Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

palsy (medical disorder): see in index

paralysis

Pamir Mountains (mountain range in

Central Asia)

snow-covered peaks in Tajikistan picture,

volume 13 page 10

Pampas, the (region in Argentina)

Argentina volume 1 page 175

grassland volume 5 page 143

Pan (Greek god)

Midas volume 8 page 122

Panama (country in Central America)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 21

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geography

beach picture, volume 10 page 22

Panama City picture, volume 10

page 24

history

Bolivar volume 2 page 101

Bush volume 2 page 155

Panama Canal (canal in Central

America)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 23

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canal volume 3 page 28

Panama volume 10 page 21

Panama City volume 10 page 23

Pedro Miguel Locks picture, volume 10

page 23

Roosevelt volume 11 page 95

transportation volume 13 page 93

Panama Canal Zone (region in Panama):

see in index Canal Zone

Panama City (capital city of Panama)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 23, picture,

volume 10 page 24

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Panama volume 10 page 21

“Pan American Unity” (mural by Rivera)

picture, volume 11 page 68

pancreas (anatomy)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 24, picture,

volume 10 page 24

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digestive system volume 4 page 48

frog picture, volume 4 page 48

human picture, volume 4 page 47

endocrine system volume 4 page 136,

picture, volume 4 page 135

panda (mammal)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 25, picture,

volume 10 page 25

pandemic (disease outbreak)

epidemic volume 4 page 146

Pandora (Greek mythology)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 26, picture,

volume 10 page 26

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mythology volume 8 page 223

Prometheus volume 10 page 156

Pandora’s box (Greek mythology)

Pandora volume 10 page 27

Pangaea (supercontinent)

continent volume 3 page 190

plate tectonics volume 10 page 98

panning (mining method)

miners in Alaska picture, volume 5

page 124

Pantanal (freshwater wetland in Brazil)

picture, volume 2 page 126

Brazil volume 2 page 125

Panth (Sikhism): see in index Khalsa

panther (mammal): see in index leopard;

puma

panther chameleon (reptile) picture, volume

3 page 80

papacy (Roman Catholicism): see in index

pope

Papago (Native American people): see in

index Tohono O’odham

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Papal States (historic region in Italy)

Vatican City volume 14 page 59

papaya (tree and fruit)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 27, picture,

volume 10 page 27

Papeete (capital city of French Polynesia)

French Polynesia volume 5 page 68

paper

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 27, picture,

volume 10 page 28, picture, volume 10

page 28

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book and bookmaking volume 2

page 109

fibers volume 5 page 16

money volume 8 page 161

paperboard (grade of paper): see in index

cardboard

paper folding (art): see in index origami

paper mill

mill machinery picture, volume 10

page 28

paper wasp (insect)

nest volume 9 page 37, picture, volume 9

page 37

papilla (anatomy)

tongue volume 13 page 80

paprika (spice)

pepper volume 10 page 59

Papuan (people)

Papua New Guinea volume 10 page 29

Papua New Guinea (island country in

the Pacific Ocean)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 29

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dancers picture, volume 9 page 121, picture,

volume 10 page 29

Oceania volume 9 page 121

Port Moresby picture, volume 10

page 131

papyrus (writing material)

book and bookmaking volume 2

page 109

par (golf )

golf volume 5 page 126

Paraclete (Christianity): see in index Holy

Spirit

parade

images

Chinese New Year picture, volume 3

page 105

Independence Day in Atlanta picture,

volume 6 page 122

Labor Day picture, volume 7 page 99

Mardi Gras picture, volume 8 page 54

parade balloon picture, volume 2

page 15

Port-au-Prince picture, volume 10

page 130

Saint Patrick’s Day volume 12 page 15

Paraguay (country in South America)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 30, picture,

volume 10 page 31, picture, volume 10

page 31

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presidential palace picture, volume 1

page 216

parakeet (bird) picture, volume 2 page 76

parallel (geography): see in index parallels

parallel bars (gymnastics)

gymnastics volume 5 page 174, picture,

volume 5 page 175

parallels (geography)

equator volume 4 page 147

paralysis (medical disorder)

nervous system volume 9 page 36

Paramaribo (capital city of Suriname)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 32, picture,

volume 10 page 32

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Suriname volume 12 page 208, picture,

volume 12 page 208

Parana River (river in South America)

Itaipu Dam picture, volume 10 page 31

Paraguay volume 10 page 30

Parasaurolophus (dinosaur genus)

dinosaurs in scale picture, volume 4

page 53

parasite (organism)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 32

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drug volume 4 page 78

fungus volume 5 page 75

insect volume 6 page 139

lamprey volume 7 page 103, picture,

volume 7 page 103

mistletoe picture, volume 10 page 33

protozoan volume 10 page 159

parasitism (biology)

symbiosis volume 12 page 222

parathyroid gland (anatomy)

endocrine system volume 4 page 135,

picture, volume 4 page 135

Paris (capital city of France)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 33

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Bastille Day parade picture, volume 2

page 38

Eiffel Tower volume 4 page 115, picture,

volume 4 page 115

France volume 5 page 58

Notre Dame Cathedral picture, volume

5 page 89

Paris, Peace of (1783): see in index Paris,

Treaty of