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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
72: *[[Walter Sydney Adams|Adams, Walter Sydney]], (1876-1956), American astronomer
78: ...son|Adamson, Amandus]], (1855-1929), Estonian sculptor - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
16: ... Victoria became [[heir presumptive|heiress-presumptive]] to the throne. Since the law at that time ma...
25: ...hildless, Ernest Augustus was also the heir-presumptive to the British throne.
27: ... the [[Whig]] Party, which had been in power, except for brief intervals, since [[1830]]. The Whig Pri...
37: ...tributed the plot to supporters of the heir-presumptive, the King of Hanover. These conspiracy theorie...
39: ... Eight more children would be born during the exceptionally happy marriage between Victoria and Prince... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
7: ...INSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
10: ...fice:'''</td><td>[[3 December]] [[1990]] - [[12 September]] [[1997]]</td></tr>
31: ...t bill proposing to liberalise the law on contraception into the senate, no other member would agree t...
41: ...he joined the Labour Party. Subsequently she attempted to be elected to [[Dᩬ ɩreann]] (the lower ho...
45: ... she had campaigned for had been tackled. Contraception had been legalised although heavily restricted... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
5: ...briefly by a relative in [[Oxford]] then [[Southampton]]. In [[1785]]-[[1786]], she was educated at th...
12: ...ion), [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], [[Southey]], [[Sydney Smith]], and [[Edward FitzGerald]]. Her reputati... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
39: ... of every soldier who died in the hospital. The depth of her commitment to the care of her patients in...
63: ...]]; [[Liverpool Royal Infirmary]] as well as at [[Sydney Hospital]], in [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
5: ...arker]], were notorious across the nation. They captivated the attention of the [[American]] press and...
9: ...ree children. She married [[Roy Thornton]] on [[September 25]] [[1926]], but the pairing was short-liv...
11: ... loyal companion to Clyde Barrow as they evaded capture and awaited the violent deaths they viewed as ...
23: ... Except for a one-week escape ending with his recapture in [[Ohio]], Clyde remained incarcerated in th...
27: ...s astounding driving skill and ability to evade capture were later grudgingly respected by law enforce... - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
3: ... a lectureship at the [[University of Technology, Sydney]].
8: ...ction and theatre history. She studied at [[North Sydney Girls' High School]], but dropped out when her mo...
13: ...[1990]] in [[Telluride, Colorado]]. The couple adopted two children, Isabella and Connor, and lived in...
26: ...met with a mixed reception. Despite the mixed reception, the film was nominated for the prestigious [[...
54: ...d after the cast and crew determined that the script needed to be re-written. The next Kidman movie re... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
15: ...e defeated Evert in three sets in the final and captured the World No. 1 ranking for the first time. S...
19: ... Slam event of [[1983]] - the French Open - she captured the year's three remaining Grand Slam titles ...
155: ** Houston, Sydney
173: ...ngton, DC, Seattle, Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas, Sydney, Hilton Head, Orlando, Brighton
179: ...s [March], Amelia Island, Eastbourne, US Indoors, Sydney, Orlando, Newport, Mahwah, Fort Lauderdale, New O... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
17: ...ured for playing [[Bach]]. So, for example, the [[Sydney Opera House Grand Organ]], whose construction sta...
19: ...instruments may combine several styles in an attempt to provide authentic voices for an extended reper...
83: Nearly all stops (there are however notable exceptions) fall into one of two types:
144: ...for manuals are Choir, Great, Swell (English); Hauptwerk, Brustwerk, Oberwerk, Schwellwerk, R?itiv (Ge...
146: ...rman]] equivalents of these three names are: ''Hauptwerk'', ''Oberwerk'' and ''Positiv'' respectively.... - Australia (39438 bytes)
11: largest_city =[[Sydney]]|
55: ...uth Head, from ''A Voyage to Terra Australis''. [[Sydney]] was established on this site.]]
56: ...dopted. In 1824 the British Admiralty finally accepted that the continent should be known officially a...
65: ...hat they called [[New Holland]], but made no attempt at settlement. In 1770 [[James Cook]] was the fir...
67: ...n Australia was also founded "free" but later accepted transported convicts due to an acute labour sho... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
28: | '''[[Official script]]'''
76: ...d Russia's annexation largely because of the disruption it wrought upon the traditional nomadic lifest...
84: ...lowing the [[August 1991]] abortive [[coup]] attempt in [[Moscow]] and the subsequent [[Collapse of th...
95: Elections to the Mazhilis in [[September 2004]] yielded a lower house dominated by th...
108: ...e same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
48: ...n]]. On [[June 29]], [[1776]], the convention adopted a constitution that established Virginia as a c...
88: ...ncil-manager]] form of government. There are exceptions, notably [[Richmond, Virginia]], which has a ...
127: ...g military installations concentrated in the [[Hampton Roads]] area, tobacco and peanut farming all th...
137: ...abeth River (Virginia)|Elizabeth River]] at [[Hampton Roads]], the [[James River (Virginia)|James Riv...
150: ...largest Protestant denominations in Virginia: [[Baptist]] (31% of the total state population), [[Metho... - Spider (29039 bytes)
2: ...ider.jpg|220px|Long-jawed orb weaver spider]] | caption = [[Long-jawed orb weaver spider]]}}
45: Leptonetidae ([[leptonetid spider]])<br />
123: ...ds the male is largely a myth... only in some exceptional cases does the male fall victim to the femal...
131: ...e family Araneidae use sex pheromone analogs to capture only the males of certain moth species! Despit...
136: ...a spider makes contact with its prey it will attempt to bite. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...]] [[Pope John II|John II]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the [[papacy]].
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
19: ... first [[Hat-trick]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] against [[England]].
31: *[[1935]] - [[Bruno Hauptmann]] goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lin...
34: *[[1942]] - [[World War II]]: [[Manila]] is captured by [[Japan]]ese forces. - Kangaroo Facts (16137 bytes)
2: ...| image = [[image:Eastern-Grey-Kangaroo.jpg]] | caption = [[Eastern Grey Kangaroo]]}}
23: ''Kangaroo'' soon became adopted into standard English where it has come to mean...
46: ... available. [[Goanna]]s and other carnivorous [[reptile]]s also pose a danger to the smaller kangaroo ...
48: ... often flee into waterways if presented with the option. If pursued into the water, a large kangaroo m...
53: ==Adaptations == - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
9: ...te uniformly to the earliest days of ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from abou...
29: ...s rather than some form of magic. When Bruno attempted to leave Venice, Mocenigo denounced him to the ...
43: ...view of a [[celestial sphere]], immutable, incorruptible, and superior to the terrestrial region. Brun...
45: ...] [[Thomas Digges]], author of ''[[A Perfit Description of the Caelestial Orbes]]'' (''sic''). [[Galil...
49: ...the immobile earth at the center of the sphere. [[Ptolemy]] had numbered these at 1,022, grouped into ... - Cassowary (5017 bytes)
2: ...Image:Kasuaris.jpg|200px|Southern Cassowary]] | caption = Southern Cassowary}}
26: ...t was the result of a bird previously raised in captivity being released into the wild. At least two p...
36: ...500 to 10,000 individuals. About 40 are kept in captivity in Australia. Habitat loss has caused some c...
46: * ''Stay in Touch'', Philip Clark (ed), ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 5 November 1990. Cites "auth...
47: ...stralia's Dangerous Creatures'', Reader's Digest, Sydney, New South Wales, ISBN 0-86438-018-6 - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...e. [[Earthquake]]s, [[landslide]]s, [[volcanic eruption]]s and large [[meteorite impact]]s all have t...
10: ... such as an [[earthquake]], [[volcano|volcanic eruption]], [[landslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. Howe...
12: ...namis can be generated when the [[sea floor]] abruptly deforms and vertically displaces the overlying ...
14: ...floor. Similarly, a violent submarine volcanic eruption can uplift the water column and generate a tsu...
21: ...g.png|thumb|right|300px|There is a common misconception that tsunamis behave like wind-driven waves or... - Archery (18991 bytes)
9: ...e event, especially the women's divisions. At the Sydney 2000 games, the Korean women won bronze, silver a...
49: ...ar to target archery, except that the archer attempts to drop arrows at long range (180 yards for the ...
60: ... shoot from a start point at an elected mark attempting to drop arrows as close as possible. The arche...
70: ...h a bow. Some people believe that bows are an acceptable if not preferred way to take game, while othe...
84: ...was practised in antiquity on every continent except Australia, demonstrating that it is both basic an... - Surfing (15219 bytes)
7: ...unks or board shorts. In cold water surfers can opt to wear wetsuits, booties, hoods, and gloves to m...
35: **Ocean beaches of [[Sydney]], in particular [[Bondi Beach]]
83: ...gative social connotations, despite the best attempts of various commercial marketing strategies.
85: ...elled "Surf's up!" the office would suddenly be empty.
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