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  1. African Grey Parrot (5256 bytes)
    18: ...of [[animal intelligence]] are always very difficult to make objectively, [[Psittaciformes]] are gener...
    22: ...apocryphal reports of some Greys learning the "[[ultrasonic]] sounds" of [[Television|TV]] remote cont...
    35: ...later adopted by the [[ancient Rome|Romans]]. Wealthy Roman families often kept parrots in ornate cag...
    39: ...The African Grey : An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet'' Howell Book House. ISBN 0876054432
    41: # E. J. Mulawka; (1984) ''African Grey Parrots'' TFH Publications. ISBN ...
  2. Formula One (29650 bytes)
    16: ''See [[List of Formula One Grands Prix]] for results from past seasons and individual races.''
    26: ...and [[Denny Hulme]], British teams and [[commonwealth]] drivers won twelve world championships between...
    37: ... turbocharged engines, which [[Renault Sport|Renault]] had pioneered in 1977 with their RS01 car, were...
    43: ... teams dominated the late 1980s and 1990s. [[Renault]]-powered Williams drivers [[Nigel Mansell]], [[A...
    45: ... have won all but two World Championships since [[1984]]; their streak was interrupted only by [[Michael...
  3. World Series (40101 bytes)
    63: * 1896 [[Baltimore Orioles (NL)|Baltimore Orioles]]
    64: * 1897 Baltimore Orioles
    85: ...ould host the last two if necessary; the leagues alternated which representative would host the first ...
    125: :::[[Walter Johnson]], making his first World Series appear...
    153: ...[St. Louis Cardinals | St. Louis NL]] defeats [[Baltimore Orioles|St. Louis AL]], 4 games to 2.
  4. Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
    40: ...the City of Atlanta constructed a new ballpark, Fulton County Stadium, officially opened in 1965. The...
    42: ... In the relatively hitter friendly confines of Fulton County Stadium ("The Launching Pad"), he actual...
    48: ...s [[Tom Glavine]], [[Steve Avery]], and [[John Smoltz]]. Perhaps the Braves' most important move, howe...
    50: The following season, Glavine, Avery, and Smoltz would be recognized as the best young pitchers i...
    70: *[[Billy Hamilton]]
  5. Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
    5: ...2]] when manager [[Frank Selee]] arrived and rebuilt the club with young, inexperienced players. The ...
    10: :'''Division titles won''' (3): [[1984]], [[1989]], [[2003]]
    32: ...ing the 1880s, the on-field fortunes of Anson's Colts dwindled during the 1890s, awaiting revival unde...
    57: ...n the National League, the front office having built a team that would be strong contenders for the ne...
    70: ...[[Hack Wilson]] losing a fly ball in the sun, resulting in a 3-run inside-the-park [[home run]].
  6. Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
    19: ...ts|1901]]. The White Sox would continue to be built on pitching and defense in the following years, l...
    22: Walsh, [[Doc White]] and [[Nick Altrock]] paced the White Sox to their [[1906 in spor...
    27: ...fth place or lower) 22 times, until the team rebuilt under managers [[Paul Richards]], Marty Marion, a...
    30: ...y that over into the postseason as they lost to Baltimore 3 games to one in the [[American League Cham...
    32: ...but frantic lobbying of the state legislature resulted in approval (by one vote) of public funding for...
  7. Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
    29: In [[1912]] [[Redland Field]], built on the corner of Findlay and Western on the city'...
    35: ...], and [[shortstop]]-turned-[[pitcher]] [[Bucky Walters]], the Reds had a solid pitching staff. The of...
    39: ...], age 15, pitching for the Reds on loan from Hamilton High School, became the youngest person ever to...
    43: ...tching staff had run out of gas and the veteran Baltimore Orioles beat the Reds in five.
    47: ...ome run. After a few close-calls either way, [[Carlton Fisk]] hit one off the foul pole in left to giv...
  8. Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
    25: ...ntrolling interest in the team and move it to [[Baltimore]], then without a team. His plan was blocke...
    32: ...es title came in [[1955 World Series|1955]]. Rebuilt into a contending club first by [[Larry MacPhail]...
    38: *The myth: Cold-hearted [[Walter O'Malley]] moved the Dodgers off to California ...
    39: ... he had no intention of allowing any privately-built, privately owned baseball stadiums in <i>his</i> ...
    40: ...left Brooklyn heartbroken is undisputable; that Walter O'Malley did it deliberately is not.
  9. San Diego Padres (7131 bytes)
    12: :'''Division titles won''' (3): [[1984]], [[1996]], [[1998]]
    13: :'''National League pennants won''' (2): [[1984]], [[1998]]
    23: ...hampionship Series|NLCS]]) in [[1984 World Series|1984]]. His wife, Joan, assumed control of the team un...
    130: *Stolen Bases 70 (1984) [[Alan Wiggins]]
  10. Crossword (24761 bytes)
    1: ...metimes given for the convenience of the solver, although in many widely distributed American crosswor...
    14: ...nt of the puzzle authors is to entertain with novelty, not to establish new variations of the crosswor...
    16: ...idual clues, but how to fit together partially built-up clumps of answers into larger clumps with prop...
    25: ...for a three-letter answer could be '''ESC''', '''ALT''', '''TAB''', or even '''DEL''', but until a ''c...
    26: ...r S - and a process of elimination using checks. Alternatively, compass point answers are often clued ...
  11. Apple Macintosh (24250 bytes)
    4: ...aunched in [[1984#January|January 1984]] with a [[1984 (television commercial)|famous Super Bowl commerc...
    7: ...Operating System ([[Mac OS]]) as of version 7.6 (although strictly speaking, version 7.5.1, being the ...
    18: * [[Audio]] as a standard feature, including a built-in audio-quality speaker.
    21: * Networking built-in.
    30: * A single desktop environment that can span multiple monitors
  12. High jump (8613 bytes)
    6: Although the event was likely competed in as early as...
    48: at:1984 shift:(22,-5) text:Tamara_Bykowa_2,05_m
    49: at:1984 shift:(22,2) text:[[Ludmilla_Andonowa]]_2,07_m
    65: ...all but novice levels of competition, or where built-up landing areas are not available, the [[Fosbury...
    71: ...etitors must leap off one foot to clear the bar. Although they may touch the bar in their clearance, t...
  13. List of chemists (10401 bytes)
    36: *[[John Dalton]], (1766-1844), physicist
    97: *[[Izaak Kolthoff]], (1894-1993) the "Father of [[analytical ch...
    143: *[[Roy J. Plunkett]], (1910-1984), discoverer of [[Teflon]]
    156: *[[Henri Victor Regnault]] (1810-1878), [[France|French]] chemist and [[Ph...
  14. Sicily (18450 bytes)
    8: ...to|Agrigento]]<br />[[Province of Caltanissetta|Caltanissetta]]<br />[[Province of Catania|Catania]]<b...
    24: ...iracusa'' in Italian), [[Trapani]], [[Enna]], [[Caltanissetta]], [[Agrigento]], [[Ragusa, Italy|Ragusa...
    34: ...other agricultural products. The mines of the [[Caltanissetta]] district became a leading sulphur-prod...
    54: ...itecture, carved in the local red sandstone. [[Caltagirone]] is renowned for its decorative ceramics....
    66: ...in necropoli over a large area of Palermo, now built over, south of the Norman palace, where the Norma...
  15. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    6: *[[Wäinö Aaltonen]] ([[1894]] - [[1966]])
    124: *[[George Grard]] (1901 - 1984)
    133: *[[Herbert Haseltine]] (1877 - 1962)
    139: *[[Milton Horn]] (1906 - 1995),
    237: *[[Auguste Présult]]
  16. Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
    8: |'''Wavelength regime'''||optical, ultraviolet, near-infrared
    54: ...based telescope could observe [[infrared]] and [[ultraviolet]] light, which are strongly absorbed by t...
    58: ..., terminating the mission, but OAO-2 carried out ultraviolet observations of [[star]]s and [[galaxy|ga...
    77: ...e was to be used for observations ranging from [[ultraviolet]] to near-[[infrared]] with ten times bet...
    79: ... Construction of the mirror began in 1979, using ultra-low expansion [[glass]]. To keep the mirror's ...
  17. Olympia (2033 bytes)
    24: ...']] (SSN-717), a [[submarine]] in service from [[1984]] and on active service [[as of 2004]].
  18. San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
    37: ... the city became a [[Underground culture|counterculture]] magnet in the second half of the 20th centur...
    48: ...r real estate. Much of the present downtown is built over the former Yerba Buena Cove, granted to the ...
    64: ...rupture of over 270 miles of the [[San Andreas Fault]], from [[San Juan Bautista]] to [[Eureka]], cent...
    69: ...also as a showcase of the vibrant completely rebuilt city less than a decade after the Earthquake. On ...
    75: ...ods once covered by these freeways have been rebuilt, and the restoration of the Embarcadero, San Fran...
  19. Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
    23: ...pendent counsel]] investigations by Congress, resulting in the indictment or conviction of many staff ...
    38: ... [[1938]]. His first term was fraught with difficulties, including an unpopular motor vehicle tax and ...
    42: ...ected governor again in [[1982]], re-elected in [[1984]], succeeded in getting the state constitution am...
    59: ...ull terms as President since [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], though he is the first President since [[John ...
    67: ...rganized opposition from conservatives and the health insurance industry, who urged Americans to read ...
  20. Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
    46: ...Party|Democrat]], supporting [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and his [[New Deal]]. He gradually became a sta...
    53: ...entences passed in California prior to [[1972]]. Although the decision was quickly overturned by a con...
    64: ... attributed by political commentators to be a result of his conversion of the so-called "[[Reagan Demo...
    70: ...on.jpg|200px|thumb|Chaos outside the Washington Hilton Hotel after the assassination attempt on Presid...
    75: While leaving the [[Hilton Hotel]] in [[Washington, DC]] on [[March 30]], ...

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