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  1. Estuary (1941 bytes)
    2: ...such as lagoon, ''鴡ng'' or ''laguna''. In non-tidal seas, the rivers naturally form [[delta]]s rathe...
    4: An estuary is typically the tidal mouth of a [[river]], and estuaries are often ch...
    13: ...''What is an estuary: physical viewpoint''. p. 3–5 ''in:'' G. H. Lauf (ed.) ''Estuaries'', A.A.A...
  2. World Series (40101 bytes)
    3: ...g their first World Series Championship in 31,458 days, the last being in the [[1918 World Series]], c...
    7: ...f the leagues' standings, received such shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in thei...
    9: ...hat only teams in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] participate. While some would contend that the...
    13: ...he Olympics until now. The US team won the gold medal in [[2000]], suggesting that a major-league team...
    93: ...]] hurled three of these, over a span of just six days, in one of the most dominant pitching performan...
  3. Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
    30: ...nson]], [[Boog Powell|John "Boog" Powell]], and [[Dave McNally]] were being developed by a strong farm...
    32: ...Los Angeles Dodgers aces Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale.
    63: ===Current 25-man roster (updated on June 20, 2005)===
    68: ...Image:Dominican_republic_flag_large.png|20px]] [[Daniel Cabrera]]
    91: ...ican_republic_flag_large.png|20px]] [[Miguel Tejada]]
  4. Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
    24: ...ive to note that a similar winning percentage nowadays would yield 129 wins.
    30: ...l of Fame|Hall of Famer]] is chiefly remembered today for his extreme racist views (which he stated in...
    35: ...]] (2B) and [[Frank Chance]] (1B) were three legendary Cubs infielders, who played together from [[190...
    37: ... staff [[earned run average]] that still stands today. Reulbach threw a one-hitter in the [[1906]] [[...
    39: ...ame. The trio was immortalized in [[Franklin P. Adams]]' poem ''Baseball's Sad [[Lexicon]]'', which f...
  5. Houston Astros (8294 bytes)
    18: ...seball player)|Don Wilson]], [[Larry Dierker]], [[Dave Giusti]], [[Denny LeMaster]])
    37: ===Current 25-man roster (updated on June 10, 2005)===
    52: *35 [[Image:Us_flag_large.png|20px]] [[Dan Wheeler]]
    64: *28 [[Image:Us_flag_large.png|20px]] [[Adam Everett]]
    75: ...Us flag large.png|20px]] [[Jeff Bagwell]] (IF, 15-day)
  6. Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
    18: ...r Philadelphia's team dated back to the "amateur" days of the national game, in the 1860s. After [[Jo...
    20: ...1, 1902, the [[Pennsylvania Supreme Court]] invalidated Nap Lajoie's contract with the Athletics, and ...
    30: ...pression]] was well under way, and declining attendance had drastically reduced the team?s revenues. ...
    32: ...all." However, the team continued to slide, attendance plummeted, and revenues continued to dwindle. ...
    36: ...e team as the "Mackmen" during their Philadelphia days, in honor of their patriarch.
  7. Texas Rangers (baseball) (14993 bytes)
    4: ... based in [[Arlington, Texas]], a suburb in the [[Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex]]. They are in the West...
    30: ...nsas City Athletics]], sought to move his team to Dallas, but the idea was rebuffed by the other AL te...
    32: ... for the [[minor league baseball|minor-league]] [[Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs]]. The stadium, later renam...
    34: ...] the game after angry fans stormed the field and damaged much of the stadium and playing surface.
    38: ... Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]]. The next day, the Rangers defeated the Angels 5-1 for the tea...
  8. Tyrannosaurus rex (20653 bytes)
    5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
    8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Theropoda]]}}
    9: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Tyrannosauridae]]}}
    13: ...ex | author = [[Henry Fairfield Osborn|Osborn]] | date = [[1905]]}}
    15: ...lion years ago. Its [[fossil]] remains are rare — [[as of 2005]] only 30 specimens had been foun...
  9. Endangered species (12553 bytes)
    2: ...revent extinction. Only a few of the many truly endangered species actually make it to the lists and o...
    4: ... include: criteria for placing a species on the endangered species list, and criteria for removing a s...
    6: A listing as an endangered species can backfire, as it makes a species...
    8: ...ies]] is an indicator of the likelihood of that endangered species continuing to survive. Many factors...
    15: ...free-living, natural population. Examples: [[Dromedary]], [[Przewalski's Horse]].
  10. Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
    2: ...cape to [[free state]]s, or as far north as [[Canada]], with the aid of [[abolitionists]]. Other route...
    23: ...m to safety, where they eventually escaped to Canada.
    25: Slaves escaped bondage with and without outside assistance as early as...
    27: ...re. The slaveowner, in hot pursuit, remarked that Davids had disappeared as if through an "underground...
    31: ...d slavery in [[1829]], and until [[1819]], [[Florida]] was under the jurisdiction of [[Spain]].
  11. Nutrition (42689 bytes)
    1: ...dated [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]] [[food pyramid]], published in [[2005]], is a g...
    22: ...]] and [[pasta]]. Farming also provided milk and dairy products, and sharply increased the availabili...
    27: ...Daniel and his friends received their diet for 10 days and were then compared to the king’s men. App...
    28: * 1500s: Scientist and artist [[Leonardo da Vinci]] compared [[metabolism]] to a burning cand...
    30: ...etails of metabolism, demonstrating that the [[oxidation]] of food is the source of body heat.
  12. Windmill (7108 bytes)
    12: ...e]]s of those early times. They are still used today for the same purpose in some areas of the world ...
    16: ...ot prone to freezing weather, a pump jack (or standard) was frequently mounted at the top of the well ...
    20: ... the decline in the use of windmills in the US. Today, with increases in energy prices and the expense...
    42: *[http://www.molendatabase.nl/index_en.php Mill database with over 15000 mills from all over Europe]
    47: *[http://www.windpower.org/en/core.htm Danish Wind Industry Association]
  13. Alfalfa (6719 bytes)
    6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
    24: ...fficiency. When grown on soils where it is well-adapted, alfalfa is the highest yielding forage plant...
    55: ... and private varieties are available now and are adapted to the needs of particular climates.
  14. Reconstruction (12035 bytes)
    4: ...recently freed slaves, nor imposed a Northern agenda on the restoration of the Southern economy. Howe...
    25: ... Military District]]: The Carolinas, under Gen. [[Daniel Sickles]]
    26: ...rd Military District]]: Georgia, Alabama and Florida, under Gen. [[John Pope (military officer)|John P...
    28: ...]]: Texas and Louisiana, under Gen. [[Philip Sheridan]] and several others.
    36: ...torship throughout American institutions and everyday life. The resurrection and expansion of the raci...
  15. Wood Stork (2419 bytes)
    5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
    8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Ciconiidae]]}}
    12: ...ricana | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]] }}
    14: ...dangered]] breeding population in southern [[Florida]], [[USA]]. The Wood Stork is the only stork that...
    16: ... the typical clutch. The eggs are incubated 27-32 days by both sexes. Their reproductive cycle is trig...
  16. Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
    5: | date1=[[January 20]], [[1993]]
    6: | date2=[[January 20]], [[2001]]
    9: | date of birth=[[August 19]], [[1946]]
    12: | date of death=
    23: ...grand jury for his handling of the [[Lewinsky scandal|Monica Lewinsky affair]] [http://thomas.loc.gov/...
  17. Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
    5: | date1=[[21 January ]] [[1981]]
    6: | date2=[[20 January ]] [[1989]]
    9: | date of birth=[[6 February ]] [[1911]]
    12: | date of death=[[5 June ]] [[2004]]
    19: ...alifornia|Governor]] of [[California]] ([[1967]]–[[1975]]). Reagan was also a broadcaster, [[act...
  18. John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
    5: | date1=[[January 20]], [[1961]]
    6: | date2=[[November 22]], [[1963]]
    9: | date of birth=[[May 29]], [[1917]]
    12: | date of death=[[November 22]], [[1963]]
    13: | place of death=[[Dallas]], [[Texas]]
  19. Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
    5: | date1=[[November 22]], [[1963]]
    6: | date2=[[January 20]], [[1969]]
    9: | date of birth=[[August 27]], [[1908]]
    12: | date of death=[[January 22]], [[1973]]
    19: ...dent of the United States|presidency]] ([[1963]]–[[1969]]) after [[John F. Kennedy assassination...
  20. Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
    5: | date1=[[January 20]], [[1953]]
    6: | date2=[[January 20]], [[1961]]
    9: | date of birth=[[October 14]], [[1890]]
    12: | date of death=[[March 28]], [[1969]]
    18: ...4th [[President of the United States]] ([[1953]]–[[1961]]) and supreme commander of the Allied f...

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