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  1. Formula One (29650 bytes)
    30: Aerodynamic [[downforce]] had slowly gained importance in car design since the app...
    61: In the past it was common for slower cars to receive a "DNQ" (did not qualify) des...
    72: ... car manufacturers such as [[BMW]], [[Daimler Chrysler]], [[Renault]], [[Toyota]], and [[Honda]], such...
    74: ...ll maintain factory teams, [[BMW]], [[Daimler-Chrysler]], and [[Honda]] provide engines and sponsorshi...
    102: ...Three times World champion [[Nelson Piquet]] famously described racing in Monaco as "flying with a hel...
  2. Computer (32773 bytes)
    12: In most computers today, the problem is first translated into mathematical terms by rendering all rele...
    14: ...f information processing problems that can be translated into mathematical ones). This basic idea, whi...
    20: ...ed tables of lines and colors, which are then translated into arbitrary patterns of light by the outpu...
    26: ...tionary:computer|computer]]" for definitions, translations and detailed etymology.
    51: ... classification schemes are required to unambiguously define the word "computer".
  3. Ship (18843 bytes)
    12: ...r decks were almost awash, resulting in a dangerously unstable condition. Additionally, anyone who sig...
    105: * [[Sloop]]
    124: ...kade runner]] A ship whose current business is to slip past a blockade.
    204: {{Commons|Ship}}
  4. Forest (3705 bytes)
    6: ... in [[lignin]] and other materials that decompose slowly.
    9: ...pg|thumb|right|250px|A decidous beech forest in [[Slovenia]].]]
    24: ...an Island.jpg|thumb|300px|A forest on [[San Juan Island]] in [[Washington]]]]
    25: {{Commons|Forest}}
  5. San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
    31: ...es several islands in the bay and the [[Farallon Islands]] 27 miles offshore in the [[Pacific Ocean]]....
    46: ...e out and a naval force under Commodore [[John D. Sloat]] took it in [[1846]] in the name of the [[Uni...
    53: ...mise of 1850]] was igniting a fierce fight over [[slavery]]. Disgusted by increasing corruption and cr...
    58: ...the San Francisco cholera epidemic, the state legislature devolved this responsibility to the counties...
    95: ...d in his San Francisco home. The success of Craigslist stands as a testament to the over-production o...
  6. Parthenon (12682 bytes)
    11: ...ly for optical reasons. ''Entasis'' refers to the slight swelling of the columns as they rise, to coun...
    13: ... and are 10.4 metres high. The corner columns are slightly larger in diameter. The stylobate has an up...
    39: ...orce the Museum to do so (which would require legislation).
    45: ...thenon are environmental. Athens has grown enormously since [[World War II]] and has major problems wi...
    66: {{commons|Parthenon}}
  7. Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
    21: ...ed a naval force, captured the pirates and their island stronghold and put them to death by [[crucifix...
    30: ...with Cilician Pirates in the Mediterranean. Obviously building a relationship with Rome’s great ...
    32: ...nt and high profile position. While it was enormously expensive on a personal basis, it gave a great d...
    36: ...ble advantages in dealing with the Senate and legislation.
    47: ...dy maintaining a solid friendship with the fabulously wealthy Crassus, he approached Crassus’ ri...
  8. Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
    45: ...l as "incompetent to command people" and "dangerously [[psychotic]]." His commander at the time said, ...
    47: ...anation for the capitulation was the ''[[Dolchstosslegende]]'' ("dagger-stab legend") which purported ...
    86: ...]] the Nazi [[cabinet]] had the power to pass legislation just as the [[Reichstag]] did. The Act furth...
    115: ...y seemed to solve unemployment problems but seriously distorted the economy.
    124: ...died of starvation and disease while working as [[slave labour]]ers. Along with Jews, alleged [[commun...
  9. American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
    23: ...with the British as Loyalists. Thousands of black slaves used the war as a chance to escape to freedom...
    52: ...e on [[Lake Champlain]] (the [[Battle of Valcour Island]]) in October. Arnold fell back to Fort Ticond...
    57: ...ichard Howe]], began amassing troops on [[Staten Island]] in July of 1776.
    59: ... divided his troops about equally between [[Long Island]] and [[Manhattan]], thus allowing Howe to eng...
    61: ...aries]]) to Long Island. In the [[Battle of Long Island]] on [[August 27]], [[1776]], the British expe...
  10. Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
    46: ...n [[1849]], which was recognized by the state legislature in [[1850]]. Sacramento is the oldest incorp...
    50: ...ent home of the state capital in [[1854]]. Previously, the capital was located in [[San Jos鬠Californ...
    58: ...es many boaters, who can make day trips to nearby sloughs or go all along the Delta to the [[San Franc...
    78: ... Sacramento Knights of the [[CISL]] and later [[WISL]]. The [[Sacramento Solons]], a [[Pacific Coast L...
    113: ..., 0.95% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 10.96% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other ra...
  11. Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
    34: ...he [[Boise River]]. The name was apparently a translation of an earlier English name for it, the Wood ...
    36: ...f the [[Idaho Territory|Idaho Territorial]] [[legislature]].
    82: ..., 0.16% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.74% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other rac...
    100: {{Commons|Boise|Boise}}
  12. Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
    29: ... the Governor's mansion. It was used as a market commons for over six years. Although an expensive Governo...
    37: ...ts new political might to establish a Klan-backed slate of candidates which swept state elections in [...
    41: ...sion off the original bill; the final enacted legislation consolidates budgetary functions of the City...
    45: ...tal area is 1.81% water. These figures are bit misleading because they do not represent the entire Co...
    51: ...sus)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.04% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other rac...
  13. Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
    37: ..., 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.54% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other rac...
    84: {{commons|Lansing, Michigan}}
  14. Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
    26: [[Image:Olympiclandscapeslc.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Salt Lake City skyline dur...
    52: <td>[[Image:Platslc.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Plat]] of Salt Lake City...
    67: [[Image:Iceskatersdowntownslc.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ice skaters in downtown Sa...
    73: [[Image:SLCfloodphoto.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Flood of [[City ...
    107: [[image:SLCCityAndCountyBldg.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Salt La...
  15. Russia (28007 bytes)
    2: ...56;&#1086;&#1089;&#1089;&#1080;&#769;&#1103;, transliteration: ''Rossiya'' or ''Rossija''), is a count...
    13: ...e population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowly assimilated both the Scandinavians as well as...
    15: ...irst came to be applied to the Varangians and the Slavs who peopled the region. In the [[10th century|...
    17: ..., the [[Golden Horde]] of the pagan Mongols and Muslim Turkic-speaking nomads who pillaged the Russian...
    37: ... Some of these groups have become increasingly [[Islamist]] over the course of the struggle. It is est...
  16. Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
    15: ...a'': truth, and ''graha'': grasp/hold), often translated as "way of truth" or "pursuit of truth", has ...
    31: ...irculated several petitions to both the Natal Legislature and the British government in opposition to ...
    35: ...sonal form of [[Christian anarchism]]. Gandhi translated Tolstoy's "[http://wikisource.org/wiki/A_Lett...
    44: ...ove. Furthermore, cooperation among Hindus and Muslims, which had been strong at the height of the no...
    55: ...ey began fomenting tension between Hindus and [[Muslim]]s. As the war progressed, Gandhi increased hi...
  17. Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
    14: ...History of the Peloponnesian War]], the first translation of that work into [[English language|English...
    36: ...d Politick]]''). In [[1651]] he published his translation of the ''[[De Cive]]'' under the title of ''...
    62: ...exposed by Wallis, before allowing an English translation of the ''De Corpore'' to appear in 1656. But...
    64: ...ized the opportunity given him by the English translation of the ''De Corpore'' to re-confront Hobbes ...
    68: ...the cube. He had his solution brought out anonymously in French, so as to put his critics off the scen...
  18. Native American (42651 bytes)
    11: ...[[American Samoa]] (USA) and natives of [[Easter Island]] ([[Chile]]).
    25: ...f some sites in South America prior to the previously assumed date of 12&ndash;14,000 years ago.
    26: ...borigine]]s or the [[Negritos]] of the [[Andaman Islands]]. These hypothetical [[American Aborigine]]s...
    30: ...ne]], including [[mammoth]]s, [[horse]]s, [[giant sloth]]s, and [[woolly rhinoceros]]es. The [[Clovis ...
    35: ... their individual tribes, ethnologists have variously sought to group the myriad of tribes into larger...
  19. Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
    3: ...hemistry)|compound]]. [[20-Mule Teams]] were famously used to transport this ore out of the Valley, he...
    6: ... points in Death Valley National Park.png|frame|A slice through the highest and lowest points in Death...
    9: ...n the central part of Death Valley which causes a slight widening and relatively more subsidence there...
    36: ...o the [[stream]] bed. Instead a V-shape ends at a slot canyon half way down with a relatively small an...
    45: ...for [[soil]]s to form. [[Mass wasting]], the down slope movement of loose rock, is therefore the domin...
  20. Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
    7: place_of_birth=[[Eisleben]], [[Germany]] |
    10: place_of_death=Eisleben, Germany
    14: ... and added several principles to the art of [[translation]]. Luther's [[hymn]]s sparked anew the devel...
    19: ...' Lindemann, on [[November 10]], [[1483]] in [[Eisleben]], [[Germany]] and was baptized on the feast ...
    49: ...n at Heidelberg, where he presented theses on the slavery of man to sin and on divine grace. In the co...

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