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Aardvark			Doodle			Guitar
Abdicate			Duck				Habitat
Advertise			Ear				Horse
Badge			Elephant			Human
Benefactor			Error				Incurable
Blunder			Feather			Ivory
Cat				Flash				Jab
Compensate		Funny			Kennedy, John F.
Curtail			Gab				Kennedy, Robert
Defect			Greek			King, Martin Luther

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Lazy				Move			Offer
Let						Mud					Opposite
Lift						Navigate				Ordeal
Loop					Neat					Overcome
Love					Nice					Pact
Luck					Noose					Passage
Man					Novice					Petite
Mammoth				Numb					Piano
Misuse					Oar						Pluck
Moon			Obstruct			Polite

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Quack					Secede					Umbra
Quarrel				Shuttle					Understand
Quest					Speculate				Utopia
Quit					Sun					Vacant
Ragtime				Tact					Vegetable
Reaping				Tendon					Waffle
Rock Music			Thief					Wrench
Roosevelt, T			Tontine					X–Ray
Ruler					Trademark				Yelp
Saturn					Ultimate				Zulu

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# $ Welcome to the Demo Encyclopedia

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# Demo Encyclopedia, created in
How-To 12.1 in the book
Microsoft Multimedia Viewer How-To
by Stephen Pruitt

# $+ {vfld10}John F. Kennedy{vfld}

{ewl MVMCI2, ViewerMCI, [device AVIVideo][stdcontrol][caption \pc 'Watch a movie']movies\kennedy.avi}

John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States. He was inaugurated in January 1961 and was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. He was the first Roman Catholic to be elected President. The Berlin Wall was built during his administration, in 1961.

# $+{vfld10}Martin Luther King{vfld}

{ewl MVMCI2, ViewerMCI, [device AVIVideo][stdcontrol][caption \pc 'Watch a movie']movies\mlkingjr.avi}

Martin Luther King was a prominent leader of the American civil rights movement until his assassination on April 4, 1968. His philosophy stressed non–violence and the dignity and common humanity of all people. He was the leader of voter registration drives throughout the South, and the civil rights march on Washington in 1963. He delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech at a rally in Washington during that march. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

# $+ {vfld10}Theodore Roosevelt{vfld}

{ewl MVMCI2, ViewerMCI, [device AVIVideo][stdcontrol][caption \pc 'Watch a movie']movies\roosvelt.avi}

Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States, from 1901 until 1909. He expanded the powers of the federal government in conflicts between Big Business and Big Labor by advocating the concept of a public interest. He used executive powers to bring suits against a number of business trusts. He also had legislation passed to control railroad rates and begin inspection of food and drugs. Under his leadership, vast expanses of federal lands were set aside for conservation.

# $+ {vfld10}Duck{vfld}

{ewl MVMCI2, ViewerMCI, [device AVIVideo][stdcontrol][caption \pc 'Watch a movie']movies\ducks.avi}

Ducks are waterfowl in the family Anatidae, which includes geese and swans. Ducks are found throughout the world. They are identified by their webbed feet and flattened bills.

# $+ {vfld10}Elephant{vfld}

{ewl MVMCI2, ViewerMCI, [device AVIVideo][stdcontrol][caption \pc 'Watch a movie']movies\elephant.avi}

Elephants are large mammals that live in Africa, India, and southern Asia. They have been domesticated and trained to carry heavy loads. They live in herds and are highly intelligent. The Asian elephant has smaller ears and a smaller body than its African counterpart. Female Asian elephants do not have tusks.

# $+ {vfld10}Horse{vfld}

{ewl MVMCI2, ViewerMCI, [device AVIVideo][stdcontrol][caption \pc 'Watch a movie']movies\horses.avi}

Horses are a hoofed mammal belonging to the family Equidae. They have a long association with man and have been used for transport, hauling, and sport. Selection and breeding have resulted in a variety of types, each suited to a particular function.

# $+ {vfld10}Shuttle{vfld}

{ewl MVMCI2, ViewerMCI, [device AVIVideo][stdcontrol][caption \pc 'Watch a movie']movies\liftoff.avi}

The shuttle is America's first reusable spacecraft. It is used for both government and private commercial projects. Examples of shuttle missions include:
March, 1989 - Discovery launched a Data Relay satellite and tested a model of a heated pipe radiator for the planned space station.
May, 1989 - Atlantis launched the Magellan radar mapper to Venus.
October, 19889 - Atlantis launched tha Galileo space probe that travelled to Jupiter by way of Venus.

# $+ {vfld10}Guitar{vfld}

{ewl MVMCI2, ViewerMCI, [device Sequencer][buttons playpause][nodrag][caption \pc 'Play music']sounds\guitar.mid}

The guitar is a stringed instrument played by plucking. The long finger board, or neck, of the guitar has a series of small raised strips of metal called frets. The guitar is based on an invention 5,000 years ago in Egypt during the days of the pharoahs. The rise in popularity of rock music in the 1950s and 1960s subjected many households to the sounds of a teenage would-be guitar superstar.

# $+ {vfld10}Piano{vfld}

{ewl MVMCI2, ViewerMCI, [device Sequencer][buttons playpause][nodrag][caption \pc 'Play music']sounds\piano.mid}

The piano is a keyboard instrument, based on a device invented by Bartolommeo Cristofori, the curator of musical instruments for the Medici family in Florence, Italy. Its popularity results from its great versatility, including the range of octaves and variations in volume from very soft to very loud. In addition, it lends itself to the expression of many musical styles, including classical, jazz, ragtime, blues, and rock and roll.

# $+ {vfld10}Ragtime{vfld}

{ewl MVMCI2, ViewerMCI, [device Sequencer][buttons playpause][nodrag][caption \pc 'Play music']sounds\ragtime.mid}

Ragtime is a style of piano jazz that was very popular in the early 1900s. The music employs a strongly accented syncopated pattern over a strong steady left hand beat. The rhythm is jerky or “ragged”, hence the name. The basic rhythm makes frequent use of a pattern of sixteenth-eighth-sixteenth notes. The most famous ragtime pianist and composer was Scott Joplin (1869-1917), a black pianist from Texas.

# $ +{vfld10}Rock Music{vfld}

{ewl MVMCI2, ViewerMCI, [device Sequencer][buttons playpause][nodrag][caption \pc 'Play music']sounds\rock.mid}

Rock has been a popular musical style since the 1950s. It is commonly played using the guitar, electronic synthesizer, or piano. It is characterized by a strong, driving beat. There are many styles of rock music, from the early “bubble gum” to the later heavy metal style.

# $+ {vfld10}Saturn{vfld}

{ewl MVBMP2, ViewerBmp2, [nomsg macro="MCICommand(hwndContext, qchPath, `saturn.wav', `play')"] [caption="\pc;bClick on picture to play music" dither]!saturn.bmp}

Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. It has a diameter of 72,000 miles and revolves around the sun once every 29.5 years. It is famous for the series of thin, flat rings that circle it.

# $+ {vfld10}Sun{vfld}

{ewl MVBMP2, ViewerBmp2, [macro="MCICommand(hwndContext, qchPath, `solar.wav', `play')"] [caption="\pc;bClick on picture to play music" dither]!solar.bmp}

The Sun is a star, just like most of the tiny points of light you see in the sky. The picture shows a phenomenon called solar prominences clearly. The sun is the center of our solar system, providing light and heat to the planets.

# The American civil rights movement had as its goal securing equal rights for black Americans. It worked to eliminate forced segregation, voting rights abuses, and other forms of discrimination.

# Solar prominences are bursts of solar material that shoot out from the surface, as a result of uneven heating and combustion within the sun.

# Frets mark off intervals of half steps, helping the player to find the correct pitch. The fingers press down on the strings just above the frets.