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  1. Clarinet (18825 bytes)
    12: ...inet has a very deep and loud tone. It is often only used in large orchestras and bands rather than s...
    15: ...ve high C. This last range of notes is generally only used rarely, to achieve particular dramatic or s...
    20: ...e material|composite]] or plastic [[resin]], commonly "resonite", an [[Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene...
    22: ...keys is called the [[Oehler system]] and is used only in [[Germany]] and [[Austria]] (see History).
    24: ...e instrument and flares out to spread the tone evenly.
  2. Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
    5: ...s range in size from portable instruments having only a few dozen pipes to grand organs having tens of...
    7: Pipe organs are most commonly found in [[church]]es, and in some [[Reform Juda...
    35: ...d secular music, in a variety of settings--since unlike other organs, they were easily moved.
    63: Because a pipe produces only one pitch at a time, ideally there is at least o...
    71: ...sic)|mixture]]'', and the number of ranks is commonly indicated by a roman numeral following the stop ...
  3. Ukulele (6345 bytes)
    3: It is commonly associated with [[music]] from [[Hawaii]] where ...
    36: * [[Dan Scanlan]] ("Cool Hand Uke")
    73: [[nl:Ukelele]]
  4. Alexandria (28378 bytes)
    3: ... civilization|Hellenistic]] world — second only to [[Rome]] in size and wealth throughout much o...
    23: ...e silt thrown out by Nile mouths. An Egyptian townlet, Rhacotis, already stood on the shore and was a...
    27: ...age]]; and for some centuries more it was second only to [[Rome]]. Nominally a free Greek city, Alexa...
    29: It was not only a center of [[Hellenism]], but was also the grea...
    44: ...s, the Soma and Museum, fallen to ruin. On the mainland, life seems to have centred in the vicinity of...
  5. Europe (23835 bytes)
    6: ...uare miles), making it larger than [[Australia]] only. In terms of [[population]] it is the third lar...
    11: ...phical designation. Later ''Europa'' stood for mainland Greece and by [[500 BC]] its meaning was exten...
    18: ...nce]] thinkers and as the "[[Middle Ages]]" to [[Enlightenment]] and modern historians. During this ti...
    37: ...ected to begin negotiations in the future (see [[Enlargement of the European Union]]).
    42: ...ch separates Europe from [[Africa]]. Eastward, mainland Europe widens much like the mouth of a funnel,...
  6. United States (58223 bytes)
    66: ...oviet Union]], was considered one of the world's only two "[[superpower]]s". With the [[collapse of th...
    84: ...e appealed from a state court to a federal court only if there is a federal question, the [[State supr...
    90: ...nty|counties]] have little or no power, existing only as geographic distinctions. In other areas, coun...
    115: ...er 48; [[Alaska]], which is physically connected only to Canada, and the [[archipelago]] of Hawaii in ...
    123: ...es government claims a lease to this land, which only mutual agreement or United States abandonment of...
  7. Economy of Afghanistan (14517 bytes)
    9: ...erwhelmingly agricultural, despite the fact that only 12% of its total land area is arable and less th...
    13: ...gricultural production and livestock numbers are only sufficient to feed about half of Afghanistan's p...
    30: ...ent plans. By the late 1970s, these had achieved only mixed results due to flaws in the planning proce...
    34: ...50,000 pieces of [[unexploded ordnance]], sown mainly during the Soviet occupation, which continue to ...
  8. Jordan (20715 bytes)
    1: The '''Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan''', commonly called '''Dar Abo Husein''' ([[Arabic language|A...
    127: ...in Jordan is dry and hot, since the country is mainly desert. However, the country receives some rainy...
  9. Andorra (11532 bytes)
    59: ...isolated, it is currently a prosperous country mainly because of [[tourism]] and its status as a [[tax...
    113: ...p]] raising. [[Manufacturing]] output consists mainly of cigarettes, cigars, and furniture.
    115: ...een replaced by a single currency, the [[euro]]. Unlike other small European states that use the euro,...
    120: ...rans constitute a minority in their own country; only 33% of inhabitants hold Andorran nationality. Th...
    122: ...se]] and [[French language|French]] are also commonly spoken. The predominant religion is [[Roman Cath...
  10. Madagascar (29377 bytes)
    2: ...[lemur]]s. Madagascar and [[Mauritania]] are the only countries not to use a [[decimal currency]].
    66: ...tion in [[March]] [[1972]]. However, he resigned only 2 months later in response to massive [[antigove...
    68: ...year presidential term. For much of this period, only limited and restrained political opposition was ...
    111: .... It is also mentioned that the communes are the only entities that are operational, and there will be...
    174: ...ough [[2001]], [[poverty]] levels remained stubbornly high, especially in rural areas. A six-month pol...
  11. Samoa (9435 bytes)
    72: ...Universal suffrage was extended in [[1990]], but only chiefs (matai) may stand for election to the Sam...
    90: ...wire harness factory, the manufacturing sector mainly processes agricultural products. [[Tourism]] is ...
    95: ...orm of [[Polynesian]] speech still in existence. Only the [[Maori]] of [[New Zealand]] outnumber the S...
  12. Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
    3: ...a, but its semi-[[desert]]s ([[steppe]]) make it only the 57th country in population, with approximate...
    147: ...republic. State Accumulating Pension Fund is the only state fund, which is planned to be privatized in...
  13. Iraq (19222 bytes)
    112: ...itten off unconditionally. The creditors however only offered a partial reduction and rescheduling of ...
    119: ...'s population consists of [[Arab]]ic speakers (mainly Iraqi but some Hejazi); the other major ethnic g...
    121: ...and [[English language|English]] is the most commonly spoken Western language. East Aramaic is also us...
  14. Lebanon (34225 bytes)
    17: ..."2" style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationLebanon.png]]
    87: ... own, and by September of that year, they were openly feuding. The Syrian forces remained in Lebanon,...
    195: ... parties; these loose coalitions generally exist only for the election and rarely form cohesive blocs ...
    203: ... and ''[[The Guardian]]'' estimated the crowd at only 200,000, in line with their estimates for the [[...
    228: ...imately 15 million people of Lebanese descent, mainly christians, spread all over the world.
  15. Serbia and Montenegro (13848 bytes)
    3: Serbia and Montenegro cooperate in only some political fields (e.g. through a defence un...
    85: ... and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall inland.
    114: ...used by the [[Kosovo War]] have left the economy only half the size it was in [[1990]]. Since the oust...
    177: <nowiki>*</nowiki> Dates in 2005 only
  16. Germany (46412 bytes)
    62: ... as Germany was unified as a modern nation-state only in [[1871]], when the [[German Empire]], dominat...
    79: ...sm|imperialistic]] course, [[New Imperialism|not unlike other powers]], but it led to friction with ne...
    136: ...p to the reconstruction efforts in [[Iraq]], but only outside of the war-torn country. In [[2004]], Ge...
    184: ...'''11''' [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]||[[Mainz]]||Rheinland-Pfalz||Mainz
    234: ... in the [[Saarland]], where mining is profitable only thanks to state subsidies. Brown coal from mines...
  17. Switzerland (22270 bytes)
    65: ...he federal level in [[1971]], in the last canton only in [[1990]]. In [[1979]], parts of the canton of...
    74: Switzerland features a system of government unlike any other seen in [[Europe]], or indeed much o...
    127: [*] these Cantons are represented by only one councilor in the [[Swiss Council of States|C...
    167: ... so most communication is in three languages and only some very important documents are translated to ...
    207: * [[Enlargement of the European Union]]
  18. Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
    64: ...tures and appointed a new government comprised mainly of younger, reform-oriented politicians. In Dece...
    84: ...e to Kyrgyz voters, while state-controlled media only reported favorably on official candidates. Gover...
    141: ...re over the age of 65. The country is [[rural]]; only about one-third (33.9%) of Kyrgyzstan's populati...
  19. South Africa (40100 bytes)
    9: ...is [[List of national languages of India|second only to India]] in number. As a result, there are man...
    17: ...guages. The South African passport currently has only French and English on the front cover and lists ...
    50: ...inimum age for voting in South Africa is 18, and unlike most other nations, [[permanent resident]]s as...
    70: ...ica)|Democratic Alliance]] party, which received only 12.4 percent of the vote. The formerly dominant ...
    105: ...o South Africa was extinguished ruthlessly until only small patches remained. Currently, South African...
  20. Republic of the Congo (9324 bytes)

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