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- Formula One (29650 bytes)
7: ...'', is the highest class of single-seat [[open-wheel]] [[formula racing|formula]] [[auto racing]]. It ...
9: ...ins its leading market, but races have also been held in the [[Americas]], [[Africa]], [[Asia]], and [...
14: ...:Fangio_moss_monza.jpg|thumbnail|200px|[[Juan Manuel Fangio|Fangio]] and [[Stirling Moss|Moss]] at [[A...
18: ...[1958]]. Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years, but due to rising costs and sink...
22: ... in [[1950]], barely beating team-mate [[Juan Manuel Fangio]]. However, Fangio won the title in [[1951... - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...digital circuit|components]] that perform simple well-defined functions. The complex interactions of t...
8: ...ogies, nearly all popular types of computers have electronic components.
10: ... For example, electron flows might be used to model the flow of water in a dam. Such ''[[analog sign...
12: ...nslated into mathematical terms by rendering all relevant information into the [[binary]] base-two [[n...
14: ...educed to Boolean operations, a sufficiently fast electronic computer is capable of attacking the majo... - Ship (18843 bytes)
2: ...fers to [[submarine]]s as "boats"). Compare [[vessel]].
4: ...aft rig to larger vessels, so few ship-rigged vessels were built with more than three masts. The five-...
6: '''[[Nautical]]''' means related to sailors, particularly customs and practice...
10: ...he crown of the weather deck and the top of the keelson), [[Draft (nautical)|draft]] (distance between...
12: ...g Act of 1876]], ship-owners could load their vessels until their decks were almost awash, resulting i... - Forest (3705 bytes)
4: ...e areas of the globe provide carbon-sink, oxygen-release, habitat, and soil-retention functions. There...
25: {{Commons|Forest}}
41: ===Activities related to forest=== - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
39: Widely recognized landmarks include the [[San Francisco...
42: ...ey found the area inhabited by the Yelamu tribe, belonging to a linguistic grouping later called the [...
44: ...as "Mission Dolores"). The area first began to develop as a city under the name of [[Yerba Buena]] in ...
48: ...any environmental transformations was the city's reliance on filled marshlands for real estate. Much o...
51: ...olate Company|Ghirardelli]] [[chocolate]], and [[Wells Fargo]] bank. - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
5: ...y, and was the location of the treasury of the [[Delian League]], which later became the [[Athenian Em...
8: ...|The western face of the Parthenon remains relatively intact.]]
9: ...ch was moved from the Panhellenic sanctuary at [[Delos]] to the Acropolis In [[454 BC]].
11: ...tical reasons. ''Entasis'' refers to the slight swelling of the columns as they rise, to counter the o...
13: ...he Parthenon are 30.9 metres by 69.5 metres. The cella was 29.8 metres long by 19.2 metres wide, with ... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
9: Caesar was born in [[Rome]] to a well-known [[patrician]] family (''[[gens]]'' [[Juliu...
13: ...illa, the youngest daughter of [[Cinna|Lucius Cornelius Cinna]], Marius' greatest supporter and Sulla'...
15: ...ar live. According to Suetonius, the dictator in relenting on Caesar’s proscription said, "He wh...
19: ...sar?" Aiming at rhetorical perfection, Caesar traveled to [[Rhodes]] in [[75 BC]] for philosophical an...
21: ...er pirates. However, since they had treated him well, he had their throats cut before they were cruci... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
11: ...(Leader and Imperial [[Chancellor of Germany|chancellor]]) of [[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. ...
15: ...rful nations. Nevertheless, the [[Allies]] ultimately defeated Germany. In the final days of the war, ...
20: ... also had a son (Alois Junior) and a daughter (Angela) by his second wife. In ''[[Mein Kampf]]'', his ...
22: ...rn a Hitler, however, and was ironically closely related to Hiedler through his mother's family, too.
24: ...h century]] and were not allowed to return until well after Maria Schicklgruber's alleged employment.{... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
3: ... and after the war itself. This article refers solely to the military campaign; for the broader perspe...
5: ...or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating to the American Revolutionary War.]]
10: ... a few weeks or months at a time, were generally reluctant to go very far from home, and would often c...
12: ...men that Washington personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,000.
15: ... men during the war years. However, according to reliable modern estimates, total British strength in ... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
2: ...rain]]s, [[stagecoach]]es, [[riverboat]]s, the [[telegraph]], the [[Pony Express]] and the [[First Tra...
39: The Spanish explorer [[Gabriel Moraga]] discovered and named the Sacramento Vall...
42: ... the city. However, a bitterness grew between the elder Sutter and his son as Sacramento became an ove...
44: ... cities, such as [[Carmichael, California|Carmichael]], [[Florin, California|Florin]] and [[Citrus Hei...
50: ...jo]] and [[Benicia, California|Benicia]] successively. - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
26: ...city of the [[Boise metropolitan area]]. Boise's elevation is 2,842 feet.
54: ...the [[Boise Art Museum]], which hosts several traveling exhibits each year. The city is also home to n...
56: ...low crime rate, extensive [[Boise greenbelt|greenbelt]] running through the city, trendy downtown and ...
58: ...en much controversy over expansive residential development into the foothills.
60: ...mere 16 miles from Boise city limits) provides excellent [[skiing]] and [[snowboarding]] facilities wi... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
29: ... the Governor's mansion. It was used as a market commons for over six years. Although an expensive Governo...
33: ...ghways has allowed Indianapolis to enjoy a relatively low amount of traffic congestion for a city its ...
37: ...tes which swept state elections in [[1924]]. The elections allowed the Klan to seize control of the I...
39: ...ther King Jr.]] earlier that day. Kennedy would deliver an impromptu speech on race reconciliation to...
41: ...and partisan debate, the Assembly passed an extremely watered-down version off the original bill; the ... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
29: ... the west and [[Delhi Charter Township, Michigan|Delhi Charter Township]] in Ingham County to the sout...
31: ...the plentiful, fertile, well irrigated land. Largely comprised of rolling plains, Lansing's and its s...
43: ... of 18 and 9.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
60: * An elected Mayor leads the city government (currently T...
84: {{commons|Lansing, Michigan}} - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
4: ...t Lake Valley]] along the [[Wasatch Front]] at an elevation of 4,330 ft (1,320 m). The [[valley]] is s...
6: ... as the "Crossroads of the West". The city has developed a strong tourism industry and was host to the...
15: ...n they had faced in the East. Upon arrival their religious prophet [[Brigham Young]] reportedly stated...
17: ... The city's population swelled with an influx of religious converts, making it one of the most populou...
20: ...ygamy laws. The LDS Church conceded in [[1890]], releasing [[1890 Manifesto|"The Manifesto"]], which o... - Russia (28007 bytes)
13: ...and slowly assimilated both the Scandinavians as well as native [[Finno-Ugric]] tribes, such as the [[...
17: ...ssians |Russian people]] in the north from the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the west.
19: ...ies that affected the rest of the country. Nevertheless it had to fight the Germanic crusaders who att...
21: ...ule retarded the country's economic and social development. Asian autocratic influences degraded many ...
29: ...trodden serfs and suppression of the growing [[Intelligentsia]] were continuing problems however, and ... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
10: place_of_death=[[New Delhi]], [[India]]
15: ...imple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hindu]] beliefs: [[truth]] (''satya''), and [[non-violence]] ...
18: ...ury to living beings, vegetarianism, fasting for self-purification, and mutual tolerance between membe...
20: ... did not stay there long, however, as his family felt he must become a [[barrister]] if he were to con...
22: ...aph, please note that "practise" is the correct spelling of the verb in the UK and Indian varieties of... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...homas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Portrait Gallery]], London)]]
6: ...matters, providing an account of human nature as self-interested cooperation. He was a contemporary of...
12: ... Devonshire|Earl of Devonshire]]), and began a lifelong connection with that family.
14: ...obbes believed that Thucydides' account of the [[Peloponnesian War]] showed that democratic government...
16: ...Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637]] he considered himself a philosopher. - Native American (42651 bytes)
5: ...a-group of people spanning the Americas that are related in culture and genetics, and are quite distin...
7: ...t Nations]] applies only to Native Canadians who belong to the same cultural and genetic mega-group of...
24: ...ed along the coast, a theory disputed due to the relative lack of seafaring skills of peoples of this ...
26: ...the distinctive Native Americans of the [[Tierra del Fuego]], who are nearly extinct.
28: ...ations from Siberia to the Americas are highly likely to have occurred: - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ... Badwater which is 282 feet (86 m) below [[sea level]]. It is also home to many species of [[plant]]s ...
3: ... was promoted to the status of National Park, as well as being substantially expanded.
5: .... The oldest [[rock (geology)|rock]]s are extensively [[Metamorphism|metamorphosed]] and at least 1700...
9: ... Valley which causes a slight widening and relatively more subsidence there.
10: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="280px"> - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
5: ...mage_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529) |
14: ...slation]]. Luther's [[hymn]]s sparked anew the development of congregational singing in Christianity. ...
19: ...at end, Hans sent young Martin to schools in Mansfeld, [[Magdeburg]] and [[Eisenach]].
21: ...y of [[Erfurt]]. The young student received a Bachelor's degree in [[1502]] and a Master's degree in [...
23: ...s returning to school. Terrified, he cried out, "Help,[[Saint Anne]]! I'll become a monk!" [Brecht, vo...
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