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- Dictionary (22415 bytes)
2: ...tion, word derivations, histories, or [[etymology|etymologies]], illustrations, usage guidance, and ex...
5: ... list words in alphabetical or some analogous phonetic order. Words and characters in [[ideographic]] ...
14: ...omanization|romanized]] and sorted in Roman alphabetical order.
23: ...en the 4000 most common English [[idiom]]s and [[metaphor]]s, can be defined.
25: ==Variations between dictionaries== - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian pai...
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]]) - Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
3: ...e sometimes called [[sound effect]]s; the border between sound effects and actual musical instruments ...
5: ...ser]] and engineer [[Edgar Var賥]] created a variety of compositions using electronic horns, whistles...
12: ...me, the music was distributed over the telephone network.
14: ... the user with an RF field. This was followed in 1928 by the [[Ondes Martenot]] which had a keyboard as...
18: ...a resistorwire which has to be pressed against a metal plate. [[Oskar Sala]] was one of the first play... - Albania (24647 bytes)
11: ...ign="center" width="140" | ([[Flag of Albania|In detail]])
12: ...n="center" width="140" | ([[Emblem of Albania|In detail]])
53: ... ''[[Hymni i Flamurit|Hymni i Flamurit <small>(/Rreth Flamurit t렰벢ashkuar]])'' <br>[[Albanian lang...
55: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.al]]
64: ...le's nest"); Albanians themselves are called Shqipetare and the language itself Shqip. - Albertosaurus (2738 bytes)
19: ... ''T. rex'', as well as its contemporary ''[[Daspletosaurus]]'' (also a tyrannosaurid of similar lengt...
21: ... and [[Ornithomimidae|ornithomimid]]s, while Daspletosaurus tackled heavier horned dinosaurs.
23: ...ge head with recurved serrated [[teeth]]. These teeth however, are more strongly curved than those of ...
31: ''Albertosaurus arctunguis'' (Parks, 1928).
37: ...]]s, who claim that there are enough differences between ''A. libratus'' and the other ''Albertosaurus... - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
38: *[[1908]] - [[Ford Model T]] appears on market
69: *[[1916]] - [[Jeannette Rankin]] elected
86: *[[1920]] - [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|...
88: *[[1920]] - [[Sacco and Vanzetti]] arrested
104: *[[1927]] - [[Sacco and Vanzetti]] executed - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
5: ...epEmDownOnTheFarm.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A 1919 sheet music cover]]
7: ...] asked, concerning the [[United States]] troops returning from [[World War I]], "How Ya Gonna Keep '...
14: ...ection of [[Warren G. Harding]], who promised a "return to normalcy" after the traumatic years of Worl...
16: ...et]], which rose to record high levels, which in retrospect after the crash were dangerously inflated.
32: While in retrospect the 1920s are sometimes seen as the last gasp of [[Laissez-faire capi... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
6: ...harles I of England|King Charles I]] and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the [[Engli...
9: ...sh forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[South Carol...
14: ... Safety (Hawaii)|Citizen's Committee of Public Safety]] overthrow the government of Queen [[Liliuokala...
20: ...iet Union|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polish]] city of [[Warsaw]]...
21: ...chwitz concentration camp]] as [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces close in. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...[[March 25]] ([[Lady Day]] or Annunciation Day), between the [[13th century]] and [[1752]], January 1 ...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
15: ...nce|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
18: ...reat Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - Columbus Day (5999 bytes)
4: ...United States|USA]] was held by the [[Tammany Society]], also known as the Colombian Order, in [[New Y...
6: ...in 1937, President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] set aside Columbus Day as a holiday in the United Sta...
11: ...a]] in 1921, [[Chile]] in 1923, and [[Mexico]] in 1928.
16: ...States, this has caused a persistent controversy between Native Americans and [[Italian American]]s. ...
18: ...[Ward Churchill]] (the controversial professor of Ethnic Studies at [[University of Colorado]] at [[Bo... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
45: ...rom [[Normandy]] and [[Burgundy]] which had been settled in Paris for about a century, whereas his mot...
47: ...sion for the fatherland, equal to her religious piety"). Although traditionalist and [[monarchist]], t...
50: ...tempts, and was put in solitary confinement in a retaliation camp.
52: ...a further career in Poland, but chose instead to return to France. He was heavily influenced by that w...
56: ...st of de Gaulle's theories, and the relationship between them became strained. French politicians also... - Auto racing (15302 bytes)
6: ...ine [[Le Petit Journal]], a reliability test to determine best performance.
10: ...rnational competition began with the [[Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing]].
12: ...ryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first troph...
23: ...ximum [[weight]] permitted was 750 kg, a rule diametrically opposed to current racing regulations. Ext...
34: ...eld on specially designed closed circuits or street circuits closed for the event. Many single-seater... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921 when the winner was determined through a [[best-of-nine playoff]]) and is...
3: ...the last being in the [[1918 World Series]], completed on [[September 11]], [[1918]].
5: ...the home-field advantage was switched every year between the American League and the National League. ...
9: ... that the World Series winner is a significantly better team than any club team outside [[Major League...
11: ...d no evidence of the supposed sponsorship. (For details, see [http://roadsidephotos.com/baseball/nam... - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
3: ...[American League]]. They are owned by attorney [[Peter Angelos]].
26: ...big league brass and helped open the door to the return of major league baseball to Baltimore.
30: ...new AL Orioles took about six years to become competitive. By the early 1960's, stars such as [[Brooks...
32: ...an League championship in 1966, and in a major upset, swept the World Series by out-dueling the Los An...
34: ...ayed baseball the "Oriole Way", an organizational ethic best described by acerbic manager [[Earl Weave... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
6: ...lpark:''' [[Wrigley Field]], 1060 W. Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60613-4397.
8: ...'' A red "C" circumscribed by a blue circle. Sometimes a smaller "ubs" will follow the large "C", or...
20: ...k, uniforms and other possessions. The club completed its schedule with borrowed uniforms, finishing ...
22: ...t baseman [[Cap Anson]] of the [[Philadelphia Athletics]]. While this was going on, behind the scenes...
26: ... length of the season was such that a team could get by with two main starters, and the Cubs had a cou... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
1: {{MLB Athletics franchise}}
3: The '''Oakland Athletics''' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team based ...
6: ...ia Athletics ([[1901]]-[[1954]]), Kansas City Athletics ([[1955]]-[[1967]])
13: ... [[1972]], [[1973]], [[1974]], [[1989]] The Athletics (with the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]) are second ...
18: ...y)|American Association]]. In fact, the name "Athletic" for Philadelphia's team dated back to the "ama... - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
16: ...National League pennants won''' (16): [[1926]], [[1928]], [[1930]], [[1931]], [[1934]], [[1942]], [[1943...
17: ... [[1982]]. The Cardinals (with the [[Oakland Athletics]]) are second only to the [[New York Yankees]]...
18: ...e standings, the league went to a tie breaker to determine who would be the division champion and who ...
28: ...efly called the ''Perfectos'' in [[1899]] before settling on their present name, a name reportedly ins...
30: ...erican League]]'s version of the Browns, were competitive, though not victorious. The Cardinals became... - Philo Farnsworth (6489 bytes)
7: After a brief stint in the [[Navy]], Farnsworth returned to Idaho to help support his mother. He lat...
9: In 1926, Farnsworth formed a partnetship with George Everson in Salt Lake City to dev...
11: ...tted its first image, a simple straight line. By 1928 Farnsworth had developed the system sufficiently ...
13: ...th [[John Logie Baird]]. Baird and Farnsworth competed with [[EMI]] for forming the standard televisio...
19: ...rom Farnsworth's work was used in all television sets and other kinds of displays until the late [[20... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
7: *[[Yaacov Agam]] (born 1928)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
62: *[[Antoine-Denis Chaudet]] (1763 -1810)
87: *[[François-Joseph Duret]] (1804 - 1865)
93: *[[Etienne Maurice Falconet]] - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
2: ...ies the relationship between [[diet (nutrition)|diet]] and states of [[health]] and [[disease]]. Absen...
4: ...[dioxins]]), may incur [[toxic]] and potentially lethal effects, depending on the dose.
5: ...ion attempts to understand how and why specific dietary aspects influence health.
10: ...ds where they occur. Any unabsorbed matter is excreted in the [[feces]]. But only a minimal amount of ...
14: ...body can be determined by finding the difference between the pre-ingestion state and the post-digestio...
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