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81. Hand (6764 bytes)
    2: ...image:Hand.jpg|A human hand typically has four fingers and a thumb; 15kb ]]<br&gt;''A human left hand''<...
    4: ... grasping and holding. Each hand is a [[mirror image]] of the other.
    7: ...anthropomorphism|anthropomorphization]], to distinguish the terminations of the front paws from the h...
    10: ...consists of a broad palm (metacarpus) with five digits, attached to the forearm by a joint called the...
    12: === Digits ===
82. Finger (2398 bytes)
    1: ...ge:Hand.jpg|Human fingers; 15kb ]]<br&gt;<small&gt;''Fingers of the human left hand''</small&gt;</div&gt;
    3: ... the fore[[arm]], with motion communicated via long [[tendon]]s which may be observed on the back of ...
    5: ...ther fingers have three. The fingers' names in English are shown below, from the most [[radius (bone...
    8: # [[index finger]], pointer finger, or forefinger
    9: # [[middle finger]] or long finger
83. Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Machiavelli.jpg|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robe...
    3: ...cal theory]], crucial to European statecraft during the [[Renaissance]].
    5: ==Background==
    6: [[Image:Macchiavelli01.jpg|thumb|Statue at the [[Uffizi]]]]
    7: [[Image:Firenze.PalVecchio.Machiavelli.JPG|thumb|200px|Bust of Machiavelli]]
84. Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Giordano_Bruno.jpg|thumb|Giordano Bruno]]
    3: ...of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against church doctrine.
    7: ... In [[1565]] he took the name Giordano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Mo...
    9: ...date uniformly to the earliest days of ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from a...
    10: ...f|thumb|left|200px|Woodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels...
85. El Salvador (12362 bytes)
    1: '''Republic of El Salvador''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "The Savior") is a country in [[Ce...
    2: ...acing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-...
    3: |+<big&gt;<big&gt;'''Rep?a de El Salvador'''</big&gt;</big&gt;
    5: ...0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center;"&gt;
    7: ...td width="140px"&gt;[[Image:El salvador flag large.png|125px|]]</td&gt;
86. Archery (18991 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Archery_competition.jpg|thumb|400px|Archers in Competition]]
    3: ...ws]]. Archery has historically been used in hunting and combat, and has become a precision sport.
    7: ...he most popular form of archery and is called 'Target Archery'.
    9: ... so well in Olympic competition but still produce good results. As of October 2004, every record in t...
    11: ... archery is governed by the [http://www.archery.org/ International Archery Association], abbreviated ...
87. Auto racing (15302 bytes)
    1: ...r [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps the most thoroughly [[commercialization|commercialized]].
    6: ...894]], the first contest was organized by Paris magazine [[Le Petit Journal]], a reliability test to...
    8: A year later the first real race was staged, from [[Paris]], [[France]] to [[Bordeaux]], Fr...
    10: ... began with the [[Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing]].
    12: ...[Frank Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The f...
88. Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
    2: ... are in the Central Division of the [[National League]].
    4: ...tion in [[1871]]. Became a charter [[National League]] member in [[1876]].
    5: ... with young, inexperienced players. The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' tried to call the team the ''Spuds''...
    6: ... [[Wrigley Field]], 1060 W. Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60613-4397.
    8: ...le. Sometimes a smaller "ubs" will follow the large "C", or the team will make use of a cartoon bear...
89. Architect (6342 bytes)
    2: ...[Image:Architect.png|thumb|Architect at his drawing board, 1893]]
    4: ...on]] of [[buildings]], or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan.
    6: ...sional]]s, with requirements for practice varying greatly from place to place (see below).
    8: ... Other awards for excellence in architecture are given by the [[American Institute of Architects]] a...
    9: ...ne the professional term Architect, which has a legal definition in most areas.--&gt;
90. Sodalite (4894 bytes)
    1: ...g=0 align=right cellpadding=0 width=250 style="margin-left:1em"
    2: |----- align=center bgcolor="#9966FF"
    3: !colspan=2 align=center|Sodalite
    4: |----- align=center
    5: !colspan=2|[[image:sodalite detail.jpg|250px|Detail of a sodalite slab]]<br&gt;<small&gt;Detai...
91. Nutrition (42689 bytes)
    1: ...]], published in [[2005]], is a general nutrition guide for recommended [[food]] consumption.]]
    4: ...[[toxic]] and potentially lethal effects, depending on the dose.
    8: ...), both in the [[human body]] and in organisms (e.g. plants, animals) that humans eat.
    10: ... in the [[feces]]. But only a minimal amount of digestive juice is eliminated by this process; the in...
    12: rapidly dehydrate; (hence the devastating effects of persistent [[diarrhea]]).
92. Erasmus (18332 bytes)
    1: [[Image:erasmus.jpg|thumbnail|Erasmus. Picture provided by [http://cl...
    2: ...utch]] [[humanism|humanist]] and [[theology|theologian]].
    4: ==Biography==
    6: ... of the chief objects of his attack in his lifelong assault upon the evils of the Church.
    8: ...ofessor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] and may have been an [[alumnus]].
93. San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
    2: [[Image:Lightmatter sanfrancisco.jpg|thumb|293px|San Francisco skyline.]]
    6: image_flag = Us-ca-sf.png |
    7: image_seal = Sfseal.gif |
    8: ...p = California map showing San Francisco County.png |
    13: leader_name = [[Gavin Newsom]] |
94. Earth's atmosphere (10093 bytes)
    1: ...cing temperature extremes between [[day]] and [[night]].
    3: [[Image:Countries.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Geograhy Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart....
    5: ... where atmospheric effects become noticeable during re-entry. The [[Karman line]], at 100 km (62 mi),...
    10: ...d weather factors, temperature decreasing with height.
    11: ...ge to about 50 km, temperature increasing with height.
95. Ionosphere (19365 bytes)
    1: ...frequency]] (HF) (3&ndash;30[[MHz]]) [[radio propagation]] to distant places on the Earth.
    2: [[Image:atmosphere.gif|thumb|right|350px|Relationship of the atmosphere and ionosp...
    4: ==Geophysics==
    6: ...force, but they are too energetic to stay fixed together in an electrically neutral molecule.
    8: ...etermines the degree of ionization present at any given time.
96. Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Julius_caesar.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|Bust of Julius Caesar]]
    2: ... all the way to the [[Atlantic Ocean]], introducing Roman influence into what has become modern [[Fra...
    4: ...Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son, [[Caesar Augustus]].
    6: Caesar's military campaigns are known in detail from his own written [[Lite...
    9: ..., including [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Gaul|Gallic]] dialects.
97. Film speed (5065 bytes)
    1: ...s thus called a ''slow film'', while stock with higher sensitivity can shoot the same scene with a sh...
    4: ... linear scale and a logarithmic scale for measuring film speed.
    6: ...ce as sensitive as a film rated ISO&nbsp;100/21&deg;.
    8: ... generally rated between 100/21&deg; and 800/30&deg;, inclusive.
    10: The following table shows the correspondence between these scal...
98. Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
    1: ... million was the most expensive government building of its time. Three teams of architects labored on...
    5: ... and slightly east from [[New York City]], and slightly to the south of the juncture of the [[Mohawk ...
    13: flag = AlbanyNY.gif |
    14: seal = No image.png |
    15: map = NYMap-doton-Albany.png |
99. Russia (28007 bytes)
    2: ...[[Indonesia]], [[Brazil]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Bangladesh]].
    6: ...gain vied for an influential role on the world stage. This influence is notable, but is still far fro...
    13: ...both the Scandinavians as well as native [[Finno-Ugric]] tribes, such as the [[Merya]], the [[Muromia...
    15: ...ries]] this state of [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due to div...
    17: ...ts western zone was largely incorporated into the Grand Duchy of [[Lithuania]] and [[Poland]]. The po...
100. Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
     2: ...ears before [[Russia]] and have provided some insight into the effects of such transition. However, n...
     4: ==Historical Background==
     7: ...e time, Soviet-era management practices, a decaying infrastructure, and inefficient supply systems hi...
     9: ...y. The central planning system left a number of legacies with which the Russian economy must deal in ...
     11: ... had its own specific output plan. Central planning operated on the assumption that if each unit met ...

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