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  1. 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...
  2. 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 [[...
  3. Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
    12: Beginning in 1967, Allende was on the editorial staff for ''Paula'' magazine, and from 1973 to 1974 fo...
    14: ...y). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile in [[Venezuela]]. While there, she worked for the Caracas newspa...
    18: ...lived since then in [[San Rafael, California|San Rafael]]. In [[2003]] she obtained [[United States|U....
    27: *''Afrodite'' (1997)
  4. Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
    9: ...Albanian]]. Her parents, Nikolla ( Kol렩 and Dranafile Bojaxhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emi...
    13: ...of their vocation to provide education for girls. After a few months training at the Institute of the ...
    17: ...an independent nun. She quit the high school and, after a short course with the Medical Mission Sister...
    24: ...he Dying]], a free [[hospice]] for the poor. Soon after she opened another hospice, Nirmal Hriday (Pur...
    26: ..., and eventually in many countries in [[Asia]], [[Africa]], and [[Europe]], including [[Albania]]. In ...
  5. Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
    40: ...ity because he was the only bachelor among them). After Cleveland's election as President, newspapers ...
    44: ...e second President to be married while in office (after [[John Tyler]]), and the only President to be ...
    60: ...in the [[Spanish-American War]] in 1898, one year after he left office.
    62: Just after beginning his second term in [[1893]], Dr. R. ...
    67: ...naged only 100,000 votes in the general election. After leaving the White House, he lived in retiremen...
  6. South America (5078 bytes)
    7: ...rea]] and in [[population]], after [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], and North America.
    15: ...e Caribbean Sea – including [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], and [[French Guiana]...
    105: | style="text-align:left;" | [[Venezuela]]
  7. List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
    7: ==[[Africa]]==
    8: Africa is a continent in the systems with 5 or more ...
    17: *[[Central African Republic]] (Centrafrique) - [[Bangui]]
    56: *[[South Africa]] - [[Cape Town]], [[Tshwane]], [[Bloemfontei...
    73: * [[Afghanistan]] - [[Kabul]]
  8. List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
    33: <tr><td>[[Bangui]] <td>[[Central African Republic]]
    44: <tr><td>[[Bloemfontein]] <td>[[South Africa]] (judicial)
    58: <tr><td>[[Cape Town]] <td>[[South Africa]] (legislative)
    59: <tr><td>[[Caracas]] <td>[[Venezuela]]
    79: <tr><td>[[Fongafale]] <td>[[Tuvalu]]
  9. Brazil (12581 bytes)
    1: ...ation except for [[Ecuador]] and [[Chile]]. Named after [[brazilwood]], a local tree, Brazil is home t...
    17: ...cted after a four-year period, two-thirds elected after the next four-year period. Beside the Senate t...
    21: * [[Caf頣om leite]] (reference to Brazil's domination by...
    61: After crafting a fiscal adjustment program and pledging prog...
    65: After [[Lula_da_Silva|Luiz Inᣩo Lula da Silva]], w...
  10. Barbados (21887 bytes)
    1: ...dian]], about 434.5 km (270 miles) northeast of [[Venezuela]].
    9: ...at arrived by [[canoe]] from [[South America]] ([[Venezuela]]'s [[Orinoco Valley]]) around [[350|350 CE]]. Th...
    15: ...To work the plantations, slaves were brought from Africa; the [[slave trade]] ceased a few years befor...
    21: ...ference with the United Kingdom in June [[1966]]. After years of peaceful and democratic progress, Bar...
    124: ...s (also known colloquially as ''Bajan'') are of [[African]] descent, mostly descendants of the [[slave...
  11. Argentina (30219 bytes)
    48: ... It's the second largest country of South America after Brazil and the 8th largest country in the [[wo...
    69: ...ns�government, which left office 6 months early after Peronist candidate [[Carlos Saul Menem]] won t...
    75: ...enem withdrew from the [[May 25]] runoff election after polls showed overwhelming support for Kirchner...
    80: ...hey are allowed to stand for a third term or more after an interval of at least one term. The presiden...
    162: ...]]. Rodr�ez Saᠯnly lasted one week in office. After his resignation, the Congress elected [[Eduard...
  12. Guyana (12153 bytes)
    1: ... north by the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The border with Venezuela is one that is disputed, as is the most southern ...
    117: ...mained predominantly rural, the [[Africa]]ns or [[Afro-Guyanese]] (36%) who constitute the majority ur...
    195: ...mation] - News, history and more info on Guyanese affairs
  13. Bolivia (30115 bytes)
    79: ...otorious for human rights abuses, [[narcotics]] trafficking, and economic mismanagement. Later convict...
    81: ... executive. In October [[1982]], twenty-two years after the end of his first term of office (1956-60),...
    89: ...until about the third year of its term in office. After that, regional, global and domestic factors co...
    93: ...August 6]], [[2001]], Banzer resigned from office after being diagnosed with [[cancer]]. He died less ...
    135: ...inces, or ''provincias'', which handle some local affairs.
  14. Time zone (34024 bytes)
    35: ...lroads as a teacher to his students. In [[1870]], after consulting railroad officials in [[1869]], he ...
    323: *[[Venezuela]]
    415: *[[Central African Republic]]
    477: *[[South Africa]]
    527: *[[Afghanistan]]
  15. List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
    10: [[Politics of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] - [[Politics of Albania|Albania]] - [[...
    16: ...[Politics of the Central African Republic|Central African Republic]] - [[Politics of Chad|Chad]] - [[P...
    65: ...alia|Somalia]] - [[Politics of South Africa|South Africa]] - [[Politics of South Korea|South Korea]] -...
    74: ...n City]] (''Holy See'') - [[Politics of Venezuela|Venezuela]] - [[Politics of Vietnam|Vietnam]]
  16. Columbus Day (5999 bytes)
    1: ...ndígena]]''' (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in [[Venezuela]], commemorate the same event.
    11: ... was first celebrated in [[Argentina]] in 1917, [[Venezuela]] in 1921, [[Chile]] in 1923, and [[Mexico]] in 1...
    16: ...na''' ("Day of Indigenous Resistance"). In 2004, Venezuelan activists toppled a statue of Columbus in Caraca...
  17. Boto (5572 bytes)
    44: ...and Bolivia and in protected areas of [[Peru]], [[Venezuela]] and [[Colombia]].
  18. Anaconda (3939 bytes)
    20: ...se are found mainly in northern South America, in Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, northern Bolivia, northeast Pe...
  19. Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
    25: ...pitching of [[Eddie Cicotte]] and [[Red Faber]]. After an off-year in the war-shortened season of [[1...
    39: ... all of these games despite a mediocre pitching staff led by [[Mike Sirotka]]. Frank Thomas nearly won...
    82: *34 {{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Freddy Garc�]
    117: **13 {{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Ozzie Guill鮝]
  20. Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
    6: ...n as:''' Brooklyn Dodgers, [[1932]] to [[1957]], after which the team moved to Los Angeles for the [[...
    7: ...batic troup popular at the time), the ''Robins'' (after Wilbert Robinson, manager from [[1914]] throug...
    23: ...oklyn club's history were clouded in uncertainty. After their first year they joined the [[American As...
    27: ...or their distracted, error-ridden style of play. After his removal as club president, Robinson return...
    28: ... with the loveable nickname of "Dem Bums" - when, after hearing his cab driver ask "So how did those b...

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