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- Ballet (9155 bytes)
11: ...ch the first com養e-ballet, composed by [[Jean-Baptist Lully]] was performed. This early form consis...
58: ...ev]], [[Robert Joffrey]], [[Louis XIV]], [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]], [[Catherine De Medici]], [[Marie Ram... - Tennis (24557 bytes)
30: ... in any way, the serving player has a second attempt at service. If the second service is also faulty...
58: ...remain seated in the wheelchair. There is an exception for those who are only able to propel themselv...
104: In December [[1873]], Major [[Walter Clopton Wingfield]] devised a similar game for the amus...
117: ...t bridge|bridge]]). Winning the Grand Slam, by capturing these four titles in one calendar year, is t...
133: ... instance, who was noted for his intelligence, adaptability, and athleticism, would be able to change ... - List of male tennis players (14849 bytes)
- Atlantis (41399 bytes)
7: ... origins of the story of Atlantis date back to Egyptian priests who transfered it to [[Solon]]. Solon ...
12: ... legendary event. Sonchis, priest of [[Thebes (Egypt)|Thebes]], is purported to have translated it int...
17: ...ypt|Saite]] priest showed him its history in [[Egyptian hieroglyph|hieroglyphic]] characters. Some ot...
23: ...by an outer ring-shaped continent, with the inscription, "The earth beyond the Ocean, where men lived ...
27: ...of Ocean."'' —Jordanes, ''[[Getica]]'', chapter 1:4. - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...n the site of the monastery of Saint [[John the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to vis...
9: ...ted by the Papacy, for example, the order was exempt from all authority save that of the Pope, and it ...
15: ...[County of Tripoli]] and when [[Akko|Acre]] was captured in [[1291]] the order sought refuge in the [[...
17: ... in the [[15th century]], one by the Sultan of Egypt in [[1444]] and another by [[Mehmed II]] in [[148...
29: ...st the entirety of their fleet was destroyed or captured in what is now known as the [[Battle of Lepan... - Timeline of the French Revolution (9550 bytes)
56: * [[July 14]]: Constitution accepted by King [[Louis XVI of France | Louis XVI]]
59: * September: Fall of [[Necker]]
75: ...ber 13]]–[[September 14|14]]: Louis XVI accepts the constitution formally
76: * [[September 30]]: Dissolution of the [[National Constitu...
91: ... [[September 2]]–[[September 7|7]]: The [[September Massacres]] - Crimean War (7100 bytes)
14: ...[30 June]] [[1855]]. The city was captured in [[September]] [[1855]].
25: ...eported by war correspondents for newspapers, prompting the work of [[Florence Nightingale]] and intro...
34: ** The [[Battle of Alma]] - [[September 20]], [[1854]]
35: ...evastopol]]") - [[September 25]], [[1854]] to [[September 8]], [[1855]] - Boron (9084 bytes)
47: ... bonding with electron-rich substances in an attempt to quench boron's insatiable hunger for electrons...
49: Optical characteristics of this element include the t...
66: ...ns being investigated include boron [[neutron]] capture therapy and [[drug]] delivery. Other boron com...
71: ...been known of for thousands of years. In early Egypt, mummification depended upon an ore known as [[na...
76: ...neral]] that naturally has properties of [[fiber optics]]. - Holmium (7766 bytes)
123: ...ndard temperature and pressure|STP]] are used except where noted.</font>
142: ...rant [[Spectrophotometry| spectrographic]] [[absorption band]]s of the then-unknown element (they call... - Silicon (13233 bytes)
47: ...s and dilute [[alkali]]s, but most [[acid]]s (except for a combination of [[nitric acid]] and [[hydrof...
78: ...ever, provided the amount of SiO<sub>2</sub> is kept high, silicon carbide may be eliminated, as expla... - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
115: ... κρυπτός ''kryptos'' (hidden).
133: **[[Neptunium]] discovered by [[E.M. McMillan]] & [[Philip... - Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
3: ...ld every fourth year since [[1896]], with the exception of the years during the [[World War]]s.
13: ...iates the first Games with the ancient Greek concept of ''εκεχειρ&#...
53: ...tinian]] [[terrorists]]. A failed liberation attempt led to the deaths of all of the abducted athletes...
60: ...draw the complete track and field team. The USOC opted for the former.
67: ...he Melbourne Games were boycotted by Cambodia, Egypt, Iraq and the Lebanon, because of the [[Suez Cris... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
18: ...origin of the name has been much debated and attempts have been made to show that it existed in the Da...
26: ...sels]], where he met and quarrelled with [[Jean-Baptiste Rousseau]], went on to the Hague and then ret...
34: ...ent for the second time to the Bastille. He was kept in confinement a fortnight, and was then packed o...
42: ...d in England, was accepted for performance, but kept back for a time by the author; and he began the c...
44: ...ire went to [[Rouen]] to get ''Charles XII'' surreptitiously printed. In [[1732]] two more [[tragedy|t... - Medieval History (23198 bytes)
16: ...ikings]] were still capable of causing major disruption to the newly emerging societies of Western Eur...
32: ...o the lands of western Europe. With the brief exception of the [[Mongol]] incursions, major barbarian ...
36: ..., and there were major advances in [[art]], [[sculpture]], [[music]] and [[architecture]]. Large [[cat...
40: ...and eastern borders. Muslim armies conquered [[Egypt]], the rest of [[North Africa]], [[Jerusalem]], [...
66: ...m, architecture, literature, art and popular conception. - Aspects of music (7529 bytes)
9: *Pitch is the perception of the [[frequency]] of the sound experienced,...
23: ...spects always present in musical activity: [[concept]], [[behaviour]], and sound. [[Virgil Thomson]] (...
25: ... concept into the Procrustean bed of western conceptualization, she is in effect surrendering to the d... - Dodos (9122 bytes)
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15: ...Dodo''' (''Raphus cucullatus'', called ''Didus ineptus'' by [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]]), more commo...
17: ==Description==
24: ... speak of the birds "greedy" appetite. Thus, in captivity with its ready availability of food, the bir...
46: ...ps even only one - that reached Europe and were kept as curiosities. - Cuneiform (script) (7717 bytes)
2: The '''Cuneiform script''' is one of the earliest known forms of [[writin...
4: The Sumerian script was adapted for the writing of the [[Akkadian language|Akka...
11: ...efore Sumerian civilization was rediscovered, prompted many philologists to suspect a precursor civili...
13: ...ten in a [[Chinese language|Chinese]] derived script; some of these Sinograms were used as logograms, ...
16: ...lopment of several simplified versions of the script. [[Old Persian language|Old Persian]] was writte... - History of chemistry (8174 bytes)
2: ...lchemy]] by [[Robert Boyle]] in his work ''The Skeptical Chymist'' ([[1661]]), but is often more stric...
34: ... materials industry, coupled with the advance of optical and x-ray sources, made possible the miniatur... - Physical theatre (1156 bytes)
- George W. Bush (64926 bytes)
25: ...h;June [[1964]]) and later [[Yale University]] (Sept. 1964–May [[1968]]). At Yale, he joined [[D...
30: In September [[1973]], he received permission to end his ...
36: On [[September 4]], [[1976]], Bush was pulled over by polic...
62: ...the U.S. armed forces in [[nation building]] attempts abroad.
96: ...cale military engagements. However, after the [[September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks]], the administra...
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