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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...t forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
17: ...estwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ... transport out the wealth than farther [[Salvador da Bahia|Salvador]]. In [[1763]], the colonial admin...
21: ...s no physical space nor urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arrived suddenly, many...
27: ... with the state of Rio de Janeiro in 1975. Even today some ''[[carioca|cariocas]]'' claim the return o... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ... United States]], and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform of opposi...
5: ...evada]]. During his expeditions in the Sierra Nevada, it is generally acknowledged that Frémont becam...
7: ...resident of the United States|presidential]] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election,...
11: ...]] to [[1881]]. He died of [[peritonitis]] in a [[hotel]] in [[New York City]].
13: ...ty, Colorado|Colorado]], [[Fremont County, Idaho|Idaho]], [[Fremont County, Iowa|Iowa]] and [[Fremont ... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...beth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Eli...
7: ...s]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guin...
15: ... of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of...
17: As a granddaughter of the British sovereign in the male line, ...
20: ...[[Entente Cordiale]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was instructed in religion by the [[Archbi... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
6: date_of_birth=[[1 July]], [[1961]] |
8: date_of_death=[[31 August]], [[1997]] |
11: ...ten-Windsor]], n饠Spencer) ([[1 July]] [[1961]]–[[31 August]] [[1997]]) was the first [[wife]] ...
13: ...anthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[...
15: ...calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detractors saw her life as a caution... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
15: |'''Date of Birth:'''
27: ...''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]...
31: ...e labour market that would create jobs and could adapt to market conditions. Exacerbated by the global...
33: ...[House of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation. - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
5: ...vate life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with [[George Henry ...
8: Mary Ann Evans was the daughter of an estate agent in [[Warwickshire]], bor...
10: ...career. Evans' cohabitation with Lewes was a scandalous matter. Lewes' wife refused to be divorced, ...
12: ...[Venice]] and, allegedly, Cross jumped from their hotel balcony into the Grand Canal on their [[wedding n...
21: ...[Middlemarch]]''. By the time of ''[[Daniel Deronda]]'', Eliot's sales were falling off, and she fade... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...|nursing]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
11: ...nfirmary]] in [[London]] that became a public scandal, Nightingale became the leading advocate for imp...
19: ...46]]), a position he would hold again ([[1852]] – [[1854]]) during the [[Crimean War]]. Herbert ...
23: ...ctivity, and the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] foundations of the hospital. While at Kaiserwerth, Flore...
31: ...arly in November [[1854]]. In [[Scutari]] (modern-day [[ܳk? in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]) Nightingale ... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...s probably best known to the wider public for a [[dance]] [[remix]] of "[[Professional Widow]]", her s...
10: ...nd her difficulty with playing from sheet music – with Caton, [[Matt Sorum]] (later of [[the Cul...
13: ...se]], [[Will MacGregor]], [[Carlo Nuccio]], and [[Dan Nebenzal]], the record ended up full of raw, emo...
29: ===''From The Choirgirl Hotel''===
30: Her fourth solo album, ''[[From the Choirgirl Hotel]]'', was released in 1998. A departure from earli... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
7: ...'s oldest noble families, and Stefania Goldfeder, daughter of a wealthy assimilated Jewish banker. Kr...
13: ...an Witkowski]], who would be killed in [[1942]] — it is unclear by whom or for what reason. Sev...
15: ...ngary]], to charm transit visas through French-mandated [[Syria]] from the pro-[[Vichy]] [[France|Fren...
17: ...] — to be, from [[1943]], head of [[SOE]] — in a letter of [[June 17]], [[1941]], to Polis...
19: ...ed Kowerski was working with our officials in [[Budapest]] on Polish affairs. He is now in Palestine ... - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
24: *''[[The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys]]'' (2002) (also produ...
41: *''[[The Hotel New Hampshire]]'' (1984)
49: *''[[Freaky Friday]]'' (1976) - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: '''Greta Garbo''' ([[September 18]], [[1905]] – [[April 15]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish...
23: ... an all star cast in ''[[Grand Hotel (film)|Grand Hotel]]'' ([[1932 in film|1932]]).
25: ...ick]] wanted her cast as the dying heiress in ''[[Dark Victory]]'' in [[1935 in film|1935]], but she i...
33: ...ting Garbo in a romantic comedy that featured her dancing, but this film was a critical and box-office...
35: ...ht appear as the Duchess de Guermantes in a film adaptation of "[[Remembrance of Things Past]]," but t... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: Dame '''Julie Andrews, [[DBE]]''' (born [[October 1]...
5: ...tarred in [[Rodgers & Hammerstein]]'s television adaptation of ''[[Cinderella]]''.
7: ...nry Higgins]] in ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' (a musical adaptation of [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Pygmalion...
11: ...s to the decline of the movie musical. Both were damaging to Andrews' subsequent career and, despite ...
13: ...er of Eloise, the moppet who lives at the [[Plaza Hotel]] in [[New York City]]. In [[2004]], she lent her... - Laura Serrano (2835 bytes)
3: She began boxing at the [[Universidad Autonoma Nacional]] of [[Mexico City]], where sh...
5: ...n's boxing]] undercard ever held at the [[Aladdin Hotel and Casino]] in [[Las Vegas]].
19: She is also a lawyer nowadays, and is set to marry her fiancee very soon. Her... - Mosaic (6524 bytes)
18: ...e [[4th century]], wall and ceiling mosaics were adapted to Christian uses. The greatest development o...
22: ...f Iraq]] the mosaic was replaced with one of [[Saddam Hussein]]. - Nile (13738 bytes)
2: ...[Africa]]|the [[Mediterranean]]||[[Uganda]] - [[Sudan]] - [[Egypt]]}}
8: ...from the word ''Neilos'' (Νειλος), a Greek name for the Nile. A...
12: ...m its halfway mark at the [[Atbara River]] in [[Sudan]] all the way to the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
14: If the remote headstream — the Ruvyironza — is taken as the beginning and followed to the ...
24: [[Lake Victoria]], which lies between [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] is considered to be... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
6: ...erm of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1869]] – [[March 3]], [[1877]]</td></tr>
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[April 27]], [[1822]]</td>...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[July 23]], [[1885]]</td>...
17: ;[[Schuyler Colfax]] ([[1869]]–[[1873]])
18: ;[[Henry Wilson]] ([[1873]]–[[1875]])</td></tr> - Barbados (21887 bytes)
5: Barbados has one of the highest standards of living and literacy rates in the world and ...
9: ...dash;like the Arawak and the Salodoid-Barrancoid—lived in isolation on the island.
13: ...rrival of the first British settlers in [[1627]]–[[1628]] until independence in [[1966]], Barbad...
17: ... of the leaders of this movement, Sir [[Grantley Adams]], founded the [[Barbados Labour Party]] in [[1...
21: ...e [[West Indies Federation]], and Sir [[Grantley Adams]] served as its first and only prime minister. ... - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
67: ... successful democratic elections from [[1985]] to date. The most recent democratic election was in [[2...
96: ...8]], [[Hurricane Mitch]] caused relatively little damage to Guatemala compared to its neighbors.
104: ...thers account for the remaining 2%. African descendants also exist, especially along the Caribbean coa...
117: ...and tasted in the religious ceremonial songs, the dances and food.
142: *[http://www.guatemalainns.com/ Guatemala hotel listing and reservations (In English)] - Egyptian pyramids (20601 bytes)
7: [[Image:PyramidDatePalms.JPG|left|222px|thumb|The Great Pyramid of ...
11: ...he [[Pyramid of Djozer|Step Pyramid of Djozer]] — which was designed to serve as a gigantic stai...
15: ...oe]] (approximately in the period between 300 BC–AD 300) this flowered into a full-blown pyramid...
25: ...s on top of each other. The [[Bent Pyramid]] at [[Dahshur]] represents the transition between these tw...
35: The number of pyramid structures in Egypt today is reported by most sources as being between 80 ... - Luxor (8772 bytes)
3: ...Hotel]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], [[United States|USA]]''
7: ...for touring [[Upper Egypt]], and is a popular holiday destination, both in its own right and as a star...
11: ...to ''Thebai'', whence [[Thebes (Egypt)|Thebes]] — enjoyed unprecedented high place of luxury, im...
13: ...] — the "Black", as Egypt was then called — consecrated a large portion of their treasures...
16: ...tanni]], the [[Hittite]]s of [[Anatolia]] (modern-day [[Turkey]]), the [[Canaanites]] of [[Ugarit]], t...
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