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  1. List of chemists (10401 bytes)
    1: This is a list of famous chemists:
    6: *[[Emil Abderhalden]], (1877-1950), German chemist
    7: *[[Richard Abegg]], (1869-1910), German chemist
    8: *[[Arthur Aikin]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
    9: ...[[Johan August Arfwedson]], (1792-1841), Swedish chemist
  2. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
    30: *[[Arnold Henry Bergier]]
    45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
    97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-)
    103: *[[Daniel Chester French]] (1850 - 1931)
  3. African American (19830 bytes)
    1: ..., or simply '''blacks''', are an ethnic group in the [[United States of America]] whose ancestors, usu...
    6: ... Despite its literal meaning, the usual usage of the term does not include [[whites]], [[Asian|Asians]...
    10: ..., [[Gary, Indiana|Gary]], [[Indiana]], had the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. city ...
    15: ... [[Confederate States of America]] which lead to the [[American Civil War]] ([[1861]] - [[1865]]).
    17: ...regation]], and with it a wave of lynchings and other vigilante violence.
  4. Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
    4: ...mage_caption=''"[[Father of the Nation|Father of the nation]]"'' —Mohandas Gandhi |
    5: quotation=An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. |
    13: ... philosophy of non-violence, for which he coined the term ''[[satyagraha]]'', has influenced both nati...
    15: ...iolence]] (''[[ahimsa]]''). His auto-biography, "The story of my experiments with truth" reveals his i...
    18: ...Kasturba Makharji]], who was the same age as he. They had four sons: [[Harilal Gandhi]], born in [[188...
  5. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
    13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
    21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
    25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
  6. Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
    13: headquarters = 310 First Street SE<br> [[Washingto...
    18: ...GOP is the more [[conservatism|conservative]] of the two major parties.
    20: ...nter of 1833-1834 but was defunct by the time of the [[American Civil War]].
    22: ...nce its inception, its chief opposition has been the Democratic Party.
    24: The Republican 2004 [[political platform]] ''A Safer ...
  7. History of Germany (53864 bytes)
    3: ...ngle political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from...
    5: ...eferred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933&ndash;1945) as the Third Reich.
    7: ...t the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this ...
    9: ==The Germans and the Romans==
    12: ...out the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]]
  8. Sidon (4751 bytes)
    1: ...of the capital [[Beirut]]. Its name means ''a fishery''.
    4: ... from here that a colonising party went to found the city of [[Tyre]].
    6: ...t-Shem-Ba&#8216;al'' '&#8216;Ashtart the name of the Lord', a title also found in an [[Ugaritic]] text...
    8: ...|Romans]] in the years before [[Jesus]]. [[Herod the Great]] visited Sidon; both Jesus and [[St Paul]]...
    10: ...ain destroyed by the [[Mongols]]. The remains of the original walls are still visible.
  9. Holy Land (2739 bytes)
    1: ...lehem]], the [[Western Wall]], and the [[Dome of the Rock]].
    3: ...d. More recently, the region is at the center of the [[Arab-Israeli conflict]].
    5: ...religious group (Jews and Muslims, respectively) the right of ownership.
    9: The term "Holy Land" is used in the [[Qur'an]]:
    11: ...her) of (His) creatures. O my people! Go into '''the holy land''' which Allah hath ordained for you. T...
  10. Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
    1: ...n, about the same time as the publication of ''[[The Origin of Species]]''.]]
    2: ...] who achieved lasting fame as originator of the theory of [[evolution]] through [[natural selection]]...
    4: ...ory forced early joint [[publication of Darwin's theory]].
    6: ...in Relation to Sex]]'' and ''[[The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals]]''. His last book wa...
    8: ...[Westminster Abbey]], close to [[Sir William Herschel]] and [[Sir Isaac Newton]].
  11. William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
    7: | preceded=[[Theodore Roosevelt]]
    14: | wife=[[Helen Herron Taft]]
    16: | vicepresident=[[James S. Sherman]]
    18: ...he backing of his predecessor and close friend [[Theodore Roosevelt]].
    20: ...he first president to occupy the [[Oval Office]] when it was opened in [[October]] [[1909]].
  12. Chile (capsicum) (7837 bytes)
    1: ... is the fruit of the plant ''[[Capsicum]]'' from the nightshade family (''[[Solanaceae]]'').
    5: ...s]]; they are now grown around the world because they are widely used as [[spice]]s or [[vegetable]]s ...
    9: ...) with the Old World [[Black pepper|peppers]] of the ''[[Piper]]'' genus.
    11: ...hile peppers to [[Spain]], and first wrote about their medicinal effects in [[1494]].
    17: The most common species of chile peppers are:
  13. Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
    3: ...ngle political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from...
    5: ...eferred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933&ndash;1945) as the Third Reich.
    7: ...t the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this ...
    9: ==The Germans and the Romans==
    12: ...out the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]]
  14. Holocaust (53541 bytes)
    2: ...ration camps|Concentration camp]] inmates during the Holocaust]]
    4: ...grom]] and the [[T-4 Euthanasia Program]] established by [[Hitler]] that killed some 200,000 people.
    6: ...you sum the numbers given below and according to the article "Adolf Hitler" -->
    8: == Etymology and usage of the term ==
    10: ...ge variety of authors to reference large catastrophes and massacres.
  15. Adolescence (13933 bytes)
    1: ...che|The Abduction of Psyche]]'' by [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]]]]
    2: ...alth Organization]] (WHO) defines adolescence as the period of life between 10 and 20 years of age.
    4: ...in a person's psychology and academic career. In the onset of adolescence, children usually complete [...
    6: ...n's celebration of this in [[January]] is called the [[coming of age]] (or &#25104;&#20154;&#24335;) (...
    9: ...ts, the first menstrual period is called '''menarche'''.
  16. Padua (12961 bytes)
    1: ...ro Riviera: a pedestrian walk along a section of the "inland waterway" or ''naviglio interno'' of Padu...
    2: ...s of the [[Bacchiglione]], which once surrounded the ancient walls like a [[moat]].
    4: ...ion in [[Shakespeare]]'s play, ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', took place.
    6: ==Monuments of the historic center==
    7: ... forming the present great hall, the ''Salone''. The new space was refrescoed by [[Nicolo' Miretto]] a...
  17. Protein (17280 bytes)
    1: ..., which led to them receiving a [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]].]]
    2: ... by [[peptide bond]]s. Proteins are essential to the structure and function of all living [[cell (biol...
    3: ...[[amino acids]] for [[organism]]s that do not synthesize those amino acids natively.
    5:
    12: ...s determined by its sequence of amino acids. Biochemists refer to four distinct aspects of a protein'...
  18. Caterpillar track (7234 bytes)
    1: ...perhaps 30 [[PSI]] (207 k[[Pascal|Pa]]), whereas the 70 tonne [[M1 Abrams]] has a ground pressure of j...
    6: ...of caterpillar track were reported in use during the [[Crimean War]].
    8: ...ring, [[Benjamin Holt]], paid Lombard $60,000 so they could produce vehicles under his patent.
    10: ...terpillar track in [[1905]]. Holt also purchased their patent.
    12: ...e towing artillery over the difficult terrain of the Western Front.
  19. Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
    2: ...ent [[Middle East]]ern city of key importance to the [[religion]]s of [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], a...
    4: ...us, and socioeconomic groups. The section called the "Old City" is surrounded by walls and consists of...
    6: ...aintaining their embassies in [[Tel Aviv]] or in the [[suburb]]s.
    7: ...tinian]]s also claim all or part of Jerusalem as the capital of a future [[Palestinian state]].
    9: ...nail|300px|Jerusalem and the Old City. View from the Mount of Olives]]
  20. Yoga (18820 bytes)
    3: ...tside [[India]], particularly in the West during the past century.
    7: ... that of the individual soul with the cosmos, or the Supreme.
    9: ...r hand, can be any activity that leads or brings the practitioner closer to this mystical union - a st...
    11: ...ification techniques - is actually the third and the fourth stages of [[Ashtanga Yoga]] of [[Yoga Sutr...
    17: ...erms. Most yoga guidebooks include glossaries of these terms with local language explanations.

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