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- Formula One (29650 bytes)
9: ...or [[Mexico]], [[India]], [[Russia]] and [[South Africa]] have reinforced the sport's "worldwide" imag...
16: ...e [[List of Formula One Grands Prix]] for results from past seasons and individual races.''
18: ...0s]] and [[1930s]]. A number of European racing organizations laid out rules for a World Championship ...
21: ...brm3litergp.jpg|thumb|Cover of [[Road & Track]] magazine, showing a [[BRM]] H16 Formula One engine in ...
24: ...rity, and it quickly and permanently replaced the front-mounted engine model. - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...erical]] or [[logic]]al terms. Computers are made from [[digital circuit|components]] that perform sim...
24: ...logue]], [[digital]] and [[electronic]]. However, from the context of the citation, it is obvious thes...
29: ...ensive that only governments and large research organizations could afford them and were considered so...
39: *[[Mainframe|Mainframe computer]]
51: ...uter development means new uses for computers are frequently found and current definitions quickly bec... - Ship (18843 bytes)
14: ... the Plimsoll mark to indicate the safe depth (or freeboard above the surface) to which a specific shi...
17: ...s in the early [[19th century]], oars propelled [[galley]]s or the wind propelled [[sailing ship]]s.
19: ... Actium]]. The use of large numbers of [[cannon]] from the [[16th century]] meant that maneuverability...
21: ...smitting the engine's power, the [[paddle wheel]] gave way to the more efficient screw [[propeller]]. ...
23: ...avy [[fuel oil]] came into more general use and began to replace [[coal]] as the fuel of choice in ste... - Forest (3705 bytes)
6: ...p to the [[tree-line]], except where natural fire frequency is too high, or mankind has intervened. Fo...
8: ...cological]] terms, a forest may be differentiated from a [[woodland]]: A forest has a more or less clo...
13: * [[taiga]]
25: {{Commons|Forest}}
45: *[[Logging]] and [[illegal logging]] - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
2: ...mage:Lightmatter sanfrancisco.jpg|thumb|293px|San Francisco skyline.]]
4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
8: image_map = California map showing San Francisco County.png |
9: ..._caption = Location of the City and County of San Francisco in California |
11: subdivision_name = [[San Francisco]] | - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
1: ...:ac.parthenon5.jpg|thumb|300px|The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west]]
3: ...thena the Virgin''', and its popular name derives from the Greek word ''παρθέ...
9: ...he treasury of the Delian League, which was moved from the Panhellenic sanctuary at [[Delos]] to the A...
11: ... order]] temple, the Parthenon, in its day, was regarded as the ''finest''. The temple, wrote [[John J...
19: ...ted on the northern side: it may have been scenes from the [[Trojan War]]. - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...ing Roman influence into what has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct consequence...
4: ...ltering government of the weak republic. Caesar's friend [[Marcus Brutus]] conspired with others to as...
6: Caesar's military campaigns are known in detail from his own written [[Literary works of Julius Caes...
9: ..., including [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Gaul|Gallic]] dialects.
11: ...hile he gained political clout, the Caesar family gained the wealth. - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
6: ...place_of_birth = [[Braunau am Inn]], [[Austria-Hungary]] |
11: ...hancellor of Germany|chancellor]]) of [[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[N...
15: He led Germany from the depths of post-[[World War I]] defeat to be...
20: ...ire|German]] border in what was then [[Austria-Hungary]]. He was the fourth of six children of [[Alois...
22: ...ber" were airdropped over German cities. He was legally born a Hitler, however, and was ironically clo... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ...t a time, were generally reluctant to go very far from home, and would often come and go as they saw f...
15: ...f these ever set foot in America. The war was far from Britain's greatest concern at the time. [[Loyal...
19: ...Revolutionary War. In Europe, the war was often regarded as a scuffle between the poorer part of the B...
23: ...lack slaves used the war as a chance to escape to freedom.
25: ...uois Confederacy]], fielded about 1,500 warriors against the American rebels.{{fn|1}} - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
1: ...ramento from Riverwalk.JPG|thumb|175px|Sacramento from near the Sacramento River]]
2: ... [[1848]] by [[John Sutter, Jr.]] Sacramento grew from [[Sutter's Fort]], which was established by Sut...
36: === The lost frontier ===
37: ...entiful [[oak]] trees in the region and by eating fruits, bulbs, seeds, and roots throughout the year.
39: The Spanish explorer [[Gabriel Moraga]] discovered and named the Sacramento Valley and ... - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
34:
38: ...of Lewiston discovered the capital had been taken from them.
52: ...ho.jpg|thumb|right|Downtown Boise, Idaho, as seen from the train depot]]
60: ... [[Bogus Basin Mountain Resort]] (a mere 16 miles from Boise city limits) provides excellent [[skiing]...
66: ...py to answer any and all questions you may have regarding their center. - 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: ...ed in 1836, but Indiana went bankrupt in [[1839]] from the loans taken out under the aforementioned bi...
33: ...ections enlarged the town. The population soared from just over 8,000 in 1850 to more than 169,000 by...
35: ...automobile]] manufacturing. However, the natural gas deposits were depleted by [[1915]], and this con...
37: ...ity in Indiana and nationwide, and the national organization officially disbanded in [[1944]]. - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
1: [[Image:CapitolMichigan.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Capitol Building]]
2: ...ortion extends into adjacent [[Eaton County, Michigan|Eaton County]]. As of the [[2000]] census, it ha...
7: state = Michigan |
13: ... County, Michigan|Ingham]] & [[Eaton County, Michigan|Eaton Counties]] |
28: ...view of Lansing, the capital of the State of Michigan]] - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
1: ...ter-day Saints]] during the [[2002 Winter Olympic Games]]. It is Salt Lake City's top tourist draw]]
4: ...nearby [[Great Salt Lake]], the city is separated from the lake's shore by [[marsh]]es and [[mudflat]]...
15: ...an isolated area to practice their religion, away from the persecution they had faced in the East. Upo...
17: These newcomers organized a new state called [[State of Deseret|Desere...
20: ..."The Manifesto"]], which officially renounced polygamy in the church. This paved the way for statehood... - Russia (28007 bytes)
6: ...tage. This influence is notable, but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
13: ... The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowly assimila...
17: ...ded the [[Russians |Russian people]] in the north from the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the w...
21: ... and affected its culture and economy in a very negative way.
23: ...rontier, allowing it to claim succession to the legacy of the Eastern Roman Empire. - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
2: subject_name=Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
3: image_name=Mohandas Gandhi.jpg |
4: ... Nation|Father of the nation]]"'' —Mohandas Gandhi |
13: ...ought the cause of [[India|India's]] independence from [[British India|British colonial rule]] to worl...
15: ... He often said that his values were simple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hindu]] beliefs: [[truth... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...trait by John Michael Wright ([[National Portrait Gallery]], London)]]
10: ...t by a young man named Robert Latimer, a graduate from [[Oxford University]]. Hobbes was a good pupil ...
12: ...[[Duke of Devonshire|Earl of Devonshire]]), and began a lifelong connection with that family.
16: ...ps in Paris, held together by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637]] he considered himself a philosopher.
20: ...tion was then understood. He then singled out Man from the realm of Nature. Then, in another treatise,... - Native American (42651 bytes)
5: ...t native to the American continent, such as those from arctic [[Russia]]n [[Siberia]].
7: ...ans who belong to the same cultural and genetic mega-group of Amerindians mentioned above. The Canadia...
19: ...nd from people who [[Migration (human)|migrated]] from [[Siberia]] across the [[Bering Strait]], betwe...
21: ...oute through Alaska and Canada that had just been freed of its ice cover. There are a number of diffic...
26: ...e is that the Siberians were preceded by migrants from [[Oceania]], who arrived either by sailing acro... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
3: ...a]]. They were stuck for weeks and in the process gave the Valley its name even though only one of the...
6: ... and low points in Death Valley National Park.png|frame|A slice through the highest and lowest points ...
8: [[Image:Wpdms shdrlfi020l death valley.jpg|frame|left|Death Valley and environs]]
36: ...ns front as a result. This type of canyon results from the relatively fast uplift on this mountain ran...
38: ...le rainfall). Annual average precipitation varies from 1.90 inches (48 mm) overall below sea level to ... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...aditions (a broad movement composed of many congregations and church bodies). His call to the Church t...
14: ...[[June 13]], [[1525]] to [[Katharina von Bora]] began the tradition of [[clerical marriage]] within se...
17: ...ght|220px|The "Luther house" where Luther boarded from ages 14 to 17 while attending private school at...
19: ...opper]] mine in nearby [[Mansfeld]]. Having risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to...
28: ... was ordained to the priesthood. In [[1508]] he began teaching [[theology]] at the [[University of Wit...
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