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- Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
3: ...ts are sometimes called [[sound effect]]s; the border between sound effects and actual musical instrum...
7: Electronic musical instruments are now widely used in most styles of music.
10:
12: ...strument was the [[Telharmonium]], built by [[Thaddeus Cahill]] in [[1906]]. Employing electric genera...
14: ...n RF field. This was followed in 1928 by the [[Ondes Martenot]] which had a keyboard as well as sever... - Cell (biology) (28190 bytes)
3: The [[cell theory]], first developed in the [[19th century]], states that all [...
15: ...nergy stored in organic molecules. This energy is derived from [[metabolic pathway]]s.
21: ...mes (''dark blue''). The drawing on the ''right'' demonstrates how bacterial DNA is housed in a struct...
23: ...ms) that function and survive more or less independently, through ''colonial'' forms with cells living...
34: ...these primary components of the cell then briefly describe their function. - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ...er of debate. On which date the war began is also debated, cited as either the German [[Polish Septemb...
6: ...il [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japan surrendered]] on [[15 August]] [[1945]] ([[V-J Day]]).
8: ...Strategic bombing|bombing of civilians]] to a new degree. [[Atomic weapon]]s, [[jet aircraft]], and [[...
10: ...d States' military occupation of Japan led to its democratization, and China came to split into the Co...
16: ...ed in the war, more or less voluntarily, on the side of the power that in their neighbourhood was the ... - Cold War (18329 bytes)
2: ...nancier [[Bernard Baruch]] in April 1947 during a debate on the [[Truman Doctrine]].
7: ...d in good part by arming or funding surrogates, a development that lessened direct impact on the popul...
9: ...ic Missile Treaty]]). U.S.-Soviet relations would deteriorate once again in the late 1970s and early [...
11: ...e:Berlinwall.jpg|thumb|right|A section of the now-defunct [[Berlin Wall]], a symbol of the Cold War-er...
12: ...da wars between the United States and the USSR. Indeed, it was far from certain that a global nuclear ... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
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10: ...outh Vietnam<br>• Reunification of Vietnam under communist rule<br>
15: ...n="top" style="text-align:center"|[[North Vietnam|Democratic Republic of Vietnam<br>(North Vietnam)]]<...
24: ...IA]]:''' ?<br>'''Total dead:''' 287,232<br>'''Wounded:''' 1,496,037
25: ...fficial Vietnamese estimate: 1,100,000 <br>'''Wounded:''' 600,000 - Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
3: ...'s "Migrant Mother," an iconic image of the Great Depression in the United States]]
7: *[[1931]] - [[Japan]] invades [[Manchuria]]
15: ...33]] - [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] becomes President
26: *[[1933]] - [[Montevideo Conference]]
32: *[[1934]] - [[Federal Housing Administration]] - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
13: *[[1953]] - [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] becomes President
27: *[[1955]] - [[American Federation of Labor|AFL]] and [[Congress of Industrial...
29: *[[1955]] - [[Jonas Salk develops polio vaccine]]
32: *[[1956]] - US installs Diem as leader of [[South Vietnam]]
37: *[[1957]] - [[Little Rock, Arkansas]] school desegregation - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ... horrendous casualties, as high as twenty million dead.
11: ...e Minster [[Winston Churchill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Soviet ...
13: ...des that they could stay there and that neither side would use force to push the other out. This tacit...
15: ...e to vie for the allegiance of the developing and developed world in the postwar years.
17: ...f-interest. [[World War II]] resulted in enormous destruction of infrastructure and populations throug... - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
3: ==1988 presidential election==
4: ''For details see the main article [[U.S. presidential election, 1988]].''
6: ...defeating [[Democratic Party of the United States|Democratic]] [[Massachusetts]] governor [[Michael Du...
10: ...mber 26]], [[1991]] the USSR was officially disbanded, breaking up into fifteen constituent parts. The...
12: ...e Bush]] declared the emergence of "a new world order... freer from the threat of terror, stronger in ... - Mars (27704 bytes)
2: [[Image:Mars NPArea-PIA00161 modest.jpg|thumb|right|North Polar region with icecap....
4: ...]]s ([[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]] and [[Deimos (moon)|Deimos]]) which are both small and oddly-shaped, pos...
8: ...e. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron Oxide (rust) on its surface. Mars has only a quarter th...
11: ...he atmosphere on Mars is 95 percent [[carbon dioxide]], 3 percent [[nitrogen]], 1.6 percent [[argon]],...
13: ... volcanic methane is accompanied by [[sulfur dioxide]]. - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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48: | 0.769 86°<br>(6.48? to Sun's equator)
50: ...e ascending node|Longitude of the<br> ascending node]]
51: | 74.229 88° - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
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47: | 1.769 17°<br>(6.43? to Sun's equator)
49: ...e ascending node|Longitude of the<br> ascending node]]
50: | 131.721 69° - Archaeopteryx (8771 bytes)
2: ...:Archaeopteryx-model.jpg|250px|]] | caption = A model of ''Archaeopteryx lithographica''<br/> on displ...
17: ...[The Origin of Species]]'' set off a firestorm of debate about [[evolution]] and the role of [[transit...
27: ...|200px|left|Illustration of a Archaeopteryx, provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
28: ...tures) lineage of which eventually gave rise to modern birds.
30: ...arently earlier bird, ''[[Protoavis]]'', are considered to be unproven by most [[paleontologist]]s. - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
1: ...image:DESPREZ.JPG|Josquin Des Prez]]<br>''Josquin Des Prez''</div>
2: ...i da Palestrina|Palestrina]], and is usually considered to be the central figure of the [[Dutch School...
6: ...nce]]), Josquin was a member of the papal choir under [[Pope Innocent VIII]]. In the later [[1490s]] ...
8: ...of the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for five voices, widely acknowledged to be one of his masterpieces.
10: ...d by researchers. He remained at Cond頵ntil his death in 1521. - Pope Boniface IV (5099 bytes)
1: ...ay 25]] [[615]]) was [[pope]] from [[608]] to his death.
3: ...e]]) or [[15 September]] ([[Jaff靝) in 608. His death is listed as either [[8 May]] or [[25 May]], [...
5: In the time of [[Pope Gregory I]], he was a deacon of the Roman Church and held the position of ...
9: ..., De Gest. Pont., I, 1464, ed. [[Migne]]) is considered spurious by [[Hefele]] (Conciliengeschichte, I...
11: ...rkable at once for its expressions of exaggerated deference and its tone of excessive sharpness. - Pope Boniface V (3289 bytes)
3: ...n|Christianizing]] of [[England]] and enacted the decree by which churches became places of refuge for...
5: ... Ravenna|Exarch of Ravenna]]. The patrician pretender advanced towards Rome, but before he could reach...
7: ... Pontificalis'', Boniface is described as "the mildest of men", whose chief distinction was his great ...
9: ...t endeavours for the conversion of her consort (Bede, [[Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum|H.E.]],...
14: *[[Bede]]. ''[[Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum]]'... - Horse (38916 bytes)
15: ...ed an important role in [[transport]], whether ridden or used for pulling a [[chariot]], [[carriage]],...
19: ...ances of modern horses with true extra toes as evidence that minor genetic mutations can reintroduce a...
21: ...rtle easily and must, for the safety of riders, undergo careful introductions to strange objects and s...
25: ...ecently, researchers have observed that a form of democracy appears to exist among horses. For instanc...
28: ...vy horses of northern [[Europe]], such as the [[Ardennais]]. - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: '''Pieter Brueghel the Elder''' or '''Bruegel''' (c.[[1525]] – [[Septem...
7: ...r Brueghel the Younger]] and [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] who both became painters, but as they were sti...
9: ...e. The most obvious influence on his art is the older Dutch master [[Hieronymus Bosch]]. He is nicknam...
11: ...is winter landscapes of 1565 are corroborative evidence of the severity of winters during the [[Little...
16: ... elder-children playing-detail.jpeg|thumb|250px|A detail of ''Children Playing'']] - Jan Brueghel the Younger (1191 bytes)
4: ...lemish]] [[painter]], son of [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]].
6: ... allegorical scenes and other works of meticulous detail. Brueghel also copied works by his father and...
8: ...ensive landscapes, either under his own name or made for other artists such as [[Hendrick van Balen]] ... - Jan van Eyck (7234 bytes)
3: ...85]]–[[1441]]) was a [[15th century]] [[Flanders|Flemish]] [[painter]] and one of the first to p...
7: ...rt admitted him into partnership, and both were made court painters to [[Philip the Good|Philip of Cha...
9: ...s|livres]] per annum, and from that time till his death Jan van Eyck remained the faithful servant of ...
11: ...s salary at [[Bruges]], yet settled in a fixed abode at [[Lille]].
13: ...f many distinctions by which Philip the Good rewarded his painter's merits.
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