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- ) (February 15, 1923 - June 18, 2011) was a human rights activist ... She has been credited as one of the main inspirations in encouraging ...13 KB (1,796 words) - 09:55, 23 May 2023
- Edward Colin Cherry, known as Colin Cherry, (1914 – November 23 ... to follow a single conversation in the midst of other conversations and background ...15 KB (2,203 words) - 22:30, 7 January 2024
- Numbat is the common name for members of the marsupial species Myrmecobius ... Numbats provide important ecological values as predators specialized ...16 KB (2,462 words) - 20:23, 11 February 2023
- 1988) was an American geneticist who was one of three major pioneers in the ... in 1955 and moved from the University of Chicago to the University of ...14 KB (1,960 words) - 19:51, 21 April 2023
- built by certain Indigenous peoples of the Americas apparently for ... Medicine wheels are found in the prairie regions of Canada and the ...19 KB (2,854 words) - 09:37, 10 March 2023
- The Arapaho tribe of Native Americans historically lived on the eastern ... and Southern Arapaho. They were close allies of the Cheyenne tribe and loosely ...23 KB (3,297 words) - 21:30, 11 August 2023
- There are risks involved in the use of sweat lodges, especially when ... wood plank roof and surrounded by a wall of large rocks]] ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- بن لادن) (March 10, 1957 - May 2, 2011) was a founder of the militant ... quot; or "Usama bin Ladin," both of which are abbreviated to UBL. ...20 KB (3,020 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- Cliff-dwelling is the general archaeological term for the habitations ... inhabited. They are common among the canyons of the Southwestern United States ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 22:05, 7 January 2024
- गाँधीनगर) - the capital of the state of Gujarat in western ... with the peaceful and spiritual teachings of Gandhi. Planned by Indian architects ...12 KB (1,834 words) - 04:23, 18 April 2024
- Known as a craftsman who "changed the world with a pair of scissors ... women to be free from the lengthy process of curling and teasing, and the ...17 KB (2,513 words) - 21:48, 12 January 2024
- Heritage Site located in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The name Bhimbetka ... The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 03:37, 1 October 2023
- ) (October 5, 1936 - December 18, 2011) was a Czech writer, dramatist ... Havel became the ninth and last president of Czechoslovakia and the first ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 14:08, 3 May 2023
- The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known ... 1958, expanding in 1986 to cover television as well as film. The AACTA Awards ...31 KB (4,353 words) - 07:05, 13 June 2023
- Museum.jpg|thumb|right|250px|General view of the room displaying the Elgin ... The Elgin Marbles (IPA: /'ɛl gən/), also known as the Parthenon ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 16:10, 13 February 2024
- Therefore, bosons are often considered as force carrier particles, whereas ... All observed bosons have integer spin, as opposed to fermions, which ...10 KB (1,425 words) - 17:22, 22 December 2022
- poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature ... translated into many European languages, as well as into Arabic, Hebrew ...21 KB (2,870 words) - 22:34, 27 July 2023
- vascular organ that forms in the uterus of female placental mammals during ... the mother and fetus, including the transfer of nutrients and oxygen from the ...25 KB (3,557 words) - 20:43, 9 April 2023
- are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans who historically ... the plains where they adopted the lifestyle of Plains Indians, hunting bison ...27 KB (4,037 words) - 06:29, 11 January 2024
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Case citation 347 U.S. 483 ... A companion case dealt with the constitutionality of segregation in ...25 KB (3,783 words) - 04:40, 22 November 2023
- Henry Norman Bethune, MD, known as "Bai Qiuen" (白求恩 ... His own experiences of being wounded by shrapnel in World War I, and ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- the nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences of the roughly 40,000- to 50,000 ... The issue of whether the Denisovans are a unique species or a subspecies ...32 KB (4,672 words) - 09:45, 29 January 2024
- Karl Jaspers (1883 - 1969) pioneered the idea of the Axial Age. According ... Jaspers was led to realize the possibility of a political unity of ...15 KB (2,330 words) - 07:19, 23 August 2023
- biologist and archaeologist was born the son of Sir John William Lubbock, Bart ... the Act that established the dates of Bank Holidays. In the academic ...22 KB (3,231 words) - 02:32, 9 February 2023
- The Bushmen (also known as Khwe, Basarwa, or San) peoples of South ... temporary wooden and rock shelters and caves of the Kalahari in southwest Africa ...19 KB (2,855 words) - 18:49, 22 November 2023
- literally "Autumn eve," once known as hangawi (Korean: 한가위 ... respect to their ancestors and share a feast of Korean traditional food such ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- Described as a 'scrap of paper' that changed history, the ... The Balfour Declaration led to the 1922 League of Nations mandate ...20 KB (3,067 words) - 05:52, 26 August 2023
- acquiring a considerable reputation as an artist and scholar during ... Wright is currently rated as one of the leading indigenous British ...28 KB (4,229 words) - 02:57, 2 May 2024
- month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history ... The commemoration began in 1978 as "Women's History day ...18 KB (2,541 words) - 23:27, 17 May 2023
- to the genus Hippoglossus from the family of right-eye flounders (Pleuronectidae ... The Atlantic halibut is native to the temperate waters of the northern ...23 KB (3,573 words) - 13:25, 24 January 2023
- – June 21, 2003) was an American author of historical fiction who wrote ... Uris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Jewish American parents ...24 KB (3,406 words) - 16:05, 28 November 2023
- 6, 1831 – February 12, 1916) was one of the major German mathematicians ... from a certain inherent creative capacity of the mind, which were some of ...11 KB (1,615 words) - 20:14, 8 December 2022
- Bimbisara (ruled 544-491 B.C.E.) was a king of the Magadha empire ... peaceful relations with most if not all of his peers. He is legendary ...11 KB (1,687 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- Prize in Literature|1993 Presidential Medal of Freedom|2012 ... | notableworks = Beloved, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye ...18 KB (2,615 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- ) is the capital, largest city, and the economic center of Qatar. ... Education has been a major focus of the Qatari government for many ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- best known for works, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Zoo Story ... Albee was one of the early American contributors to Theatre of the ...15 KB (2,221 words) - 18:21, 12 February 2024
- the Bering Sea. It separates the continents of Asia and North America at their ... and Big Diomede (Russia), bring the distance of these two nations only 2.5 ...18 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders and diseases ... for "study of." However, today the term neuroscience is ...20 KB (2,815 words) - 04:35, 11 March 2023
- Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur ... Through Apple, Jobs was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer ...55 KB (7,618 words) - 00:27, 26 February 2023
- ruled December 11, 1767 – August 13, 1795) of India ruled as a Holkar dynasty ... Upon taking the throne as queen, she launched a campaign to rid her ...11 KB (1,580 words) - 06:51, 16 June 2023
- The beloved leader of Burma's democracy movement, Aung San Suu ... his culture's traditions in the naming of his daughter. In Burmese historical ...32 KB (4,792 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
- Hijacking is the assumption of control of a vehicle through some means ... the ultimate solution to the problem of hijacking is to resolve the ...26 KB (3,897 words) - 15:49, 25 January 2023
- Esox is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, whose members are known ... Of the five traditionally recognized extant species in Esox, the type ...24 KB (3,763 words) - 18:12, 26 February 2022
- rights movement. He participated in most of the major activities of the ... Known as the "Dean of the Civil Rights Movement," Lowery ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 00:42, 11 August 2022
- Cognitive therapy (CT) is a type of psychotherapy developed by American ... Precursors of certain aspects of cognitive therapy have been identified ...25 KB (3,498 words) - 17:04, 20 March 2024
- The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa, ... installed a multiparty democracy. Most of the people live by subsistence ...23 KB (3,242 words) - 10:56, 9 March 2023
- in Soviet literature. He began his career as a journalist writing anti-German ... His novel, The Thaw, gave expression to many of the problems of Soviet ...12 KB (1,747 words) - 23:54, 22 January 2023
- The Buddhas of Bamyan ( بت های باميان - but hay-e bamiyaan) were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas ...24 KB (3,495 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- /ləˈkæreɪ/), was a British author of espionage novels. During the ... Following the success of this novel, he left MI6 to become a full ...30 KB (4,264 words) - 02:30, 9 February 2023
- The Abenaki (or Abnaki) are a tribe of Native American and First Nations ... They relied upon horticulture for their food as well as hunting and fishing ...20 KB (2,915 words) - 04:46, 14 June 2023
- Energy independence is self-sufficiency in terms of the availability ... amounts to meet the needs (consumption) of a particular entity. ...14 KB (1,937 words) - 20:52, 8 February 2023
- Dendrite is a highly branched, generally tapering extension of a neuron ... Most neurons have multiple dendrites, and commonly hundreds of twig ...15 KB (2,188 words) - 02:26, 25 August 2020
- Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu, is a Melanesian island ... Vanuatu is an archipelago of 83 islands, two of which—Matthew and ...19 KB (2,664 words) - 14:35, 3 May 2023
- was an American philosopher in the school of pragmatism, known for his contributions ... He argued, controversially, that members of such groups as the Communist ...27 KB (3,748 words) - 14:49, 31 May 2023
- other Southwest German dialects to English as "jumping or running around ... The Amish, a sub-sect of the Anabaptist Christian movement, intentionally ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 18:14, 22 December 2022
- Indian Railways (Hindi भारतीय रेल), abbreviated ... India's rail transport, constitutes one of the largest and busiest rail ...37 KB (5,222 words) - 13:17, 4 March 2024
- African mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, of the Hippopotamidae family of ... they add greatly to the mystique and beauty of nature. Whether their reputation ...43 KB (6,299 words) - 15:51, 25 January 2023
- A longhouse or long house is a type of long, narrow, single-room building ... can house multiple families (usually related as an extended family), or a single ...35 KB (5,411 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
- Nazi medical doctors and officials accused of criminal human experimentation ... The Doctor's Trial was one of a series of trials held in Nuremberg ...23 KB (3,287 words) - 16:13, 11 November 2021
- , "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice ... Venice in August 1932, the festival is part of the Venice Biennale, one of ...27 KB (3,956 words) - 16:58, 3 May 2023
- it actually is, and that their perception is as much affected by social influences ... people, but they also revealed the existence of independence in the face of ...20 KB (2,927 words) - 15:10, 27 April 2023
- San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino Repubblica di San Marino , also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, is a country ...26 KB (3,871 words) - 01:19, 21 April 2023
- May 17, 2011), nicknamed "the Killer" and "Hammerin ... generated tremendous power and made him one of the most feared power hitters ...60 KB (8,819 words) - 14:18, 10 May 2024
- The Aleuts (Unangax, Unangan or Unanga) are the indigenous people ... Despite this, an estimated 90 percent of the population died during ...17 KB (2,491 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- a British citizen in 1952. He is known as a modernist novelist, playwright ... writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power". ...17 KB (2,352 words) - 21:30, 5 September 2023
- ) was a series of protests and political events that took place in ... domestic and foreign election monitors as well as the widespread public ...52 KB (6,953 words) - 10:39, 11 March 2023
- The Republic of Costa Rica ("Rich Coast") is a country in ... Costa Rica is also at the forefront of conservation and environmental ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong ... The site of Guangzhou has been continuously occupied since Panyu ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys ... The Grammys are considered one of the four major annual American entertainment ...32 KB (4,552 words) - 19:47, 20 February 2023
- 1959 collection Goodbye, Columbus (winner of 1960 National Book Award), ... Roth's work expresses the difficulties of reconciling traditional ...23 KB (3,273 words) - 22:40, 28 March 2023
- Gustav von Schmoller (June 24, 1838 – June 27, 1917) was the leader ... and mathematical approaches to economics of Classical and Neoclassical ...28 KB (3,881 words) - 01:03, 27 July 2023
- (1963–1964) and President (1964–1978) of an independent Kenya. He is ... On the one hand, Kenyatta is a symbol of his nation, on the other ...13 KB (1,915 words) - 19:43, 4 May 2024
- Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was the pioneer ... Mary Baker Eddy overcame years of ill health and great personal struggle ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 16:00, 7 November 2022
- politician. Committed to the principles of democracy, he founded the Seychelles ... James Mancham was the eldest son of Richard and Evelyn (née Tirant ...16 KB (2,221 words) - 16:04, 8 February 2023
- John Michael Argyle (August 11, 1925 – September 6, 2002) was one ... Argyle's academic career was based at the University of Oxford ...16 KB (2,228 words) - 10:37, 10 March 2023
- luxurious textiles. Silk is mostly composed of the insoluble protein fibroin ... important silk is obtained from the cocoons of the the domesticated moth Bombyx ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 20:11, 21 April 2023
- quot; are widely considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' ... His musical innovations and expertise influenced a wide range of musicians ...29 KB (4,117 words) - 21:00, 9 December 2023
- the past – it referred to all inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hungary irrespective ... Magyars were the main inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hungary that existed ...20 KB (3,024 words) - 05:22, 5 November 2022
- Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. While the ... U.S. Constitution and is also distinguished as being a slave state that remained ...25 KB (3,617 words) - 09:17, 28 January 2024
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther ... some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 08:36, 10 March 2023
- Mayotte is an overseas department and region of France consisting ... Mayotte is located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in ...19 KB (2,667 words) - 09:21, 10 March 2023
- Jodhpur (जोधपुर), is the second largest city in the state ... The city is known as the Sun City for the bright, sunny weather it ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 06:32, 5 April 2024
- and statesman preeminent in the world of French politics and culture ... Orientales but did not graduate. At the age of 21 he left for Cambodia with ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 20:07, 26 July 2023
- discovered. Approximately one-fifth the mass of the Earth's Moon, Pluto ... because they are closer in size than any of the other known celestial pair ...42 KB (6,097 words) - 17:02, 26 September 2023
- [[Image:Chauvethorses.jpg|thumb|right|Drawing of horses from Chauvet Cave]] Cave is a cave in the Ardèche region of southern France near Vallon ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 00:45, 5 December 2023
- official use) was an important ruling house of Europe and is most well known ... Vienna, the elegant, artistic, and intellectually creative capital ...24 KB (3,568 words) - 13:21, 24 January 2023
- 1812 – March 4, 1883) was Vice President of the Confederate States of America ... The causes of the Civil War remain the subject of debate and it is ...21 KB (3,127 words) - 21:02, 28 November 2023
- located in East Asia with a population of nearly three million. Mongolia ... Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- music student in Canada, for the creation of a virtual library of public ... Besides providing a digital repository, the IMSLP offers possibilities ...18 KB (2,536 words) - 16:33, 8 March 2023
- person's self-destructive behavior such as addiction, poor mental health ... a focus on others' needs, suppression of their own emotions, and attempts ...25 KB (3,378 words) - 22:22, 7 January 2024
- sometimes called the "Lost City of the Incas") is one of ... Theories of its use vary. Bingham initially claimed it was a sanctuary ...16 KB (2,638 words) - 04:50, 5 November 2022
- author, and public figure. He served as the Chief Rabbi of the United ... While widely recognized as a leading representative of Judaism in ...46 KB (6,319 words) - 07:34, 27 February 2023
- motion picture starring Humphrey Bogart as Captain Queeg that was released ... His other major works include The Winds of War and War and Remembrance ...38 KB (5,130 words) - 23:59, 27 November 2023
- Best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), which is often cited as a ... Jarry's response was to create a sometimes grotesque parody of ...14 KB (2,108 words) - 08:15, 20 July 2023
- injury. The field includes those who work as a physician, surgeon, nurse ... Health care is a vital aspect of human society and a noble profession ...24 KB (3,245 words) - 17:08, 17 June 2020
- is one of two main temples of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism, the ... east of Fukui in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In English, its name means ...16 KB (2,429 words) - 00:05, 13 February 2024
- The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff ... Founded in 1976, TIFF is now one of the largest and most prestigious ...26 KB (3,603 words) - 04:11, 1 May 2023
- gambling, sandy beaches, spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the ... Native Lenape inhabited the area prior to the arrival of English settlers ...28 KB (3,984 words) - 06:06, 21 August 2023
- February 16, 1941 or 1942 – December 17, 2011) was a North Korean politician ... become the heir apparent for the leadership of the Democratic People's ...64 KB (9,034 words) - 23:07, 3 March 2023
- Iowa is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America ... A north central state, it forms a bridge between the forests of the ...28 KB (4,107 words) - 18:56, 7 February 2023
- Artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science and engineering ... handwriting, speech, and facial recognition. As such, it has become an engineering ...15 KB (2,061 words) - 17:40, 16 August 2023
- Arkansas (are-can-saw) is a state located in the southern region of ... Little Rock became the center of international attention in 1957 when ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 02:49, 15 August 2023
- raisins found in the Qur'anic account of paradise.Christoph Luxenberg ... believers in paradise. Usually translated as "virgins," the Houri ...18 KB (2,560 words) - 21:26, 7 January 2023
- ) is one of the largest financial services provider in the world, ... exclusion, expropriation, and extermination of Jews. In the decades after ...22 KB (3,101 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- continued to dominate the area because of their numbers and the experienced ... There are few (if any) pure-blooded Miskitos alive today, as over ...25 KB (3,718 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ... The country consists of twenty-nine atolls and five isolated islands ...23 KB (3,267 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- | caption = Front Elevation of New York Stock Exchange | location= ... based in New York City, New York. It is one of the largest facilities in the ...22 KB (3,309 words) - 21:49, 14 November 2022
- are either essentially inexhaustible (such as sunlight, or thermal energy ... As of 2011, Denmark is generating more than a quarter of its electricity ...57 KB (8,258 words) - 20:49, 29 April 2020
- make special distinction for the experiences of women of color. She has written ... The style of the text was that of a traditional epistolary novel, ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 18:21, 21 July 2023
- Cape Town (Afrikaans: Kaapstad; Xhosa: iKapa) is one of South Africa ... Cape Town was originally developed as a supply station for Dutch ships ...27 KB (3,877 words) - 19:33, 25 November 2023
- Narcissism is a self-centered personality style characterized as having ... Narcissism can be described as a continuum that ranges from normal ...31 KB (4,187 words) - 17:00, 16 November 2023
- The Washington Times is an American daily newspaper. Published as ... church until 2010, in which Moon and a group of former executives purchased ...31 KB (4,327 words) - 23:12, 3 May 2023
- #039;s manned launch vehicle from 1981 to 2011. At launch, it consisted of ... The Orbiter carried astronauts and payloads such as satellites or ...43 KB (6,281 words) - 15:42, 4 February 2023
- Ancient Egypt as a general historical term broadly refers to the civilization ... contributions to knowledge in the areas of mathematics, medicine, and ...44 KB (6,818 words) - 19:13, 26 July 2023
- an American actress and comedian. A pioneer of early television, with a career ... A staple panelist of American game shows, dubbed "the first lady ...54 KB (7,980 words) - 18:02, 29 September 2023
- Britannica (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1993, ISBN 978-0852295717 ... imprisonment due largely to the intervention of the Bishop of Chichester, George ...17 KB (2,576 words) - 23:11, 15 May 2023
- in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries ... It is one of the "Big Three" major European film festivals ...31 KB (4,402 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in northern ... 780,000 residents between 1940 and 1954. Of them, an estimated 120,000 ...40 KB (5,565 words) - 07:45, 9 March 2023
- Alden Partridge originated this novel system of education which combined civilian ... In the United States, ROTC produces officers in all branches of the ...25 KB (3,768 words) - 19:43, 16 April 2023
- In the popular imagination, the term robot evokes images of a mechanical ... processes, heartfelt feelings, and senses of responsibility—qualities ...27 KB (4,060 words) - 21:30, 16 April 2023
- Coast (in English, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire), is a ... Once one of the most prosperous of the tropical West African states ...28 KB (4,077 words) - 07:33, 12 January 2024
- Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surfaces ... theories hold that they may have been a way of transmitting information, while ...25 KB (3,776 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- people. Similar festivals are celebrated as Chuseok in Korea and Tsukimi ... festival. These cakes, named after the shape of the full moon, reflects the ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- Religions (originally titled The Religions of Man) which sold over two million ... Born and raised a Methodist, Smith studied and practiced many of the ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- The Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church ... is dedicated to justice, outreach and youth. As of 2006, the Community of Christ ...34 KB (5,277 words) - 00:19, 8 January 2024
- Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) served as the 44th President ... Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He ...70 KB (9,939 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, ... In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and ...17 KB (2,523 words) - 19:41, 7 February 2023
- The Glass–Steagall legislation describes four provisions of the ... law, including the legislative history of the provisions covered herein. ...59 KB (7,956 words) - 21:36, 26 June 2023
- Satya Sai Baba (also Sathya Sai Baba) (November 23, 1926 - April 24 ... avatar (a "descent" or incarnation of God). His alleged miracles ...33 KB (4,966 words) - 15:00, 23 October 2023
- infused music propelled them to the heights of popularity during the "British ... was later led by the songwriting partnership of singer Mick Jagger and guitarist ...30 KB (4,791 words) - 17:26, 30 April 2023
- scientific, and governmental center of the Republic of Croatia. It ... Croatia first appeared as a duchy in the seventh century and then ...25 KB (3,575 words) - 05:19, 13 June 2023
- through a leg or foot, among other parts of the human body. GWD is the ... The guinea worm is one of the best historically documented human parasites ...30 KB (4,300 words) - 12:39, 24 January 2023
- public intellectual. Gates currently serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University ... a more pluralistic approach to the question of the literary canon. There has ...23 KB (3,215 words) - 21:58, 21 October 2022
- January 28, 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She ... Her opposition to corporal punishment of children resulted in the world ...33 KB (4,278 words) - 23:35, 30 October 2023
- Quebec City or Québec (French: Ville de Québec) is the capital of ... the only North American fortified city north of Mexico whose walls still exist ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence ... One of the founders of Rhode Island was Roger Williams. In 1636, Williams ...30 KB (4,360 words) - 20:52, 16 April 2023
- born terrorist and physician who served as the second emir of al-Qaeda ... and eventually attained the rank of emir. He was imprisoned from ...80 KB (10,642 words) - 07:25, 23 August 2023
- in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes ... director who was co-founder and secretary of the American Theatre Wing. ...32 KB (4,813 words) - 19:02, 14 May 2023
- and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' ... In the latter part of the twentieth century opposition to Columbus ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 22:45, 7 January 2024
- Antillen, also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an ... Aruba seceded in 1986 as a separate country within the Kingdom of ...29 KB (4,221 words) - 04:34, 11 March 2023
- , or Tunisia, with a population of over 10 million, is a predominately ... Forty per cent of the country is comprised of the Sahara Desert, with ...35 KB (5,063 words) - 15:12, 2 August 2023
- on this show led to half a century of success on television. Frost was one of the "Famous Five" who were behind the launch ...34 KB (4,795 words) - 07:56, 28 January 2024
- is experiencing from within their frame of reference, that is, by placing ... a positive trait, facilitating the formation of good relationships and bringing ...46 KB (6,306 words) - 17:47, 28 December 2023
- [[Image:Catlin - Dance to the berdache2.jpg|thumb|250 px|Detail of ... to the romantic, and/or sexual attraction of individuals to other individuals ...20 KB (2,817 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- its subsequent bursting affected over half of the U.S. states. Housing prices ... Mortgage Association (FNMA), commonly known as Fannie Mae, and to the Federal ...40 KB (5,653 words) - 11:59, 3 May 2023
- which male members predominate in positions of power. The term "patriarchy ... have attempted to classify societies as patriarchal or matriarchal ...28 KB (4,138 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- Breton) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds ... Cape Breton Island is part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada ...26 KB (3,747 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- article to Social Text, an academic journal of postmodern cultural studies ... In 2008, Sokal published Beyond the Hoax, which revisited the history ...26 KB (3,718 words) - 13:50, 2 February 2023
- statesman. He was the ninth President of Israel, serving from 2007 to ... and led Alignment and Labor. At the time of his retirement in 2014, he ...47 KB (6,756 words) - 19:59, 21 April 2023
- and English gentleman, is best known as an early advocate of utilitarianism ... Bentham argued in favor of individual and economic freedom, including ...18 KB (2,665 words) - 07:56, 3 April 2024
- Mississippi is a state located in the Deep South of the United States ... #039;s population as 2,844,658. As of 2011, Mississippi had an estimated ...35 KB (5,105 words) - 11:10, 10 March 2023
- in Western universities where he was accused of sexual harassment. Walcott ... Saint Lucia, in the West Indies, the son of Alix (Maarlin) and Warwick Walcott. ...47 KB (6,423 words) - 09:51, 29 January 2024
- region, excluding Scandinavia and most of Russia, but including the easternmost ... among the different Inuit and Yupik groups. Of particular note are their shamanistic ...45 KB (6,702 words) - 21:30, 20 March 2024
- comprising eight private institutions of higher education located in ... used to refer to those eight schools as academic institutions. These ...22 KB (3,102 words) - 01:07, 8 February 2023
- The sousaphone is a brass instrument in the same family as the more ... Because of the ease of carrying and the direction of sound, it is ...19 KB (2,980 words) - 22:02, 24 February 2024
- Harvard University, and the City University of New York. While at Yale, he ... their implications about the dark aspects of human nature, especially since ...34 KB (5,093 words) - 15:49, 27 April 2023
- The State of Indiana is the 19th U.S. state and is located in the ... often called Hoosier Hysteria. Residents of Indiana are called Hoosiers. ...31 KB (4,480 words) - 18:55, 4 March 2024
- typically in response to an event or series of events which represents a critical ... The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate ...20 KB (2,745 words) - 17:19, 9 February 2024
- ) is the capital and the largest city of Nepal, and is situated in ... to seventeenth centuries, became the base of the Gurkha Kingdom in 1768 ...24 KB (3,331 words) - 17:13, 5 October 2022
- Supporting Actress. She was the recipient of Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk ... Dee and her husband, Ossie Davis, stood in the forefront of changing ...28 KB (3,881 words) - 21:03, 21 December 2022
- held every February. It is considered one of the most important film festivals ... The festival began at the beginning of the Cold War, in the city of ...34 KB (4,808 words) - 11:03, 28 September 2023
- to music that does not conform to the system of tonal hierarchies which characterized ... Although there were progressive composers such as Josef Suk who individually ...18 KB (2,710 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- The small island nation of Saint Lucia (pronounced "saint LOO ... The volcanic nature of Saint Lucia accounts for its being more mountainous ...18 KB (2,530 words) - 23:24, 1 August 2023
- Lynn Margulis (March 15, 1938 – November 22, 2011) was a biologist ... The endosymbiotic theory concerns the origins of mitochondria and ...19 KB (2,756 words) - 10:41, 9 March 2023
- jpg|250 px|Sketch by Samuel de Champlain of a Huron deer hunt using a large ... The Wyandot, or Wendat, also known as Huron, are indigenous people ...18 KB (2,715 words) - 21:18, 9 February 2024
- The siege of Jerusalem (636–637) was part of the Muslim conquest ... The Muslim conquest of the city solidified Arab control over Judea ...21 KB (2,975 words) - 21:24, 26 February 2024
- Madeira is an archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean, and is one ... Madeira, known originally to the Romans as the Purple Islands, was ...32 KB (4,286 words) - 10:48, 9 March 2023
- founded a significant society for the study of poetic language. Later he became one of the major figures associated with the development ...20 KB (2,702 words) - 16:08, 31 August 2023
- leader. He is seen by the Sunni Muslims as the fourth and last of the ... Thus, although often cited as the cause of contention between Sunni ...25 KB (4,139 words) - 18:19, 21 July 2023
- Hubei province, central China, downstream of the Three Gorges. The world ... the Three Gorges Dam generates 95±20 TWh of electricity per year ...109 KB (14,087 words) - 23:55, 3 February 2024
- New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern ... both to its geology and to its tradition of self-sufficiency. Several other ...33 KB (4,724 words) - 09:19, 11 March 2023
- Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg DBE, known as Diana Rigg, (July 20 ... Rigg received recognition as one of the greatest dramatic actors, ...38 KB (5,401 words) - 11:54, 29 January 2024
- Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, Order of the Nation (ON), Member of ... Throughout her career, Simpson-Miller has had a reputation as a voice ...21 KB (2,959 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated ... Day has been associated with a tradition of courtly love. ...35 KB (5,116 words) - 14:12, 3 May 2023
- ” exposing fraud and political corruption as well as introducing comic strips ... His father was a wealthy grain merchant of Magyar-Jewish descent and his ...20 KB (2,932 words) - 04:55, 7 May 2024
- New Brunswick (French: Nouveau-Brunswick) is one of Canada's ... The province's "name was chosen as a compliment to [the ...32 KB (4,639 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
- The city of Thiruvananthapuram has been the center of cultural activities ... The 'Swathi Thirunal College of Music' and 'College ...11 KB (1,459 words) - 06:44, 12 January 2024
- greatest or least distance from the center of attraction, which is generally ... and aphelion are commonly used for orbits of planets in the Solar System ...10 KB (1,484 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- composer, virtuoso violinist, and impresario of Baroque music. He was regarded ... concertos, for the violin and a variety of other musical instruments, ...38 KB (5,736 words) - 05:45, 11 August 2023
- Samoa, is part of an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean formerly ... Samoa is located east of the International Date Line and south of ...18 KB (2,581 words) - 11:51, 6 September 2022
- North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions ... The Missouri River flows through the western part of the state and ...34 KB (4,932 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- html Tlingit] Countries and Their Cultures, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011. ... The Haida are an indigenous people of the west coast of North America ...19 KB (2,932 words) - 16:43, 21 January 2024
- |affiliations = Association of American Universities |website ... initial $1 million endowment in the hopes of making a contribution to the ...32 KB (4,475 words) - 14:20, 3 May 2023
- Constitutional Convention over the inclusion of slaves in a state's total ... In the United States Constitution, the Three-fifths Compromise is ...33 KB (4,653 words) - 16:01, 31 December 2023
- psychologist who helped found the school of transpersonal psychology. He ... His humanistic model allowed psychologists and students of psychology ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 06:31, 14 June 2023
- Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland, is a country of northwestern ... over winter. Over the next centuries, people of Nordic and Gaelic origin settled ...36 KB (5,300 words) - 17:19, 10 February 2024
- Caspian Sea. The Volga is widely regarded as the national river of Russia. Important since ancient times as a trade route, the river flows for ...31 KB (4,503 words) - 21:00, 3 May 2023
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and ... Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947 ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- ; (July 28, 1971 – October 27, 2019) was the Iraqi-born leader ... by the Shura Council, who were representing those members of the Islamic ...67 KB (8,996 words) - 06:52, 14 June 2023
- New Jersey is one of the Mid-Atlantic states located in the Northeastern ... seeking to control the two important cities of New York and Philadelphia crossed ...34 KB (4,973 words) - 09:22, 11 March 2023
- that are felt by people due to a combination of factors. For example, a black ... gender and class are the major determinants of identity, and that minorities ...43 KB (5,848 words) - 10:41, 6 March 2024
- ) (April 1, 1929 - July 1, 2023) was a Czech and French writer of ... Kundera took part in the Prague Spring of 1968, a period of "socialism ...20 KB (2,997 words) - 12:12, 24 August 2023
- :Note: This article is about the institution and office of the Dalai ... The Dalai Lama (meaning "Ocean of Wisdom") is an institution ...29 KB (4,223 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- (September 23, 63 B.C.E. – 14 C.E.), known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ... Although he preserved the outward form of the Roman Republic, he ruled ...27 KB (4,377 words) - 19:08, 21 August 2023
- , also known as Shin Buddhism, was founded by the former Tendai Japanese ... In contemporary times, Jodo Shinshu is one of the most widely followed ...23 KB (3,447 words) - 20:10, 24 April 2023
- Nan or Taiwanese Hok-kiàn) is a province of China located on the southeast ... mountains, and plains, has gained renown as an education center and pristine ...31 KB (4,438 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a state located in the Middle ... One of Pennsylvania's nicknames is the Quaker State; in colonial ...35 KB (4,904 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2023
- Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North ... Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world ...47 KB (7,144 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, or Uruguay, is a country located ... Its geographic position as a small, wedge-shaped country between the ...30 KB (4,199 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- Republic and Slovakia. During the 74 years of its existence, it saw several ... In November 1989, Czechoslovakia joined the wave of anti-Communist ...21 KB (2,978 words) - 07:31, 12 January 2024
- Egyptian writer and visionary. He is one of the pioneers of the Arabic ... His father, a wealthy and illustrious Egyptian civil officer, worked ...19 KB (2,884 words) - 18:13, 2 December 2023
- artist, painter, wood engraver and maker of ukiyo-e, author of the 13-volume ... Hokusai incorporated European elements such as landscape perspective ...10 KB (1,535 words) - 00:06, 25 August 2023
- Environmentalism is a perspective that encompasses a broad range of ... Since environmental issues are considered as outcomes of modernity ...21 KB (2,883 words) - 19:02, 13 February 2024
- Connecticut is one of the Unites States. It is located in the New ... early colonial times. Its Fundamental Orders of 1639 are considered to be the ...36 KB (5,082 words) - 18:54, 14 January 2023
- The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (also known as the Hanging Gardens ... The image of the gardens is impressive not only for its beauty, but ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 20:50, 21 January 2024
- Jerry Leiber (April 25, 1933 - August 22, 2011) and Mike Stoller ... In the mid 1950s, Leiber and Stoller created a string of ground-breaking ...10 KB (1,625 words) - 08:02, 3 April 2024
- the iTunes media browser, the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software ... electronics market. Through its philosophy of comprehensive aesthetic design ...56 KB (7,806 words) - 15:54, 11 August 2023
- Satan (meaning "accuser") represents the arch enemy of God ... The concept of an anthropomorpized demonic figure (or archetype) is ...27 KB (4,237 words) - 16:57, 23 December 2022
- Ahmadābād), the largest city in the state of Gujarat and the seventh-largest ... Founded in 1411, the city served as the capital of the Sultanate of ...41 KB (5,921 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- to cosmic), especially when regarded as distinct from human beings ... essential character or fundamental quality of a person or thing, it is in ...63 KB (9,360 words) - 04:22, 11 March 2023
- Rugby union (short for rugby union football and often referred to ... An adult-level rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes, consisting ...32 KB (5,080 words) - 20:33, 17 April 2023
- the southeastern United States. It was one of the original Thirteen Colonies ... to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) known as the Trail of Tears. Today North ...37 KB (5,288 words) - 10:01, 11 March 2023
- Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States ... The valley of the Willamette River in western Oregon is the most densely ...35 KB (5,141 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- The State of Florida is located in the southeastern region of the ... in population was caused by a large influx of people moving from other parts ...40 KB (5,623 words) - 17:42, 28 March 2024
- Nevada is a state located in the western region of the United States ... largest state. Slightly more than 86 percent of its land is owned by the United ...34 KB (5,052 words) - 04:36, 11 March 2023
- alcoholic beverages with an intention of becoming intoxicated by heavy ... Binge drinking is harmful, regardless of a person's age, with ...37 KB (5,241 words) - 17:51, 31 October 2023
- Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, with an area of 227 ... The 1874 "March West" of the federal government's new ...28 KB (3,852 words) - 03:30, 23 December 2022
- conformism, and existentialism. After the 2011 tsunami caused a nuclear accident ... ntsofjapanliv00west/page/294 Giants of Japan: The Lives of Japan& ...45 KB (5,943 words) - 21:09, 28 September 2023
- is the fourth largest city in Japan and one of the country's ... The city of Nagoya was established in 1610 when Tokugawa Ieyasu moved ...21 KB (2,938 words) - 02:41, 11 March 2023
- Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, and its ... center. It plays host to a year round slate of world-class festivals, earning ...47 KB (6,763 words) - 18:13, 12 February 2024
- with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. ... He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter ...65 KB (9,151 words) - 15:55, 15 May 2023
- military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on ... structure was built up under the direction of two U.S. supreme commanders ...52 KB (7,555 words) - 20:25, 17 March 2024
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... The Republic of Palau consists of eight principal islands and more ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... the United Kingdom in 1956. The remainder of the twentieth century saw two ...46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United ... Colorado is one of only four states in the United States to share ...37 KB (5,383 words) - 22:39, 7 January 2024
- Today, it is generally used in the context of an alternative to energy deriving ... As of 2011, Denmark is generating more than a quarter of its electricity ...73 KB (10,796 words) - 08:37, 23 July 2023
- Libya is a country in North Africa 90 percent of which is desert. ... , R'bw (Libu), which refers to one of the tribes of Berber peoples ...53 KB (7,788 words) - 11:06, 7 March 2023
- and has a steadily growing population of 23.9 million. Houston is ... The history of the state's settlement an admittance to the United ...36 KB (5,158 words) - 15:02, 30 April 2023
- 2013. Among his best-known works is Death of a Naturalist (1966), his first ... Robert Pinsky has stated that "with his wonderful gift of eye ...80 KB (11,371 words) - 23:33, 1 August 2023
- Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island ... years after its founding, it became known as the "Birthplace of Confederation ...27 KB (3,922 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- The State of Wyoming is a state in the western region of the United ... Wyoming has the distinction of being a state that provided several ...36 KB (5,337 words) - 14:13, 20 May 2023
- in human history by supplying the majority of the water for the Nile River ... Today, dams along the Blue Nile in Sudan produce 80 percent of that ...11 KB (1,678 words) - 18:33, 9 March 2023
- The Pueblo People are a diverse group of Native American inhabitants ... The Pueblo people have retained their pre-Spanish way of life to a ...29 KB (4,495 words) - 18:09, 14 April 2023
- 16, 1879) was a shepherd girl from the town of Lourdes in southern France ... From February to July 1858, Bernadette reported 18 apparitions of ...11 KB (1,754 words) - 19:13, 22 December 2022
- Positive psychology is a recent branch of psychology which emphasizes ... Researchers in this field analyze states of happiness, flow, values ...40 KB (5,742 words) - 16:04, 12 September 2023
- The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic ... but separate, organizations: the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ...32 KB (4,624 words) - 18:26, 13 February 2024
- him the only Canadian recipient of the "Triple Crown of Acting ... leading roles, including Iago in Othello, as well as playing the titular ...51 KB (7,432 words) - 21:43, 10 December 2023
- and professor, best known for his works of historical fiction. He wrote twelve novels, three volumes of short fiction, and a stage ...37 KB (4,830 words) - 17:29, 12 February 2024
- Oceania is a geographical (and geopolitical) region consisting of ... This subdivision is no longer recognized as correct by most geographers ...24 KB (3,239 words) - 23:47, 17 November 2022
- Chennai (Tamil: சென்னை), formerly known as Madras, the ... become an important administrative center, as the capital of the Madras Presidency ...44 KB (6,123 words) - 14:52, 5 December 2023
- His most popular book was The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. not just in his career but also in his life of faith, his family life, and ...25 KB (3,579 words) - 19:59, 9 February 2023
- The Republic of Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, ... (1999-2003), that have displaced hundreds of thousands of its citizens and ...23 KB (3,221 words) - 11:02, 7 March 2023
- California is a state on the West Coast of the United States, along ... changed California, sparking a large influx of people and a sustained economic ...42 KB (5,921 words) - 18:24, 25 November 2023
- Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States ... demographic, economic, and political makeup of the nation, with a mixture ...37 KB (5,435 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian ... Celebrations often include large displays of fireworks at midnight ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- Federalist No. 68 is the 68th essay of The Federalist Papers, and ... Throughout its proceedings, the US Constitutional Convention of 1787 ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 17:11, 8 October 2023
- A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Shepard ... Shepard was designated as the commander of the first crewed Project ...57 KB (8,455 words) - 04:33, 17 June 2023
- Goldfish is the common name for a freshwater fish, Carassius auratus ... One of the earliest fish to be domesticated—in China over 1,000 ...24 KB (3,750 words) - 11:55, 24 January 2023
- management consultant. Educated initially as an electrical engineer and ... II, particularly his work with the leaders of Japanese industry. Many in ...24 KB (3,501 words) - 22:00, 3 May 2023
- Barbershop music is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal ... produced by singing a particular combination of notes that are perfectly tuned ...25 KB (3,778 words) - 08:05, 20 September 2023
