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- Hand (6764 bytes)
14: ...ing with the one closest to the thumb, has a colloquial name to distinguish it from the others:
16: * index finger, pointer finger, or forefinger
59: ...hese form the [[anatomical snuff box]]. Also, the index finger and the little finger have an extra extens... - Finger (2398 bytes)
8: # [[index finger]], pointer finger, or forefinger
15: ... have a high concentration of [[nerve ending]]s, equipping them as centers of [[tactile]] [[The sense... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
10: ...ecraft summarized in ''The Prince'', and was consequently driven out of Italy. Machiavelli's public l...
15: ...y because the Catholic church put the work in its Index – a list of books against the faith.
23: ...actually divorces them. '''Politics becomes technique'''!
25: ...: they came into a research not driven by their unquenchable thirst for truth but their need to justi...
86: ...s.org/reference/archive/machiavelli/works/art-war/index.htm "The Seven Books on the Art of War"] at the [... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
9: ... [[memory]]; he wrote books on [[mnemonic]] technique, which [[Frances Yates]] contends may have been...
11: ...of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]], [[Marsilio...
13: ... he left Naples to avoid the attention of the [[Inquisition]]. He left [[Rome]] for the same reason a...
17: ...inhabited by intelligent beings (see the [[Drake equation]]). These two works are jointly known as hi...
21: ...Henry Fagot' whose reports to Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's spy master, have been found in su... - El Salvador (12362 bytes)
34: ...countries by area|Ranked 149th]] <br /> 21,040 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br /> 1.5%
65: ... over the heated [[Football World Cup|World Cup]] qualifying series taking place between the two coun...
67: ...at assured political and military reforms; death squad activity was virtually eliminated. However, th...
69: ...ople. On [[February 13]], [[2001]] a second earthquake killed 255 people.
76: ...bsolute majority vote. A second round runoff is required in the event that no candidate receives more... - Archery (18991 bytes)
42: ...the 40cm and 60cm faces arranged in a line or an equilateral triangle.
50: The flag is 12 inches square and is fixed to a stick. The flag should be a...
76: A bow requires substantially more training than a rifle to ...
84: ...unching projectiles. Archery was practised in antiquity on every continent except Australia, demonstr...
96: ...sbow]], while dating from classical times, became quite popular during the Middle Ages. While it took... - Auto racing (15302 bytes)
8: ...t he was disqualified because his car was not a required four-seater.
23: ...ulations. Extensive use of aluminium alloys was required to achieve light weight, and in the case of ...
96: ...bars and large bumpers at either end made out of square section steel.
104: ...sing an index, and cars running faster than their index "break out" and lose.
175: ...driver of the car with the indicated number is disqualified or will not be scored until they report t... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
22: After the [[1875]] season, Chicago acquired several key players, including pitcher [[Alb...
24: With a beefed-up squad, the White Stockings cruised through the N.L.'...
35: ...son. As with 1880, extrapolating is statistically questionable, but the Cubs' 116-36 season of 1906 p...
37: ... indelicate nickname from having lost most of his index finger in farm machinery when he was a youngster....
50: The fourth line is sometimes misquoted as also reading "Tinker to Evers to Chance".... - Architect (6342 bytes)
6: ... requirements for other [[professional]]s, with requirements for practice varying greatly from place ...
8: ...is the [[Pritzker Prize]]. It is considered the equivalent of the [[Nobel Prize]] for architecture. ...
11: ...erring to a licensed professional, the word is frequently used in a broader sense to define someone w...
14: ...ass a series of exams, and pay an annual fee to acquire and maintain a license to practice.
19: ...s. Some states, such as California and Hawaii, require supplemental exams in addition to the ARE. O... - Sodalite (4894 bytes)
29: | [[Refractive index]]|| 1.48 - isotropic (sodium light)
47: ...y enjoyed as an ornamental [[gemstone|stone]]. Opaque to very seldom transparent, sodalite is a membe...
54: ...r to lazurite and lapis lazuli, sodalite is never quite comparable, being a royal blue rather than [[...
56: ...dalite exhibiting [[tenebrescence]]: when freshly quarried, it is a violet to red colour and graduall...
61: ...: [[Bancroft, Ontario]] and [[Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec]] in [[Canada]]; and [[Litchfield, Maine]] a... - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
2: ...ates of [[health]] and [[disease]]. Absence of adequate nutrients may cause disease or death.
8: ... [[calcium]], [[iron]], and [[zinc]]. Minerals ubiquitously occur in the form of [[salts]] and [[elec...
10: ...cess of an average adult, about seven litres of liquid, known as digestive juices, exit the internal ...
16: ...hormonally and metabolically favourable than infrequent, haphazard food intake.
20: ...rly diets were primarily [[vegetarian]] with infrequent game meats and fish where available. - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
8: ... life as an English [[professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] and may have been an [...
12: ...o him came the multitude of his admirers from all quarters of Europe.
25: ...the truth of the charge, but said he had expected quite another kind of a bird.
32: ...olampadius]] of [[Basel]], were, as Erasmus says, quoting him as holding views similar to their own. ...
34: ...re honoured with a distinguished place on the ''[[Index of Prohibited Books]]''. - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
37: ...from the ashes of the fire that resulted from the quake. Long enjoying a [[Bohemianism|bohemian]] re...
53: ...icials to resign. The Committee of Vigilance relinquished power both times after it decided the city ...
58: ...luding [[sanitation]], a serious cholera epidemic quickly broke out. The responsibility for caring fo...
62: ... of Chinatown was quarantined while city leaders squabbled over the proper course to take, but the ou...
64: ...737701.htm] ''See also: [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]]'' - Earth's atmosphere (10093 bytes)
5: ...he [[Karman line]], at 100 km (62 mi), is also frequently used as the boundary between atmosphere and...
21: ...out 101.3 [[kilopascal]]s (about 14.7 pounds per square inch).
48: ...uents, such as oxygen and nitrogen, fall off more quickly than lighter constituents such as [[helium]...
51: ...ic pressure]] occur at any one altitude as a consequence of [[weather]]. This variation is relatively...
60: ... solar flux, and the earth's magnetic field daily index. - Ionosphere (19365 bytes)
1: ...ctical importance because it influences [[high-frequency]] (HF) (3–30[[MHz]]) [[radio propagati...
8: ...onizing'' since [[photon]]s of energy at these frequencies are capable of dislodging an [[electron]] ...
10: ...cation (polar, auroral zones, mid-latitudes, and equatorial regions). There are also mechanisms tha...
19: ..., with progressively smaller absorption as the frequency gets higher. The absorption is small at nigh...
22: ... less than 10 MHz. It has a negative effect on frequencies above 10 MHz due to its partial absorption... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...n [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct consequences are visible to this day.
23: ...nda for his upcoming election for the office of [[quaestor]].
28: ...n I consider that Alexander at my age had conquered so many nations, and I have all this ti...
30: ... of the Senate, thanks to his election earlier as Quaestor, Caesar supported laws which were designed...
36: ...death of the previous holder [[Caecilius Metellus|Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius]]. This office mea... - Film speed (5065 bytes)
1: ...vity to [[light]]. Stock with lower sensitivity requires a longer [[exposure (photography)|exposure]]...
157: ...e films can be successfully exposed at [[Exposure index|EI]] 3200 (or any of several other speeds) throug... - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
20: ...rea = 56.6 [[square kilometer|km²]] (21.8 [[square mile|mi²]]) |
48: ...al area of 21.8 [[square mile|mi²]] (56.6 [[square kilometre|km²]]). 21.4 mi² (55.4 k...
60: ...du Maria College]; [http://www.sage.edu/sca/index.php Sage College of Albany]; and the [[University at ...
85: ...//memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/papr:@FILREQ(@field(TITLE+@od1(Albany,+N+Y+,+fire+department++...
86: ...www.december.com/places/nycd/blue.html NYCD blue (index)] - Russia (28007 bytes)
6: ... world's two [[superpower]]s, lay in Russia. Consequently, after the breakup of the USSR, Russia agai...
15: ...Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due to diversified trade with bot...
23: ...able to revive, and organized its own war of reconquest, finally subjugating its enemies and annexing...
29: ...ing Russia not just as an Asian power, but on an equal footing with Britain, France, and Germany in E...
114: ...andards for most of the population. 1998 was consequently marked by recession and intense capital fli... - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
7: ...most valued natural resources, especially those required to support a modern industrialized economy. ...
15: ...r apartments were set very low to achieve social equity, yet housing was in extremely short supply. S...
17: ...ystem allowed Soviet leaders to marshal resources quickly in times of crisis, such as the Nazi invasi...
21: ...measurement of the Russian economy, and they have questioned the accuracy of official Russian economi...
23: ...ent statistics but which a 1996 government report quantified as accounting for about 50 percent of th...
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