered species. The [[Velma Morrison]] Interpretive Center, located at the southernmost end ... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
29: ... the Governor's mansion. It was used as a market commons for over six years. Although an expensive Governo...
31: ...provement Bill of [[1835]]. The Central Canal was intended to run 296 miles (476 km) from near [[Logans...
33: ...[[Interstate 69|69]], [[Interstate 70|70]], and [[Interstate 74|74]]. The city is a major trucking cen...
37: ...tates. In [[1922]], [[D. C. Stephenson]] was appointed the Klan Grand Dragon of Indiana and 22 other s...
41: ...d by the current Mayor, Bart Peterson, a bill was introduced in the 2005 legislative session of the Gen... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
2: ...Michigan|Ingham County]]; a small portion extends into adjacent [[Eaton County, Michigan|Eaton County]]...
37: ...585.6/km² (1,516.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 65.28% [[White (U.S. Census)|Whit...
78: ...e Tri-Cities, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Jackson, Flint, Ann Arbor, and Battle Creek.
84: {{commons|Lansing, Michigan}} - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
1: ... Christ of Latter-day Saints]] during the [[2002 Winter Olympic Games]]. It is Salt Lake City's top to...
6: ...rong tourism industry and was host to the [[2002 Winter Olympics]].
15: ...ans to settle in the valley were the Latter-Day Saints on [[July 24]], [[1847]]. They had traveled acr...
20: ...[Fort Douglas]], was established in [[1862]] to maintain [[Union]] allegiance during the [[American Civ...
22: ... the first major churches not of the Latter-Day Saint faith. Both cathedrals are historic icons. - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...y that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern [[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]]. With an area of 17,0...
15: ...te prosperous, due to diversified trade with both Europe and Asia.
17: ..., while its western zone was largely incorporated into the Grand Duchy of [[Lithuania]] and [[Poland]]....
23: ...or less functional Christian state on the Eastern European frontier, allowing it to claim succession t...
29: ...owntrodden serfs and suppression of the growing [[Intelligentsia]] were continuing problems however, an... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...tyagraha]]'', has influenced both nationalist and international movements for peaceful change.
18: ... members of various creeds and sects. He was born into the vaishya, or business, caste. At the age of 1...
23: ...d Gita]]. Although he had not shown a particular interest in religion before, he began to read works o...
29: ...ing to travel on the footboard to make room for a European passenger. He suffered other hardships on ...
31: ...n, he formed the Indian community of South Africa into a heterogeneous political force, inundating gove... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
6: ...ers, providing an account of human nature as self-interested cooperation. He was a contemporary of [[Re...
14: ...nnesian War]], the first translation of that work into [[English language|English]]. Hobbes believed th...
16: ...s [[Francis Bacon]] he did not extend his efforts into philosophy until after [[1629]]. His employer Ca...
20: ...is must be regulated if Men were not to fall back into "brutishness and misery". Thus he proposed to un...
24: ...irst Philosophy]]'' of [[Descartes]], which was printed as third among the sets of "Objections" appende... - Native American (42651 bytes)
3: ...us]] to the [[Americas]], living there prior to [[Europe]]an [[colonialism|colonization]]. This term e...
5: ...riving [[Eskimo]]s ([[Inuit]], [[Yupik]], and [[Aleut]] peoples native to [[Alaska]] and [[Arctic|arct...
23: ...ed a coastal route, thus avoiding the ice-covered interior.
30: *The first wave came into a land populated by the large [[mammal]]s of the...
32: ...ught the ancestors of the [[Eskimo]]s and the [[Aleut]]s. They may have come by sea over the [[Bering ... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ...tes and contains the [[lowest elevations|lowest point]] in the [[Western Hemisphere]] at Badwater which...
3: ...ve American]]s to enter the Valley did so in the winter of [[1849]], thinking they would save some time...
6: ...ng|frame|A slice through the highest and lowest points in Death Valley National Park.]]
9: ...re two major valleys; [[Death Valley]] and [[Panamint Valley]]—both of which were formed within t...
36: ...o the huge alluvial fans coming off of the [[Panamint Range]]. In many places so-called "wine glass can... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
23: ...ing to school. Terrified, he cried out, "Help,[[Saint Anne]]! I'll become a monk!" [Brecht, vol. 1, p. ...
37: ...y'' to apply the merits of Jesus Christ and the saints to those in [[purgatory]] (as purgatory itself w...
41: ...ch always attracted crowds to Wittenberg on All Saints' Day ([[November 1]]), and Tetzel planned to be ...
43: ...oughout Germany, and within two months throughout Europe.
47: ...dvent.org/cathen/10095b.htm], in 1518, to inquire into the matter. Prierias recognised Luther's dangero...
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