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- History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...icts with the native [[Sioux]] and [[Apache]] tribes, and the eventual displacement of much of the nat...
5: ''Main article: [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]]''
7: ...and procedures for reintegrating the southern states.
9: ...ributed to the government's failure for many decades to enforce the civil rights of the formerly ensla...
11: ...n for life or property now exist in the rebel States." - January 2 (10888 bytes)
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
10: ...tate to ratify the [[United States]] [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durh...
14: *[[1859]] - [[Erastus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette]]''.
15: ...nnounced at a meeting of the [[Acad魩e des Sciences]] in [[Paris]]. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
1: ...e.jpg|right|thumb|[[Taipei 101]], the world's tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise.]]
3: ...ings, but it tends to be applied specifically to residential buildings.
5: ...le walk up so many flights of stairs, and water pressure could only provide running water to about 50&...
7: ...r 300 metres (987 ft) tall. The other development essential to practical skyscraper development was th...
9: ...ure was constructed in [[1884]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's building. Anot... - Adam's apple (940 bytes)
1: The human [[larynx]] rests in a frame of [[cartilage]] bound by [[ligament...
3: ...re prominent in adult men than in women or pre-pubescent girls or boys. (This growth of the larynx is ...
5: ...apple remains more prominent than desired, sometimes remedied by a [[trachea shave]], a type of [[plas...
7: ...he term is unclear: Webster's 1913 dictionary states that the term "... is so called from a notion tha... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
1: ...s senate seal.png|framed|[[Seal of the United States Senate|Seal of the Senate]]]]
2: ...t of the Senate" ([[Article One of the United States Constitution|Article I]]).
4: ...extensive than those of the House of Representatives (the "[[lower house]]").
6: ...ional capital. The House of Representatives convenes in the south wing of the same building.
9: {{main|History of the United States Senate}} - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: ...x|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]].]]
2: ...consisting of a series of [[Ocean surface wave|waves]] generated when water in a lake or the sea is ra...
4: ...ry long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which is why they generally pass unnoticed...
6: ...owever, since they are not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading and its usage i...
8: ==Causes== - National League (4871 bytes)
3: ...eagues have met in the [[World Series]]. (The Series was not played in either 1904 or 1994.)
5: ...ow the [[Atlanta Braves]]) have survived to the present day.
7: ...ry [[National League Division Series|Division Series]].
9: ...[home run]]s and big offensive plays due to the presence of the [[pitcher]] in the batting order, alth...
15: *[[Atlanta Braves]] - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...e New York Yankees have the most World Series titles, with 26 championships.
3: ...,458 days, the last being in the [[1918 World Series]], completed on [[September 11]], [[1918]].
5: ...s given the home field advantage in the World Series.
7: ...half of the leagues' standings, received such shares; today only the teams finishing in second place i...
9: ... champions in the Japanese or Latin American leagues have, so far, not succeeded. - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
4: :'''Founded:''' [[1870]], as an independent professional club. Joined the National Association in [...
5: ...mnants'', in [[1901]], after a number of players deserted the team for the [[American League]]. The n...
8: ...A red "C" circumscribed by a blue circle. Sometimes a smaller "ubs" will follow the large "C", or the...
9: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (1): [[1998]]
10: :'''Division titles won''' (3): [[1984]], [[1989]], [[2003]] - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
5: ...ball)|Western League]]. Moved to [[St. Paul, Minnesota]], then again to Chicago in 1900 when that lea...
9: :''Logo design:'' the letters "SOX", interlocked in various w...
10: :''Wild Card titles won'' (0): ''none''
11: :''Division titles won'' (4): [[1983 in sports|1983]], [[1993 in spo...
12: ...7]], [[1919 World Series|1919]], [[1959 World Series|1959]] - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
3: ... in [[Los Angeles, California]]. They are in the Western Division of the [[National League]].
6: ... [[1957]], after which the team moved to Los Angeles for the [[1958]] season.
7: ...rt Robinson years, the newspapers used the nicknames ''Robins'' and ''Dodgers'' interchangeably, often...
8: ...ooklyn. [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/Dodgers/dodgers.html Part of the wall of the stad...
10: :'''Logo design:''' a cursive "Dodgers" superimposed over a re... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
3: ...ased in [[Oakland, California]]. They are in the Western Division of the [[American League]]. The tea...
5: ...Indianapolis, Indiana]] franchise in the minor [[Western League]]. Moved to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylva...
8: ...Red and White; 1950: Blue, Gold and White; 1963-Present: Green, Gold and White
9: ... A stylized "A's". The team also occasionally uses an [[elephant]] logo.
10: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (1): [[2001]] - Crossword (24761 bytes)
1: ...d American crosswords such as the ''[[New York Times]]'' this is often omitted.
3: ==Types of Grid==
8: ...structure, with a higher percentage of black squares, leaving up to half the letters in an answer unch...
10: ...' crossword are 15ױ5 squares, while weekend puzzles may be 21ײ1, 23ײ3 or 25ײ5.
12: ...c circles. ''Free form'' crosswords have simple designs and are not symmetric. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
20: *[[Johannes Nicolaus Br?d]], (1879-1947), Danish chemist
40: * Sir [[James Dewar]]
59: *[[Carl Remigius Fresenius]]
60: ...ilhelm Fresenius]], son of Carl, German chemist, (1913-2004)
77: *[[Charles Hatchett]], (1765-1847), English chemist who disc... - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
5: ...ly and to his friends he was known as Stephe (rhymes with Livy). His father, Reverend [[Harry Baden-Po...
13: ...e was [[mentioned in dispatches]]. His skills impressed his superiors and he was soon transferred to t...
15: ...se their initiative, and to survive in the wilderness.
17: ...-existent) barbed wire while moving between trenches.
19: ...es in this undertaking. Baden-Powell was much impressed with their courage and the equanimity with whi... - Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
2: ...dustrial production in the United States and the rest of the world, but also had such tremendous influ...
6: ... saw a self-propelled vehicle, a steam powered thresher, for the first time.
8: ...estinghouse]] company to service their steam engines. Upon his marriage to Clara Bryant in [[1888]] F...
10: ...lled vehicle named the [[Quadricycle]], which he test-drove on [[June 4]] of that year.
12: ...901. Ford was forced out of the company by the investors, including [[Henry M. Leland]] in 1902, and t... - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
1: ...d1.png|right|thumb|270px|The updated [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]] [[food pyramid]]...
2: ...ionship between [[diet (nutrition)|diet]] and states of [[health]] and [[disease]]. Absence of adequat...
4: ...l and behavioral problems. Moreover, excessive ingestion of elements that have no apparent role in hea...
8: ...r in various forms and combinations (e.g. [[hormones]]/[[vitamins]], [[phospholipids]], [[hydroxyapati...
10: ... juice is eliminated by this process; the intestines reabsorb most of it; otherwise - Gerald Ford (28942 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Gerald Ford
4: | order=38th President
9: | date of birth=[[July 14]], [[1913]]
15: | party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Nelson Rockefeller|Nelson A. Rockefeller]] - John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Fitzgerald Kennedy
4: | order=35th President
15: | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
20: ... also by many others. Mourned around the world, presidents, prime ministers, and members of royalty wa... - Richard Nixon (32863 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Richard M. Nixon
4: | order=37th President
9: | date of birth=[[January 9]], [[1913]]
15: | party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Spiro Agnew]] ([[1969]]–[[1973]]),
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