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- 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. - 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]] | - Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
2: ...an.jpg|center|250px]]|birth=[[625]]¹|death=[[December 16]], [[705]]|family_name=Wu (武)|pos...
9: ...#8212;—<br>1. Year deducted from the age at death given in the<br>[[New Book of Tang]]''
10: ...iled in<br>941-945, is [[623]]. The year of birth deducted from the<br>[[Comprehensive Mirror for Aid ...
11: ...everted to the rank of [[empress consort]] on her death, so<br>that she does not have a temple name. I...
14: ...by [[Confucian]] historians but has been viewed under a different light after the 1950s. - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ...ain|Ferdinand V]] as co-ruler. She was also the ''de-facto'' co-ruler of her husband's dominions. This...
5: ...-granddaughter to [[Nuno Alvares Pereira]], Count de Barcelos and his wife Leonor Alvim, Countess of B...
8: ...Her final set of grandparents were [[Afonso, Duke de Braganza]], a son of John I of Portugal by Inez P...
10: ... [[Henry the Navigator]], and his wife [[Isabella de Bragan硝].
19: As a reaction, Isabella was despised by opposers to Franco. - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
1: ...humb|250px|right|style=margin-left:1em|Marguerite de Valois]]
2: '''Marguerite de Valois''' ([[May 14]], [[1553]] – [[May 27]...
4: ...f [[Henry II of France|Henri II]] and [[Catherine de' Medici]]. Three of her brothers became kings of...
6: ...eanne d'Albret died before the marriage was concluded.
8: ... It was reported that during the ceremony, the bride and groom stared straight ahead, never looking at... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ...n]], and an international leader in [[sustainable development]] and [[public health]].
5: ....) at the [[University of Oslo]] in [[1963]], and Master of Public Health at the [[Harvard University]] in...
7: ...he 1992 [[Earth Summit]] / [[UNCED]], that was headed by [[Maurice Strong]], who had been a prominent ...
9: .... She resigned as leader of the [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|Labour Party]] in [[1992]].
11: ... syndrome|SARS]]. Gro Harlem Brundtland was succeeded, on [[July 21]], [[2003]], by [[Jong-Wook Lee|Jo... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...]] lawyer and politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
3: .... [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
5: ...inland.TarjaHolonen.01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|President Tarja Halonen on a state visit to Brazil]]
7: *Member of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
18: ...rs [[1970]]–[[1974]]. She joined the Social Democratic Party in [[1971]]. - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
6: |'''Order'''
12: |'''Predecessor'''
27: ...[Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to serve in that post.
34: ...icle for the ''[[New Yorker]]'', Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at [[Colum...
35: ...d an administrative position at the University of Denver. Her name is a variation on the [[Italian]] m... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...itzer Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who found freedom, but killed her ...
6: ...ture]] or [[Hispanic Literature]]). Many now include Morrison's own work in the canon of [[American Li...
8: ...d the strength of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], t...
12: She called [[Bill Clinton]] "the first Black president", saying "Clinton displays almost every trope o... - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: '''Phillis Wheatley''' ([[1753]] - [[December 5]], [[1784]]), also spelled '''Phylis Whea...
5: ...had refused to publish the text. Phillis with her master's son, Nathanial Wheatley went to London, where [...
7: Her work was lauded by some of the leading figures of the [[American...
9: After the death of John and Susannah Wheatley, Phillis married...
13: ...Learned Dr. Samuel Cooper, Who Departed This Life December 29, 1783'' - 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: ...to serve on both panels investigating Shuttle accidents, the [[STS-51-L|''Challenger'' explosion]] and... - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
6: ...n in 1880 she served for 9 years as the superintendent of the nurse's training program there. She was ...
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: .... [[Columbia University]] awarded her an honorary master of arts. - 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: ...y roles. Her later [[stereo]] recordings evidence masterly musical interpretations with an increasingly un...
9: ... was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice.
11: ...cqueline Kennedy]], widow of assassinated US president [[John F. Kennedy]]. - Ching Shih (2491 bytes)
2: ...and fought in a [[Vietnam]]ese rebellion on the side of the [[Tay-son]]. They adopted a son named [[C...
4: ... an affair with her adopted son, having already made him her lieutenant, and married him, cementing th...
6: ...er legs. If a sailor was absent without leave, or deserted and was caught, one of his ears was cut off...
8: ...ages inland along rivers. The government tried to destroy the pirates in a series of battles in [[Janu... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ...lavatsky''' or '''Madame Blavatsky''' was the founder of [[Theosophy]].
5: ...oth her mother and grandmother were strong role models that allowed her to mature into a nonconformist...
7: ...ve entered [[Tibet]] to study with the [[Ascended Master]]s for two years. She returned to Russia for a sh...
9: ...out of nothing. Though she was apparently quite adept at these feats, her interests were more in the ...
11: ...ogether in the "Lamasery" (alternate spelling: "Lamastery") where her work ''[[Isis Unveiled]]'' was creat... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...ms. Her most famous works are the 1961 cookbook ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking'' and the television...
6: ...nd briefly working in advertising again. Civic-minded, she volunteered with the [[American Red Cross]]...
8: ...ere she was mostly a file clerk but helped in the development of a [[shark]] repellant. She was posted...
10: ...the [[United States State Department | U.S. State Department]] assigned Mr. Child as an exhibits offic...
14: ...re. She joined the women's cooking club [[Cercle des Gourmettes]] where she met [[Simone Beck]] who, ... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
3: ...oren''' (born [[September 20]], [[1934]]) is considered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]] actres...
7: ...[Rome]]. Around this time, she also worked as a model in the ''fotoromanzi'' (weekly ilustrated romant...
9: ...er acting career took off upon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]].
11: ...ler in Pink Tights]]'' (in which she appeared blonde for the first time in her career).
13: ...eing the first actor to win a major category [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English langua... - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
2: ...m the [[1980s]] to the present day, has been regarded as one of the best in her field.
5: ...s]], [[1979]]), and ''[[Sophie's Choice]]'' ([[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], [[1982]]...
7: ...on so many greatest movie star lists, Streep also defied expectations by her happy home life—mar...
9: ...to date—and her noted comic turn in ''[[She-Devil]]''.
11: ...s Room]]'', and completing another successful decade with ''[[Music of the Heart]]'', for which she le... - Pituitary gland (3020 bytes)
1: ...-brain.jpg|thumb||200px|right|Brain Clip Art provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ...For a while, this led scientists to call it the ''master gland'', but now we know that it is in fact regul...
5: ...ed into two sections: the '''anterior''' lobe ([[adenohypophysis]]) and the '''posterior''' lobe ([[ne...
25: * [[Pituitary adenoma]] - Pottery (17136 bytes)
2: ... [[clay]]s are shaped and dried, then fired to harden them and make them waterproof. Unglazed pottery...
4: ...s of years old but also takes advantage of more modern innovations in the fields of chemistry and elec...
8: ... and date the stratum, by the formation style and decoration. The relative chronologies based on pott...
19: ...g" the clay - usually the most difficult skill to master for beginning potters.
21: ...f the foot of the pot to create a smooth and well-defined surface.
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