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- Formula One (29650 bytes)
18: ...f racing during the war, the drivers championship was not formalized until [[1947]], and first run in ...
22: ...deria Ferrari|Ferrari]]. Though [[Stirling Moss]] was able to compete with him regularly, Fangio is re...
26: ...e next decade. Between [[Jim Clark]], [[Jackie Stewart]], [[Jack Brabham]], [[Graham Hill]], and [[Den...
32: ... Automobile]] in [[1979]] set off the [[FISA-FOCA war]], during which FISA and its president [[Jean Ma...
35: ...vision rights, bringing an end to the [[FISA-FOCA war]] and contributing to [[Bernie Ecclestone]]'s ev... - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...art of a system. If a computer configured in this way is given appropriate input data, then it can aut...
10: ...electron flows might be used to model the flow of water in a dam. Such ''[[analog signal|analog]]'' c...
14: ...which made modern ''digital'' computers possible, was formally identified and explored by [[Claude E. ...
20: ...successfully emulate human comprehension or self-awareness. See [[artificial intelligence]].
24: ...ists the year [[1897]] as the first year the word was used to refer to a [[mechanical calculating devi... - Ship (18843 bytes)
2: .... A [[rule of thumb]] saying (though it doesn't always apply) goes: "a boat can fit on a ship, but a s...
4: ...re than three masts. The five-masted ''Preussen'' was the outstanding example but the big [[German Emp...
10: ... (nautical)|draft]] (distance between the highest waterline and the bottom of the ship) and [[tonnage]...
12: ...load their vessels until their decks were almost awash, resulting in a dangerously unstable condition....
14: ...us densities. Hence the "ladder" of lines seen forward of the Plimsoll mark to this day. - Forest (3705 bytes)
24: ...|thumb|300px|A forest on [[San Juan Island]] in [[Washington]]]]
25: {{Commons|Forest}} - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
17: area_water = 185.2 mi² / 479.7 |
37: ...magnet in the second half of the 20th century. It was a center of the [[dot-com]] boom at the end of t...
44: ...] in [[1822]], when what is now the downtown area was first settled by William Richardson, an [[Englan...
46: ...[[1846]] in the name of the [[United States]]. It was then renamed "San Francisco" on [[January 30]], ...
48: ...ranted to the city by military governor [[Stephen Watts Kearny]] in 1847. - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
3: ... [[Greece]] in the [[Persian Wars]]. The building was officially called the '''Temple of Athena the Vi...
5: ...temple, the Parthenon was used as a treasury, and was the location of the treasury of the [[Delian Lea...
9: ...awn from the treasury of the Delian League, which was moved from the Panhellenic sanctuary at [[Delos]...
11: ... platform on which the columns stand. It curves upwards slightly for optical reasons. ''Entasis'' refe...
13: ...diameter. The stylobate has an upward curvature towards its centre of 60 millimetres on the east and w... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...|Gallia Comata]] extended the Roman world all the way to the [[Atlantic Ocean]], introducing Roman inf...
4: ...arch]] was the catalyst for a second set of civil wars, which marked the end of the [[Roman Republic]]...
9: ... was the son of [[Venus (goddess)|Venus]]. Caesar was raised in the Subura, a lower-class neighborhood...
11: ...nt times, though in his father's generation there was a renaissance of their fortunes. His paternal au...
13: ... connections. Not only was he Marius' nephew, he was also married to Cornelia Cinnilla, the youngest ... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
11: ...]]) of [[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[National Socialist German Worker...
13: ...ers]] dominated much of [[Europe]] during [[World War II]]. The [[Racial policy of Nazi Germany|racial...
15: ...mately defeated Germany. In the final days of the war, [[Hitler's death|Hitler died]] by [[suicide]] i...
20: ...t Alois Hitler treated his son more strictly than was usual for that time and place.
22: ...ities. He was legally born a Hitler, however, and was ironically closely related to Hiedler through hi... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ... colonies|thirteen North American colonies]]. The war, which eventually widened far beyond [[British N...
3: ...ctive, including the origins and aftermath of the war, see the [[American Revolution]].
5: ...ous images relating to the American Revolutionary War.]]
10: When the war began, the thirteen American colonies did not ha...
12: ...personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,000. - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
1: [[image:Sacramento from Riverwalk.JPG|thumb|175px|Sacramento from near the Sacram...
2: ...and [[agricultural]] center, and a terminus for [[wagon train]]s, [[stagecoach]]es, [[riverboat]]s, th...
18: area_water = 2.1 mi² / 5.4 |
37: ...ve little evidence of their existence. Their diet was dominated with [[acorn]]s taken from the plentif...
42: ...ons. He hired topographical engineer [[William H. Warner]] to draft the official layout of the city. H... - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
13: area water = 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) |
34: ...ntury as a name for the [[Boise River]]. The name was apparently a translation of an earlier English n...
36: Originally known as Fort Boise, Boise was incorporated under a charter in [[1864]] by an a...
38: ...and left quickly to avoid the public outrage that was sure to erupt when the citizens of Lewiston disc...
40: ...state of Idaho on [[July 3]], [[1890]] when Idaho was admitted to the union as the 43rd state. - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
13: area water = |
29: ...y [[Germany|German]] architect [[Bruno Schmitz]], was completed on the site in [[1901]].
31: ...lis with the village of Broad Ripple to the north was ever operational.
33: ...trucking center, and the extensive network of highways has allowed Indianapolis to enjoy a relatively ...
35: ...mic, social, and cultural progress. Much of this was due to the discovery of a large [[natural gas]] ... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
16: area water = 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) |
33: ...i²) of it is water. The total area is 0.57% water.
61: ...y council comprises representatives of individual wards and at-large members.
77: '''Highways'''
78: * Three major interstates and One U.S. Highway serve the Lansing Area including: [[I-96]], [[I-... - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
2: ... of the [[United States 2000 Census|2000 Census]] was 181,743. The Salt Lake City-[[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]...
4: ...north end of the [[Salt Lake Valley]] along the [[Wasatch Front]] at an elevation of 4,330 ft (1,320 m...
6: ... city has developed a strong tourism industry and was host to the [[2002 Winter Olympics]].
15: ...ing an isolated area to practice their religion, away from the persecution they had faced in the East....
17: ... the territorial capital in [[1858]] and the name was subsequently abbreviated to Salt Lake City. The ... - Russia (28007 bytes)
4: ...December [[1991]]. In the [[Soviet Union]] Russia was called the [[Russian Soviet Federated Socialist ...
13: ...bulk of the population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowly assimilated both the Scandinavians ...
15: ...f [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due to diversified trade with ...
17: ...ses of present-day Russia, while its western zone was largely incorporated into the Grand Duchy of [[L...
19: ...tonomy during the time of the [[Mongol]] yoke and was largely spared the atrocities that affected the ... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...690;ધી), called '''Mahatma Gandhi''', was the [[charisma]]tic leader who brought the cause...
15: ... and ''graha'': grasp/hold), often translated as "way of truth" or "pursuit of truth", has inspired ot...
18: ...arried [[Kasturba Gandhi|Kasturba Makharji]], who was the same age as he. They had four sons: [[Harila...
20: Gandhi was a mediocre student in his youth at Porbandar and...
23: ...rianism]]. He joined the [[Vegetarian Society]], was elected to its Executive Committee, and founded ... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...l 5]], [[1588]] – [[December 4]], [[1679]]) was a noted [[English (people)|English]] [[Political...
6: ...f human nature as self-interested cooperation. He was a contemporary of [[Ren頄escartes|Descartes]] a...
10: ... [[Hertford College]]). The principal of Magdalen was the aggressive [[Puritan]] [[John Wilkinson (sch...
12: ...did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was recommended by Wilkinson as tutor to William, th...
14: ...nt could not survive war or provide stability and was thus undesirable. - Native American (42651 bytes)
1: ...humb|A [[Sioux]] in traditional dress including [[war bonnet]], about 1908]]
11: ...;oli and Kanaka 'Oiwi) in the [[US]] state of [[Hawaii]], natives of [[American Samoa]] (USA) and nati...
21: ... whether it happened at all. Until recently there was a consensus among anthropologists that the alleg...
30: ...Bison|bison]], would have developed from it. This wave eventually spread over the entire hemisphere, a...
32: *The third wave brought the ancestors of the [[Eskimo]]s and th... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ...owest point]] in the [[Western Hemisphere]] at Badwater which is 282 feet (86 m) below [[sea level]]. ...
3: ... under some protection. In [[1994]], the Monument was promoted to the status of National Park, as well...
5: ...ed]] and at least 1700 million years old. Ancient warm-shallow seas deposited marine sediments until r...
36: ...bed. Instead a V-shape ends at a slot canyon half way down with a relatively small and steep alluvial ...
38: ...out 1.7 inches (43 mm) of rainfall annually at Badwater (some years fail to register any measurable ra... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...r 10]], [[1483]]–[[February 18]], [[1546]]) was a [[German people|German]] [[theology|theologian...
19: .... Having risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to see his son ascend to [[civil serv...
23: ...05. A [[lightning bolt]] struck near to him as he was returning to school. Terrified, he cried out, "H...
26: ...more he tried to do for God, it seemed, the more aware he became of his sinfulness.
28: ... to pursue an academic career. In [[1507]] Luther was ordained to the priesthood. In [[1508]] he began...
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