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- Formula One (29650 bytes)
7: ...2005]]), known as ''grands prix'', on custom-constructed courses or closed-off street circuits.
9: ...and others discussed for [[Mexico]], [[India]], [[Russia]] and [[South Africa]] have reinforced the sp...
18: ...nd first run in [[1950]]; a championship for constructors followed in [[1958]]. Non-championship Formu...
22: ...ore in [[1954]] through [[1957]], his streak interrupted by two-time champion [[Alberto Ascari]] of [[...
32: ...ie Balestre]] clashed with the [[Formula One Constructors Association]] over television profits. - Computer (32773 bytes)
29: Computing devices have doubled in capacity (instructions processed per second per $1000) every 18 to...
54: ...e first purely [[electronic]] computers were constructed from [[thermionic valve]]s (tubes). In the [[...
56: ...odel (economics)|economic models]] have been constructed using water flowing through multiple-constric...
70: ... to control the order in which the program of instructions was executed based on data calculated by th...
84: ...esign of the [[ENIAC]], which was then under construction, by storing the machines program in its own ... - Ship (18843 bytes)
2: ...at]]s, [[dinghy|dinghies]], or [[runabout]]s. A [[rule of thumb]] saying (though it doesn't always app...
21: ... complex process, the first commercial success accruing to [[Robert Fulton]]'s ''North River Steamboat...
27: ...er]]s and in [[submarine]]s, where the ability to run submerged for long periods holds obvious advanta...
41: ... (ship)|Bow]] - strictly, one of the two curved structures where the hull broadens out from the stem (...
47: * (Navigation) [[Bridge (ship)|Bridge]] - A structure above the weather deck, extending the full w... - Forest (3705 bytes)
25: {{Commons|Forest}} - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
35: ...he city grew rapidly due to the [[California gold rush]] starting in [[1848]].
51: The [[California gold rush]] starting in [[1848]] led to a large growth in...
53: ...ight over [[slavery]]. Disgusted by increasing corruption and crime, a group of San Franciscans formed...
58: ...oday. The [[Sisters of Mercy]] were contracted to run San Francisco's first county hospital at the hei...
64: ...eath toll was 478, but most historians agree the true tally was much higher, probably over 3,000. Many... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
7: ==Design and construction==
9: ...ect]]s were [[Iktinos]] and [[Kallikrates]]. Construction began in [[447 BC]] and the building was sub...
13: ...e, with internal Doric colonnades in two tiers, structurally necessary to support the roof. On the ext...
27: ... during the sack of the city during the [[Fourth Crusade]] in 1204.
33: ...the building was partly destroyed. The internal structures were demolished, whatever was left of the r... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...Roman]] military and political leader. He was instrumental in the transformation of the [[Roman Republ...
4: ...t of the weak republic. Caesar's friend [[Marcus Brutus]] conspired with others to assasinate Caesar i...
15: ...]] Cornelia in [[82 BC]], but Caesar refused and prudently left Rome to hide. Sulla pardoned Caesar an...
19: ...f former governors notorious for extortion and corruption. The great orator [[Cicero]] even commented,...
21: ... well, he had their throats cut before they were crucified to lessen their suffering. - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
22: ...r when pamphlets bearing the phrase "Heil Schicklgruber" were airdropped over German cities. He was le...
24: ... allowed to return until well after Maria Schicklgruber's alleged employment.{{ref|about}}
31: ...herited some money from an aunt. He worked as a struggling painter in Vienna, copying scenes from post...
41: ...to enemy fire. He also drew some cartoons and instructional drawings for the army newspaper. He was tw...
43: ...in [[1924]]. One comrade later remarked, "we all grumbled on him and found it intolerable that we had ... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...h America]], resulted in the overthrow of British rule in the thirteen colonies and the establishment ...
23: ...oclamation in November 1775, promising freedom to runaway slaves who fought for the British. In respon...
31: ...o appointed governor of Massachusetts and was instructed by [[George III of the United Kingdom|King Ge...
33: ...housand militiamen had gathered along the road. A running fight ensued, and the British detachment suf...
35: ...e of Bunker's Hill'' ([[John Trumbull]], 1786). Trumbull, an important painter of the American Revolu... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
2: ... [[1839]]. During the [[California gold rush|gold rush]], Sacramento was a major distribution point, a...
37: ...ntiful [[oak]] trees in the region and by eating fruits, bulbs, seeds, and roots throughout the year.
44: ...rnia|Florin]] and [[Citrus Heights, California|Citrus Heights]], extend the greater Sacramento area.
54: ...rst Transcontinental Railroad]] (which began construction in Sacramento in [[1863]] and was financed b...
56: ...he same rivers that earlier brought death and destruction began to provide increasing levels of transp... - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
38: ...kly to avoid the public outrage that was sure to erupt when the citizens of Lewiston discovered the ca...
56: ...ime rate, extensive [[Boise greenbelt|greenbelt]] running through the city, trendy downtown and qualit...
100: {{Commons|Boise|Boise}} - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
29: ...nt]], designed by [[Germany|German]] architect [[Bruno Schmitz]], was completed on the site in [[1901]...
31: ...ral Canal commenced in 1836, but Indiana went bankrupt in [[1839]] from the loans taken out under the ...
33: ..., and [[Interstate 74|74]]. The city is a major trucking center, and the extensive network of highway...
35: ...epleted by [[1915]], and this contributed to an abrupt end of the golden era.
37: ...n [[1928]] because the statute of limitations had run out; he completed his term in disgrace. The Kla... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
49: * [[1879]] - New State Capitol dedicated. The structure cost $1,510,130.
84: {{commons|Lansing, Michigan}} - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
22: ...ng [[mine|mining industries]]. These groups constructed the [[Greek Orthodox]] [[Holy Trinity Cathedr...
27: ...d for economic reasons. [[Utah]] had escaped the brunt of the turmoil.
29: ...], [[Somali Bantu refugees|Somali]], and [[Russia|Russian]] [[refugee|refugees]] have settled in the c...
31: ...and repaired and a [[light rail]] system was constructed. Tourism has also increased and the new Olymp...
55: ...unty]], is on a [[grid plan]]. Most major streets run precisely north-south and east-west. Its origin ... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ... or ''Rossijskaja Federacija''), or '''Russia''' (Russian: Росси́&#...
4: .... In the [[Soviet Union]] Russia was called the [[Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic]] (RSFSR...
6: ...sia. Consequently, after the breakup of the USSR, Russia again vied for an influential role on the wor...
7: {{Russia infobox}}
10: {{main|History of Russia}} - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...ndependence from [[British India|British colonial rule]] to world attention. His philosophy of non-vi...
15: ...uto-biography, "The story of my experiments with truth" reveals his inner persona and reflections on h...
23: ... giving him valuable experience in organising and running institutions. Some of the vegetarians he met...
33: ... This plan was adopted, leading to a seven-year struggle in which thousands of Indians were jailed (in...
40: ...tial law]]. The violence led Gandhi to end the struggle, but he had succeeded in placing himself at t... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
20: ... be regulated if Men were not to fall back into "brutishness and misery". Thus he proposed to unite th...
22: ...1637, to a country riven with discontent which disrupted him from the orderly execution of his philoso...
32: ... [[1647]], Hobbes was engaged as mathematical instructor to the young [[Charles II of England|Charles,...
36: ...'[[De Cive]]'' under the title of ''Philosophical Rudiments concerning Government and Society''. Meanw...
42: ... [[state of nature]] is "solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short" (xiii). - Native American (42651 bytes)
5: ...e American continent, such as those from arctic [[Russia]]n [[Siberia]].
9: The term Native American may be construed to either include or exclude the [[M鴩s people...
59: ...opean colonists had, at best, lived in an uneasy truce with the Native Americans. While the groups so...
63: ...e of New Hampshire|New Hampshire colony]] on [[February 20]], [[1725]]. In reality, any kind of recogn...
76: ...ding Schools. These schools, which were primarily run by [[Christianity|Christian]]s [http://www.autho... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
3: ... died there. Several short-lived [[boom town]]s sprung up during the late [[19th century]] and early [...
5: ...ne of [[volcano]]es. Later the [[Crust (geology)|crust]] started to pull apart, creating the [[Basin a...
55: The [[California Gold Rush]] brought the first Caucasians known to visit t...
57: ...y were able to hike out of the valley through the rugged [[Wingate Pass]]. Just after leaving the vall...
63: ...ne]]. This started a minor and short-lived [[gold rush]] into the area. The Keane Wonder Mine along wi... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
9: date_of_death=[[18 February]], [[1546]] |
12: ... Luther''') ([[November 10]], [[1483]]–[[February 18]], [[1546]]) was a [[German people|German]]...
23: ...orm in the summer of 1505. A [[lightning bolt]] struck near to him as he was returning to school. Terr...
25: ==Luther's struggle to find peace with God==
28: ...needed more work to distract him from excessive [[rumination]]. He ordered the monk to pursue an acade...
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