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- History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...nant economic power and well on its way to taking its place among the imperial powers of the age. Thi...
5: ''Main article: [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]]''
7: ...ed by the Federal government, established the conditions and procedures for reintegrating the southern...
9: ...lure of the federal government to effectively reunite the country contributed to the government's fail...
11: ... which had been readmitted in [[1866]]) into 5 military districts. Governments that had been establish... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[Indi...
10: ...United States]] [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].
11: *[[1793]] - [[Russia]] and [[Prussia]] partition [[Poland]].
13: *[[1818]] - British [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] formed
20: *[[1882]] - [[John D. Rockefeller]] unites his oil holdings into the [[Standard Oil]] [[tr... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...se'' is also used to describe tall buildings, but it tends to be applied specifically to residential b...
5: ...ntury]], buildings of over six stories were rare. It was impractical to have people walk up so many fl...
9: ...the Field's building. Another contender for the title is the 1892 ten-story [[Wainwright Building]] b...
11: ... hang off this frame like curtains--hence the architectural term curtain wall for tall systems of glas...
13: ...rankfurtMain.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Frankfurt with its skyscrapers]] - Adam's apple (940 bytes)
7: ...a notion that it was caused by the [[forbidden fruit]] (an apple) sticking in the throat of our [[Adam... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
1: [[Image:Us senate seal.png|framed|[[Seal of the United States Senate|Seal of the Senate]]]]
2: ... Senate" ([[Article One of the United States Constitution|Article I]]).
4: ...merated to the House. As a result, the responsibilities of the Senate (the "[[upper house]]") are more...
6: ...uilding, in [[Washington, D.C.]], the national capital. The House of Representatives convenes in the s...
9: {{main|History of the United States Senate}} - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...ide]]s, [[volcanic eruption]]s and large [[meteorite impact]]s all have the potential to generate a t...
4: ...eep [[ocean]]; it simply has a much smaller [[amplitude]] (wave heights) offshore, and a very long [[w...
6: ...ed to tides the term is considered misleading and its usage is discouraged by [[oceanographer|oceanogr...
10: ...ami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of generating a tsunami.
16: ...oves under the influence of [[gravity]] to regain its equilibrium and radiates across the ocean like r... - National League (4871 bytes)
3: ... [[World Series]]. (The Series was not played in either 1904 or 1994.)
5: ...l League in [[1890]]). Of these teams, only the White Stockings (now the [[Chicago Cubs]]) and the Red...
7: ...tion of a [[wild card|Wild Card]] team (the team with the best record among those finishing in second ...
9: ...big offensive plays due to the presence of the [[pitcher]] in the batting order, although this is not ...
23: The NL Central Division is the only division in either league to have six teams; the others all have ... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ... York Yankees have the most World Series titles, with 26 championships.
5: ...]], the team given the home-field advantage was switched every year between the American League and th...
7: ...ams which did not qualify for the playoffs, the criteria for the latter changing at various times. Pr...
9: ...es have been made by other leagues. Attempts to pit the [[North America]]n champions against champion...
11: ...se the ''[[New York World]]'' newspaper sponsored it. Baseball researcher [[Doug Pappas]] refutes tha... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
5: ...ger [[Frank Selee]] arrived and rebuilt the club with young, inexperienced players. The ''[[Chicago T...
9: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (1): [[1998]]
10: :'''Division titles won''' (3): [[1984]], [[1989]], [[2003]]
17: ===White Stockings===
18: ...olors, and it happens that the Chicagos adopted white as their primary color. After a summer of indivi... - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
1: {{MLB White Sox franchise}}
3: The '''Chicago White Sox''' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team base...
5: ...unded:'' [[1893 in sports|1893]], as the [[Sioux City, Iowa]] franchise in the minor [[Western League ...
6: ...St. Paul, 1895-1899. "White Sox" is short for "White Stockings".
8: :''Uniform colors:'' black, white and gray - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
7: ...ring "Dodgers" the team nickname in 1932, sportswriters applied a number of nicknames to the club. Th...
8: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Ebbets Field]] ([[1913]]-[[1957]]), [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] ([...
9: :'''Uniform colors:''' "Dodger blue" and White; some Red
11: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (1): [[1996]]
12: :'''Division titles won''' (10): [[1974]], [[1977]], [[1978]], [[1... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
5: ...came the [[American League]]. Moved to [[Kansas City, Missouri]] in [[1955]] and to Oakland in [[1968...
6: ...iladelphia Athletics ([[1901]]-[[1954]]), Kansas City Athletics ([[1955]]-[[1967]])
8: ..., Gold and White; 1963-Present: Green, Gold and White
10: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (1): [[2001]]
11: :'''Division titles won''' (13): [[1971]], [[1972]], [[1973]], [[1... - Crossword (24761 bytes)
1: ...uch as the ''[[New York Times]]'' this is often omitted.
6: [[Image:British crossword.JPG|thumb|British-style grid]]
8: ...[Australia]], have a [[lattice]]-like structure, with a higher percentage of black squares, leaving up...
10: ...e same if the paper is turned upside down. In addition, many weekday puzzles such as the ''New York T...
12: ...''circular'' designs, with answers to be entered either radially or in concentric circles. ''Free for... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
11: *[[Amedeo Avogadro]], (1776-1856), Italian physicist
56: ... Emil Fischer]], (1852-1919), not to be confused with :
60: ...ilhelm Fresenius]], son of Carl, German chemist, (1913-2004)
66: ...ham (chemist)|Thomas Graham]] not to be confused with:
72: *[[Fritz Haber]], (1868-1934) - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
2: ...– [[January 8]], [[1941]]) was a soldier, writer and founder of the world [[Scouting]] movement.
5: ... in 1933, "The whole secret of my getting on lay with my mother."
7: ...sually spent on yachting or canoeing expeditions with his brothers.
9: ==Military Career==
13: ... a butterfly collector, incorporating plans of military installations into his drawings of butterfly w... - Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
2: ...nly revolutionized industrial production in the United States and the rest of the world, but also had ...
6: ...sperous farm in Springwells Township (now in the city of [[Dearborn, Michigan]]) owned by his parents,...
8: ... James F. Flower & Bros., and later with the Detroit Dry Dock Co. In [[1882]], he returned to Dearbor...
10: ...ngines. These experiments culminated in [[1896]] with the completion of his own self-propelled vehicle...
12: ... Winton]], a well-known driver and the heavy favorite on October 10, 1901. Ford was forced out of the ... - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
1: ...yramid]], published in [[2005]], is a general nutrition guide for recommended [[food]] consumption.]]
2: ...hich studies the relationship between [[diet (nutrition)|diet]] and states of [[health]] and [[disease...
4: ...ch may lead to diseases such as [[scurvy]], [[obesity]] or [[osteoporosis]], as well as psychological ...
5: The science of nutrition attempts to understand how and why specific di...
8: ...s]]/[[vitamins]], [[phospholipids]], [[hydroxyapatite]]), both in the [[human body]] and in organisms ... - Gerald Ford (28942 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
9: | date of birth=[[July 14]], [[1913]]
15: | party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
18: ...e of Representatives|Minority Leader]] of the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Repres...
20: ...ost the general election to [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Jimmy Carter]]. - John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Fitzgerald Kennedy
2: | nationality=american
15: | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
20: ...ident of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]] ([[1961]]–[[1963]]). The events ...
22: ...elected president, the last [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] candidate from the N... - Richard Nixon (32863 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
9: | date of birth=[[January 9]], [[1913]]
13: | place of death=[[City of New York|New York]], [[New York]]
15: | party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
19: ...ential powers to silence political and legal opposition.
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