I Think I accidentally deleted FRONT ROW, TIME MACHINE, and SPACES

I wanted to put those three things into a stack, because they arent apps like the others are, and so I made a folder on my desktop, put the apps in the folder, and then put the folder in the dock. I thought it was pointless to have a folder in the dock and the desktop, so I deleted the one on the desktop permanently, and then got an '?' where the stack used to be. Did I permanently delete the app from the computer? If I did, how do I get it back?

Wow! I'm not the only one. I "organized" my applications folder, and now I can't find Spaces, Time Machine, and the System Preferences pane. They have big question marks on them in the dock.
Hopefully someone can give us an answer. I've been googling to see if there is a way to do a custom install from the Leopard cd. I've made an appointment with the Apple store for tomorrow afternoon just in case. If I get an answer, I'll let you know.

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QUESTION.
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This from Apple KB Article If Time Machine is not in your Dock, you can enter Time Machine from the Menu Bar or System Preferences.
Deleting data from a Time Machine backup
To delete all backups of one or more items from a Time Machine backup, follow these steps:
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Authenticate with an administrator password when prompted.

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