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- Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
4: A '''cable car''' or '''cable railway''' is a [[mass transit]] system using rail cars ...
9: ... gripping and ungripping action may be manual, as was the case in all early cable car systems, or auto...
11: ...any early cable car operators discovered the hard way, if the grip is not applied properly, it might d...
16: ...aw-equipped cars, and proved cumbersome. The line was closed, rebuilt and reopened with [[steam locomo...
19: ...h design work by [[William Eppelsheimer]], and it was first tested in [[1873]]. The success of these g... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
5: The Hittite kingdom, or at least its core region, was apparently called '''Hatti''' in the reconstruct...
14: ...chibald Sayce]] proposed that the Anatolian Hatti was identical with the "kingdom of Kheta" mentioned ...
17: ...n Society of Berlin. His book about his discovery was printed in [[Leipzig]] in [[1917]], with the tit...
21: ...own as the [[Hittite language]], even though that was not what its speakers had called it (see below).
23: ... Hattusa have been under way since [[1932]], with wartime interruptions. - John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
20: ...esidents, prime ministers, and members of royalty walked behind the casket at [[Funeral of John F. Ken...
22: ...dent, and the last president to die in office. He was also the first person to become president born i...
24: ...many surveys that rank presidents, but his agenda was still incomplete at his death — with most ...
27: ...5]], he enrolled in [[Princeton University]], but was forced to leave during [[Christmas]] break after...
28: ...y)|ambassador]] to that country. In 1937, Kennedy was erroneously prescribed steroids to control his [... - Harry S. Truman (30022 bytes)
11: | date of birth=[[Thursday]], [[May 8]], [[1884]]
34: ...te of Birth'''</td><td>[[Thursday]], [[May 8]], [[1884]]</td></tr>
51: ...y 8]], [[1884]] – [[December 26]], [[1972]]) was the thirty-fourth ([[1945]]) [[Vice President of...
53: ...d scare]], and most of the [[Korean War]]. Truman was a folksy, unassuming president, and popularized ...
58: ...nsas City]] School of Law) in the early 1920s and was a fellow classmate of future United States Supre... - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[West Branch, Iowa]]
19: ...he [[United States]]. However, prior to that, he was a successful [[mining engineer]], humanitarian, ...
21: ...oung. His father died in 1880, and his mother in 1884.
23: ...Waiting for him on the other end of the continent was his Uncle John Minthorn, a doctor and school sup...
26: ...ed to the novels of [[Charles Dickens]] and [[Sir Walter Scott]]. ''[[David Copperfield (novel)|David ... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Warm Springs, Georgia]]
16: | vicepresident=[[John N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<br>[[Harry S. Truman]]
18: ... close friends called him Frank. To the public he was usually known as "[[FDR (disambiguation)|FDR]]."
20: ...tive international organization to preserve peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] af...
22: ...ternment of the Japanese-Americans during [[World War II]] and his failure to advance [[civil rights]]... - Wendell Phillips (1286 bytes)
2: ...o the United States Constitution|15th Amendment]] was passed, Phillips concentrated on issues such as ... - Alberto Santos-Dumont (14938 bytes)
2: ...' ([[July 20]], [[1873]] - [[July 23]], [[1932]]) was a [[Brazil | Brazilian]] aviation pioneer. He de...
6: ''[[14 Bis]]'', was the first to take off, fly, and land without the...
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11: ...nd locomotive used on his family's plantation. He was also a fan of [[Jules Verne]] and had read all h...
14: ...ris]] in [[France]]. The first thing he did there was to buy an [[automobile]]. Later, he pursued stud... - Photography (18493 bytes)
30: ...d room onto a surface. In effect, the entire room was turned into a large [[Pinhole_camera|pinhole cam...
32: ...leum]] derivative called [[bitumen]] of Judea. It was produced with a camera, and required an eight ho...
34: ...t, and then to mercury fumes after the photograph was taken, a [[latent image]] could be formed and ma...
36: ... of photography, but delayed announcing it and so was not recognized as its inventor.
45: ...ements and improvements in the first 20 years. In 1884 George Eastman, of Rochester New York, developed ... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
10: ...evacuate [[Boston, Massachusetts]] after [[George Washington]] places [[artillery]] overlooking the ci...
20: *[[1939]] - [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)]]: The [[Battle of Nanchang]] betwee...
21: *[[1941]] - In [[Washington, DC]], the [[National Gallery of Art]] is...
27: *[[1969]] - [[Golda Meir]] of [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], USA, becomes [[Prime Minister o...
32: ...over government plans for [[2003 invasion of Iraq|war with Iraq]]. - March 21 (10586 bytes)
7: ...ing an armed conflict, [[Pope Pius VII|Pius VII]] was [[Papal Coronation|crowned Pope]] in [[Venice]] ...
8: * [[1801]] - The [[Battle of Alexandria]] was fought between [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[...
9: *[[1804]] - [[Napoleonic code|Code Napol鯮]] was adopted as [[France|French]] [[civil law]].
13: *[[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Battle of the Somme (1918)|Second Battle ...
17: *[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] troops liberate... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
13: area water = |
29: ...y [[Germany|German]] architect [[Bruno Schmitz]], was completed on the site in [[1901]].
31: ...lis with the village of Broad Ripple to the north was ever operational.
33: ...trucking center, and the extensive network of highways has allowed Indianapolis to enjoy a relatively ...
35: ...mic, social, and cultural progress. Much of this was due to the discovery of a large [[natural gas]] ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
8: *[[Abu'l-Wafa]] (Iran, [[940]] - [[998]])
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
27: *[[Al-Khwarizmi|Abu Ja'far Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi]] (Persia, [[780]] - [[850]])
113: *[[Thomas Bradwardine]] (English, c. [[1290]] - [[1349]])
120: *[[Viggo Brun]] (Norway, [[1885]] - [[1978]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876...
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[1989]...
51: *[[Walter Baade]] ([[Germany]], [[1893]] – [[1960...
65: *[[Edward Emerson Barnard]] ([[United States|USA]], [[185...
88: *[[Edward L. G. Bowell|Edward (Ted) L. G. Bowell]] ([[United States|USA]]) - Roller coaster (14862 bytes)
9: ...cuit once with riders moving fowards and then backwards through the same course. And there are even ro...
15: ...e stopped if necessary. This can be done multiple ways, including holding it in the station, stopping ...
17: ...tion, release train #2 (which has loaded while #1 was running), then allow #1 into the station to unlo...
21: ...y track in Paris from 1812. The first loop track was probably also built in Paris from an English des...
23: ...known historical roller coaster, [[The Cyclone]], was opened at [[Coney Island]] in [[Brooklyn, New Yo... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
175: *[[Walter Benjamin]], (1892-1940){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
195: *[[Harry Binswanger]], (born 1944)
238: *[[Thomas Bradwardine]], (c. 1290-1349){{fn|R}}
239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}} - Tennis (24557 bytes)
30: .... If the first service is otherwise faulty in any way, the serving player has a second attempt at serv...
56: ...d break in play (usually due to rain) then the re-warm-up is done using a separate set of balls, and u...
78: ...s one's body in the direction of where the player wants to place the shot. It is considered the easies...
80: ..., apparently frail 1920s player [[Bill Johnston]] was considered by many to have had the best forehand...
88: ...0s that imparted topspin onto the ball. [[Ken Rosewall]], another player noted for his one-handed back... - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
13: headquarters = 310 First Street SE<br> [[Washington, D.C.]]<br> 20003|
20: ...t was defunct by the time of the [[American Civil War]].
22: ...es were inspired by the Whig Party, which by then was in decline. Many of the early members of the Rep...
25: * Winning the [[War on Terror]]
31: ...Republicans such as [[Colin Powell]], [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], and [[Olympia Snowe]], and the gay an... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ...owest point]] in the [[Western Hemisphere]] at Badwater which is 282 feet (86 m) below [[sea level]]. ...
3: ... under some protection. In [[1994]], the Monument was promoted to the status of National Park, as well...
5: ...ed]] and at least 1700 million years old. Ancient warm-shallow seas deposited marine sediments until r...
36: ...bed. Instead a V-shape ends at a slot canyon half way down with a relatively small and steep alluvial ...
38: ...out 1.7 inches (43 mm) of rainfall annually at Badwater (some years fail to register any measurable ra... - Felucca (1721 bytes)
1: ...|right|250px|Feluccas sailing the Nile River at Aswan. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com ...
3: ...x|Felucca in front of an island of Elephantine, Aswan. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com ...
5: ...ooden [[sail|sailing]] [[boat]] used in protected waters of the [[Red Sea]] and eastern [[Mediterranea...
7: ...ans of transport in Nile-adjacent cities like [[Aswan]] or [[Luxor]]. They are especially popular amon...
11: ...khorses featured a mast that angled, or raked, forward sharply, and a large triangular sail hanging do...
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