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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...h [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
5: ...his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identifying Arthur with a certain [[Riothamus]], "Kin...
9: ...ing the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little ...
11: ...eves that Arthur is a half-forgotten Celtic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a suppos... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitr...
10: ...[[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
12: ...bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ... Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Republican]... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...ean port of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language,...
3: ...of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the growing demands for political participation of the [[Hutu]] ...
13: ... and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
17: ...r_titles = [[President of Burundi|President]] |
18: leader_names = [[Domitien Ndayizeye]] | - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
8: *[[Ben Affleck|Affleck, Ben]], (born 1972), US actor
9: *[[Denis Auguste Affre|Affre, Denis Auguste]], (1793-1848), archbishop of [[Paris]... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...al monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. S...
9: ...]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impat...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|ho...
16: ...on after [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Successio...
18: ...daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbish... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...he tone of the [[British Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality and propriety, especially dur...
9: ... was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger d...
11: ...f Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt and had to flee abroad to avoid their [[credito...
13: ...odge]] in [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] as a residence. Princess May was close to her mother and acte...
17: ...May was the daughter of HRH [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], whose father, HRH The [[Prince Ad... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
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31: ...able of the [[G7|Group of Seven]] (now [[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the...
35: Campbell married [[Nathan Divinsky]] in [[1972]]. During their marriage, Campbell lectured in po...
39: ...n in the [[Canadian federal election, 1988|1988 federal election]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Par... - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
3: ... being appointed vice president of the party in [[1972]]. On [[January 2]], [[1975]], the dictator [[Jea... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
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12: | [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]
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22: ! colspan="2" style="border-top: 1px solid" | First Term - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: '''Margaret Chase Smith''' ([[December 14]], [[1897]] – [[May 29]], [[1995]]...
5: ...that investigated problems encountered by the War Department in rapidly establishing bases across the ...
7: ...thaway only served one term in the Senate; he was defeated in 1978 by Republican [[William Cohen|Bill ...
9: ...d the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[1989]]...
11: ... the [[Senate Republican Conference]], [[1967]]-[[1972]]. - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
1: [[Image:Debbie Stabenow.jpg|right|Debbie Stabenow]]
3: ...hington]]'s [[Maria Cantwell]] the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator.
5: ...nate|U.S. Senate]]. Stabenow was considered the underdog for much of the Senate race, but rallied in t...
11: ...bin]], D-Ill., was elected [[Minority Whip]], the Democrats' second-ranking spot.
15: ...=[[Spencer Abraham]] | title=[[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Michigan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: ... a spokeswoman for women's rights. She is the founder and original publisher of ''[[Ms. magazine]]''.
9: ...riter]] through the publication of her infamous undercover expose in working as a [[Playboy bunny]].
12: ...e media seemed to appoint Gloria as a feminist leader. In this role, Gloria managed to organize her le...
14: ... different owners since Steinem and the other founders sold it, she remains on the Masthead as one of ...
16: In [[1974]] Steinem founded the [[Coalition of Labor Union Women]]. In [[197... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...She was born in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], and attended school at [[Victoria University in the Universit...
4: ...ave feminism]]. She also has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literatur...
6: ...he [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
8: ... fiction [[novel]] ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' (made into a movie and an opera), or for her [[Booker P...
10: ...he French version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]]. - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...er''' ([[June 28]], [[1906]] - [[February 20]], [[1972]]) was born Maria G?rt in [[Katowice]] (then in [...
3: ... From a young age, Maria was surrounded by the students and lecturers from the University, intellectua...
5: ...at Sarah Lawrence College. Here she developed a model for the nuclear shell structure. For this work s...
7: ... is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea elegantly:
11: ...1963]] saw both [[Maria]] and [[Hans Jensen]] awarded the Nobel Prize for [[Physics]] "for their disco... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: '''Maria Callas''' ([[December 2]], [[1923]] –[[September 16]], [[19...
5: .... Together with Serafin, Callas subsequently recorded and performed many bel canto operas, contributin...
7: ...or many roles. Her later [[stereo]] recordings evidence masterly musical interpretations with an incre...
9: ... was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice.
11: ...cqueline Kennedy]], widow of assassinated US president [[John F. Kennedy]]. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
6: ...[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. She recorded several hit songs with them, including "(If You ...
8: ...bb died in [[1939]], the band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Or...
10: ... other singers: in particular, she was able to render quite perfectly [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s voice and t...
12: ...iddle, and [[Duke Ellington]], a later collection devoted to one composer occured during the [[Pablo R...
14: ...scar Peterson]], [[Count Basie]] ("On the Sunny Side of the Street"), [[Joe Pass]] ("Speak love"), [[D... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...[Michigan]] declared her voice to be a natural wonder. She has won 16 competitive [[Grammys]] (includi...
6: ...s [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at the age 14. She signed w...
8: ... internationally famous artist and a symbol of pride for the [[African American]] community. Franklin ...
10: ... Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never made it to number one in the UK pop charts - the best ...
12: ...or Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[19... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...] [[gospel music|gospel]] [[singer]], widely regarded as one of the best in the history of the genre. ...
3: ... Trust in Jesus'' won a prize from the French Academy, while ''[[Silent Night]]'' was one of the best...
5: ...[[Germany]] in [[1971]]; when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[Th... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ...Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
3: ...[[New York City]]. Through the [[1970s]] she expanded her horizons, predominantly to [[Rock and roll|r...
5: ...s were strengthened by Mitchell's extraordinary wide-ranging voice (with a range in pitch at one time ...
7: ...d by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
11: ...for her new label Asylum. ''[[For the Roses]]'' (1972), whose title track continued her exploration of ... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
5: ...helped her develop a stage presence. Smith began developing her own act around [[1913]], at [[Atlanta...
7: ...Joe Smith]], [[Charlie Green]], and [[Fletcher Henderson]].
9: ...itle song accompanied by members of [[Fletcher Henderson]]'s orchestra, the Hall Johnson Choir, and a ...
11: ...her old blues groove, but "Take Me For A Buggy Ride" and "Gimme a Pigfoot", are among her most popula...
13: ...on]]'s uncle) Richard Morgan. They were in an accident and Smith was severely injured. A doctor soon a...
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