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- Moon (37975 bytes)
197: ...due to [[libration]]. Most of the far side was completely unknown until the era of [[space probe]]s. T...
201: ...guishing feature of the far side is its almost complete lack of ''[[lunar mare|maria]]'' (singular: ''...
211: ...he [[ecliptic]] and not in the Earth's equatorial plane.
213: ...real month]] being the time it takes to make a complete orbit with respect to the stars, about 27.3 da...
224: ... satellite's orbital plane (the Moon's). For most planetary satellites, but not for the Moon, these co... - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...ni evolved from [[military]] drums to become a staple of the [[Classical music|classical]] [[orchestra...
5: ...ich the Italian word descends. A [[musician]] who plays the timpani is known as a '''''timpanist'''''....
18: ...mber of tuning [[screw]]s called ''tension rods'' placed regularly along the circumference. The head's...
20: ...tributes to the tone quality of the drum. For example, [[Hemisphere|hemispheric]] bowls produce bright...
22: ...et]] ''La cré¡´ion du monde'', the timpanist must play the F sharp at the bottom of the treble clef! - Golden Retriever (8646 bytes)
1: ...-- The following markup is for the breed table displayed on the page. Scroll down to get to the main t...
38: ...oogle.com/search?q=cache:VFO9NaHYR2EJ:www.fci.be/uploaded_files/111gb99_en.doc+site:www.fci.be+%22111+...
52: ...enting abilities. They are exceptionally eager to please their owners.
61: ...ut that would still be exceptionally good with people and thus gentle and trainable. Russian sheepdogs...
73: ...n euthanized. Once rescued, golden retrievers are placed in [[foster home]]s until a permanent home is... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
11: ... we can assume J. S. Bach began copying music and playing various instruments at an early age.
13: ... until Johann Christoph heard the young Sebastian playing some of the distinctive tunes from his priva...
17: ... a unique counterpoint to his unequalled skill in playing it; Bach was equally at home talking with or...
19: ...d Latin school when he was 18, an impressive accomplishment in his day, especially considering that he...
22: ... masterful use of [[counterpoint]] but also for exploring, for the first time, the full glory of keys ... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ... He is credited with being one of the first to apply [[calculus]] to [[physics]].
5: ...es of the newly invented [[calculus]]. He was completely [[blindness|blind]] for the last seventeen y...
12: ...ntia analytice exposita'' ("Mechanics or motion explained with analytical science"—that is, calc...
18: ...ler continued to be very productive, despite a complete loss of vision, due to his extraordinary power...
20: ... [[Legendre]] that often he would write down a complete mathematical proof between the first and the s... - Dick Cheney (23685 bytes)
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38: ...[http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2004/07/19/build/wyoming/20-cheney-reun...
48: ...orking, building power lines, having been in a couple of scrapes with the law." He said that the arres...
52: ...idate, but he left and entered politics before completing his doctorate. Cheney was selected for a one...
62: ...resentatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] to replace Teno Roncalio who had resigned from Congress, ... - Medieval History (23198 bytes)
2: ...l [[Monarchy|monarchies]], of European overseas exploration, the invention and diffusion of printing, ...
8: ...Germanic]] and later [[Slavic Peoples|Slavic]] peoples. The era of the migrations has historically bee...
10: ...ntagel]] in [[Cornwall]] had managed to obtain supplies of Mediterranean luxury goods well into the 6t...
14: ...conquerors were soon converted, following the example of the pagan Frank [[Clovis I]]. The interaction...
16: ...tianity or with classic Roman culture. Warrior people such as the [[Avars]] and the [[Vikings]] were s... - Culture of Ireland (27885 bytes)
2: ...aking majority population, between the settled people and the [[Irish Traveller|Traveller]]s, and, inc...
12: ...her forms of local identity are built and most people feel a strong sense of loyalty to their native c...
16: ...e and open range cattle breeding died out to be replaced by a structure of great landed estates, small...
29: ... 87,800 in 1996 to 133,800 in 2002. Cohabiting couples made up 8.4% of all family units in 2002 compar...
45: ...acts on average 500,000 people and the [[National Ploughing Championships]] with an attendance in the ... - Basking Shark (7122 bytes)
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22: ...ese sharks possess the typical [[lamniform]] body plan and have been mistaken for [[Great White Shark]...
24: ... length of the abdominal cavity and is thought to play a role in [[buoyancy]] regulation and long-term...
32: ...indiscriminately [[filter feeder|filtering]] [[zooplankton]] from the water at a rate of 1,500 m³... - Cuneiform (script) (7717 bytes)
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2: ...ver time, the pictorial representations became simplified and more abstract.
7: ...elopments made the process quicker and easier: People began to write from left to right in horizontal ...
13: ...ords conventionally written by logograms. The complexity of the system bears a resemblance to classic...
16: ...simplified cuneiform characters, that formed a simple, semi-alphabetic syllabary, using far fewer wedg... - Music of the United States (1940s and 50s) (18910 bytes)
10: ...his scene remained strong for some time, it soon splintered into competing [[heavy metal music|heavy m...
18: ...]] ("The Twist"), a new generation of teens began playing in their own rock bands. The 60s also saw t...
20: ...es") than their American counterparts, who mostly played a polished form of pop.
30: ... psychedelic bands, like Americans [[Jefferson Airplane]] (''[[Surrealistic Pillow]]'') and [[The Grat...
32: ... beautiful and lyrics could focus on more than simple tales of youth, love songs and ballads to includ... - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]], [[...
13: | place of death=[[Warm Springs, Georgia]]
18: ...and privilege, he overcame a crippling illness to place himself at the head of the forces of reform. H...
22: ... conservatives. Today opinions of him are more complex. Some liberals criticise measures such as the i...
32: ...lege. He learned to ride, to shoot, to row and to play [[polo]] and [[lawn tennis]]. Frequent trips to... - Edwin Abbott Abbott (2724 bytes)
- 1901 (12292 bytes)
24: ...of the United States|U.S. Congress]] passes the [[Platt amendment]], limiting the autonomy of [[Cuba]]...
29: ...mes the first to require [[automobile]] [[license plate]]s.
39: ... phrase, "Talk fluently and hold an [[Big Stick Diplomacy|elongated club]]" at the [[Minnesota State F...
86: ... [[March 4]] - [[Charles Goren]], American bridge player (d. [[1991]])
134: *[[Kjeld Abell]], Danish playwright - Washington, D.C. (43465 bytes)
46: ... its surrounding [[suburb]]s refer to the city simply as '''the District''' or '''D.C.''', to contrast...
54: ...nt to the United States Constitution]] does not apply to the District of Columbia.
59: ...ge:Dctaxationsample small.jpg|thumb|153px|License plate reading "Washington, D.C." at the top and "Tax...
72: ...fferson]] and [[Alexander Hamilton]]. The initial plan for the Federal City was a diamond, ten miles w...
81: The [[Washington Monument]] opened in [[1888]]. Plans were laid to further develop the monumental as... - Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (32564 bytes)
9: ... whose work Vachaspati Misra has contributed an explanation of Vyasa's commentary.
19: ...bs not only systematized conventional moral principles espoused by the [[Bhagavad Gita]], but elucidat...
21: ...zed and complete definition of the Raja Yoga discipline. Moreover, the "eight-limbed" path espoused by...
35: ...s: "Atha yoga anusasanam" ("Yoga begins with discipline") and "Yogas citta vritti nirodha" ("Yoga is c...
87: # Now to explain yoga. - Uruk (2699 bytes)
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6: ...amine, a family might dedicate children to the temple as oblates.
8: Uruk played a very important part in the political histor...
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