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  1. The Star-Spangled Banner (15265 bytes)
    2: [[Image:Star-Spangled Banner artists rendering.bmp|200px|thumb|right|An artist...
    3: [[Image:StarSpangledBanner2.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Percy Moran drew Francis S...
    4: ...Store in [[Baltimore]]. Currently this is one of only ten copies known to exist, and is housed in the ...
    6: ...king song ''[[To Anacreon in Heaven]]'', but was only made the national anthem by a [[Congress of the ...
    17: ...he first public performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" took place in October, when Baltimore actor Ferd...

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  1. Main Page (2698 bytes)
    3: ...ng-bottom: .3em; margin: 0 .5em .5em">{{Main Page banner}}</div>
  2. History of China (45919 bytes)
    2: ...east 3,500 years, and with 5,000 years being commonly used by Chinese as the age of their civilization...
    36: ...he [[Qin Dynasty|Qin]] (&#31206;) Emperor lasted only twelve years, he managed to subdue great parts o...
    92: ...back rooms, so his father would not see them. He only kept the most old and ugly servants, and old fur...
    146: ...ired by the Ming. The brick and granite work was enlarged, the watch towers were redesigned and cannon...
    148: ...the Ming economic system emphasized agriculture, unlike that of Song, which had preceded the Mongolian...
  3. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
    27: ... at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the royal family to actually s...
    66: .... This is one reason why it is considered highly unlikely that she will ever [[abdicate]]. Like her mo...
    70: The only public issue on which Elizabeth makes her views ...
    98: ... II]] these proceedings were deemed to have been unlawful.
    102: ...re Trudeau]] stated: "I was always impressed not only by the grace she displayed in public at all time...
  4. Main Page2 (2348 bytes)
    3: ...ng-bottom: .3em; margin: 0 .5em .5em">{{Main Page banner}}</div>
  5. Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
    6: ...lady of rage", though the album itself contained only two songs that hinted at any sort of anger or re...
    48: ...t appeared on ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'' was the only take the two had ever recorded. With "Perfect", ...
    50: ...the pavement. Morissette later revealed that her only concern was for the book of lyrics she was carry...
    123: ...all but drained the anger from the song, leaving only an air of sorrow and remorse. That night, Moriss...
    158: ...8 weeks, it left the [[Billboard 200]], selling "only" 2.5 million, a huge drop from ''Jagged''. World...
  6. Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
    14: ... Pierre, and equipped with [[armour]] and a white banner depicting God flanked by two angels and the words...
    18: ...]], with a loss of 2,200 English soldiers versus only a little over 20 French and Scots. This allowed...
    33: ...nfirmed that this was based on a distortion: she only objected to being tried by pro-English clergy wh...
    34: ...had never killed anybody (preferring to carry her banner in combat) is confirmed by the other sources, whi...
    38: ...] cemetery and threatened with summary execution unless she signed a confession and agreed to wear a d...
  7. Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
    12: A banner year for Hepburn, 1928 also marked her nuptuals t...
    19: ... [[Great Neck, New York]]. The producer had suddenly fired the play's original leading lady and asked...
    50: ... working-class machismo. Tracy seemed to be the only one Hepburn would allow to tame her. When [[Jos...
    70: ...Mrs. Venable in [[Tennessee Williams]]'s ''[[Suddenly Last Summer]]'' (1959) and as Mary Tyrone in the...
    149: * ''[[Suddenly Last Summer]]'' ([[1959]])&mdash;[[Academy Award...
  8. Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
    48: ...uction and the modern administrative state would only emerge with the [[New Deal]] some 70 years later...
    75: ...ived into adulthood. Of Robert's three children, only Jessie Lincoln had any children (2 - Mary Lincol...
    89: ...e stand claiming he witnessed the crime in the moonlight. Lincoln produced a [[Farmer's Almanac]] to s...
    102: ... in the [[American South|South]] &mdash; and won only 2 of 996 counties in the entire South. Even befo...
    119: ...roclamation as a wartime measure, insisting that only the outbreak of war gave constitutional power to...
  9. United States (58223 bytes)
    11: national_anthem = ''[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]'' |
    66: ...oviet Union]], was considered one of the world's only two "[[superpower]]s". With the [[collapse of th...
    84: ...e appealed from a state court to a federal court only if there is a federal question, the [[State supr...
    90: ...nty|counties]] have little or no power, existing only as geographic distinctions. In other areas, coun...
    115: ...er 48; [[Alaska]], which is physically connected only to Canada, and the [[archipelago]] of Hawaii in ...
  10. Samoa (9435 bytes)
    46: | ''[[The Banner of Freedom]]''
    72: ...Universal suffrage was extended in [[1990]], but only chiefs (matai) may stand for election to the Sam...
    90: ...wire harness factory, the manufacturing sector mainly processes agricultural products. [[Tourism]] is ...
    95: ...orm of [[Polynesian]] speech still in existence. Only the [[Maori]] of [[New Zealand]] outnumber the S...
  11. Flag of Connecticut (1242 bytes)
    3: ...purple [[grapes]]) on an field of azure blue. The banner below the shield reads "Qui Transtulit Sustinet,"...
  12. Flag of Maryland (3908 bytes)
    3: ...George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore]]. It is the only state [[flag]] in the [[United States]] to be ba...
    11: ... with the Union and so they adopted the Crossland banner, which had the benefit of being red and white (wh...
  13. Flag of North Dakota (1521 bytes)
    2: ...ught the [[flag]] in line with the original troop banner, which is on display at the state historical muse...
  14. Maryland (22654 bytes)
    53: ... during this bombardment that [[the Star Spangled Banner]] was written by Francis Scott Key.
    63: ...egislative]], and [[judicial branch|judicial]]. Unlike most other states, significant autonomy is gra...
    71: ...ne, is a point at which the state of Maryland is only two miles wide. This geographical curiosity, the...
    95: ...he relatively close manufacturing centers of the inland
  15. Flag (13245 bytes)
    3: ...the distinction between a flag and a simple cloth banner is blurred. Generally, a piece of cloth is a flag...
    5: ...]], from the Latin ''vexillum'' meaning flag or [[banner]].
    11: During the [[Middle Ages]], flags were used mainly during battles to identify individual leaders: i...
    15: ...hdrawn from the battlefields, and have been used only at ceremonial occasions ever since.
    22: ...aroe Islands|Faroe Islands]], [[Flag of Finland|Finland]], [[Flag of Iceland|Iceland]], [[Flag of Norw...
  16. Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
    8: ... collapsing Yuan Dynasty. Zhu became one of the only two dynastic founders who emerged from the [[pea...
    16: ... the office of prime minister and so removed the only insurance against incompetent emperors. Hongwu ...
    27: ...gLacquerTable1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|This is the only surviving example in the world of a major piece ...
    33: ...o 500 troops but also cargoes of export goods, mainly [[silk]]s and porcelains, and brought back forei...
    35: ... and unprecedented strength, Zheng He's voyages, unlike European voyages of exploration later in the f...
  17. India (27950 bytes)
    5: ...imes onwards, though its contemporary use is unevenly applied due to domestic disputes over how repres...
    44: ...ears. In [[1977]], a united opposition, under the banner of the [[Janata Party]], won the election and for...
    71: ...n small towns and villages. While India receives only around three million foreign visitors a year, to...
    79: ... second most populous country in the world, with only China having a larger population. Language, reli...
    103: ...ndian Writing in English| and English]]. India's only [[Nobel Prize for Literature|Nobel laureate in l...
  18. Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
    41: ...atic support]] to the North Vietnamese and to the NLF, partly as support against the U.S. and South Vi...
    47: ...endence]], and a band played "[[The Star Spangled Banner]]." Ho had hoped that the United States would be...
    76: ... Asia from "indirect aggression." This was certainly more diplomatic than the later more or less unil...
    89: ...sects he could tackle the [[Viet Minh]], the suddenly enthusiastic support of many Congressional leade...
    94: ... or intimidate much of the political opposition, only fostering deeper resentment of what was already ...
  19. Pope Leo III (1849 bytes)
    3: ...ng him the keys of [[Saint Peter's tomb]] and the banner of [[Rome]], requesting an envoy. Charlemagne in ...
  20. Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
    21: ...pointment was made at the suggestion of Angelico only after the archbishopric had been offered to him,...
    23: ...and made the offer to Fra Giovanni, for Nicholas only succeeded in 1447. The whole statement lacks aut...
    33: ... painter. The subject is a Glory, Christ with the banner of the [[Resurrection]], and a multitude of saint...
    37: ...f execution, he undoubtedly falls far short, not only of his great naturalist contemporaries such as [...
  21. Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
    21: ...[[Cincinnati Red Stockings]], baseball's first openly all-professional team, was founded in [[1869]]. ...
    23: ...ccounts, the AA team folded the same year the new NL team started, and the new team simply signed many...
    29: ... then new manager [[Pat Moran]] led the Reds to a NL [[pennant]] in [[1919]]. The 1919 team had hittin...
    35: ...ees]] in four straight. In 1940, they repeated as NL Champions and for the first time in 21 years, the...
    39: ... cut short his career. [[Ted Kluszewski]] was the NL home run leader in 1954. The rest of the offense ...
  22. Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
    81: ...ith the [[Agricultural Marketing Act]], but with only limited impact.
    86: ...amed for setting off a worldwide trade war which only worsened the country's economic ills. This is a ...
    95: ...y his successor Roosevelt, the economy underwent only limited improvement, with unemployment falling t...
    98: ...Posse Comitatus Act]] of 1878, and the fact that only a token payment was given to the veterans to pay...
    146: ...]), signed an act that made ''[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]'' the [[national anthem]], wrote a Children's C...
  23. Stonewall Jackson (15247 bytes)
    20: ... explained his rationale, and claimed that, with only 50 more troops, he could persevere and win the p...
    60: ...d, Lee might have prevailed at Gettysburg. Certainly Jackson's iron discipline and brilliant tactical...
    68: ...trength -- Mobility" are emblazoned on the ship's banner. The words are taken from letters written by Gene...
  24. Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
    111: ...dash;can occur during any month of the year, but only happen an average of once or twice per year some...
    115: ...[1896]] it has accumulated to 0.1 inch (0.25 cm) only 7 times. The heaviest snowstorm occurred on Jan...
    187: *[[Banner Health Systems]] (Formerly Samaritan Health Syst...
  25. National anthem (4891 bytes)
    3: ...hem, which in some cases coexists with other commonly sung [[patriotic songs]]. The oldest song purpo...
    5: ...onal anthem is still usually in European style. Only a handful of non-European countries have anthems...
    11: ...uget de Lisle]]; the tune of "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" was taken from "[[To Anacreon in Heaven]]" by ...
    15: ... when they sign off at night. On most occasions, only one stanza of the anthem is played (usually the ...
  26. List of national anthems (17969 bytes)
    4: [[Dependent area]]s are listed only if they have an anthem separate from or in addit...
    79: ...termeco]], Formerly: [[Jedna i Jedina]] (One and Only)
    119: ...nal Anthem of the Republic of China]], [[National Banner Song]]''
    196: |[[Finland]]||[[Maamme|Maamme/V岴 land]] (Our Land)
    214: ...[Dideba zetsit kurtheuls]] (Praise Be To The Heavenly Bestower of Blessings)
  27. The Star-Spangled Banner (15265 bytes)
    2: [[Image:Star-Spangled Banner artists rendering.bmp|200px|thumb|right|An artist...
    3: [[Image:StarSpangledBanner2.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Percy Moran drew Francis S...
    4: ...Store in [[Baltimore]]. Currently this is one of only ten copies known to exist, and is housed in the ...
    6: ...king song ''[[To Anacreon in Heaven]]'', but was only made the national anthem by a [[Congress of the ...
    17: ...he first public performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" took place in October, when Baltimore actor Ferd...
  28. Kurdistan (8785 bytes)
    11: ...' is an area in the [[Middle East]], inhabited mainly by the [[Kurds]], covering parts of [[Turkey]], ...
    26: ...British]] troops in modern day [[Iraq]] under the banner of the [[Kingdom of Kurdistan]]. [[Atat?promised ...
  29. War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
    58: ...ar of 1812 ended in a [[stalemate]] and is often only dimly remembered, the war had many effects on th...
    86: ...olicy of [[impressment]] was supposed to reclaim only British subjects, between 1806 and 1812 about 6,...
    99: ...as weak and inexperienced. The army consisted of only 7,000 men and small state militias. The paper st...
    108: ... Navy]], which was not yet twenty years old, had only twenty-two commissioned vessels, the largest of ...
    110: ...] tactics, such as the capture of [[prize]]s and only enagaging Royal Navy vessels under favourable ci...
  30. Slavery (26455 bytes)
    27: ...es would also include slave [[species]] under the banner of slavery. Societies characterized by [[poverty...
    39: Slaves were traded openly in most cities, including as diverse cities as [...
    52: ...soldier class was named [[Mameluke]]s and were mainly responsible for the expulsion of the Crusaders f...
    54: ...uroethnic]] cultures means that slavery under the banner of "marriage" is not addressed as slavery at the ...
    87: ...e was approximately a 10% death rate per year, mainly due to harsh working conditions.
  31. Ancient China (39554 bytes)
    1: ...east 3,500 years, and with 5,000 years being commonly used by Chinese as the age of their civilization...
    36: ...he [[Qin Dynasty|Qin]] (&#31206;) Emperor lasted only twelve years, he managed to subdue great parts o...
    74: ...back rooms, so his father would not see them. He only kept the most old and ugly servants, and old fur...
    112: ...ired by the Ming. The brick and granite work was enlarged, the watch towers were redesigned and cannon...
    114: ...the Ming economic system emphasized agriculture, unlike that of Song, which had preceded the Mongolian...
  32. Oshkosh Airshow (5530 bytes)
    17: ...t up each year with ''Oshkosh friends'' who they only see at the Fly-in. For many years these Oshkosh ...
    23: ...control tower is traditionally decorated with the banner saying ''WORLD'S BUSIEST CONTROL TOWER'' during t...

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