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- Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
31: *the seeds can, under natural circumstances, only germinate in [[symbiosis]] with specialized fung...
36: ...p in atmospheric humidity or exposure to direct sunlight. Between these two extremes, there is a whole...
67: ...ile Asian orchids are multicolored. Some orchids only grow one flower, others sometimes more than a hu...
71: ... whorl. The medial petal is usually modified and enlarged (then called the '''[[labellum]]''' or lip),...
94: ...fungus is very small. Of all the seeds released, only a minute fraction grows into a new orchid. This ... - Crocus (3680 bytes)
17: ...ons for the crocuses to bloom early, only to suddenly wither and die from a unseasonable "post-winter"...
32: The taxonomic characteristics are based mainly on the presence or absence of a prophyll (a basa... - Rose (15436 bytes)
25: ...xception of ''[[Rosa sericea]]'' which often has only four), usually white or pink, in a few species y...
29: ...vily browsed by [[deer]]. A few species of roses only have vestigial thorns that have no points.
67: The [[rose hip|hips]] are sometimes eaten, mainly for their vitamin C content. They are usually pr...
114: Roses are commonly portrayed by [[artist]]s. The [[France|French]] ...
125: ...f production is in the [[Rose Valley]] near [[Kazanluk]] in [[Bulgaria]], with some production in [[Qa... - Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
15: ... a total of 12 years. In [[1980]] the Clintons' only daughter, [[Chelsea Clinton|Chelsea]], was born....
31: ..., Hillary Clinton made history -- she became the only First Lady ever called to testify before a Grand...
41: ...to reforming the America health care system, commonly known as the Clinton health care plan, which was... - Brain (22060 bytes)
5: ... The [[human brain]] is particularly complex and enlarged.
16: ...rol, memory, and thinking abilities. Currently, only the symptoms of these diseases can be treated, b...
41: ...tomy and [[protein]] expression patterns but can only be done after the human or animal is dead.
48: ... A possible origin of this myth is the fact that only about 10% of the [[neurons]] in the brain are fi...
52: ...sis can lead to perfect recall of details.'' Not only is this not entirely true, an incompetent or dec... - Spleen (4479 bytes)
5: ...a large portion of the left side of the abdomen. Enlargement of the spleen, also known as [[splenomega... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
10: ...took the view]] that the Renaissance was perhaps only one of many such movements. This is in large par...
30: ..., particularly in [[Florence]]. This 'Florentine enlightenment' ([[George Holmes (professor)|Holmes]])...
45: ...t the Medici came to power later. They were certainly great patrons but much later. If anything, the M...
61: Against this we can say that Baron is comparing unlike things. In a technical sense, Baron has to pro...
96: ...ilt upon and supplanted by the thinkers of [[The Enlightenment]] in the [[17th century|seventeenth cen... - Glass (26176 bytes)
22: ...sub>/{{Germanium}}O<sub>2</sub> glass, which has only slightly different optical properties (the germa...
52: ...loped, which led to its becoming a much more commonly used material. The invention of the glass pressi...
85: ...ere rarely optically parallel giving rise to commonly seen distortions.
87: ...hieved by grinding and mechanical polishing, but only at considerable expense.
137: ...this belief is that when panes of glass were commonly made by [[glassblowing|glassblowers]], the techn... - Printing (4400 bytes)
- Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...were primarily hung on walls or used on tables. Only with the opening of trade routes in the 17th cen...
16: ...ut forming a knot. Because of the loom structure only five colors can be used to create the design. Mo...
19: Unlike woven carpets, [[embroidery]] carpets are not ...
63: ... can be used to cover a floor. They are usually only used in commercial settings and often are not af... - Furniture (1728 bytes)
- Flute (11293 bytes)
1: ...musical instrument]] of the [[woodwind]] family. Unlike other wind instruments, a flute produces its s...
40: ...to reach the B directly below middle C. Also commonly used in [[orchestra]]s is the ''piccolo'', a sma...
48: ... G-key (previously offset in student models and inline in professional models) may or may not be movi...
55: ...usic of south India. The south Indian flute had only seven finger holes till 1970s when the legendary... - Concertina (3686 bytes)
- President of the United States (42878 bytes)
19: ...nt of the United States|Vice President]] are the only two nationally elected officials in the United S...
29: ...d defend the Constitution of the United States." Only presidents [[Franklin Pierce]] and [[Herbert Hoo...
162: | 25 || [[William McKinley]]{{ref 6}}
163: || [[Image:Mckinley.jpg|50px]]
262: Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only President to serve more than 8 years in the offi... - 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]...
122: ...rthwest]] of the U.S. is also named for him, the only state named for a president. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
52: Partly for this reason, Adams received only thirty-four out of sixty-nine votes in the [[U.S...
57: ...ers of opposing [[political party|parties]]. The only other time this would happen would be when [[Abr... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
- James Monroe (11107 bytes)
22: Born in [[Westmoreland County, Virginia]], as an only child to a prosperous family, Monroe attended th...
30: ...r, [[John Quincy Adams]], as Secretary of State. Only [[Henry Clay]]'s refusal kept Monroe from adding...
38: ...n-of-war]]." Monroe accepted Adams's advice. Not only must [[Latin America]] be left alone, he warned,... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
24: ...ter George Washington. (As of 2004, Adams is the only U.S. President to do so.)
32: ...o ensure that [[George Washington]] remained the only American president unanimously chosen by the [[U... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
38: ... holding federal offices found that they had suddenly been replaced by supporters of Jackson who had w...
73: ... considerable pain for the rest of his life. His only child was an adopted son, Andrew, Jr. In his wil...
101: ...It is a damn poor mind indeed which can think of only one way to spell a word."
102: ...o necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses."
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