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- Formula One (29650 bytes)
24: ...]; [[Jack Brabham]], champion in [[1959]] and [[1960]], soon proved the new design's superiority, and ...
30: ...e the appearance of [[aerofoil]]s in the late [[1960s]]. In the late [[1970s]] Lotus introduced [[grou...
45: ...sed the poorer independent teams to struggle not only to remain competitive, but to stay in business. ...
53: ...one]] tires (Ferrari, Jordan and Minardi are the only teams that don't use [[Michelin]]). Fernando Alo...
72: ...and [[NASCAR]]. In its early years, F1 teams commonly constructed their engines as well. It has since ... - Computer (32773 bytes)
10: ...al|analog]]'' computers were once common in the 1960s but are now rarer.
20: ...standing the important idea that the computer is only a machine, and cannot "think" or "understand" th...
29: ...d afford them and were considered so exotic that only a handful would ever be required to satisfy glob...
51: ... such as [[differential analyzer]]s, are not commonly included in such lists. Other classification sch...
54: ...replaced with [[transistor]]s and in the late [[1960s]] and early [[1970s]] [[microprocessor|semicondu... - Ship (18843 bytes)
25: Most ships built since around [[1960]] have used diesel power or [[motor]]s; one excep...
27: ...t safety and waste disposal. It has become usual only in large [[aircraft carrier]]s and in [[submarin...
30: ...on]]s or [[flotilla]]s. [[Convoy]]s of ships commonly occur.
52: ...zontal surfaces in the ship's general structure. Unlike flats, they are a structural part of the ship.
117: ...with three or more masts, fore-and-aft rigged on only the aftermost. - Forest (3705 bytes)
2: [[image:Conifer_forest.jpg|thumb|right|360px|A dense growth of softwoods (a forest) in the S...
6: ...an [[understory]], which makes efficient use of sunlight. A forest in its natural form is home to many...
8: ... woodland has an open canopy, which allows some sunlight to penetrate between the trees (see also: [[s...
25: {{Commons|Forest}} - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
15: area_total = 231.9 mi² / 600.7 |
31: ...tion. It is a [[consolidated city-county]] (the only one in California) situated at the northern tip ...
62: ... it rats infected with [[bubonic plague]]. Mistakenly believing that interred corpses contributed to t...
66: ... remain, whose 30,000 deceased residents are the only permitted within the city to this day.
71: ... [[World War II]], San Francisco was the major mainland supply point and port of embarkation for the w... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
3: ...its popular name derives from the Greek word ''παρθένος'' (par...
13: ...ate has an upward curvature towards its centre of 60 millimetres on the east and west ends, and of 110...
17: [[image:ac.parthenon4.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Only a few sculptures remain on the Parthenon.]]
19: ...es both internally and externally. These survive only in part, but there are good descriptions of most...
27: ...igion for close to a thousand years. It was certainly still intact in the 4th century AD, by which tim... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
13: ...he Marius party through family connections. Not only was he Marius' nephew, he was also married to Co...
30: ...ws which were designed to grant Pompey the Great unlimited powers in dealing with Cilician Pirates in ...
32: ...a young Senator, and Crassus’ support certainly made it an achievable task for Caesar. All the w...
40: [[63 BC]] was an especially difficult year, not only for Caesar, but for the [[Roman Republic]] itsel...
44: ... and he made a fateful decision. In the summer of 60 BC, Caesar entered Rome to run for the highest po... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
20: ...is' niece and third wife. Of these six children, only Adolf and his younger sister [[Paula Hitler|Paul...
37: ...World War I]] in August [[1914]], he immediately enlisted in the [[Bavaria]]n army.
45: ...efers to Hitler's experience at the front as his only education and suggests he did have at least some...
52: ...he war, Hitler remained in the army, which was mainly engaged in suppressing [[socialist]] uprisings b...
62: ...cle into a propaganda stunt. Hitler was allotted unlimited amounts of time to present his arguments to... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ... use of local [[militia]]. Militiamen served for only a few weeks or months at a time, were generally ...
23: ...er shortages, Washington lifted the ban on black enlistment in the Continental Army in January 1777. A...
48: ...nold reached Quebec in early November, he had but 600 of his original 1,100 men. Nevertheless, Arnold ...
59: ... and [[Manhattan]], thus allowing Howe to engage only one half of the American army at a time.
71: ...it for duty, and would be reduced to 1,400 after enlistments expired at the end of the year. Spirits w... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
37: ...ved in this area for perhaps thousands of years. Unlike the settlers that would eventually make Sacram...
56: ...rojects were funded though taxes levied on goods unloaded from boats and loaded onto rail cars in the ...
89: ...ts and some historic buildings, some from the [[1860s]]. Buildings have been preserved, restored or re...
103: ... a result, the greater metropolitan area sprawls only four miles west of downtown (as [[West Sacrament...
125: ...a usually has low humidity. Rain generally falls only between November and March, with the rainy seaso... - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
92: ...one of the largest employers in the area, second only to Micron.
100: {{Commons|Boise|Boise}} - 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: ...lis section of the canal was dug and filled, but only an 8.29 mile (13.34 km) portion connecting downt...
33: ...], [[1847]], and subsequent railroad connections enlarged the town. The population soared from just o...
39: ...ws of King's assassination, Indianapolis was the only major city where rioting did not occur.
50: ...n of the governmental area that is Indianapolis only (i.e., not counting included towns), see [[India... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
31: ...ave many farms, forests, and meadows. There are only two lakes in the area, Park Lake and Lake Lansin...
37: ...4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 4.60% from two or more races. 9.98% of the population...
84: {{commons|Lansing, Michigan}} - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
14: ...h the same information. This section is meant to only be a summary of the main article. Thanks.-->
24: ...city decay. The city lost population from the [[1960s]] through the [[1980s]], but recovered in the [[...
29: ...ish speaking]]. Jackie Biskupski, an [[lesbian|openly gay woman]], was elected in [[1998]] as a Utah S...
42: ...;lake stink”'', which serves as one of the only reminders to Salt Lakers that they live near a m...
45: ...similarities as a fresh water lake source and an inland [[salt]] sea destination. - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...sia]]. With an area of 17,075,400 km² (6,595,600 mi²), it is the [[List of countries by area...
23: ...ll of Constantinople in 1453 Russia remained the only more or less functional Christian state on the E...
43: ...ouncil]] (Совет Федераци...
60: ... and [[Pacific Ocean]]s, as well as more or less inland seas such as the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]], [[Blac...
71: ... with the following countries: [[Norway]] and [[Finland]], - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...]]: मोहनदास करमचन्द...
29: ...aced the humiliation and oppression that was commonly directed at Indians in that country. One day in...
42: ...onment. Beginning on [[March 18]], [[1922]], he only served about two years of the sentence, being re...
46: ...uccessful, resulting in the imprisonment of over 60,000 people. The government, represented by [[Lor...
52: ...ster of India|Prime Minister]]. They disagreed openly over the path to an independent India, yet Gandh... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
10: ...University]]. Hobbes was a good pupil and around 1603 he was sent to Oxford and entered at Magdalen Ha...
12: ...earning". He did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was recommended by Wilkinson as tutor t...
22: ...e of the [[Short Parliament]] he had written not only his ''[[Human Nature (book Hobbes)|Human Nature]...
24: ...f remarks on other works by Descartes succeeded only in ending all correspondence between the two.
26: ... in November [[1641]], although it was initially only circulated privately it was well received. He th... - Native American (42651 bytes)
7: ...Canada, where the term [[First Nations]] applies only to Native Canadians who belong to the same cultu...
21: ...C|11,000 years ago]]), and that they followed an inland route through Alaska and Canada that had just ...
49: ...250,000 [[Arawaks]] of [[Haiti]], were enslaved. Only 500 survived by the year [[1550]], and the group...
81: ...s, termination policies of the [[1950s]], and [[1960s]], and [[Indian slavery|slavery]] have had delet...
83: As recently as the [[1960s]], Indians were being jailed for teaching their ... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
3: ...h]] to exploit minor local bonanzas of gold. The only long-term profitable ore to be mined, however, w...
5: ...of [[ice age]]s, with [[lake]]s, such as [[Lake Manly]].
41: ... [[lake]] that once filled Death Valley ([[Lake Manly]]) was the last stop for water flowing in the re...
51: ... - remnants of the once huge lakes [[Lake Manly|Manly]] and [[Lake Panamint|Panamint]]. A much milder...
57: ...ley). Included in the party was [[William Lewis Manly]] whose autobiographical book ''Death Valley in ... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
31: ...life, death and resurrection of [[Jesus]]. It is only this righteousness that makes a sinner just befo...
39: ...d that indulgences did nothing to save souls and only lined the pockets of the clergy. Because he beli...
41: ...an Order|Dominican]] friar [[Johann Tetzel]] was enlisted to travel throughout Albert's sees and sell ...
66: ...of the mendicant orders, many holidays which led only to disorder; the suppression of nunneries, begga...
69: ...onsists in the words of promise given to belief. Only these three can be regarded as sacraments, in vi...
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