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- Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
5: ...efore dying of [[tuberculosis]]. After graduating from [[Claverack College]] in [[Hudson, New York|Hud...
9: ...aper advocating birth control. She also separated from William Sanger. In 1916, Sanger opened a family...
15: ...egate of the Birth Control Federation of America. From 1952 to 1959, she served as president of the In...
17: ...lable [[birth control pill]]. She toured Europe, Africa, and Asia, lecturing and helping to establish ...
24: ...gh Sanger was greatly influenced by her father, a freethinker, her mother's death left her with a deep... - Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
2: ...s about [[psychiatric]] treatment to successfully lobby almost every [[United States|State]] legislature ...
4: ...er as a reformer before the first woman graduated from a U.S. [[medical school]].
10: ...f the time as a teacher and writer. In any event, friends arranged to have her sent abroad to recover....
12: ...the healing power of a family-like asylum removed from the pressures of daily life. When she returned ...
16: ..., following this presentation, the representative from Little Compton announced that Simmons had died.... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
9: ...axhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emigrated from south Kosovar city of [[Prizren]], even though ...
11: ...counted that she felt a vocation to help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for mission...
15: ...946]], by her own account, she received a calling from [[God]] "to serve Him among the poorest of the ...
17: ...ntary helpers, and she received financial support from church organizations and the municipal authorit...
24: ...emple into the [[Kalighat Home for the Dying]], a free [[hospice]] for the poor. Soon after she opened... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...s in [[Germany|German-occupied]] [[Poland]] and [[France]]. She was the longest-serving and most capa...
7: ...]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ...vinced by her acquaintances, including journalist Frederick Voigt. She left for [[Hungary]], where in...
11: ...].) Krystyna and Kowerski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]] and [[Turkey]].
15: ...andated [[Syria]] from the pro-[[Vichy]] [[France|French]] [[consul]]. Only German spies, some Polish... - Mosaic (6524 bytes)
3: ...mphitrite_mosaic.jpg|thumb|150px|Detail of mosaic from [[Herculaneum]] depicting [[Amphitrite]]]]
12: ...ior decoration]]. In mosaics, small [[tile]]s or fragments of pottery (known as ''[[tesserae]]'', dim...
16: ...istinguished luxurious Roman villas across north Africa. In Rome, Nero and his architects innovated th...
18: ...]. In Western Europe, the demanding techniques of fresco replaced the even more labor-intensive techni...
20: .... The process is known as [[zillij]] in [[North Africa]] and [[qashani]] further east. Some of the b... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
32: ...ging that the "S" stood for Simpson. He graduated from West Point in [[1843]], ranking 21st in a class...
34: ...[August 22]], [[1848]]. They had four children: [[Frederick Dent Grant]], Ulysses S. (Buck) Grant, Jr....
39: ...pultepec]]. On [[July 31]], [[1854]], he resigned from the army. Seven years of civilian life followed...
48: ... attack until the enemy surrendered or was driven from the field. Such tactics often resulted in heavy...
50: ...in which the destruction of an enemy's economic infrastructure that supplied its armies was as importa... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
9: ...m'''. In the [[13th century]], the Caribs arrived from South America in the third wave, displacing bot...
11: The name "Barbados" comes from a [[Portuguese colonization of the Americas|Por...
13: ...the Caribbean coast found the island uninhabited. From the arrival of the first British settlers in [[...
15: ...o work the plantations, slaves were brought from Africa; the [[slave trade]] ceased a few years before...
19: ...dos was made in [[1951]], when universal adult suffrage was introduced. This was followed by steps tow... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
5: ... the country's early history, stemming as it does from the Roman name ''Portus Cale'', a possibly mixe...
15: ...C]], several waves of [[Celts]] invaded Portugal from [[Central Europe]] and intermarried with local ...
17: ...Portugal started from the south, where they found friendly natives, the [[Conii]]. Over decades, the R...
25: ...s. From there they aimed to reconquer their lands from the [[Moors]] (mainly [[Berber]] with some [[Ar...
27: ...r of the Iberian Peninsula, faced new competition from other regions. The lords of the cities of [[Coi... - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
3: ...isition was the result of the reconquest of Spain from the [[Muslim]]s and the policy of converting Sp...
6: ...] and [[Valencia]], there was a local inquisition from the [[Middle Ages]], as in the rest of the Euro...
18: ...well as a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]], to lobby Rome on his behalf. Borgia was partially successf...
22: ...on]], who threatened to withhold military support from his kingdom of [[Sicily]]. Sixtus issued the [[...
26: ...possession of [[Greece]] and the Greek islands. [[France]], as always, was looking for signs of weakne... - World Series (40101 bytes)
3: The [[2004 World Series]] was played from [[October 23]] until [[October 27]], between th...
7: ...y preceding it - is used to fund a Players' Pool, from which descending shares are distributed to the ...
11: ...es that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World's Championship Series" (used ...
13: ...ening the Olympic tournament if the MLB agrees to freeing its players. According to the IBAF chairman,...
15: ... teams. The winter scheduling would allow players from the North American and Japanese professional le... - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
19: ...) was the 42nd [[President of the United States]] from [[1993]] to [[2001]]. Before his Presidency, C...
23: ... conviction of many staff members, associates and friends, though never himself. He became the second ...
25: ...ssumption of office marked a "generational shift" from the former Presidents who were mostly World War...
27: ...-the-time the largest American [[budget deficit]] from his predecessor [[George H. W. Bush|President G...
38: ...popular anger over the escape of Cuban prisoners (from the [[Mariel Boat Lift]]) detained in [[Fort Ch... - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (37869 bytes)
7: ...ity in the nation, according to a [[2003]] report from the U.S. Census Bureau. The city's population o...
61: ...rom [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.89% from two or more races. 16.15% of the population we...
67: ...utskirts of the city is quick and mostly gridlock-free because of the city's interstate system (Mayor ...
73: ...homa City to Edmond, and [[Interstate 235]] spurs from I-44 in North Central OKC into downtown Oklahom...
87: [[Image:downtown_OKC_from_deep_duece.jpeg|left|Skyscrapers of Downtown Ok... - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
7: ...me, Soviet-era management practices, a decaying infrastructure, and inefficient supply systems hinder ...
9: ... Economic policy was made according to directives from the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Commu...
13: ...e fulfilled. Responsibility for production flowed from the top down. At the national level, some seven...
19: ...od. But other fundamental parts of the economic infrastructure, such as commercial banking and authori...
21: ...ake it difficult to convert economic measurements from rubles to dollars to make statistical compariso... - Wildfire (23185 bytes)
2: ...n Bernardino, California]] Mountains (image taken from the [[International Space Station]])]]
16: ...researchers discovered that exposure to [[smoke]] from burning plants actually promotes [[germination]...
18: ...erty]], particularly when they have reached urban-fringe communities, destroying many homes and causin...
30: ... of water in plants is balanced by water absorbed from the soil. Below this threshold, the plants dry ...
43: ...aft]] caused by a large wildfire will draw in air from surrounding areas. These self-generated winds c... - Daniel Webster (10835 bytes)
7: ...o Ebenezer in recognition of his service in the [[French and Indian War]]). His parents were [[poverty...
11: ...ay (US)|Independence Day]] oration. On graduating from Dartmouth he took a legal apprenticeship (first...
17: From this point on his reputation as a lawyer grew q...
21: ...r any offer of compensation. Webster assisted his friend Jeremiah Smith in fighting the action all the...
23: ...as elected to the [[United States Senate|Senate]] from the state of [[Massachusetts]]. Shortly after t... - Cobalt (13481 bytes)
102: ...th 1.6~1.7 [[Bohr magneton]]s per [[atom]]. It is frequently associated with [[nickel]], and both are ...
130: ...] Cancer Centre – look up when entering the lobby. The second machine is out beside the walkway int...
142: ... [[nickel]]). Some also think the name may derive from Greek ''kobalos'', which means 'mine', and whic...
149: Cobalt is not found as a free metal and is generally found in the form of [[o...
157: The isotopes of cobalt range in [[atomic weight]] from 50 [[atomic mass unit|amu]] (<sup>50</sup>Co) t... - Broccoli (4962 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Fractal Broccoli.jpg|240px]] | caption = Broccoli}}
22: ...nged in a tree-like fashion on branches sprouting from a thick, edible stalk. The large mass of flower...
30: The word ''broccoli'' comes from the Latin ''brachium'' and Italian ''brocco'' m...
31: Image:Fresh-broccoli-on-white-background.jpg
37: ...er with a wide circle of European correspondents, from whom he got packets of seeds for rare vegetable... - Theater (structure) (5978 bytes)
4: ...ore general performance needs. Theaters may range from open-air [[amphitheatre]]s to ornate, [[cathedr...
9: *The area hidden from the audience where sets, furniture and properti...
11: ...h its box office and lobby areas, is called the ''front of house''.
15: ... of the stage is considered up-stage This derives from the raked stage of the Greek Theater (see below...
16: *The front of the stage is down-stage. - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
3: ...cle]]'' features oversized tires, a sturdy frame, front shock absorbers, and handlebars oriented perpe...
5: ...[land vehicle]] with two [[wheel]]s attached to a frame, one behind the other. First introduced in [[1...
13: ...up by [[Louis Baudry de Saunier]], a 19th century French bicycle historian.
15: ... rode his [[1816]] machine while collecting taxes from his tenants. He patented his ''draisine'', a nu...
17: ... could push more firmly, and further enlarged the front wheel to increase the potential for speed. Sho... - Livestock (24677 bytes)
11: ...nd that they feel address most of the concerns of lobbyists.
19: ..., such as wool, cheese, hides, and meat, produced from sheep moved along the road. Sheep manure was al...
26: ... primary source of animal [[protein]]. Livestock frequently eat [[forage]] and [[fodder|other food so...
27: ...ed dairying countries the number of products made from milk range in the 20 to 30 types. Using lives...
28: ...ax | wax]]''' : Bees collect [[pollen]] and honey from plants and process them into products that are ...
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