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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...thernmost and westernmost country in [[Latin America]] and the most populous [[Spanish language|Spanis...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
14: image_map = LocationMexico.png |
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
19: capital = [[Mexico City]] | - 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: ...]] province, where a bronze smelter from around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this peri... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...f the United States]], and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform of o...
5: ...dged that Frémont became the first European American to view [[Lake Tahoe]]. He is also credited wit...
7: ...t [[President of the United States|presidential]] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential elec...
9:
13: ...ties are also named after him, such as [[Fremont, California]] and [[Fremont, Nebraska]]. [[Fremont P... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...dynasty|Merinid Sultanate]] rule in the [[Islamic calendar]] year 703, into a [[Berber]] family. He wa...
11: ...nt on a ''[[hajj]]'' – a pilgrimage to [[Mecca]]. Once done, however, he continued travelling, e...
13: ...g that city he was forced to turn back due to a local rebellion.
15: ...o prophesied that Ibn Battuta would only reach Mecca after a journey through [[Syria]]. An additional ...
17: ...ad]]. After four days, he then journeyed on to Mecca. There he completed the usual rituals of a Muslim... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...th higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ...d alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ...ults in an alloy containing too much carbon to be called steel.
11: ...ub>3</sub>C. Cementite forms in regions of higher carbon content while other areas revert to ferrite a...
13: ...t cell structure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it requires extremely lit... - 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... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...reat Lakes (Africa)|Great Lakes]] region of [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Rwanda]] on the north, [[T...
3: ...tsi]] minority with the growing demands for political participation of the [[Hutu]] majority.
11: image_map = LocationBurundi.png |
14: capital = [[Bujumbura]] |
34: GDP_PPP_per_capita = 627 | - 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 == - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...she was one of the best loved Russian monarchs, because she didn't allow Germans in the government and...
7: ...hat time, her illegitimacy would be used by political opponents to challenge her right to the throne.
9: ... good, if not brilliant, but unfortunately her education was both imperfect and desultory. Her father ...
11: ...incess found herself at the age of eighteen practically her own mistress.
13: ...ov and hated the memory of Peter the Great, practically banished Peter's daughter from court. Elizabet... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
4: ...d:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2 | [[Image:secalbright.jpg|Madeleine Albright]]
30: | '''[[Political party|Political Party]]:'''
35: ... in the [[Czech Republic]]), [[United States|American]] diplomat, served as the 64th [[United States S...
39: == Academic and public career ==
40: ...t [[Johns Hopkins University]], received a Certificate from the Russian Institute at [[Columbia Univer... - 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... - 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 ... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
1: [[Image:Maria Cantwell.jpg|frame|Maria Cantwell]]
3: '''Maria E. Cantwell''' (born [[October 13]], [[1958]]) is the j...
7: Maria Cantwell was born in [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indiana...
9: ...eminded her of Indianapolis. She led a successful campaign to build a new library there.
13: In [[1986]], Cantwell became the youngest woman ever elected to the Washingt... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: .... She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
6: ==Highlights of political career==
7: ...and's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
10: ...rliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]]
14: *Minister of Foreign Affairs [[1995]]–[[2000]] - 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 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. - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ...er mother in Toledo. As a child in Toledo, Gloria cared for her ill mother and helped to support them ...
7: == Education and Early Career ==
8: ...tically active, working for [[Adlai Stevenson]]'s campaign. She graduated in [[1956]] and left to stud...
9: ...a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous undercover expose in working ...
11: == Political Awakening and Activism ==
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