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  1. Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
    31: ...s taken out under the aforementioned bill and all work on the project ceased. At the time, the 24 mile ...
    33: ... is a major trucking center, and the extensive network of highways has allowed Indianapolis to enjoy a r...
    156: *[[Joyce DeWitt]], comedy actress (born in [[West Virginia]], but grew up in the suburb of [[Speedway, India...
    158: *[[Babyface|Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds]], [[R&B]] music producer and...
    177: ... Indianapolis Star] ("Local" daily, owned by [[Gannett]])
  2. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    76: *[[Adriaan Blaauw]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1914]] – )
    80: *[[Bart Bok]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1906]] – [[1983]])
    97: *[[Dirk Brouwer]] ([[Netherlands]]–[[United States|USA]], [[1902]] &...
    161: *[[Willem de Sitter]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1872]] – [[1934]])
    187: *[[Eise Eisinga]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1744]] – [[1828]])
  3. Roller coaster (14862 bytes)
    9: ...he cars race down the first downward [[slope]]. Kinetic energy is converted back into potential energy ...
    11: ... coaster under good conditions will have enough kinetic, or moving, energy to complete the entire cours...
    15: ...prevents the trains from colliding. Block systems work by having the track divided into multiple section...
    50: **[[Virginia Reel roller coaster]]s
    100: ... Ness Monster, [[Busch Gardens]], [[Williamsburg, Virginia]]. [[1978]]
  4. United States House of Representatives (41197 bytes)
    9: ...as set for [[March 4]], [[1789]]. The House began work on [[April 1]], [[1789]] when it achieved a [[quo...
    11: During the first half of the nineteenth century, the House was frequently in conflic...
    217: ...[[1979]], [[C-SPAN]], the [[cable television]] network, has televised the House proceedings live. Also, ...
    219: ...") are usually busy attending committee meetings, working in their offices, or doing other things while ...
    342: *[[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Virginia|Virginia]] (11)
  5. Native American (42651 bytes)
    1: ...[[Sioux]] in traditional dress including [[war bonnet]], about 1908]]
    5: ... Canada]]). The latter share their cultural and genetic commonality with other arctic peoples not nativ...
    7: ...e Canadians who belong to the same cultural and genetic mega-group of Amerindians mentioned above. The ...
    19: ...[[anthropology|anthropological]] and [[genetics|genetic]] evidence, scientists generally agree that mos...
    28: ...anthropologists and archaeologists consider the genetic and cultural evidence for a primarily Siberian ...
  6. Inca road system (6879 bytes)
    4: ...speed of 242 km (150 miles) per day. These would work in relay fashion much like the [[Pony Express]] o...
    22: ...hick jungle. Here, you walk on original Inca stonework as you climb uphill for 4-5 hours, finally ending...
    30: * <i>Inca: Lords of Gold and Glory.</i> Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1992.
    31: ...genous History: Culture and Consciousness'' by Kenneth Adrien.
  7. Petroglyph (5591 bytes)
    19: ...ed petroglyphs in several places in southern West Virginia to actually be written in [[Ogam]], an Irish Celt...
    21: ...ee consonants each glyph should represent. Fell's work was subsequently debunked by linguists and archae...
    42: * [[West Virginia glyphs]]
    44: *http://www.rockartplanet.com
  8. Cherokee (38956 bytes)
    29: ...(ᏣᎳᎩ) - this then may have been rendered phonetically in Portuguese (or more likely a ''barranque...
    39: ...predated Sequoyah and may have inspired his great work for the Cherokee people was handed down through t...
    94: ..., every cabin, rooting out the inhabitants at bayonet point. The Cherokees hardly had time to realize w...
    101: ... Cherokee and white origin, fighting primarily in Virginia, where their battle record was outstanding[http:/...
    136: ...anding the ceding of tribal land allotments and monetary damages over a variety of issues. All of these...
  9. Crimean War (7100 bytes)
    12: ...lack Sea]] fleet and a threat of future Russian penetration into the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]...
    25: ... war correspondents for newspapers, prompting the work of [[Florence Nightingale]] and introducing moder...
    77: ... Origins of the Crimean Alliance'', University of Virginia Press. ISBN 0813906997
  10. Christmas (35108 bytes)
    16: ...ut the accuracy of these reports. As one of the tenets of their faith, Christians accept the veracity o...
    25: ...and vary on the naming of December 26th. In the [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Scandinavia]], and [[Po...
    37: ...ishop]] of 4th-century [[Asia Minor]]. The [[the Netherlands|Dutch]] modeled a gift-giving Saint Nicho...
    39: ...Peter''. In some versions, [[elf|elves]] in a toy workshop make the holiday toys, and in some he is marr...
    45: ...the next morning. In such places, including the [[Netherlands]], Christmas day remains more a religious...
  11. Benchmarking (8349 bytes)
    6: document.write(ts+'script src="http://www.burstnet.com/cgi-bin/ads/ad10020b.cgi/v=2.1S/sz=300x250A/N...
    7: </script><noscript><a href="http://www.burstnet.com/ads/ad10020b-map.cgi/ns/v=2.1S/sz=300x250A/" ...
    8: <img src="http://www.burstnet.com/cgi-bin/ads/ad10020b.cgi/ns/v=2.1S/sz=300x250...
    37: ...e currently employed, and demonstrating that they work, because they are being used by others.
    50: * [[Benchmarking Network]]
  12. Slavery (26455 bytes)
    6: ...ictest sense of the word, "slaves" are people who work for someone else but are not paid, and who have n...
    10: ...quite different disadvantages experienced by such workers.
    16: ...es, unfree labourers are often told that they are working off a debt, but have no access to an [[account...
    18: Some labor conditions for imported "domestic" workers approach conditions of slavery in developed co...
    44: ...ad conditions, or killed if they became unable to work. Hundreds of thousands of people, possibly millio...
  13. Woodrow Wilson (31322 bytes)
    11: ...<td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Staunton]], [[Virginia]]</td></tr>
    23: ... 1856 to Reverend Dr. Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Janet Woodrow, making him the last president born in th...
    25: ...erward, Wilson studied law at the [[University of Virginia]] for one year. After completing and publishing h...
    34: ...ngressional Government," his best known political work, as an argument for a parliamentary system, but W...
    46: ...mentary government at home. In his last scholarly work in 1908, "Constitutional Government of the United...
  14. Tobacco (28162 bytes)
    28: ...raise tobacco at Jamestown. The tobacco raised in Virginia at that time, ''[[Nicotiana Rustica]]'', was not ...
    32: ...tion]]) on the [[James River]], and [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]] on the [[Appomattox River]].
    39: ...[germination]] is activated by light. In colonial Virginia, seedbeds were fertilized with wood ash or animal...
    41: In the [[nineteenth century]], young plants came under increasin...
    57: ...stalk at the ground with a curved knife. In the nineteenth century, bright tobacco began to be harveste...
  15. United States Declaration of Independence (23184 bytes)
    8: ...tinental Congress]] by [[Richard Henry Lee]] of [[Virginia]] on [[June 7]], [[1776]], which read (in part): ...
    10: ...]] of [[Pennsylvania]], [[Thomas Jefferson]] of [[Virginia]], [[Robert R. Livingston]] of [[New York]], and ...
    38: ...he Liberty Bell was actually named in the early nineteenth century when it became a symbol of the [[abo...
    53: ...]. While some similarity can also be found in the works of the English political philosopher [[John Lock...
    55: ...rs forgotten while others took the credit for his work.
  16. Peregrine Falcons (8580 bytes)
    58: ...lar locations. 13 new chicks were hatched in this Virginia program during a recent year. The Peregrine Falco...
    60: ...n greatly assisted by conservation and protection work led by the [[Royal Society for the Protection of ...
  17. First Lady of the United States (9641 bytes)
    7: ...y participates in [[humanitarian]] and charitable work. Furthermore, many have taken an active role in c...
    228: | [[Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman]]
  18. Washington, D.C. (43465 bytes)
    3: ...s parts of [[Maryland]], [[Virginia]], and [[West Virginia]]. It should not be confused with the [[U.S. stat...
    5: ...ing the original District came from the states of Virginia and Maryland, but only the Maryland portion remai...
    7: ...ers for the [[World Bank]], the [[International Monetary Fund]], and the [[Organization of American Sta...
    81: ... develop the monumental aspects of the city, with work contributed by such noted figures as [[Frederick ...
    97: ...d Malvo to life imprisonment for the attacks by a Virginia court.

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