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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...inent|continental]] neighbors, Costa Rica, alongside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of...
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6: |+<big><big>'''Rep?a de Costa Rica'''</big></big>
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13: ...er" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Costa Rica|Detail]]) - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...s foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Peters...
7: ...[[Kolomenskoye]], near [[Moscow]], on the 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married a...
9: ...luency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and ...
11: ...hat on the death of her mother (May 1727) and the departure to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne...
15: ...banishment to [[Siberia]], minus his tongue, by order of the empress [[Anna of Russia|Anne]], consoled... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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8: date_of_death=[[31 August]], [[1997]] |
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ...t always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media despite never having had the right to that title, as...
13: ... [[charity]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued ... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ur of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but completely h...
6: ...f her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother, Max, (one year younger.) Her other...
7: ...een years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in...
9: ...ld like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like the hand of the Empress'...
11: ...d off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlands... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...am of Orange]] to the British throne and was rewarded with an earldom.
4: ... and her husband fell out of royal favor. Anne's death in [[1714]] restored their fortunes, but the D...
6: ...Spencer|Lady Diana Spencer]] (1710-1735), to [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]]. The Duchess remained fri...
11: ..., the daughter of [[Sir Winston Churchill]] and a descendant of the original Sarah. - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
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8: ! Date of Demise:
12: | [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]
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22: ! colspan="2" style="border-top: 1px solid" | First Term - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
3: ...an [[United States|American]] [[civil rights]] leader who, along with [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]], led ...
5: ...chester, New York]]. While in Rochester, she attended the [[Unitarian Church]].
7: ...she herself taught in various schools. In the decade preceding the outbreak of the [[American Civil Wa...
9: After [[1854]] she devoted herself almost exclusively to the agitation ...
13: Also included in The Revolution were a number of quotes displa... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
6: ... of the [[NAACP]]. She also attended the [[Highlander Folk School]], an education center for workers' ...
8: ...She was arrested, tried, and convicted for [[disorderly conduct]] and for violating a local ordinance.
10: ...next night, 50 leaders of the negro community, headed by a relatively unknown minister ([[Martin Luthe...
14: ...1965]] until [[1988]]. She continues to reside in Detroit.
16: ==Debated aspects of Parks' story and its place in the... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
1: [[Image:MargaretSanger-Underwood.LOC.jpg|thumb|Margaret Sanger.]]
5: ...ew York|Corning]], [[New York]]. Her mother was a devout [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] who ...
7: ...he dissemination of contraceptive information and devices.
9: ...first of its kind in the United States. It was raided by the police and Sanger was arrested for violat...
11: ...ulius]] "[[Little Blue Books]]." It not only provided basic information about such topics as [[menstru... - 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... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
2: <!-- FAIR USE of Mother-teresa-03.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima...
4: ...r]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
6: ...ward, the [[Bharat Ratna]] in [[1980]]. She was made an [[Honorary Citizen of the United States]] in [...
11: ...tion to help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She w...
13: ...sa in honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: '''Ava Gardner''' ([[December 24]], [[1922]] – [[January 25]], [[19...
6: ...[Frank Sinatra]] from 1951 to 1957. She was regarded as one of the most beautiful actresses in [[Holl...
12: ...989, which left her partially paralyzed and bedridden, [[Frank Sinatra]] paid all her medical expenses...
32: * [[Young Ideas]] (1943)
39: * [[Blonde Fever]] (1944) - Human brain (15406 bytes)
9: ...synaptic]] connections, making it one of the most densely connected network systems among natural and ...
15: ...arated by a prominent [[central fissure]]. A well-developed [[cerebellum]] is visible at the back of t...
21: ...weighs 1,500 g in air weighs only 50 g when suspended in CSF. (Livingston, 1965). Fluid movement withi...
23: ...pressure can result in permanent brain injury and death.
25: ...vic openings to accommodate the birth of large-headed children, but the larger this opening, the more ... - Hip (767 bytes)
- Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...e [[Modern Age]]. The Renaissance is usually considered to have begun in the [[14th century]] in [[Ita...
5: ... by French historian [[Jules Michelet]], and expanded upon by [[Switzerland|Swiss]] historian [[Jacob ...
10: ...riod is now often replaced by the term "[[Early Modern]]". (See [[periodization|periodisation]], [[Lum...
12: ...e as the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age.
17: ...del Fiore.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Santa Maria del Fiore]] church of [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. Flore... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
5: ... manuscripts (hence its familiar name) and only made available in Latin translation (by [[Gerard of Cr...
7: ...modern system of constellations, but unlike the modern system they did not cover the whole sky.
11: ...ar circle). He put the meridian of 0 longitude at the most western land he knew, the Canary Isla...
13: ...|thumb|300px|Ptolemy System Explained. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
14: ...f latitude from the Arctic to the East-indies and deep into Africa; Ptolemy was well aware that he kne... - Aristarchus (4292 bytes)
1: ...olemy]], until they were successfully revived and developed by [[Copernicus]] nearly 2000 years later.
7: ...[hypothesis]] of the heliocentric model. [[Archimedes]] wrote:
9: ...it appears, as a consequence of the assumptions made, that the universe is many times greater than the...
11: ...table with [[telescope]]s. But the [[geocentric model]] was assumed to be a simpler, better explanatio...
17: ...arth was 42,000 km in [[circumference]], he concluded that the Moon was 14,000 km in circumference. Th... - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
3: ...] music, and [[jazz]], but it was originally intended as both an [[orchestra]]l and [[military band]] ...
7: ...ong time it was relegated to military bands--this despite his great friendship with the influential Pa...
9: ...nvent an entirely new instrument which suited his desires both tonally and technically and possessed a...
11: The development is defined almost entirely in terms of Sax's patent. F...
14: ...lto saxophones exist, though rare. There is some debate amongst players as to whether the curve affec... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
3: ...300 BC]]. Archeological evidence indicates that a developed Egyptian society has existed for much long...
10: ...span of about three millennia. There is a recommended revision of the chronology of Egypt.
27: ...ociety]] (see [[Nile#History|Nile: History]]). Evidence of [[pastoralism]] and cultivation of [[cereal...
29: ...there must have realized the benefits of a more sedentary life. Scientific analysis of the remains of ...
31: ...stract&list_uids=12495079]; reveals also that ''modern day'' Egyptians "''reflect a mixture of [[Europ... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg|thumb
5: | order=1st President
8: | preceded=None
9: | succeeded=[[John Adams]]
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