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- Democracy (24363 bytes)
2: ...be classified as such. This can apply to a multitude of government systems as these concepts transcend...
4: ...micron;κρατ�mp;alpha; from δημος meaning "the people...
6: ==Real world meaning and definition==
7: ===Evolution of 'democracy'===
8: {{seemain|History of democracy}}
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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...inent|continental]] neighbors, Costa Rica, alongside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of...
5: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
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]]) - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...premise]]s and approaches, examples of which include [[rationalism]] (through [[logic]]), [[empiricism...
7: ...odern" is a word with more varied use, which includes everything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the sp...
10: ...ents were [[Anaximenes of Miletus]] and [[Anaximander]] ("All is air").
12: ... parts), the [[Eleatic School|Eleatics]] [[Parmenides]] and [[Zeno of Elea|Zeno]] (All is One and chan...
14: ... the subjects and methods of debate became highly developed. - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...e [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...nding on one's point of view, modern China can be described as a single [[civilization]] or multiple c...
5: ...of China]] in [[1912]]; however the next four decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Jap...
7: ...utes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - 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]] | - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...[Myanmar]]) is a [[nonviolence|nonviolent]] pro-[[democracy]] activist in [[Burma]]. In [[1990]] she w...
6: ...neral [[Aung San]], who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in [[1947]] and was [[assassinati...
8: ...ibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons, Alexander and Kim.
10: ...n, leading to mass demonstrations for [[democracy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. ...
12: ...olitics to work for democratisation and was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. She was offered fr... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...t]]. Some of these scandals involve contracts awarded to Swiss companies during her regime and remain ...
6: ...]]. Her remaining years in the United States included active participation in various social causes.
8: ...sed her rival of illegal canvassing. Her entire undergraduate career was fuelled by controversy, comin...
11: ...her political presence felt in Pakistan until the death of General [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]].
13: ...ad the government of a Muslim-majority state in modern times. - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
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12: | '''Predecessor:'''
31: ...able of the [[G7|Group of Seven]] (now [[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the...
39: ...n in the [[Canadian federal election, 1988|1988 federal election]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Par...
41: ...ervative leadership convention]] that June. As leader of the Conservatives Campbell automatically beca... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
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8: ! Date of Demise:
12: | [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]
16: ! Tenure Order:
22: ! colspan="2" style="border-top: 1px solid" | First Term - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...eled around the United States promoting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [...
5: ...hts|Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady...
9: ...lorations outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...ed from the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ...n afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President. - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...]]. The uprising was carried out against Rosa's orders, and crushed by the remnants of the monarchist ...
6: ...fe Line (maiden name: L?stein). Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapped all her life.
8: ...e]]. As a result, four of its leaders were put to death and the party was broken up. Some of its membe...
10: ...d]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[Zurich University]], along with other socialis...
12: ...ally able to gain seats in the [[Reichstag]]. But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist memb... - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
3: ...cence]" (1912), and on the strength of it was awarded a scholarship to [[Vassar College]]. After her g...
9: ...ore flak from the literary critics for supporting democracy than [[Ezra Pound]] did for championing fa... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
2: ...e daughter of an [[Atheism|atheist]] father and a devout [[Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witness]] mot...
4: ...en Lanier]] of the [[Blue ֹster Cult]], who recorded several songs to which Smith contributed, includ...
6: ...in an assembly line in New Jersey, with the flipside a version of the rock standard with the addition ...
8: ...y and is widely considered one of rock's greatest debuts. The cover photograph by [[Robert Mapplethorp...
10: ... and reorganise her life, a luxury which had been denied her in her early rise to fame. - Rose (15436 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_subfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Rosoideae]]}}
15: ...http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/260/Rosaceae/Slide17.html U. of Illinois] 2002-05-29</small>
20: == Description ==
23: ...ide of the stem. The vast majority of roses are [[deciduous]], but a few (particularly in southeast [[...
25: ...few species yellow or red. The ovary is inferior, developing below the petals and sepals. - Greek language (35285 bytes)
9: '''Modern Greek'''
13: ...story of some 3,000 years. It is symbolically divided in four historical periods:
17: ...n the armies and conquered territories of [[Alexander the Great]], but after the [[Hellenistic]] colon...
21: ...poken by approximately 15 million speakers worldwide, most of whom live in [[Greece]].
32: ... since the [[2nd millennium BC]]. The earliest evidence of this is found in the [[Linear B]] tablets d... - Proletariat (3268 bytes)
1: ...ntil [[Karl Marx]] used it as a positive term to identify what he termed the [[working class]].
7: ...tility has been the most pronounced in the lesser-developed world, particularly a small number of indi...
9: In Marxist theory, the proletariat also includes the [[petty bourgeoisie]], who rely primarily bu...
11: ...ade up by cutting costs, a process which can include layoffs and wage cuts. [[Communism]] states that ...
17: ...en bureaucrats and workers and the actual lack of democracy meant that it had no resemblance to the Ma... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...f Palestine|Palestine]], have ''de facto'' independence and/or some international diplomatic recogniti...
3: ...o fulfill these obligations. The General Assembly determines admission upon recommendation of the Secu...
5: ... The name was transferred to the UN as it was founded by the victorious powers in the war as a conditi...
20: ...ebated by governments and private citizens worldwide.
24: ...ong the original signatories had been reserved, added its name later, bringing the total of original s... - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
5: ...abharata rulers, to unify such a vast territory under his empire, which in retrospect exceeds the boun...
10: ...anked Queen known as Dharma. Ashoka had several elder siblings and just one younger sibling, Vitthasho...
14: ...omed by the revolting militias and the uprising ended without a fight. (The province revolted once mor...
16: Ashoka's success made his step-brothers more wary of his intentions of ...
18: ...utra]], but instead sent him back to Ujjain and made him the governor of Ujjain. - Egypt (18830 bytes)
1: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
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21: | '''Other widely spoken languages'''
27: | '''[[President of Egypt|President]]'''
36: ...- Total (2003) <br /> - [[Population density|Density]] - 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]] - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
4: | order=Third President
7: | preceded=[[John Adams]]
8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]]
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