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- Treasury (1846 bytes)
3: ...e Service|IRS]] is the revenue agency of the [[US Department of Treasury]].
7: ...onsible for government [[procurement]], policy guidelines for [[commonwealth]], [[statutory authories]...
9: ...d the head is the Finance Minister. Examples include [[New Zealand]], [[Canada]], [[Malaysia]], [[Sing...
12: * [[United States Department of the Treasury]]
19: * [[Alexander Hamilton]] (United States) - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ... a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]].
7: ... predominantly Irish neighbourhood on the south side of Indianapolis. Her father, Paul, served as coun...
9: ...e, Washington|Mountlake Terrace]] because it reminded her of Indianapolis. She led a successful campai...
13: ...anagement Act of 1990]], which required cities to develop comprehensive growth plans, and she negotiat...
15: ...e to narrowly defeat her in the Republican landslide year of [[1994]]. - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
6: |'''Order'''
12: |'''Predecessor'''
27: ...[Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to serve in that post.
34: ...icle for the ''[[New Yorker]]'', Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at [[Colum...
35: ...d an administrative position at the University of Denver. Her name is a variation on the [[Italian]] m... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
1: [[Image:Debbie Stabenow.jpg|right|Debbie Stabenow]]
3: ...hington]]'s [[Maria Cantwell]] the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator.
5: ...nate|U.S. Senate]]. Stabenow was considered the underdog for much of the Senate race, but rallied in t...
7: She is a member of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Budget]], the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housin...
11: ...bin]], D-Ill., was elected [[Minority Whip]], the Democrats' second-ranking spot. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
1: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right...
9: |'''PM Predecessor:'''
25: |[[Order of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
27: ... Kesteven" -->''', [[Order of the Garter|LG]] [[Order of Merit|OM]] [[Privy Council|PC]] [[Royal Socie...
29: ...he Conservative leadership in [[1975]]. She was undefeated at the polls, winning the [[United Kingdom ... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...en presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] an...
6: ... of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her baptized ''Norm...
8: ...Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done w...
10: ...ospital in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a men...
12: ...elf, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligent... - Evaluation (3857 bytes)
1: '''''Evaluation''' also means determining the value of an [[expression (mathematic...
3: '''''Evaluation''''' is determining describes the process of examining information about...
5: ...cher may have greater worth because of the higher demand and lower supply of qualified mathematics tea...
7: ...tion and Joint Committee Standards can be found under "external links".
10: ...ng of 14 questions that should be considered when determininig the effectiveness of an evaluation: - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...f Palestine|Palestine]], have ''de facto'' independence and/or some international diplomatic recogniti...
3: ...o fulfill these obligations. The General Assembly determines admission upon recommendation of the Secu...
5: ... The name was transferred to the UN as it was founded by the victorious powers in the war as a conditi...
20: ...ebated by governments and private citizens worldwide.
24: ...ong the original signatories had been reserved, added its name later, bringing the total of original s... - Australia (39438 bytes)
13: leader_titles = [[Queen of Australia|Queen]]<br>[[Gover...
14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Eli...
16: area_magnitude=1_E12|
24: population_density = 2|
25: population_density_rank = —| - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ... level of local autonomy under the [[federation|federal]] system.
12: ...deral level]];<br> [[English language|English]] [[de facto]] |
14: government_type = [[Democratic]] [[Federal republic]] |
15: ...r>[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] |
16: leader_names = [[Joe Biden]]<br>[[Kamala Harris]] | - Economy of Afghanistan (14517 bytes)
1: ... of [[2005]]. The replacement of the [[opium]] trade - which can account for one-third of the country'...
4: ...of loss of labor and capital and disruption of trade and transport. Continuing internal strife hampere...
9: ... made of machines, chemical fertilizer, or pesticides.
11: ...sistance-dominated areas also contributed to this decline as did the disruption to transportation resu...
13: ...already limited transportation network, which has deteriorated further due to damage and neglect resul... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...stern Sahara]], in the west. The name Algeria is derived from the name of the city of Algiers; from t...
2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
11: ...gn="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Algeria|In Detail]])
25: ...e]]''' || [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]], <small>''President''</small> - Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
1: ...ackground: #ffffff; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
5: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
10: ...er width=148 | ([[Coat of Arms of Turkmenistan|In Detail]])
16: | ''[[Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem]]''
21: | '''[[President]] and [[Prime Minister]]''' - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ... is located in eastern-most [[Europe]]. It has borders with [[Russia]], the [[People's Republic of Chi...
3: ...464 in [[1989]] [http://www.stat.kz/ru/dynamic/svedenia_rk/population/nas.htm].<!--
8: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
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37: | '''[[President of Kazakhstan|President]]''' - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...on|privatized]] its economy in the past three decades. Politically, it remains a one-party [[authorit...
4: ...rsial with the ROC considering itself an [[independent state]]. See '''[[China]]''' and [[Political st...
6: ...d China]]" is sometimes used to denote the area under the PRC's rule, usually excluding the two [[Spec...
13: ...[Fujian]]. On [[October 1]], 1949, [[Mao Zedong]] declared the People's Republic of China, establishin...
15: ...s may also doubt statistics or accounts given for death tolls or other damages incurred by Mao's campa... - Serbia and Montenegro (13848 bytes)
1: ...republics united since [[2003]] in a loose [[confederation]]. It is located on the west-central [[Balk...
3: ...egro. Each of the two states may seek full independence via a [[referendum]], which can be held in 200...
4: ...er-right-width: 2px; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
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16: |- style="border-top: 2px solid gray;" - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ... is bordered to the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Baltic Sea]], to the south by [...
3: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
4: |+<big>'''Bundesrepublik Deutschland'''</big>
6: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:...
7: ...Germany]] || align=center width=130px| [[Image:Bundesadler.png|100px|Germany: Coat of Arms]] - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
1: ...[[Kyrgyz revolution of 2005|revolution]] and President Akayev's resignation on [[April 4]], [[2005]], ...
17: ...itles = [[President of Kyrgyzstan|President]]<br> [[Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan|Prime Mini...
18: leader_names = [[Kurmanbek Bakiyev]] (actin...
20: area = 198,500 |area_magnitude=1 E11|
28: population_density = 25 | - Republic of the Congo (9324 bytes)
14: ... = [[President of the Republic of the Congo|President]] <br> [[Prime Minister of the Republic of the ...
15: leader_names = [[Denis Sassou-Nguesso]] <br> [[Isidore Mvouba]] |
19: area_magnitude = 1 E11 |
26: population_density = 8.6 |
27: population_density_rank = 213 | - Argentina (30219 bytes)
14: government_type= Democratic [[Republic]] |
15: leader_titles = [[President of Argentina|President]]|
16: leader_names = [[Néstor Kirchner]] |
18: area_magnitude = 1_E12 |
26: population_density = 14 | - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
1: ...ing north of the [[Bay of Bengal]], on land it borders [[India]] and [[Myanmar]], and it is a close ne...
2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
3: ...86;<br>Gano Projātontrī Bānglādesh</big></big>
8: ...age:Bangladesh flag large.png|125px|Flag of Bangladesh]]
9: | [[Image:Bangladesh coa.png]] - Botswana (22276 bytes)
1: ...pendent]] on [[September 30]], [[1966]]. It is bordered by [[South Africa]] to the south, [[Namibia]] ...
2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
11: ...n="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Botswana|In Detail]])
24: | '''[[President of Botswana|President]]''' || [[Festus Mogae]] - Nepal (22444 bytes)
1: ...du]] [[kingdom]]. It is in South Asia, sharing borders with the [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Tibe...
2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
10: | align=center width=150 | ([[Flag of Nepal|In Detail]])
25: | [[Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev]] - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
4: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
8: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
12: ...ign="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Kuwait|In Detail]])
37: ...ion]]'''<br> - Total ([[2001]])<br> - [[Density]]
40: | '''[[Independence]]''' - Zambia (24496 bytes)
1: ...ion)|Northern Zambezia]], and then, [[Northern Rhodesia]], the country is named after the [[Zambezi Ri...
15: ... = [[List of Presidents of Zambia|President]] |
16: leader_names = [[Levy Mwanawasa]] |
20: area_magnitude = 1 E11 |
27: population_density = 13 | - Arizona (24367 bytes)
25: DensityRank = 36th |
26: 2000Density = 17.43 |
27: AdmittanceOrder = 48th |
30: Latitude = 31?20'N to 37?N |
31: Longitude = 109?3'W to 114?50'W | - Vermont (39851 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 30<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 25.41 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 14<sup>th</sup> |
26: Longitude = 71?28'W to 73?26'W |
27: Latitude = 42?44'N to 45?0'43"N | - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 20<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 53.20 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 9<sup>th</sup> |
26: Longitude = 70?37'W to 72?37'W |
27: Latitude = 42?40'N to 45?18'N | - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ...ain]] industry) reaching unprecedented heights. Under Ming rule, a vast [[navy]] and [[army]] was buil...
6: ...ful of the various [[Han Chinese]] groups and Zhu declared the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in [[136...
8: ...zu]] of the [[Han Dynasty]]; [[Mao Zedong]] and [[Deng Xiaoping]] are the two other peasant revolution...
10: ... since the Mongols were still a threat. As an aside, the name Hongwu means "Vast Military" and reflec...
12: ...hina|Yongle Emperor]], independent peasant landholders predominated in Chinese agriculture. - Great Depression (16069 bytes)
1: ... global [[economics|economic]] [[recession]] (or "depression") that ran from [[1929]] to [[1941]]. It...
4: ...sion" was that it is by far the largest sustained decline in industrial production and productivity fr...
5: ... to the cultural period, often called simply "The Depression", and to the political response to the ec...
7: ...b|[[Dorothea Lange]]'s ''Migrant Mother'' depicts destitute pea pickers in California, centering on [[...
9: ==Causes of the Great Depression== - Timeline of United States history (1970-1989) (5473 bytes)
6: *[[1972]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1972]] (including [[Watergate]] bu...
8: *[[1973]] - [[Roe v. Wade]] [[Supreme Court]] ruling over-turns state laws ...
10: *[[1974]] - [[Richard Nixon]] resigns Presidency over [[Watergate]]
11: *[[1974]] - [[Gerald R. Ford]] becomes President (by [[succession]] rather than [[election]])
12: *[[1976]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1976]] - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
7: ... use of the [[tractor]], so fewer farmers were needed to produce a greater harvest of food.
9: [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] campaigned for the U.S. to...
14: In the [[U.S. presidential election, 1920]] the [[United States Republi...
16: ...flected by the extension of credit to a dangerous degree, including in the [[Stock Market]], which ros...
18: ...idely reviled as unmusical noise by much of the older generation). [[Dancing]] was a popular recreatio... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ... horrendous casualties, as high as twenty million dead.
11: ...e Minster [[Winston Churchill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Soviet ...
13: ...des that they could stay there and that neither side would use force to push the other out. This tacit...
15: ...e to vie for the allegiance of the developing and developed world in the postwar years.
17: ...f-interest. [[World War II]] resulted in enormous destruction of infrastructure and populations throug... - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
2: ==Changing demographics and the growth of the Sun Belt==
4: ...xpense of industry and manufacturing, facilitated demographic shifts to the "frontiers" from the more ...
6: ...lifornia]] has reemerged as a bright spot for the Democratic Party in the late [[1990s]], due to a bac...
8: ...nding demand for social services, while tax bases declined. [[New York City]] barely averted bankruptc...
10: ...the GOP captured the U.S. House after 40 years of Democratic control. - Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
1: ...margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" style="floa...
10: | [[Clyde Tombaugh|Clyde W. Tombaugh]]
48: | 17.141 75°<br>(11.88? to Sun's equator)
50: ...e ascending node|Longitude of the<br> ascending node]]
51: | 110.303 47° - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...[[Constitution of the United States]], which also delineates its structure and powers. Congress is a [...
5: ...erves a two-year term. Seats in the House are divided between the states on the basis of population, w...
7: ...eme Court]], to maintain [[armed forces]], and to declare [[war]]. Insofar as passing legislation is c...
15: ...own as [[Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico|Resident Commissioner]]) is elected to a four-year term....
17: ...g]], approximately 15 percent of members have law degrees. - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...cantly, the [[President of the United States|President]] must ratify treaties and make important appoi...
4: ...erated to the Senate in the Constitution are regarded as more important than those exclusively enumera...
10: ...ates called for a second Congressional chamber, modeled on the [[House of Lords]] (the [[aristocratic]...
12: ...n the House of Representatives. [[James Madison]] described the Senate's purpose as "A necessary fence...
14: ...]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with the Senate falling one vote s... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
5: ...in the minor [[Western League]]. Moved to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] in [[1900]] when that league...
6: :'''Formerly known as:''' Philadelphia Athletics ([[1901]]-[[1954]]), Kansas City A...
9: :'''Logo design:''' A stylized "A's". The team also occasio...
17: ===The Philadelphia Years (1901-1954)===
18: ...t Shibe had a ?white elephant on his hands," Mack defiantly adopted the [[white elephant]] as the team... - Federal government of the United States (13380 bytes)
1: ...cy|confederate]] system of the [[Articles of Confederation]] (in force from [[1781]] to [[1788]]). The...
2: ...ion of [[Louisiana]] (based on the [[Napoleonic Code]] due to its time as a [[French colonization of t...
4: ...As such the leader of this government, the [[President of the United States]], frequently is referred ...
7: ...s composed of two members from each state as provided by the Constitution. Its current membership is 1...
11: ...ve agencies, regulatory commissions, and the presidency. - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
16: |'''Deorbit date'''||circa 2010
38: |'''[[WFPC2]]'''||wide field camera
43: ...ons and has helped astronomers achieve a better understanding of many fundamental problems in astrophy...
45: ...o build a space telescope was beset by delays and budget problems. Immediately after its launch, it was f...
49: ==Conception, design and aims== - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=William Jefferson Clinton
4: | order=42nd President
7: | preceded=[[George H. W. Bush]]
8: | succeeded=[[George W. Bush]]
11: | dead=alive - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Ronald W. Reagan
4: | order=40th President
7: | preceded=[[Jimmy Carter]]
8: | succeeded=[[George H.W. Bush]]
11: | dead= dead - Richard Nixon (32863 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Richard M. Nixon
4: | order=37th President
7: | preceded=[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
8: | succeeded=[[Gerald R. Ford]]
11: | dead=dead - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Dwight D. Eisenhower
4: | order=34th President
7: | preceded=[[Harry S. Truman]]
8: | succeeded=[[John F. Kennedy]]
10: | place of birth=[[Denison, Texas]] - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Herbert Hoover
4: | order=31st President
7: | preceded=[[Calvin Coolidge]]
8: | succeeded=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
11: | dead=dead - Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Warren Gamaliel Harding
4: | order=29th President
7: | preceded=[[Woodrow Wilson]]
8: | succeeded=[[Calvin Coolidge]]
11: | dead=dead - Wright brothers (19926 bytes)
1: [[Image:Wrightflyer.jpg|thumb|200px|First flight, December 17, 1903.]]
5: ... 30]], [[1912]]), are generally credited with the design and construction of the first practical [[aer...
10: ...ncreased power) for taking off into the air. They developed three-axis control and established princip...
12: ...o hundred different wing shapes in it, eventually devising their own tables relating air pressure to w...
14: ...ether, and their contributions to the aeroplane's development are inseparable. - Photography (18493 bytes)
2: ...rough [[mechanical]], [[chemical]] or [[digital]] devices commonly known as [[camera]]s.
4: ==Image forming devices==
5: ...mera]] or [[camera obscura]] is the image forming device and [[photographic film]] or a digital storag...
9: The controls include:
14: ... [[Macro photography|macro]], [[Wide-angle lens|wide angle]], or [[Zoom lens|zoom]]) - Honolulu, Hawaii (19495 bytes)
8: founded = |
17: density = 1,674.4|
29: ...°C) only rarely with lows in the 50's ?F (15 °C) occurring once or twice a year.
35: ... Head, Hawaii|Diamond Head]], [[Koko Head]] (includes [[Hanauma Bay]]), Koko Crater, Salt Lake, and &#...
46: ...ecame the center of commerce in the islands, with descendants of American missionaries establishing th... - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
2: ...xperience in this process. Russia's experience is detailed below.
7: ...infrastructure, and inefficient supply systems hinder efficient utilization of those resources.
9: ...r of legacies with which the Russian economy must deal in its transition to a market economy.
11: ... that if each unit met or exceeded its plan, then demand and supply would balance.
15: ...lance among the sectors throughout the economy. Under central planning, the state performed the alloca... - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
2: ... strong presidency, was approved by referendum in December [[1993]].
4: ...dered alternatives. As the transition period extended into the mid-[[1990s]], the power of the nationa...
8: ...blics' constitutionally guaranteed "right" to secede from the union. Russia was the largest of the uni...
10: ... voicing), which made possible open discussion of democratic reforms and long-ignored public problems ...
12: ...ularly elected as president in June 1991, handily defeating five other candidates with more than 57 pe... - Economy of Estonia (6977 bytes)
3: ... major trading partners. The high current account deficit remains a concern, although the economy has ...
6: ...s, the government confiscated the estates and divided them into small farms which subsequently formed ...
8: ... of Estonia]], the country's [[central bank]]. Trade focused on the local market and the West, particu...
10: ...ccess and greater prosperity than other regions under Soviet rule.
12: ...a's free-market-based economy. Estonia also has made excellent progress in regard to [[structural adju... - Economy of Malta (6199 bytes)
2: ...lly over the question earlier. The sizable budget deficit remains a key concern.
4: ===Economy - in greater depth===
5: ...all domestic market, Malta has based its economic development on the promotion of tourism and labor-in...
7: Tourist arrivals and foreign exchange earnings derived from tourism have steadily increased since t...
9: ...enerally continued this brisk pace. Both domestic demand (mainly consumption) boosted by large increas... - Vatican City (21873 bytes)
1: ...he world in terms of area and population. Its borders are coextensive with the [[Holy See]], the eccl...
3: ...Vatican City]] (sometimes referred to as the President of Vatican City). Currently, they are [[Pope B...
7: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
8: ...itatis Vaticanæ<br>Stato della Città del Vaticano'''</big></big>
10: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:... - Legislature (5480 bytes)
2: ...ure is also often required to ratify treaties and declare war.
5: ...islature possesses two separate chambers, usually described as an [[upper house]] and a [[lower house]...
7: ...is purpose the upper house may either contain the delegates of state governments, as is the case of [[...
9: ...and does not officially include the US president, despite the fact that he wields a veto.
11: ...the ruling party. The term is not usually used to describe legislatures of [[parliamentary system|parl... - New Deal (82408 bytes)
2: ...ment of class conflict. The opponents of the New Deal, complaining of the cost and the shift of power...
5: The New Deal had three components: direct relief, economic r...
7: ...curity and unemployment insurance programs were added. Separate programs were set up for relief in ru...
9: ...forts to increase foreign trade. Much of the New Deal's efforts to help corporate America were channe...
11: ...erwise would have been. What pulled us out of the depression was the natural resilience of the economy... - United States House of Representatives (41197 bytes)
4: ... treaties) are granted only to the Senate and are denied to the House. As a result, the responsibiliti...
9: ...tation, whereas the other (the Senate) would provide equal representation. The Constitution was ratifi...
11: ...from the Union. The war culminated in the South's defeat and in the abolition of slavery.
13: ...p political divisions in the electorate. Both the Democratic nor the Republican Party held majorities ...
15: ...epublicans who opposed Cannon's arguably heavy-handed tactics. - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
7: senateleader= [[Bill Frist]]|
8: houseleader= [[Tom DeLay]]|
10: ideology = [[Conservatism]] |
11: international = [[International Democrat Union]] |
18: ...ntatives]], as well as in governorships. In the modern political era, the GOP is the more [[conservati... - Corinthian order (9508 bytes)
1: ... of the [[Pantheon, Rome]] provided a prominent model for Renaissance and later architects, through th...
2: ...non]], the [[Tuscan order]] and the [[Composite order]].)
4: ...gin of the Corinthian Order, illustrated in [[Claude Perrault]]'s ''[[Vitruvius]]'', 1684]]
6: ...tal could be adjusted according to demands of the design, without offending. The texture and outline o...
9: ...and Byzantine practice, the leaves may be blown sideways, as if by the wind of Faith. Unlike the Doric... - Time (15299 bytes)
1: ...ight|thumb|230px| Clock Tower, Prague. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ...difficult to provide an uncontroversial and clear definition of the nature of time. This article begin...
9: ...d years having significant variations in length. Despite its great social importance, the [[week]] is...
11: ...f time is so critical to the functioning of our modern societies that it is coordinated at an internat...
15: ...udying the [[past]]. Events in the past can be ordered in a sequence (creating a [[chronology]]), and... - Architecture of Ancient Greece (9161 bytes)
3: ...lmost no written sources on early architecture or descriptions of buildings. Most of our knowledge of ...
5: ...ifetime as no more than a very valuable master tradesman.
7: ...oration, not structurally, except in the very grandest buildings of the Classical period such as the [...
10: ...24px|none|The upper part of the Greek National Academy building in Athens, showing the pediment with s...
11: ...mage:ac.tholos.jpg|thumb|213px|none|The Tholos at Delphi]]</td> - Christmas (35108 bytes)
2: ...sited baby Jesus. The exact date of his birth was determined centuries later.
4: ...arrival of Santa Claus or other mythical figures. Despite the influence of American and British Christ...
8: The story of Christ's birth has been handed down for centuries, based primarily on the Chris...
10: ...of the house of David from which Joseph was descended, fulfilled the prophecy of [[Isaiah]].
12: ...ded to have the children of Bethlehem killed in order to eliminate any local rivals to his power. Whe... - Charles G. Dawes (3139 bytes)
1: ...VPcharlesgdawes.JPG|right|Photo of U.S. Vice President Charles G. Dawes]]
3: ... [[April 23]], [[1951]]) was the 30th [[Vice President of the United States]].
5: ... [[Comptroller]] of the Currency, [[United States Department of the Treasury]] [[1898]]-[[1901]]. He ...
7: ...9]], and upon the creation of the [[Bureau of the Budget]] was appointed its first Director in [[1921]]. ...
9: ...es Republican Party|Republican]] ticket with President [[Calvin Coolidge]] and was inaugurated [[March... - John Nance Garner (5903 bytes)
3: ... from [[Texas]] and the thirty-second [[Vice President of the United States]].
5: ... [[Uvalde County, Texas]]. He was a judge of Uvalde County from [[1893]] to [[1896]] and a member of ...
7: ...was elected as a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] to the [[United States House of Represent...
9: ...f Representatives|minority floor leader]] for the Democrats in [[1929]], and then as [[Speaker of the ...
11: ... of the United States. He was reelected Vice President in [[1936]] and served in that office from [[Ma... - Walter Mondale (8624 bytes)
1: ...t" style="margin-left:1em; margin-bottom: 1em; border-collapse:collapse; text-align:left; clear: right...
6: ! Order:
7: | 42nd Vice President
15: ! Succeeded by:
31: | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] - Dan Quayle (12089 bytes)
5: ! Order:
6: | 44th Vice President
11: ! Predecessor:
14: ! Succeeded by:
32: ! [[President of the United States|President]]: - Al Gore (43430 bytes)
6: ! Order:
7: | 45th Vice President
12: ! Preceded by:
15: ! Succeeded by:
31: | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] - Dick Cheney (23685 bytes)
6: ! Order:
7: | 46th Vice President
12: ! Predecessor:
13: | [[Al Gore]] <!-- | '''Succeeded by:''' || [[Add Successor Here]] -->
30: ! [[President of the United States|President]]: - New York (25691 bytes)
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22: 2000Density = 155.18 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 11<sup>th</sup> |
26: Latitude = 40?29'40"N to 45?0'42"N |
27: Longitude = 71?47'25"W to 79?45'54"W | - Economic history of the United States (14450 bytes)
5: ...[[World War I]] to serve corporate interests. The departure of working men to serve in the armed force...
8: ...mic decline. Whatever the reason for the crash, federal mismanagement would turn the recession in to s...
10: === The Great Depression, reform, and recovery ===
11: ....S. Army]] was called out to violently suppress a demonstration by [[World War I]] veterans for an ear...
13: ...f the economy; the Great Depression was the sixth depression in U.S. history. Wall Street enjoyed the... - United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
6: senateleader= [[Bill Frist]]|
7: houseleader= [[Tom DeLay]]|
9: ideology = [[Conservatism]] |
10: international = [[International Democrat Union]] |
17: ...ntatives]], as well as in governorships. In the modern political era, the GOP is the more [[conservati... - George W. Bush (64926 bytes)
1: ...tor]] [[Prescott Bush]]), his father (former President [[George H. W. Bush]]), and his brother ([[Jeb ...
2: {{Infobox President | name=George Walker Bush
5: | order=43rd President
8: | preceded=[[Bill Clinton]]
9: | succeeded=[[Incumbent]] - Erosion prediction (2827 bytes)
1: ...gully erosion � mostly due to difficulties in modelling, and partly because gullies are often repair...
3: ...ated and verified for local conditions and if the design accounts for the uncertainty.
5: ... farmers and ranchers and most users of erosion models. On the other hand, miners have little input in...
7: Methods to estimate erosion rates include:
8: - purely statistical models - Filmmaking (9576 bytes)
3: ... However, a low-budget, independent film may be made with a skeleton crew, often paid very little. Fil...
9: # Development
15: ...es three years. The first year is taken up with ''development''. The second year comprises ''preproduc...
17: ===Development===
19: ... Once the theme, or underlying message, has been identified, a synopsis will be prepared. - Roman economy (23678 bytes)
2: ...d of coins including the [[aureus]] (gold), the [[denarius]] (silver), the [[sestertius]] (bronze), th...
4: ...nd some silver in other [[Denomination (currency)|denomination]]s, either called [[Greek Imperial]] or...
6: ... gold [[solidus (coin)|solidus]] and small bronze denominations. This trend continued to the end of th...
9: [[Image:Maximinus denarius.jpg|left|frame|A [[denarius]] by [[Maximinus]].]]
10: ...nt, thought to equal the purchasing power of 10 modern British Pound Sterling (US$13) at the beginning... - Space Shuttle program (41074 bytes)
2: ...esigned the External fuel tank and Morton Thiokol designed the solid rocket boosters.
4: ...erforms servicing missions. While the vehicle was designed with the capacity to recover satellites and...
6: Each shuttle was designed for a projected lifespan of 100 launches or...
10: ...t before re-entry, a task that the agency has decided is too expensive to be done without the faciliti...
12: ... after which it will be replaced by the yet-to-be-developed [[Crew Exploration Vehicle]] (CEV). - American Association for the Advancement of Science (8017 bytes)
1: ...that promotes cooperation between [[scientist]]s, defends scientific freedom, encourages scientific re...
5: ...e society was to promote scientific dialogue in order to allow for greater scientific collaboration. ...
7: ...the war. In [[1866]], [[Frederick Barnard]] presided over the first meeting of the resurrected AAAS a...
9: ... permitted all people regardless of scientific credentials to join. The AAAS did, however, institute ...
15: ...ment of Science#Presidents|The Office of the President]] - Washington, D.C. (43465 bytes)
3: ...e-Washington Metropolitan Area]], which also includes parts of [[Maryland]], [[Virginia]], and [[West ...
5: ...s a state, it would rank last in area behind [[Rhode Island]], 50th in population ahead of [[Wyoming]]...
7: ...arks, museums, and sports teams, and is a popular destination for [[tourist]]s.
11: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
15: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" - Karl Marx (38076 bytes)
2: ...kingmen's Association]]. While Marx addressed a wide range of issues, he is most famous for his analys...
7: ...p his position as a lawyer, which he had gained under the [[Napoleon]]ic regime. The Marx family was v...
10: ...l. His senior thesis, which anticipated his later development of a social analysis of religion, was a ...
12: [[Image:39km1.jpg|thumb|left|Marx during his student years]]
13: - Cell wall (6206 bytes)
1: ...alls. When a cell wall is removed using cell wall degrading [[enzyme]]s, what is left of the cell and ...
5: ...this pressure that is induced by excess water inside the plant cell. Cell walls protect agains [[patho...
7: ...f [[pectic acid]]). Cells interact though [[plasmodesma]](ta), which are inter-connecting channels of ...
9: ...its'' in the secondary cell wall that allow plasmodesma to connect cells through the secondary cell wa...
15: ...oxyproline]] (Hyp). Each class of glycoprotein is defined by a characteristic, highly repetitive prote...
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