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- Voltaire (48640 bytes)
8: ... grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire sometimes impli...
10: ... a strong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...erable [[knowledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
16: ...en concerned in the composition of two violent libels. Inveigled by a spy named Beauregard into a real...
20: ...tre Français]] on [[November 18]] and was well received, though a rivalry grew between parties ... - Theater in the United States (12545 bytes)
2: ...red on stage have found their way onto movie and television screens. [[Broadway]] in [[New York City]...
4: ...Note'': Both "theater" and "theatre" are common spellings in the U.S. when referring to stage producti...
11: ...ly on [[September 15]] [[1752]]. Persecuted by [[religious intolerance]], Hallam and his company left ...
13: ...e treasure: the immortal soul.". However it is likely that these ordinances were not strictly enforced...
17: ...and [[Thomas Abthorpe Cooper]], similarly became well known throughout the young nation. - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...Delaware.png|thumb|250px|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776]], an iconi...
21: * [[1702]]-[[1715]]: [[Camisard|Camisard Rebellion]] in [[France]].
39: ...ession of [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], Elector of Hanover, to the throne of Great Britain.
40: ...ellion/Rising of 1715 ('The Fifteen')|Jacobite rebellion]] breaks out
47: ...llion/Rising of 1719 ('The Nineteen')|Jacobite rebellion]] fails. - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
9: ... [[1714]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
15: * [[1752]]: [[Lightning rod]]: [[Benjamin Franklin]]
16: * [[1762]]: [[Iron smelting process]]: [[Jared Eliot]]
21: ...ine]] [[Turtle (submarine)|Turtle]]: [[David Bushnell]]
23: * [[1777]]: [[Circular saw]]: [[Samuel Miller]] - Scientific method (40667 bytes)
1: ...tice. A scientific method is essentially an extremely cautious means of building a supportable, [[evid...
6: ...for scientific inquiry is indivisible from the development of science.
9: ... elements of a scientific tradition were already well established. In ''Protagoras'' (318d-f), [[Plato...
11: ...iles abstract thought with observation. In Aristotelian science, we find the beginnings of a primitive...
13: ...m]]'' (published [[1620]]), Bacon is at pains to tell us that scientific theories (or rather ''axioms'... - Opera (25153 bytes)
5: The drama is presented using the typical elements of [[theatre]] such as scenery, [[costume]]...
9: ...s change drastically over his or her lifetime, rarely reaching vocal maturity until the third decade, ...
11: ...ied by only the continuo group (harpsichord and 'cello or bassoon). During the period when composers ...
13: ...ious music can be considered the direct heirs of melodrama. Perhaps such film scores can in some sense...
20: ...ssance]]. In this case, members of the Camerata felt certain that the "chorus" parts of Greek dramas ... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
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36: ...a city located in [[Northwestern Russia]] on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the [[Gulf...
48: ...tal and decorative sculptures. The Neva River itself, together with its many canals and their granite...
50: ...the "[[white night]]s." The white nights are closely linked to another attraction — the nine dr...
58: ...o called the Fountain House), and the Beloselsky-Belozersky palace (1846–1848) on the Nevsky Pro... - Judge (10187 bytes)
3: ...powers, functions, and training of judges vary widely from [[jurisdiction]] to jurisdiction.
15: ...y from [[lawyers]] and are generally appointed or elected from among practicing [[attorney]]s.
21: ...al vote. Civil cases, however, are heard exclusively by legally trained judges.
27: ...r long robes, usually black or red, and sit on an elevated platform during trials (known as the '''ben...
31: ...lly always wear simple black robes and wield a gavel to keep order in the courtroom. However, in some...
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