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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
28: | [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]]
35: | [[Delaware]]
36: | [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
53: ...ash; [[1913]], [[1919]] — [[1920]] (wings added)
57: | [[1867]] — [[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction) - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
1: Presidency of Barack Obama
3: ... Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency and Presidency of Barack Obama
4: ...pwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the se...
5: ...licans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats.
6: ...Representative Gabrielle Giffords is severely wounded in an assassination attempt - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...''' (born [[January 12]], [[1951]] in [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]]) is an [[United States|American]] [...
6: ... a [[judge]] whose wealth and power gave him considerable influence in Southeastern [[Missouri]], had ...
8: ...dropout|dropped out]]. This would have normally made him eligible for the [[draft]], but he was classi...
10: ... claim is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden microphone on ''The Rush Limbaugh Show''.)
18: ...tes|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] or even President George W. Bush. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...7]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years ...
12: ...ged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duk...
16: ...Regent during the queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit t...
18: ...an prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original reaso...
20: ...h II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
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12: | '''Predecessor:''' - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
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22: | [[Port Alberni, British Columbia]]
31: ...able of the [[G7|Group of Seven]] (now [[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the...
33: .... She was educated at the [[University of British Columbia]] (B.A., LL.B.) and studied towards a doctorate i... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
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12: |'''Predecessor'''
27: ...[Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to serve in that post.
34: ...n, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at [[Columbia University]], writes, "Birmingham had one notably...
35: ...d an administrative position at the University of Denver. Her name is a variation on the [[Italian]] m... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
5: ... at [[Barnard College]] under [[Franz Boas]] at [[Columbia University]].
7: Hurston's work slid into obscurity for decades, explainable for a number of reasons, cultural a...
11: ... me too. You know Ahm uh fightin' dawg and mah hide is worth money. Hit me if you dare! Ah'll wash ...
13: ...ng a caricature of Black culture and thus was not deserving of respect. Recently, however, critics ha...
17: ...rk was groundbreaking: She was among the first academics to study [[Voodoo]], even travelling to [[Hai... - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
4: ...chiefly known for her landscapes and paintings of desert flowers, which are often interpreted as [[Yon...
6: ...6]] started teaching at [[Columbia College]] in [[Columbia, South Carolina]].
12: ...le with travel. Her trips west gave her the solitude she required to pursue her art.
14: ...os or [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] until her death in 1986. Her home was in [[Abiquiu, New Mexico... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ...m]]. Because of Edwin Earhart's inability to provide for his family, Amelia spent the first twelve yea...
8: ...n 1919 she enrolled as a pre-medical student at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]] but after one s...
10: ... her life began to include George Putnam. The two developed a friendship during preparation for the At...
14: ... of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]].
16: ...[[Newark, New Jersey]]. In July [[1936]] she took delivery of a [[Lockheed 10E]] "Electra," financed b... - Sally Ride (1826 bytes)
1: ...o fly into outer space. Only two other women preceded her: [[Valentina Tereshkova]] ([[1963]]) and [[S...
3: [[Image:SallyRide.jpeg|right]]
5: ...o, California]]. She eventually received a master degree and a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in [[phy...
7: In [[1987]], Ride left [[NASA]] to work at the [[Stanford Universit...
9: ...'Challenger'' explosion]] and the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]]. - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
5: ...born in [[New York, New York|New York]]. She attended [[Vassar College]], graduating in 1909.
7: ...in [[1923]]. [[Margaret Mead]] was one of her students.
9: Benedict wrote poetry under the name "Anne Singleton" until the early 1930s....
11: ...' ([[1934]]) expresses [[cultural relativism]] in describing behaviors said to appear in every human s...
18: ...interfered with military efficiency, approvals needed for its full distribution did not come. - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
3: '''Margaret Mead''' ([[December 16]], [[1901]] – [[November 15]], [[1...
5: ...rearing, personality, and culture. (Source: ''The Columbia Encyclopedia'', Fifth Edition, 1993.)
7: ... based on research she conducted as a graduate student, but her position as a pioneering anthropologis...
13: ... constitutes courtesy, modesty, good manners, and definite ethical standards is not universal. It is ...
16: ...e of adolescence itself or to the civilisation? Under different conditions does adolescence present a ... - Virginia Apgar (394 bytes)
1: ...anesthesia]] and childbirth. She graduated from [[Columbia University]] in 1933. - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
6: ...gram there. She was then director of nursing at [[Columbia Presbyterian Hospital|Presbyterian Hospital]] in ...
8: ...ng World War I, France awarded her the [[Medaille de l'Hygiene Publique]] (Medal of honor for Public H...
10: ...urses to be guests on his country estate, Innis Arden,in Sound Beach, Connecticut, part of the town of...
13: ... National Cemetery]]. [[Columbia University]] awarded her an honorary master of arts. - 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: ...ck-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody."'' Though Columbia really wanted her as a jazz singer, the results n...
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: ... began a radio series on [[CBS]], and signed to [[Columbia Records]] in [[1954]]. With her mainstream succe...
5: ...[[Germany]] in [[1971]]; when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[Th... - 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... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...en presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] an...
6: ... of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her baptized ''Norm...
8: ...Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done w...
10: ...ospital in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a men...
12: ...elf, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligent...
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