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81. Hand (6764 bytes)
    2: ...t-align: center;">[[image:Hand.jpg|A human hand typically has four fingers and a thumb; 15kb ]]<br>''...
    4: .... This part of the limb is especially used in grasping and holding. Each hand is a [[mirror image]] o...
    7: ...rder of [[primates]]. Hands must also feature [[opposable thumb]]s, as described later in the text.
    10: ...ed to the forearm by a joint called the wrist (carpus).
    14: ...r the holding of objects, and furthermore the grasping of small objects. Each finger, starting with ...
82. Finger (2398 bytes)
    1: ...: 0 0 1em 1em; text-align: center;">[[image:Hand.jpg|Human fingers; 15kb ]]<br><small>''Fingers of th...
    3: ...[thumb]], with its [[flexor]] and [[rotators]] comprised in the hand itself.
    5: ...ges]]'' (singular ''phalanx''); the thumb has two phalanges, and the other fingers have three. The f...
    8: # [[index finger]], pointer finger, or forefinger
    11: # [[little finger]] or pinky finger
83. Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
    1: ...avelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine public official]]
    3: ... [[realist]] [[political theory]], crucial to European statecraft during the [[Renaissance]].
    6: [[Image:Macchiavelli01.jpg|thumb|Statue at the [[Uffizi]]]]
    7: ...Image:Firenze.PalVecchio.Machiavelli.JPG|thumb|200px|Bust of Machiavelli]]
    8: ... was a lawyer of some repute and belonged to an impoverished branch of an influential old Florentine ...
84. Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Giordano_Bruno.jpg|thumb|Giordano Bruno]]
    3: ...[[occultist]] executed as a [[heresy|heretic]], popularly regarded as a martyr to the cause of [[free...
    7: ...co near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
    9: ...latonism]]. Bruno embraced a sort of [[pantheism|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]...
    10: ...one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical element]]s: earth...
85. El Salvador (12362 bytes)
    1: ...tely 6.7 million people. It is the most densely populated state on the [[Americas|American]] mainland...
    2: ... border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    3: |+<big><big>'''Rep?a de El Salvador'''</big></big>
    5: ...span="2" | <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center;">
    7: ...dth="140px">[[Image:El salvador flag large.png|125px|]]</td>
86. Archery (18991 bytes)
    1: ...Archery_competition.jpg|thumb|400px|Archers in Competition]]
    3: ...n hunting and combat, and has become a precision sport.
    5: ==Modern competitive archery==
    7: ...m a set distance or distances. This is the most popular form of archery and is called 'Target Archery...
    9: ...nce. Indoor distances tend to be dominated by European and American archers.
87. Auto racing (15302 bytes)
    1: ...orld's most popular [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps the most thoroughly [[commercialization|commerci...
    6: ... Journal]], a reliability test to determine best performance.
    8: ...year later the first real race was staged, from [[Paris]], [[France]] to [[Bordeaux]], France. First ...
    10: ...nal competition began with the [[Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing]].
    12: .... The first trophy awarded was the [[Vanderbilt Cup]].
88. Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
    4: :'''Founded:''' [[1870]], as an independent professional club. Joined the National Association...
    5: ...Chicago Tribune]]'' tried to call the team the ''Spuds'' around this time, but that name didn't stick...
    6: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Wrigley Field]], 1060 W. Addison Street...
    11: :'''League pennants won''' (16): [[1876]], [[1880]], [[1881]]...
    12: :'''[[World Series]] championships won''' (2): [[1907]], [[1908]]
89. Architect (6342 bytes)
    2: [[Image:Architect.png|thumb|Architect at his drawing board, 1893]]
    4: ...], or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan.
    6: ...ements for practice varying greatly from place to place (see below).
    8: .... It is considered the equivalent of the [[Nobel Prize]] for architecture. Other awards for excelle...
    9: ...r paragraph). This one is intended to define the professional term Architect, which has a legal defi...
90. Sodalite (4894 bytes)
    1: {| border=1 cellspacing=0 align=right cellpadding=0 width=250 style="margin-left:1em"
    3: !colspan=2 align=center|Sodalite
    5: !colspan=2|[[image:sodalite detail.jpg|250px|Detail of a sodalite slab]]<br><small>Detail of ...
    7: !colspan=2|General
    13: !colspan=2|Identification
91. Nutrition (42689 bytes)
    1: ...al nutrition guide for recommended [[food]] consumption.]]
    2: ...tion''' is a science which studies the relationship between [[diet (nutrition)|diet]] and states of [...
    4: ...incur [[toxic]] and potentially lethal effects, depending on the dose.
    5: ...mpts to understand how and why specific dietary aspects influence health.
    8: ...both in the [[human body]] and in organisms (e.g. plants, animals) that humans eat.
92. Erasmus (18332 bytes)
    1: ...ded by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
    2: ...iderius Erasmus of Rotterdam''') ([[October 27]], probably [[1466]] &amp;ndash; [[July 12]], [[1536]]) wa...
    4: ==Biography==
    6: ...ef objects of his attack in his lifelong assault upon the evils of the Church.
    8: ... of spending the rest of his life as an English [[professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambri...
93. San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
    2: [[Image:Lightmatter sanfrancisco.jpg|thumb|293px|San Francisco skyline.]]
    6: image_flag = Us-ca-sf.png |
    8: ...map = California map showing San Francisco County.png |
    9: map_caption = Location of the City and County of San Fran...
    10: subdivision_type = [[City-County]] |
94. Earth's atmosphere (10093 bytes)
    1: ...ultraviolet]] solar [[radiation]] and reducing temperature extremes between [[day]] and [[night]].
    3: ...ided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
    5: ...ntly used as the boundary between atmosphere and space.
    7: ==Temperature and the atmospheric layers==
    8: ...re and altitude varies between the different atmospheric layers:
95. Ionosphere (19365 bytes)
    1: ...ndash;30[[MHz]]) [[radio propagation]] to distant places on the Earth.
    2: ...ght|350px|Relationship of the atmosphere and ionosphere]]
    4: ==Geophysics==
    6: ... In a plasma, the negative free electrons and the positive ions are attracted to each other by the el...
    8: ...two processes determines 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: ...e into what has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct consequences are visible to ...
    4: ...Roman Empire]] under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son, [[Caesar Augustus]].
    6: ...rded by later historians such as [[Suetonius]], [[Plutarch]], and [[Dio Cassius|Cassius Dio]].
    9: ...hborhood of Rome, where he apparently learned to speak several languages, including [[Hebrew language...
97. Film speed (5065 bytes)
    1: ...itivity can shoot the same scene with a shorter exposure and is called a ''fast film''.
    4: ...scale and a logarithmic scale for measuring film speed.
    6: ...deg; is twice as sensitive as a film rated ISO&amp;nbsp;100/21&amp;deg;.
    10: The following table shows the correspondence between these scales:
    14: ! example of film stock
98. Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
    1: ...d in 1899 at a cost of $25 million was the most expensive government building of its time. Three team...
    3: ...America]]. As of the [[2000]] census, it has a population of 95,658. It is the [[county seat]] of ...
    9: {{Template:US City infobox|
    14: seal = No image.png |
    15: map = NYMap-doton-Albany.png |
99. Russia (28007 bytes)
    2: ...e [[United States]], [[Indonesia]], [[Brazil]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Bangladesh]].
    4: ...called the [[Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic]] (RSFSR).
    6: ...]]s, lay in Russia. Consequently, after the breakup of the USSR, Russia again vied for an influential...
    13: ...[Slavs]]. The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowl...
    15: ...rosperous, due to diversified trade with both Europe and Asia.
100. Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
     2: ...exact same experience in this process. Russia's experience is detailed below.
     7: ...es, a decaying infrastructure, and inefficient supply systems hinder efficient utilization of those r...
     9: ...led all aspects of economic activity. The central planning system left a number of legacies with whic...
     11: ...unit met or exceeded its plan, then demand and supply would balance.
     13: ...ntrolled economic units in their respective geographical areas.

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