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- Film (18911 bytes)
4: ..., ''photoplays'', ''picture shows'', ''flicks'' — and most commonly ''movies''. Academics and t...
6: ...levance is what causes the perception of motion — a psychological effect identified as [[beta mo...
14: ...arefully designed to achieve the desired effect — and the underlying principle became the basis ...
22: ...ut as color processes improved and became as affordable as [[black-and-white]] film, more and more mov...
28: ...ces of [[movie studio]]s, recent advances in affordable film making equipment have allowed independent... - Ellen Louise Wilson (3272 bytes)
1: '''Ellen Louise Axson Wilson''' ([[May 15]], [[1860]] - [[August 6]], [[1914]]), first wife of [[Wood...
9: ...und time for painting despite the weddings of two daughters within six months and the duties of hostes...
12: ...ase]], she died on [[August 6]], [[1914]]. On the day before her death, she made her physician promise... - Slavery (26455 bytes)
8: ...imes been regarded as an expectation such as [[mandatory military service]], or [[debt slavery]]. It ...
14: Slavery is in all countries today considered [[illegal]], a [[criminal activity]] ...
18: ...ountries by means of legal loopholes, such as Canada's “Live-in Caregiver Program. [http://www.t...
20: ...] evidence of illegal "forced labor and [[debt bondage]]" amounting to slavery was unearthed in the [[...
23: ...ar]], [[Cuba]], [[Ecuador]], [[North Korea]], [[Sudan]] and [[Venezuela]]. - Franz Xaver von Baader (10383 bytes)
1: ...anz Xaver von Baader''' ([[March 27]], [[1765]] – [[May 23]], [[1841]]), was a [[Germany|German]...
3: ...ricts in north Germany, and for four years, 1792–1796, resided in [[England]].
5: ... of [[David Hume]], [[David Hartley (philosopher)|David Hartley]] and [[William Godwin]], which were a...
7: ...he title ''Spekulative Dogmatik,'' 4 parts, 1827–1836. In 1838 he opposed the interference in ci...
9: ...''scientia'', it is invariably ''con-scientia'' — a knowing with, consciousness of, or participa... - Tecumseh's curse (3257 bytes)
7: *'''[[1860]]''' - [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[assassination|assas... - James A. Garfield (15070 bytes)
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[November 19]], [[1831]]</...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[September 19]], [[1881]]...
19: ...es Abram Garfield''' ([[November 19]], [[1831]] – [[September 19]], [[1881]]) was the 20th ([[18...
21: ...as in power for a total of just six months and 15 days.
26: ...ade president of the Institute from [[1857]] to [[1860]]. Remarkably, the [[ambidextrous]] Garfield coul... - John C. Breckinridge (5870 bytes)
2: ...Cabell Breckinridge''' ([[January 16]], [[1821]]–[[May 17]], [[1875]]) was a lawyer, [[United St...
4: ...ucky]]. He graduated from [[Centre College]] in [[Danville, Kentucky]], in [[1839]], later attended th...
6: ...es Congress|Congresses]] ([[March 4]], [[1851]] – [[March 3]], [[1855]]). Breckinridge did not ...
8: ... more electoral votes than the other 2 major candidates, [[John Bell (Tennessee politician)|John Bell]...
10: ...rable surrender, even while President [[Jefferson Davis]] fiercely desired to continue the fight. - Hannibal Hamlin (5219 bytes)
2: ... mate]] in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1860|1860 presidential election]].
10: ...ted States)|Democrat]], Hamlin supported the candidacy of [[Franklin Pierce]] in [[1852]]. However, he...
14: ...or the second place on the Republican ticket in [[1860]]. While in this office he was one of the chief a...
25: [[Hamlin County, South Dakota]] is named in his honor.
35: ...nson]] *|years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1860|1860]] (won)}} - Thomas A. Hendricks (3507 bytes)
2: ... Andrews Hendricks''' ([[September 7]], [[1819]]–[[November 25]], [[1885]]) was a [[United State...
4: ...arch 3]], [[1855]]). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in [[1854]]. He was Chairman of...
6: ...oved to [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]] in 1860 and practiced law. He was elected as a Democrat ...
8: ...to Greeley. Hendricks ran as an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President on the Democratic ticket wit...
12: ..._Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_nominees|candidate]]|before=[[B. Gratz Brown]]|after=[[William Hay... - Charles Curtis (4708 bytes)
3: '''Charles Curtis''' ([[January 25]], [[1860]] – [[February 8]], [[1936]]) was a [[United...
5: ...san, Representative [[Daniel Read Anthony, Jr.]]—offered in their respective bodies during [[Dec...
7: ...their way to the Capitol building on inauguration day, [[March 4]], [[1925]].]]
9: ...[[1933]], because Hoover was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in [[1932]].
13: ...n 1898—passed while he served in the House—expanded the powers of the federal government o... - Grunion (11544 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox phylum entry | taxon = [[Chordata]]}}
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Atherinopsidae]]}}
10: {{Taxobox authority | author = Jordan & Gilbert | date = 1880}}
17: ...tinopterygii|teleost]] [[fish]] in the Atherinopsidae [[Scientific classification|family]] of [[New Wo...
19: ...the female to deposit his sperm. For the next ten days the grunion eggs remain hidden in the sand, but... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
1: ...76, and either are located within territorial boundaries of the United States ''or'' involve the armed...
4: ...arized conflicts involving the United States, the dates show the years in which U.S. military units (p...
6: *'''[[American Revolutionary War]]''' (1775–1783)
7: *[[Quasi-War]] (1798–1801)
8: *[[First Barbary War]] (1801–1805) - Sea Lamprey (9084 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Petromyzontidae'''}}
12: [[Mordaciinae]]<br>
23: ...se lasts about 18 months. Whether lampreys are predators or parasites is a blurred question.
27: ... at sea and spawning can be up to 18 months long—surely one of the most remarkable endurance eve... - United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
8: foundation = [[February 28]], [[1854]] |
17: ...f the party – and its ''de facto'' leader – and it currently has majorities in the [[Unite...
30: ...mong core social conservatives rather than accommodate certain moderate positions, whose adherents are...
32: .../BrowseByDateCartoon.asp?Year=2003&Month=November&Date=7]. In the early 20th century, the traditional ...
45: ...ry northern Democrats which had existed since the days of [[Andrew Jackson]]. Instead, a new era of Re... - List of island countries (6641 bytes)
6: *[[Antigua and Barbuda]]
7: *[[Australia]] — often referred to as an island continent, alth...
21: *[[Grenada]]
29: *[[Madagascar]]
50: *[[Trinidad and Tobago]] - Historical temperature record (5347 bytes)
8: ...er records exist, but coverage and instrument standardisation are less.
10: ... [http://www.meto.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre/CR_data/Annual/HadCRUTanm_2000.gif average of the year ...
12: ...1910 to 1945 and 1976 to 2000. See [http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/figspm-1.htm] for a pictu...
14: The data for the record come from [[thermometer]] measur...
15: ... independently show much the same warming since [[1860]]. - Santa Claus (16146 bytes)
3: ...esents given to children on [[Christmas|Christmas Day.]] He forms part of the [[Christmas]] tradition ...
5: ...[Saint Basil]] whose memory is celebrated on that day.
8: ...Finland|Finnish]] [[Lapland, Finland|Lapland]], [[Dalecarlia]] in [[Sweden]], [[Greenland]], or [[Caes...
17: ..., in particular presenting the three impoverished daughters of a pious Christian with dowries so that ...
19: ...] who traditionally comes to Greece on New Year's Day riding on a donkey. Recently though, Greek tradi... - American Association for the Advancement of Science (8017 bytes)
7: ...years membership increased by nearly 2300%. By [[1860]] there were over 2000 members. The course of [[...
22: ...rperson]] of the [[Board of Directors]]. In accordance with the convention followed by the AAAS, '''p...
53: ... administrative officials that execute the basic, daily functions of the AAAS. These are the [[Execut...
74: *[[National Science Foundation]] - February 22 (10772 bytes)
1: ...year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 312 days remaining, 313 in [[leap year]]s.
3: {{FebruaryCalendar}}
12: ...reaty]], [[Spain]] sold [[History of Florida|Florida]] to the [[United States]] for five million [[Uni...
19: ... signs a bill admitting [[North Dakota]], [[South Dakota]], [[Montana]] and [[Washington]] as [[U.S. s...
23: ...the city, invited by the scientist [[Esteban Terradas i Illa]], as part of the monografics course of H... - Bureaucracy (8428 bytes)
6: Examples of everyday bureaucracies include [[government]]s, [[armed f...
19: ...e examinations took place to determine which candidates qualified to hold given positions.[34] The imp...
23: ...tinental]] type is—if basically mistakenly—called ''"Weberian civil service"''.
25: ...in several different years between [[1818]] and [[1860]], prior to Weber's birth in [[1864]]. The term c...
39: # official business is conducted with strict accordance to the following rules:
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