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- Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
3: ...tects the mouse's motion relative to the flat surface on which it sits. The mouse's 2D motion is typic...
9: ...the wheels which directly contact the working surface.]]
11: ...by ''Opocentsky'', 10/76, [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3987685.html 3987685].]]
13: ...ovements --- for example, head-mounted devices attached to the chin or nose --- but ultimately, the mo...
15: ...els perpendicular to each other: the rotation of each wheel was translated into motion along one [[Coo... - Global warming (53726 bytes)
1: ...ture_Record.png|thumb|250px|right|Global mean surface temperatures 1856-2004]]
3: ...held by many journalists and politicians, but by only a minority of established scientists.
5: ...that even if levels of greenhouse gases and solar activity were to remain constant, the global climate...
11: ...limate with no presumption as to cause and no characterization of the kind of change involved, such as...
16: ...] and the [[United States]] [http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/displaypagedoc.asp?id=13057]. - Andes (13210 bytes)
6: ...es in small ridges or isolated hills along the [[Pacific Ocean]] as far as [[Venezuela]], always leavi...
8: ... Ecuadorean Andes is the point on the Earth's surface most distant from its center, because of the [[e...
13: ...erra del Fuego]] from the small [[Scotia Plate]]. Across the 1,000 km wide [[Drake Passage]] lie ...
15: ...canos, including [[Cotopaxi]], one of the highest active volcanos in the world.
20: ...o]] at 55°S; from 50°S, several of the larger glaciers descend to sea level ([[Google Earth]]/[[Worl... - Red deer (16671 bytes)
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17: ...d largest [[deer]] (cervid) in the world, second only to [[moose]] (which, confusingly, are called ''e...
19: ...ain's]] largest native land [[mammal]], and can reach 1.5m (5 ft) at the shoulder. - Sheep (9256 bytes)
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7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Artiodactyla]]}}
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15: ...woolly [[ruminant]] [[quadruped]]s, but most commonly the '''Domestic Sheep''' (''Ovis aries''), which...
28: ...ep breeders refer to female sheep as ''ewes'', intact males as ''rams'', castrated males as ''wethers'... - Dog (69384 bytes)
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17: ...his similarity in their overall behavioral design accounts for their trainability, playfulness, and ab...
23: ...ly stressful conditions such as the [[Iditarod]] race, as well as scientific studies of similar condit...
29: ... the additional connotation of an affectionate attachment between human and dog. - Island (4674 bytes)
9: ...l shelf of that continent. Examples include [[Greenland]] and [[Sable Island]] off [[North America]], ...
13: Another subtype is the '''[[barrier island]]''': accumulations of [[sand]] on the continental shelf.
16: ...w where the current loses some of its carrying capacity. In essence, they are river [[bar (landform)|b...
19: ...les]] and the [[South Sandwich Islands]] are the only [[Atlantic Ocean]] examples.
21: ... occurs where an [[oceanic rift]] reaches the surface. There are two examples: [[Iceland]], which is t... - Declaratory Act (2406 bytes)
1: ...re mainly used to finance war debt which had been accumulated during a recent series of wars, part of ...
3: Following is the text of the Declaratory Act:
7: :AN ACT for the better securing the dependency of his Ma...
11: ... consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons of Great Britain, in parliament assembled, had, h... - Chile (39914 bytes)
1: ... strip between the [[Andes]] mountains and the [[Pacific Ocean]]. It shares borders with [[Argentina]]...
7: native_name = República de Chile |
12: national_motto = ''Por la razón o la fuerza''<br>([[Spanish language|Spanish...
13: ...onal_anthem = ''[[National anthem of Chile|Himno Nacional]]'' |
48: ...> Includes [[Easter Island]] and [[Isla Sala y Gómez]]; does not include 1,250,000 km² of ... - American Bison (6740 bytes)
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8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Artiodactyla]]}}
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16: ... athabascae''), distingushed by its large humped back.
18: ...own (and lighter weight) summer coat. Bison can reach over 2 m (6 feet) tall, 3 m (10&n... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
2: ...gdom|British]] [[natural history|naturalist]] who achieved lasting fame as originator of the theory of...
4: ...[[1858]] the information that [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] now had a similar theory forced early joint [[...
8: ...], close to [[Sir William Herschel]] and [[Sir Isaac Newton]].
17: His mother died when he was only eight and the next year he became a boarder at t...
19: ...on to the Plinian society of his discovery that black spores often found in oyster shells were the egg... - William R. King (5588 bytes)
5: ...arolina]]. He was a member of the State House of Commons from [[1807]] to [[1809]], city solicitor of [[Wi...
7: ...enate]], and was reelected as a [[Andrew Jackson|Jacksonian]] in [[1822]], [[1828]], [[1834]], and [[1...
9: ...honor of Reverend Dr. King. This has caused some backlash in the community due to allegations of signi...
13: ...ashington, DC]]). It is also said that King's detractors in the Senate referred to him as "Miss Nancy.... - Squash (fruit) (4665 bytes)
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15: ''C. pepo'' - most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash<br>
24: ...ummer squash,'' it is also commonly used to mean only those of the maxima species.) - Commons:Template:Newpagelinksmain (1176 bytes)
1: ...'''Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name.'''
2: ...lopedia/index.php?title=Template:Newpagelinksmain&action=edit Start the Newpagelinksmain article]'''.
5: ...wpagelinksmain|Look for Newpagelinksmain]] in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, an...
7: ...lopedia/index.php?title=Template:Newpagelinksmain&action=purge purge], otherwise please wait and check... - Human societies (6587 bytes)
2: ...shable from other groups by mutual interests, characteristic relationships, shared institutions and a ...
8: ... belonging to the group. More [[abstraction|abstractly]], a ''society'' is defined as a [[network]] o...
15: Human societies are often organized according to their primary means of [[subsistence]]:...
20: ...res; typically, prestige or other cultural factor accrues to the generous individual or group.
22: ...bsequent reward, even at the risk of their lives. Action by some individual or larger group in behalf ... - Golden Eagles (3752 bytes)
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15: .... Like all [[eagle]]s, it belongs to the family [[Accipitridae]].
23: ...in diameter and 1 metre in height, as the eagles enlarge their nests every year. If the eyrie is situa... - Lemurs (4235 bytes)
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22: ... night ([[nocturnal]]), while the larger ones are active during the day ([[diurnal]]).
26: All lemurs are [[endangered species]], due mainly to habitat destruction (deforestation) and hunti...
28: One of the foremost lemur research facilities is the [[Duke University Primate Center]]. - Stag Beetles (3702 bytes)
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11: {{Taxobox_infraclassis_entry | taxon = [[Neoptera]]}}
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28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]]. - Watergate (19196 bytes)
5: ...d that the tape had been replaced. Wills then contacted the D.C. police.
7: ...ed to fix [[wiretap]]s that were not working and, according to some, to photograph documents.
9: ...tee to Re-elect the President]] (CRP), later commonly referred to as CREEP. This quickly suggested th...
15: ...e office to cover their tracks. The break-in was only linked to the White House much later, but at the...
17: ...reak-in in order to gather intelligence about the activities of [[Larry O'Brien]], the director of the... - Flying shuttle (5068 bytes)
5: ...bric exceeds that which can be reasonably reached across (typically {{convert|60|in|cm}} or less).
8: ...ck on which the shuttle runs. At each end of the race, there is a box which catches the shuttle at the...
10: ...hanism in the box to shoot the shuttle along the race to the other box; then the shed is closed and th...
12: ...d; all the operator needed to do was monitor the machine for failures and keep it supplied with pirns ...
15: ...and Kay's patent was largely ignored. His home attacked, he fled to France and died there in poverty.
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