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- History of China (45919 bytes)
7: ...d redistribute crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization a...
28: ...ilosophy)|Legalism]] and [[Mohism]] were founded. After further political consolidation, seven promine...
48: *[[Rafe de Crespigny|de Crespigny, Rafe]]. 1977. The Ch’iang Barbarians and the Em...
49: ...licies and Strategies of the Later Han Empire''. Rafe de Crespigny. 1984. Faculty of Asian Studies, Au...
50: ...y history of the Three Kingdoms state of Wu'' by Rafe de Crespigny, in Asian Studies Monographs, New S... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
27: ... [[Khios]] (an island in the [[Aegean Sea]]) and, after a brief visit home, spent a year in Khios. It ...
31: ...on. At times, the brothers worked together as [[draftsmen]] and book collectors.
33: ...] to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the P...
39: ...ing posts and later colonies along the coast of [[Africa]]. Columbus had another idea. By the [[1480s]...
43: ... landmass (for Europeans of the time, Eurasia and Africa) occupied 180 degrees of the terrestrial sphe... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...ize|Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
8: ...ted Kingdom]] and at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]]. While i...
18: .... She was imprisonment at Insein Prison in Yang? After a surgical operation in [[September]] 2003, sh...
19: ...y opposition|opposition]] leader Aung San Suu Kyi after a recent announcement that her [[house arrest]... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
67: ...algia-tinted warmth in its relations with Russia (after Soviet disintegration) as compared to its rela...
86: ...iod. India was badly in need of economic recovery after the monetary strain of the 1971 Indo-Pak war. ...
98: ...f the [[Pakistan]]i support for the movement, and after years of the separatist movement in Punjab led...
100: ...ti-Sikh Riots|anti-Sikh riot]]s engulfed the city after her death, leaving more than 3,000 innocent Si...
108: ...rime minister on his mother's death, later (May [[1991]]) himself meeting a similar fate, this time at t... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
7: ...ia]]. They were [[marriage|married]] in [[1968]], after which she took up residence in India. The name...
11: ...lining to take up Indian citizenship for 15 years after her marriage and her lack of fluency in [[Hind... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: ...time common-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
11: *Minister of Social Affairs and Health [[1987]]–[[1990]]
12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]–[[1991]]
13: *Minister of Justice [[1990]]–[[1991]]
14: *Minister of Foreign Affairs [[1995]]–[[2000]] - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...n (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to serve in that post.
31: ... first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female to have been appo...
37: ...Nair]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-American [[16th Street Baptist Church bombin...
41: After studying piano at an [[Aspen, Colorado|Aspen]]...
43: ... intern in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. In [[1981]], at age 26, she received her [[... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
5: ...house. She also served in the State Senate from [[1991]]-[[1994]]. She was elected to the [[United State...
7: ...S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs]], the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Agricultur...
15: ...Senator (Class 1) from Michigan]] | years=2001- | after=Incumbent}} - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
36: ...s not re-elected as an Alderman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
41: ...ervative candidate but fought in the [[safe seat|safe]] Labour seat of [[Dartford (UK Parliament const...
43: Thatcher had begun to look for a safe Conservative seat, and was narrowly rejected as ...
45: ...moved to the Shadow [[HM Treasury|Treasury]] Team after [[1966]].
52: ...vernment had lost control of [[monetary policy]]. After Heath lost the [[United Kingdom general electi... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
9: ...journalist because editors wanted male reporters. After two years she landed a job as an assistant edi...
12: After a series of celebrity interviews, Steinem was ...
18: In [[1991]] when ''Ms.'' magazine revived, she became its c... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
12: Beginning in 1967, Allende was on the editorial staff for ''Paula'' magazine, and from 1973 to 1974 fo...
18: ...lived since then in [[San Rafael, California|San Rafael]]. In [[2003]] she obtained [[United States|U....
26: *''The Infinite Plan'' (1991)
27: *''Afrodite'' (1997) - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...ity of Toronto|Victoria College]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various places in North America and ...
52: ...''[[Wilderness Tips (book)|Wilderness Tips]]'' ([[1991]]) - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
5: ...d in science, she is well-versed in African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance...
7: ...icer for [[Sierra Leone]] and [[Liberia]] in West Africa. Returning to Los Angeles, she resumed her me...
11: ...illed the requirements for an A.B. in African and Afro-American Studies. She attended [[Weill Cornell ...
13: ...mmunication system to improve health care in West Africa; and The Earth We Share, (TM) an internationa...
19: ...hly) One of the Women for the Coming New Century (1991); Johnson Publications Black Achievement Trailbla... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
5: ...o]], a small village in the [[Yaroslavl Oblast]]. After school she worked in a tire factory, and then ...
9: ...idium]] of the Supreme Soviet, from [[1969]] to [[1991]] she was in the [[Central Committee of the CPSU|... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
16: After Rep. [[Philip Crane]] saw her on a March [[198...
29: * [[1991]] — She received the [[National Medal of Te... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... (born [[March 25]], [[1942]]) is an [[iconic]] [[African-American]] [[gospel music|gospel]], [[soul m...
6: ...the age 14. She signed with [[Columbia Records]] after being discovered by legendary A&R man [[John H...
8: ...lly famous artist and a symbol of pride for the [[African American]] community. Franklin said herself ...
12: ...edding]] single which became her signature song. After the R&B category was added to the [[Grammy Awa...
18: ...usly and she gave no interviews for several years after that. She lives today in Detroit. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
32: ... for cello and organ (1979), for bayan and cello (1991)
45: ...;тка)'' for six percussionists (1991)
46: ...ello, orchestra, male choir, and a woman speaker (1991)
47: ...)'' for seven percussionists, including cymbalom (1991)
48: *''Silenzio'' for bayan, violin, and cello (1991) - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
13: ...ly diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the [[Drum|Warrior Drums]] of [[Bu...
21: 1991's ''Night Ride Home'', an album Mitchell describe...
49: *[[1991]] [[Night Ride Home]] - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
21: ...rissette became a recurring cast member, but left after one season.
32: ...nia|Los Angeles]] to appear on the show, but lost after one round.
36: ...sed her debut full-length album, ''Alanis'', in [[1991]]. At the time, Morissette was credited simply as...
50: ...artment. On the way home from the supermarket one afternoon, she was robbed at gunpoint. A man rummage...
104: ...for the lyrics, however, which asked the listener after every verse, "Isn't it ironic?", even though t... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
9: ...0]] and was ready to release her debut album in [[1991]]. However, she did not like the slick and well-p...
21: ...r "Steve McQueen". Crow also performed the song "Safe & Sound" from this album at a television benefit...
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