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- History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
4: ...were experiencing not only a relative but in some cases an absolute decline in their numbers. The rise...
6: ...publican Party|Republican Party]]. As an aside, [[California]] has reemerged as a bright spot for the ...
10: ...and the [[1994]] mid-term elections, when the GOP captured the U.S. House after 40 years of Democratic...
14: ...ective [[affirmative action]] over the past two decades had reduced prospects for advancement.
18: ...sed fundamental questions over the future of American prosperity. - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
3: ==1988 presidential election==
4: ...ee the main article [[U.S. presidential election, 1988]].''
6: [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[List of Presidents of the United States|Pres...
12: ...ons of the world, East and West, North and South, can prosper and live in harmony."
14: ... Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement]] (CAFTA) were developed based on this worldview. - U.S. presidential election, 1988 (11192 bytes)
1: [[image:ElectoralCollege1988-Large.png|thumb|450px|Presidential electoral vote...
2: ...miscues; the result was the third lopsided Republican victory in as many presidential elections.
8: ...pproach to win the presidency. Among the field of candidates were the following:
19: ...1984 presidential election]], and had refined his campaign in the intervening years.
21: ...about extramarital affairs dogged the charismatic candidate. One of the great myths is that Senator Ha...
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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...beth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...os]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Saint...
9: ...serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the sec...
19: ===Education===
20: ...was instructed in religion by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer i... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...Girardeau, Missouri]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[radio]] [[talk show]] host. A [[conservatism...
4: == Early career ==
6: ...wned the radio station where Limbaugh started his career.
8: ... an "inoperable [[pilonidal cyst]]" and "a [[American football|football]] knee from [[high school]]" [...
14: == Talk radio and television career == - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
8: ...Kingdom]] and at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]]. While in [[...
10: She returned to Myanmar in [[1988]] to care for her ailing mother. In that year, the long-t...
14: ...on prize money to establish a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the Burmese people.
16: ... a British citizen, was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in [[1997]], the Burmese government denied ...
18: ...prisonment at Insein Prison in Yang? After a surgical operation in [[September]] 2003, she was again p... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ... Her husband, [[Asif Ali Zardari]], has been implicated as well, and remained in jail until [[November...
6: ...s included active participation in various social causes.
8: ...l of illegal canvassing. Her entire undergraduate career was fuelled by controversy, coming in the mid...
11: ... father's party, but was unable to make her political presence felt in Pakistan until the death of Gen...
13: ...tion in more than a decade, on [[November 16]], [[1988]], Benazir's PPP won the single largest bloc of s... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
2: |+ <font size="+1">'''The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell'''</font>
4: ...efefef;" align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:Kim_Campbell.jpg]]
27: | '''[[Political party|Political Party]]:'''
28: | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
31: ...s not popularly elected, she remains [[North America]]'s only female head of a national government to ... - 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... - 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 Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...[[American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|American Civil Rights Movement]], most famous for her ref...
3: ==Civil rights and political activity==
4: ...skegee, Alabama]], daughter of James and Loeona McCauley. She grew up on a farm with her grandparents,...
6: ...so attended the [[Highlander Folk School]], an education center for workers' rights and [[racial equal...
8: ... for [[disorderly conduct]] and for violating a local ordinance. - 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 [[... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...o]]. After living in various places in North America and around the world, she returned to Toronto, wh...
4: ... edited work. She has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]...
6: ...ce an echo effect. She ranks as a key figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'...
10: ...[Prime Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'', c...
12: ...n-only presentation in Toronto. The device, also called the "Unotchit" (and pronounced "You-No-Touch-... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
2: '''Toni Morrison''' is an [[African-American]] [[author]], born '''Chloe Anthony Wofford''', ...
4: ...ved]] won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who found freedom...
6: ...nclude Morrison's own work in the canon of [[American Literature]].
8: ... Literature]] in [[1993]], the first African-American woman to receive this prize.
12: She called [[Bill Clinton]] "the first Black president",... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
5: ... she is well-versed in African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]] and [[chor...
7: ...ical practice, working with CIGNA Health Plans of California.
9: ...956]], in [[Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
11: ...ed her internship at [[Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center]] in 1982.
13: ...The Earth We Share, (TM) an international science camp for students ages 12 to 16, that utilizes an ex... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
5: ...[[Harvard Observatory]] to work with [[Annie Jump Cannon]] and [[Harlow Shapley]]. on star clusters. ...
7: ... [[David Dunlap Observatory]], where Frank Hogg became director in [[1946]] until his death in [[1951]...
9: ...ronto]], who died in [[1988]]. She died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in 1993.
11: She won the [[Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy]] in [[1949]] and the [[Kl...
13: ...[1968]] she was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] and was promoted to Companion in [[1976]]. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
5: ...sponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[musical tuning|tunings]]. She was supported, however, by...
9: In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through [[Gidon Kremer]]'s ...
19: *''Night in Memphis'' cantata (1968)
20: *''Musical Toys'' fourteen piano pieces for children (1969)
40: *''Hommage ŕ Ťarina Tsvetayeva'' for a capella choir - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...er. Initially working in [[Toronto]] and western Canada, she was associated with the burgeoning [[fol...
5: ...quently in coffee houses and [[folk clubs]] and became well known for her unique style of song writing...
9: ...would miss a scheduled appearance on ''[[The Dick Cavett Show]]''.) Also of interest, "For Free" is t...
11: ...piano and Appalachian dulcimer on "[[Carey (song)|Carey]]" and "[[All I Want]]". Others were piano le...
13: ...iverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the [[Drum|Warrior Drums]] of [[Burund... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
2: ...]], [[singer]] and [[poet]]. She was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] and raised in [[New Jersey]], t...
4: ...eral songs to which Smith contributed, including "Career of Evil", "Fire of Unknown Origin", "The Reve...
8: ...[Robert Mapplethorpe]], then her roommate, also became one of rock 'n roll's classics. As Smith toured...
10: ... a period of rest, and an intensive round of physical therapy, during which time she was able to reass...
12: ...y successful record, containing the hit single "Because the Night" – co-written with [[Bruce Spr... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
2: ...time [[Grammy Award]] winner, she was named "America's best songwriter" by ''Time'' magazine in 2002.
4: ... [[Chile]] as well as different parts of the American South, before settling at the [[University of Ar...
8: ...itical reputation. Nevertheless, it was not until 1988 that [[Rough Trade Records]] released the self-ti...
10: ...rom ''Lucinda Williams'') in 1992, and the song became a smash country hit for which Williams received...
12: Williams had garnered considerable critical acclaim, but her commercial success was moderate... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...]] [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] charts. Classically trained, Amos’s voice and mostly piano-b...
7: ...timore Orioles]]. This song won the contest and became her first single, released as a 7" pressed for ...
10: ... band called "Tess Makes Good" with "additional vocals by Ellen Amos".
13: ..., it was released in America to breakthrough critical success. The accompanying singles were "Me and a...
16: ...ncluding a cover of the [[Joni Mitchell]] song "A Case of You". - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
6: ...orians accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept nothing or almost no...
8: ...and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, ar...
13: ... crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...was called Jesus ([[Matthew 1:21|Matt. 1:21]]), because he was to save his people from their sins. Th...
17: ...he dead body of her son is a common motif in art, called a [[piet?. - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
6: ... in [[medieval]] times). Hildegard was put in the care of Jutta (sister of Count Meinhard of Sponheim)...
8: ...rs of her order after falling physically ill from carrying the unspoken burden.
12: And it came to pass ... when I was 42 years and 7 months ol...
15: ...verse sayings of men, I refused for a long time a call to write, not out of stubbornness but out of hu...
17: ...e divinely inspired he created a commission which came to visit Hildegard and they declared her to be ...
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