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  1. History of China (45919 bytes)
    2: ...inese civilization. Politically, China alternated between periods of political union and disunion, and...
    7: ...late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, wher...
    14: ...pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear.
    18: ...found on pottery and shells, have been alleged to be ancestors of modern [[Chinese character]]s, but s...
    22: ...bone writings. [[Anyang]] in modern day Henan has been confirmed as the last of the six capitals of th...
  2. George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=George Herbert Walker Bush
    19: ...ved as [[U.S.]] [[congressman]] from [[Texas]] ([[1967]]–[[1971]]), [[Ambassador (diplomacy)|ambas...
    22: George Herbert Walker Bush was born to [[Prescott Bush]] and D...
  3. List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
    3: *[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
    6: *[[Bernard Accama|Accama, Bernard]] (1697-1756), Dutch painter
    9: *[[Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
    33: ...ian Benedict Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Christian Benedict]] (1763-1833)
  4. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
    11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
    20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
    67: ...cott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip
    94: *[[Konrad Adenauer|Adenauer, Konrad]], (1876-1967), West German chancellor
    98: *[[Isabelle Adjani|Adjani, Isabelle]], (born 1955), French actress
  5. Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
    2: ... only former American citizen to hold the post ([[Benjamin Netanyahu]] is a native-born [[Israeli]] wh...
    10: ...[Milwaukee]] and her mother ran a grocery store. Beginning when she was only eight years old, Golda o...
    12: ...t Morris Myerson, a sign painter, who would later become her husband.
    14: ... at the urging of her father when she was 18. She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors f...
    16: ...15]]. She married Morris Myerson in [[1917]] and began planning to emigrate to the [[Land of Israel]]...
  6. Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
    16: |[[November 14]], [[1954]]
    27: '''Condoleezza "Condi" Rice''' (born [[November 14]] [[1954]]), is the second [[United States Se...
    29: In [[November 2004]], Bush nominated Rice to succeed Powell as...
    31: ...rican (after Powell) and the first female to have been appointed to the post.
    35: In [[1967]], the family moved to [[Denver]] when her father...
  7. Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
    3: ...ians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the [[United States House of Repr...
    5: ...tion, she was instrumental in resolving conflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military...
    7: She had been elected to the U.S. Senate in 1948. She served ...
    9: ...ial Medal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[1989]].
    11: ... chair of the [[Senate Republican Conference]], [[1967]]-[[1972]].
  8. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
    16: |[[13 October]] [[1925]]
    27: ...on Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), a...
    29: ...eral election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[2...
    33: ...cher'''; since then her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of th...
  9. Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
    1: ...an and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
    3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
    4: ...[1942]]) is a [[Chile]]an writer whose books have been translated into many languages. She is one of t...
    8: ... a [[United Kingdom|British]] private school in [[Beirut]]. She returned to Chile in 1958 to complete...
    10: ...tiago, Chile|Santiago]], and later in [[Brussels, Belgium]], and elsewhere in Europe. Her daughter Pa...
  10. Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
    1: ...e Lispector''' ([[December 10]] [[1920]] - [[December 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] writer.
    5: She died of cancer in [[1977]] just one day before her 57th birthday and she was buried in at th...
    19: *O Mist鲩o do Coelho Pensante (1967)
    32: *A Bela e a Fera (1979)
    33: *A Descoberta do Mundo (1984)
  11. Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
    4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist p...
    11: ...al of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
    19: ...ion from Ayn's cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typ...
    22: ...e two were married in [[1929]]. In [[1931]], Rand became a [[naturalized citizen]] of the United State...
    24: ...nce from the [[Italy|Italian]] government under [[Benito Mussolini]]. These films were re-edited into ...
  12. Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
    1: ...] Rear Admiral '''Grace Murray Hopper''' ([[December 9]], [[1906]] - [[January 1]], [[1992]]) was an ...
    3: ...''New Types of Irreducibility Criteria''. Hopper began teaching mathematics at Vassar in 1931; by [[1...
    7: In [[1949]], Hopper became an employee of the [[J. Presper Eckert|Eckert...
    9: ...RAN. However, it was her idea that programs could be written in a language that was close to English r...
    12: .... She was recalled to active duty in August of [[1967]] for a six-month period that turned into an inde...
  13. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
    10: ...ng (genre)|swing]] singer, she also encompassed [[bebop]], scat, and performed [[blues]], [[bossa nova...
    12: ...with [[Nelson Riddle]]'s [[orchestra]]), [[Irving Berlin]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Jerome Kern]], [[Johnny...
    16: ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' is the most notable of her many recordings ...
    20: She married twice. In 1941 she married Benny Kornegay, but the marriage was later annulled....
    22: ...leg]]s in [[1993]], and in [[1996]] she died in [[Beverly Hills, California]], after having made some ...
  14. Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
    2: ..., The state of [[Michigan]] declared her voice to be a natural wonder. She has won 16 competitive [[Gr...
    6: ...e 14. She signed with [[Columbia Records]] after being discovered by legendary A&R man [[John Hammond...
    8: ...rned the nickname ''"The Queen of Soul"'', having become an internationally famous artist and a symbol...
    10: ...in the UK pop charts - the best result being a number four with her version of [[Burt Bacharach]]'s ''...
    12: ...unchallenged, winning eight successive awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she later added t...
  15. Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
    2: ...bum]]s as the frontwoman for several bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
    4: ..., though she never completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and [[folk music]] with friends....
    6: ...rinker]] throughout her career, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
    8: ...f success of their early singles led to the album being withheld until after their subsequent success....
    14: ...the ''a capella'' "[[Mercedes-Benz]]", written by beat poet [[Michael McClure]].
  16. Miriam Makeba (1140 bytes)
    1: ...outh Africa]]n singer. In [[1959]] she was exiled because of her appearance in the anti-[[apartheid]] ...
    3: ...cording]] together with [[Harry Belafonte]]. In [[1967]] she had a world wide hit with "Pata Pata"; in [...
  17. Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
    3: ...g the [[Great Depression]], often with various members of the [[Barrow gang]].
    5: ...sometimes referred to as the [[public enemy era]] between 1931 and 1935, a period which led to the for...
    9: ...ss throughout her short adult life, she longed to be near her mother, [[Emma Parker]]. Her husband soo...
    11: ...ow's equal in crime, Bonnie's role in the many robberies, murders, and auto thefts of the Barrow gang ...
    15: ...t a rate far outpacing the ten to fifteen bank robberies attributed to him and the Barrow gang.
  18. Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
    1: '''Ingrid Bergman''' ([[August 29]], [[1915]] – [[August...
    3: ..., her first movie. After a dozen films in Sweden, Bergman was signed by [[David O. Selznick]] to star ...
    5: ... Mary's]]'' ([[1945]]). She would receive another Best Actress nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|...
    7: ... Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
    9: ...the big screen. It is considered to be among her best performances.
  19. Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
    2: '''Catherine Deneuve''' (born [[October 22]] [[1943]]) is a [[France|French]] actress, b...
    4: ...terpiece ''[[Belle de Jour]]'' ([[Luis Buñuel]], 1967), and the Franco-English production ''[[Repulsion...
    6: ...]]'' and was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the same performance.
    8: ...lationship with [[Marcello Mastroianni]]. She has been married once, from 1965 to 1972, to the British...
    33: * ''[[Belle de jour]]'' ([[Luis Buñuel]]), (1967)
  20. Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
    2: ...which she won four. She was nominated for twelve Best Actress Academy Awards, the record for nominati...
    5: ...oy that," Hepburn later said of her unabashedly liberal family, who she credited with giving her a sen...
    7: ...Young Women's Golf Championship. She would later be recognized for her athletic physicality — s...
    10: ...egree from BM in history and philosophy; can this be a mistake? other sources say her degree was in dr...
    14: ==Hepburn's acting career begins==

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