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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same n...
7: ...t inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ... after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place...
13: ...Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January Rive...
15: ...ntic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built an... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...to the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as su...
7: ...es were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
11: [[Archaeological site]]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] ...
14: ...20195;; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear.
18: ...orated. Some archaeologists connect the Xia to excavations at [[Erlitou]] in central [[Henan]] provin... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ... leader") and High [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
4: :''Main article: [[Historical basis for King Arthur]]''
7: ...tones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Bretons]].
9: ... historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason ...
15: ...[Scots]] king [[Aedan mac Gabran]], who had a son called Artuir and whose life was somewhat similar to... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
7: ... [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three day...
10: * [[1852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Pi...
12: ... of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Un... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
37: ...w Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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11: ... The Princess of Wales'''. She was almost always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media despite nev...
13: ...hilanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of...
15: ...]] — while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
22: ...e only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as the "other party" i... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...ress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], became famous as a 20th-century tastemaker and the own...
8: ...d on [[November 28]], [[1919]], in December she became the second woman elected, and the first to take...
10: ...s his replacement. Her son [[David Astor]], who became editor/owner of ''The Observer'' newspaper, wou...
12: ...arlene Dietrich]] song ''Lili Marlene'' that they called "The Ballad Of The D-Day Dodgers".
19: # [[Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor]] (1909-1975) - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
1: ...[[2005]]) was prime minister of the [[Central African Republic]].
3: ...irst woman to serve as prime minister of an [[Africa]]n nation.
5: ...ejected the plans, she was promptly fired and her cabinet was dismissed ([[April 7]], [[1976]]). With ... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
19: ! Political party:
57: ... also possessed an extraordinary desire for political power. As a woman occupying the highest position...
59: ...ress]] Party, and was appointed a minister in the cabinet of Congress Prime Minister [[Lal Bahadur Sha...
63: ... of appointment, she created "notoriously weak" [[cabinet]]s, centralizing her own personal authority ...
67: ...andhi; according to one [[Gallup]] poll, Indira became the world's most admired person in public offic... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
6: ==Highlights of political career==
8: ...nister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]]
20: ...n various positions of trust. She was chosen in [[1975]] to the representatives of [[Osuusliike Elanto]]...
24: ...s the [[minister of foreign affairs]], was significantly more popular than [[Paavo Lipponen]], the par...
26: ... media. Backed by an enthusiastic and experienced campaign organisation, her popularity grew steadily.... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
24: |'''[[Political party|Political Party]]'''
25: |[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
27: ...can American]] [[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (...
31: ...g his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female to have been...
35: ...r. Her name is a variation on the [[Italian]] musical term "con dolcezza" which is a direction to play... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: .... Senate, and along with [[Washington]]'s [[Maria Cantwell]] the first woman to defeat an incumbent se...
5: ...s wife Jane Abraham is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
7: ...al Committee on Aging]]. She introduced the [[Medical Equity and Drug Savings Act]] in the Senate.
11: ...gues to be secretary of the Democratic caucus. As caucus secretary, she will assist [[Senate Minority ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
21: |'''[[Political Party]]:'''
27: ...oviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation tha...
29: ...al election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[20t...
31: ...early 1980s, her policies initially caused large-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial ... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...government. Luxemburg and hundreds of others were captured, tortured, and killed.
6: ... Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapped all her life.
14: ...tion for nations under [[socialism]], which later caused tensions with [[Vladimir Lenin]].
19: ...g insisted that the critical difference between [[capital]] and [[labour (economics)|labour]] could on...
21: ...ks on German [[militarism]] and [[imperialism]] became heftier as she foresaw the approach of war, and... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...[[atheist]], founder of [[American Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church and state]...
4: ...Madalyn, who nonetheless divorced Roths and began calling herself Madalyn Murray. In [[1949]] she obta...
6: ==An American atheist==
7: ... Madalyn Murray as ''the most hated woman in America''.
9: ...the Supreme Court decision Madalyn founded [[American Atheists]], "a nationwide movement which defends... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: ...n 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated with their three children to Chile, where they...
8: ...ned to Chile in 1958 to complete her secondary education, and there she met her first husband, Miguel ...
14: ...[Venezuela]]. While there, she worked for the Caracas newspaper ''El Nacional'' and as a teacher in a ...
18: ...Gordon, and has lived since then in [[San Rafael, California|San Rafael]]. In [[2003]] she obtained [[... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...h;[[January 28]], [[1960]]) was an [[African-American]] [[folkloristics|folklorist]] and author. Her ...
7: ...nable for a number of reasons, cultural and political.
9: ...it embraces the dialect and culture of Black America of the early 20th century. For example ( Amy fro...
13: ... however, critics have praised her for her artful capture of the actual language and idiom of the day.
15: ...ith Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not sink into obscurity. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known...
11: ...made it the express goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
14: ...physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force.
19: ...t recent evidence has proved that this is not the case. [http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagena...
22: ... of the United States. Her first literary success came with the sale of her screenplay ''[[Red Pawn]]'... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...]] - [[April 16]], [[1958]]) was a British [[physical chemist]] and [[crystallographer]] who made impo...
5: ...lped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
7: ==Cambridge and early career 1938-1950==
8: ... and was the basis of her doctoral degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ... on the structure of carbons. Indeed on several occasions after accepting a position at King's, but be... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
1: ...rse]] Clara Barton, first president of the [[American Red Cross]]'']]
2: ... and is best remembered for organizing the [[American Red Cross]].
4: == Youth, education, family nursing ==
6: ...east 10 years her senior. Young Clara was home-educated and extremely bright. It is said that her olde...
8: ...oathsome crawling leeches." This was an early indication of what would become Clara's lifework.
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