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- Amusement park (17293 bytes)
12: ...parks for the next half-century, including those known as [[trolley park]]s.
21: ...midway, concessions, and sideshow attractions in another. The idea of theme parks caught on and, by t...
25: ...rk still in operation is 'Bakken' at Klampenborg, north of [[Copenhagen]]. It was founded in 1583.
26: ...with Mr. Lincoln, "it's a small world", and the dinosaurs of Primeval World — were built by Disn...
32: ...ned, and in [[1971]], Six Flags Over Mid-America (now [[Six Flags St. Louis]]) opened near [[St. Louis... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...fic Revolution in the Western World. He is also known for inventing the Cartesian coordinate system u...
4: ...]]—divine or natural—in explaining natural phenomena. In his theology, he insists on the absolute ...
6: ...ley|Berkeley]] & [[David Hume|Hume]]. Leibniz, Spinoza, and Descartes were all versed in mathematics a...
14: ...doned the study of letters. Resolving to seek no knowledge other than that which could be found in mys...
16: ...interest in mathematics and the new physics. On [[November 10]] [[1619]], while traveling in Germany a... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: '''[[Philosopher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philoso...
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5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
7: *[[Nicola Abbagnano]], (1901-1990)
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - July 24 (8660 bytes)
18: *[[1929]] - The [[Kellogg-Briand Pact]], renouncing [[war]] as an instrument of [[foreign polic...
22: ...mericans]] by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed ...
26: *[[1967]] - During an official state visit to [[Canada]],...
28: ...imously rule that President [[Richard Nixon]] did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed [[Whit...
53: *[[1916]] - [[John D. MacDonald]], novelist, (d. [[1986]]) - List of male tennis players (14849 bytes)
26: *[[Boris Becker]] ([[1967]]-) - ([[West Germany]]/[[:Category:German tennis...
37: *[[Norman Brookes]] ([[1877]]-[[1967]]) - (Australia)
38: *[[Jacques Brugnon]] ([[1895]]-[[1978]]) - (France) - one of the "F...
53: *[[Andrei Chesnokov]] - ([[1966]]-) - ([[USSR]] / [[:Category:Russ...
60: *[[Jimmy Connors]] ([[1952]]-) - (United States) - New Deal (82408 bytes)
2: ...lief, recovery and reform of the United States economy during the [[Great Depression]]. Dozens of "al...
5: ... New Deal had three components: direct relief, economic recovery, and financial reform; this was also ...
7: ...work relief programs have been praised by most economists in retrospect, including Milton Friedman who...
9: ...That did not necessarily mean 1929, which many economists considered an artificially inflated bubble.)...
11: ...e depression was the natural resilience of the economy and WW2." <ref>Friedman, Milton. [http://www.ri... - Kelvin (3722 bytes)
16: | colspan=3 align=center | Note that for temperature intervals rather than temp...
18: ...f [[water]]. The [[Celsius]] temperature scale is now defined in terms of the kelvin, with 0 ?C corres...
24: ...itten '''°K'''; the "degree" was dropped in [[1967]] (13th CGPM, Resolution 3, CR 104).
26: Note that the symbol for the kelvin unit is always a...
28: ...code page]]s in certain Oriental languages; it is not recommended for use any more. In all languages,... - Native American (42651 bytes)
3: ...a''') are those peoples [[indigenous people|indigenous]] to the [[Americas]], living there prior to [[...
5: ...and genetic commonality with other arctic peoples not native to the American continent, such as those ...
7: ...y exclude the [[Inuit]] and [[Inuvialuit]] in the north, although these are included in the terms "[[F...
11: ...slanders]] including: [[Native Hawaiians]] (also known as Kanaka Māoli and Kanaka 'Oiwi) in the [...
21: ...ter53/luzia/luzia.htm]. Thus other possibilities, not necessarily exclusive, have been suggested: - Walrus (6653 bytes)
12: ...axobox_section_binomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name = Odobenus rosmarus | author = [[Carolus...
18: ...]s that live in the cold [[Arctic]] seas of the [[Northern Hemisphere]]. Two subspecies exist: the [[A...
22: ...apparently a folk-etymology inversion from an Old Norse form resembling ''hrosshvalr'', a kind of whal...
24: ...' ([[Greek language|Greek]] for "tooth") and ''baino'' (Greek for "walk"), based on observations of wa...
30: ...angel Island]], in the [[Beaufort Sea]] along the north shore of [[Alaska]], and in the waters between... - State of Palestine (7675 bytes)
2: ...did not fulfill the typical requirement of an autonomous [[state]] — being in possession of sove...
25: | [[15 November]] [[1988]]
31: ...ization]] delegations). The State of Palestine is not recognized by the [[United Nations]] or by any [...
33: ...erpreted to have recognized Israel within its pre-1967 boundaries, or was at least a major step on the p...
54: ...[[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Jordan]], [[Kuwait]], [[Lebanon]], [[Oman]], [[Qatar]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Unit... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
1: ...main goals many alchemists sought for. The most renowned goal of alchemy is the [[transmutation]] of ...
8: ... therefore could derive from a purely Greek word, not Coptic, and have been later connected with ancie...
11: ...round the edges of [[mysticism]] and [[magic (paranormal)|magic]]. From today's perspective, their end...
13: ...s]] or [[chemistry]]. To the alchemist, there was no compelling reason to separate the chemical (mater...
17: ...nd providing some of the fundamental [[empirical knowledge]] of the fields of chemistry and modern [[m... - Leone Battista Alberti (5967 bytes)
3: Alberti was born in [[Genoa]] as an [[illegitimacy|illegitimate son]] of a f...
10: * In [[art]], He is best known for his treatise ''De pictura'' (On painting) (...
12: ...nerotomachia Poliphili]]'', a strange [[fantasy]] novel, whose typographic qualities and illustrations...
13: ...an]]ists of the age. He held the appointment of canon in the metropolitan [[church]] of [[Florence, It...
14: ...as the family palace in the Via della Scala, now known as the [[Palazzo Strozzi]]. He wrote an influen... - Hyksos (23575 bytes)
2: ...f Egypt, (ca. 1674-1548 B.C.E. See [[Egyptian chronology]]), ruling Lower and Middle Egypt for over on...
4: ... introduced new tools of warfare into Egypt, most notably the [[composite bow]], the horse, and the ho...
6: ...s. The names of the Fifteenth Dynasty Hyksos are known from Egyptian monuments, scarabs and other smal...
9: ...nasty are to properly be called "Hyksos", because not only do they bear Egyptian royal titles, but the...
13: ...person. This period of Egyptian history is a chronological nightmare that only additional datable arc... - Samaria (7953 bytes)
1: ... '''Shomron''' is a term used for the mountainous northern part of the [[West Bank]]. In modern times,...
4: ...(the [[Jerusalem]] mountains). Samarian hills are not very high, seldom reaching the height of over 80...
9: Samaria was taken by Israeli forces during the [[1967]] [[Six-Day War]] from [[Jordan]]. Jordan withdre...
14: ...act much attention, although nothing definite is known regarding them. (compare [[Book of Micah|Micah]...
16: It may be noticed that the distance between Samaria and [[Jeru... - Virus (17572 bytes)
1: ...ound outside of a host cell, viruses consist of genomic [[nucleic acid]], either [[DNA]] or [[RNA]] (d...
3: ...coprotein]]s. Importantly, viral [[genome]]s code not only for the [[protein]]s needed to package its ...
7: ...tin]] ''virus'' referring to [[poison]] and other noxious things. Today it is used to describe the bi...
9: ...orms as ''viri'' (which actually means ''men''). (No plural form appears in ''any'' extant Latin manus...
11: ==Viruses: non-living or alive?== - Caesium (11026 bytes)
40: | no data
43: | <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Xenon|Xe]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>6s<sup>1</sup>
78: | no data
124: | [[xenon|<sup>134</sup>Xe]]<br>[[barium|<sup>134</sup>Ba]...
141: ...perature and pressure|STP]] are used except where noted.</font> - Copper (13595 bytes)
46: | <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Argon|Ar]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>3d<sup>10</sup>4s<sup>1</sup>
69: | 7.11 [[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre per ...
130: ...perature and pressure|STP]] are used except where noted.</font>
136: ...5;κός). In Roman times, it became known as ''aes Cyprium'' (''aes'' being the generic L...
138: ...rs old. A copper pendant was found in what is now northern [[Iraq]] that dates to 8700 BC. By 5000 BC ... - Dubnium (4200 bytes)
13: ...enter bgcolor="#ffc0c0" | <font color="black">'''Known properties'''</font>
25: | unknown; probably metallic,<br /> silvery white or gray
28: | [[1 E-25 kg|<nowiki>[262]</nowiki> amu]]
31: ...probably <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[radon|Rn]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>5[[f-orbital|f]]<sup>14</sup> 6d<sup>3</sup> ...
43: ...of the chemical elements|first synthesized]] in [[1967]] at the [[Joint Institute for Nuclear Research]]... - Lawrencium (5210 bytes)
5: <tr><td colspan="2" align="center">[[nobelium]] – '''lawrencium''' – [[ruther...
12: ...=center bgcolor="#ffc0c0"><font color="black">'''Known properties'''</font></th></tr>
20: ...earance]] </td><td>unknown; probably metallic,<br> silvery white or gray</...
22: ... </td><td>[[1 E-25 kg|<nowiki>[ 262 ]</nowiki> amu]]</td></tr>
24: ...probably <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[radon|Rn]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>5[[f-orbital|f]]<sup>14</sup> 6[[d-orbital|d]... - Jim Abbott (6907 bytes)
1: ...bbott''' (born [[September 19]], [[1967 in sports|1967]] in [[Flint, Michigan]]). Despite being born wit...
7: ...the sixth-place Angels. In 1992 Abbott was also honoured with the [[Tony Conigliaro Award]].
9: ... while pitching for the Yankees, Abbott threw a [[no-hitter]] against the [[Cleveland Indians]].
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