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  1. Bassoon (11661 bytes)
    6: ... flared slightly at the end. However, there were only six finger-holes and two keys.
    20: ...difficult opening solo in [[The Rite of Spring]] only ascending to the D. Low A at the bottom of the r...
    30: ...ment. The very tip of a reed blade is frequently only 0.1 mm thick.
    58: * [[Sergei Prokofiev]], [[Peter and the Wolf]] (possibly the most-recognized bass...
  2. Recorder (12954 bytes)
    3: ...rto]] in G major (though [[Thurston Dart]] mistakenly suggested that it was intended for [[Tin whistle...
    11: ...the base note. This note is either absent or can only be played by covering the end of the instrument,...
    34: ...War I and World War II. Pioneer makers such as as Peter Harland sought to redesign the recorder so that i...
  3. George Washington (29551 bytes)
    21: ...e of the most important figures in U.S. history. Unlike many other [[revolution]]ary leaders, he volun...
    79: ...the Army]] (five star), George Washington is the only President with military service to reenter the m...
    95: ...ng the principle that even a former president is only, after all, a private citizen.
    104: Unlike all the other slaveholding [[Founding Fathers]...
    109: ...Rev. Dr. [[James Abercrombie]], [[rector]] of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia mentioned in a...
  4. Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
    23: Jefferson's parents were Peter Jefferson ([[March 29]], [[1708]]–[[August ...
    39: ...es House of Representatives]]. Jefferson was the only Vice President elected to the Presidency to serv...
    41: ... epitaph, written by him with an insistence that only his words and "not a word more" be inscribed, re...
    141: ... had first submitted in [[1779]], and was one of only three accomplishments he put in his own epitaph....
    143: ...nd material he considered preternatural, leaving only Jesus' moral philosophy, of which he approved. T...
  5. John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
    24: ...ter George Washington. (As of 2004, Adams is the only U.S. President to do so.)
    28: ...assador) to [[Russia]], in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] from [[1809]] to [[1814]], a member of the...
    32: ...o ensure that [[George Washington]] remained the only American president unanimously chosen by the [[U...
    59: |align="left"| ||align="left"|'''[[Peter Porter]]'''||align="left"|1828–1829
  6. Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
    22: ... first of non-[[England|Anglo descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English langu...
    27: ...City|New York]], where he studied under [[William Peter van Ness]] ([[1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer...
    59: ...e, Maryland|Baltimore]]. He expressed himself plainly on the questions of slavery and the bank, at the...
    63: ...ut one of Jackson's cabinet, and met with statesmanlike firmness the commercial crisis of [[1837]], al...
    113: * [[John McKinley]] - 1838
  7. George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
    9: ...ladelphia, and died there. He is interred in St. Peter's Churchyard. The city of [[Dallas, Texas]] and ...
  8. Antarctica (14761 bytes)
    6: ...thern Land") go back to antiquity, the first commonly accepted sighting of the continent occurred in [...
    32: ...assert the right to do so. All claim areas except Peter I Island (see below) are sectors extending to the...
    40: ...nd]] at 68?50' S, 90?35'W, claimed [[1929]], the only Antarctic claim area that is not a sector, a Nor...
    43: ...0 degrees west, except for the Norwegian claim to Peter I Island (see above).
    46: ...; claimed [[1939]]–[[1945]] as [[New Schwabenland]]
  9. Australia (39438 bytes)
    48: ...ea. A part of [[Australasia]], it includes the mainland and a number of islands, the largest of which ...
    50: .... The shortest border distance is between the mainlands of Papua New Guinea and Australia at about 15...
    69: ...anding constitute [[genocide]]{{mn|Tatz1999|3}}. Only following the [[Australian referendum, 1967 (Abo...
    79: ...overnor-General, these powers are generally used only on advice from the [[Prime Minister of Australia...
    86: ...hambers are held every three years, usually with only one half of the Senate being eligible for re-ele...
  10. Netherlands (35958 bytes)
    10: image_coat = Nl-arms.gif |
    20: ...[[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]] <br> [[Jan Peter Balkenende]] |
    25: ...://www.cbs.nl/nl/cijfers/bevolkingsteller/popclocknl.asp] |
    47: cctld= [[.nl]] |
    70: ... directly administrated by the Dutch government. Only then did they become official colonies (the [[Du...
  11. Saint Kitts and Nevis (6100 bytes)
    85: * [[Saint Peter Basseterre]]
  12. 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...
    145: ...commanded by the Minister of Defence, currently [[Peter Struck]] (since [[2002]]). If Germany is in a sta...
    184: ...'''11''' [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]||[[Mainz]]||Rheinland-Pfalz||Mainz
  13. Guinea-Bissau (9517 bytes)
    22: ...ge the capital city to [[Buba]], but the plan is unlikely to go forward.)
    126: * Richard Andrew Lobban, Jr. and Peter Karibe Mendy, ''Historical Dictionary of the Repu...
  14. Brazil (12581 bytes)
    8: ... united to Portugal's Crown. Then prince-regent [[Peter I of Brazil|Dom Pedro I]] declared independence o...
    46: *[[Saint Peter and Paul Rocks]]
    124: * [http://jbonline.terra.com.br Jornal do Brasil] - Brazilian new...
    125: * [http://www.mapafacil.com.br Mapa Fᣩl] - Online maps of more than 5000 Brazilian cities (in Po...
  15. Barbados (21887 bytes)
    3: Barbados is mainly composed of [[coral]] and [[limestone]]. It is t...
    21: ...d Sir [[Grantley Adams]] served as its first and only prime minister. When the federation was terminat...
    38: ...he parish of [[Saint Peter Parish, Barbados|Saint Peter]].
    44: ...t Michael]], [[Saint_Peter_Parish,_Barbados|Saint Peter]], [[Saint_Philip_Parish,_Barbados|Saint Philip]]...
    50: ... high levels of around 14 percent in the past to only under 10%.
  16. Belgium (31774 bytes)
    3: ...he north, [[French language|French]] speakers, mainly in the south (the [[Walloons]]) but also in the ...
    73: ... national Belgian political parties anymore, but only Flemish- or French-speaking parties (and one Ger...
    87: ...some smaller parties in Brussels. However, these only attract votes from one of the two communities in...
    100: ... a population of 5,900,000), and [[Wallonia]] (mainly French-speaking, with a population of 3,360,000)...
    127: ...ed by [[Dike (construction)|dike]]s, or, further inland, fields that have been drained by [[canal]]s.
  17. Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
    86: ... the country, but was not reinstated as king and only exercises limited ceremonial powers.
    166: ...lable. Therefore most figures are approximations only. According to the CIA World FactBook (updated on...
    171: ...nd only a few years ago has now dwindled away to only one remaining individual. Many of these fled dur...
    176: ...ular vote to a five-year term. The president may only serve two terms. A candidate for president must ...
    198: ...[Soviet Union|Soviet]] occupation and civil war. Only half of the schools were reported to have clean ...
  18. Portugal (61755 bytes)
    17: ...out. Rome sent numerous legions, but success was only achieved by bribing Lusitanian officials to kill...
    25: ...Moors]] (mainly [[Berber]] with some [[Arab]], mainly expelled after the [[Christian]] reconquest or [...
    31: ...g Ferdinand]] was dying with no male heirs. His only child, a single daughter, married King [[John I ...
    42: ... ''feitoria'' (a trading post) for commerce with inland Africa thus, circumventing the Arab [[caravan]...
    47: ...ip III]] tried to further enforce integration, openly attacking the Portuguese nobility that was not i...
  19. Delaware (15006 bytes)
    40: ...ny]] established by [[Sweden | Swedes]] (led by [[Peter Minuit]]) around [[Fort Christina]] (now [[Wilmin...
    48: ...untry was chartered in Delaware by former-slave [[Peter Spencer]] in 1813 as the "[[Spencer Churches|Unio...
    58: Delaware only has 3 counties: [[Kent County, Delaware|Kent Cou...
    74: ...y]], and a portion of [[St. Martin's Bay]]. The only harbors of consequence are Wilmington, [[Lewes, ...
    136: #[[Henlopen Acres, Delaware|Henlopen Acres]]: $82,091
  20. Utah (29154 bytes)
    139: ...he [[Great Salt Lake]] and [[Utah Lake]] are the only two significant remains of this ancient freshwat...
    141: ...ixie (Utah)|Dixie]] because early settlers mistakenly believed that cotton could grow there. [[Beaverd...
    155: ...minus;69 &deg;F (&minus;56 &deg;C), recorded at [[Peter's Sink]] in the [[Bear River Mountains]] of north...
    162: *[[Canyonlands National Park|Canyonlands]]

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