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- Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
1: ...humb|250px|right|Berlin Wall on November 16, 1989|Berlin Wall on [[November 16]][[1989]]]]
3: ...er 9]], [[1989]] and subsequently almost entirely demolished.
7: ...erlin-Mitte|Mitte]], and the eastern districts of Berlin - [[Friedrichshain]], [[K?ick]], [[Lichtenberg]],...
9: ... Allies. The Soviets lifted the ineffective blockade the next year.
11: ...ital of West Germany in preference to either West Berlin or [[Frankfurt]].
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- Luwian language (1607 bytes)
3: ...|Aram Naharaim]], [[Canaan]] and the [[Hejaz]] (modern [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Israel]], [[Palestine...
8: ...s|C. Watkins]], 182–204. [[Berlin]]: Walter de Gruyter. - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...Gustav III of Sweden]] and [[Charles XIII of Sweden]], Catherine exemplified an "[[enlightened absol...
5: ... the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported coup d'etat. Six months later, on [[J...
9: ...ated to make this document the law, but she disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly h...
11: ... freed the nobles from state service and taxes; made noble status hereditary; and gave the nobles full...
13: ...ncouraged foreign investment in economically underdeveloped areas. Third, Catherine relaxed the censor... - 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: ...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... - 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... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Berlin]].
6: ...udents, and the slow pace of her courses, she decided to study the [[Old Masters|old masters]] on her ...
8: ...she lived with her family, but art supplies and models were difficult to find in the small town. Her f...
14: Upon seeing pastels by [[Edgar Degas]] in an art dealer's window, though, she knew she was not alone ...
16: ... circle until [[1886]], she remained friends with Degas and [[Berthe Morisot]]. - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: ...g eBook 12254.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Christine de Pizan, showing the interior of an apartment at th...
2: ...d female roles; although Pisan in fact was merely describing a standard feudal practice whereby the wi...
4: ...loyed by various ducal and Royal households, in order to support her three children.
5: ...the ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ...r, and with three children depending on her. This determined her to have recourse to [[literature | le... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ... the 1960s. Tsvetaeva's poetry arose from her own deeply convoluted personality, her eccentricity and ...
8: ...lay on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...es and distant from his family. He was also still deeply in love with his first wife; he would never g...
12: ...hool in [[Lausanne]]. Changes in the Tsvetaev residence led to several changes in school, and during t...
14: ...an Voloshin]], whom Tsvetaeva described after his death in 'A Living Word About a Living Man'. Voloshi... - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
4: ...ds, being the first woman to fly the Alps in a glider, and was rather photogenic. Several of her glidi...
6: ...lew the Fa 61 every night inside the arena of the Berlin Motor Show.
8: ...erver Badge with Diamonds. She survived many accidents and was badly injured several times.
10: ...ying Bomb]], which was fitted with a cockpit in order to be used during gliding tests, dropped from a ...
12: ...r parents, but he would not allow it. She escaped Berlin through heavy Russian anti-aircraft fire. - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...cian]] and a student of [[Karl Weierstrass]] in [[Berlin]]. In [[1881]] she was appointed professor at [[S...
3: ...ged to convince the Russians to list him as descended of aristocracy, a Hungarian king in particular; ...
5: ...) via [[Fyodor Fyodorovich Schubert]] (another Academician) and had more education and "appreciation o...
7: Sofia Kovalevskaya contributed to the understanding of [[partial differential equation]]s (t...
9: ...to get his attention, but he was focused on the older sister Anna and he very probably proposed to her... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
4: ...n for 30 years, each of them leading a section in Berlin's <i>Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry</i>. ...
10: ...|Einstein]], who had the celebrity, to write President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a warning letter, whi...
12: ...[[1966]], when Hahn and Meitner together were awarded the [[Enrico Fermi Award]] with [[Fritz Stra߭an...
17: ...h, (ed.) 1959. ''Trends in Atomic Physics: Essays Dedicated to Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, Max von Laue o... - 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... - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
1: ...is perhaps best known as the sister of [[Felix Mendelssohn]], but her own achievements are being incre...
3: ...ailing attitudes of the time against women, attitudes apparently shared by her father and brother, who...
5: ...d alongside her brother's at the family home in [[Berlin]] in the very popular concerts which were held th...
7: ...pporter of her brother's compositions. Her public debut at the piano came in 1838, when she played Fel...
9: ...mmonly thought to have been developed by Felix Mendelssohn, though many scholars nowadays believe it w... - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
3: ...rmee Fraktion''), which is also known as the ''Baader-Meinhof gang''.
7: ...including the concept of the [[urban guerrilla]], decrying what she called the exploitation of the com...
9: ...d have given her life imprisonment, she was found dead in her cell on [[May 9]], [[1976]], hanging fro... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
3: ... weapons and ammunition for the [[Mouvements Unis de R鳩stance]] (MUR).
5: ...[[March 30]],[[1945]] only weeks before the war ended.
7: ... was named for her at the [[Institut des Sciences de l'Homme]] in Lyon. - Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
1: ...xotic dancer]] and convicted [[espionage|spy]], made her name synonymous with ''[[femme fatale]]'' dur...
3: ...a Geertruida Zelle''' (spelled '''Margarete Gertrude Zelle''' in English), a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[e...
5: ...hile her mother was of [[Java (island)|Java]]nese descent. Around the turn of the [[20th century]], a...
7: ...ntire nations resting on Mata Hari should be regarded as myths.
9: ...t to succumb to her charms. However, one would wonder how they managed to shoot her accurately if that... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...fore the [[Special Operations Executive]] was founded in [[July]] [[1940]].) Her resourcefulness and ...
7: ... at eighteen, to businessman Karol Getlich soon ended without rancor. On [[November 2]], [[1938]], at...
9: ... [[Germany|German]] occupiers would eventually murder her at one of their [[concentration camps]]. An...
11: ...Horthy|Miklorthy]].) Krystyna and Kowerski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]...
13: ...pt]], it came as a shock to them that they were under suspicion due to Krystyna's contacts with a Poli... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
5: ...nold Fanck]], the director of that film, and demanded a role in his next film. He consented and Riefe...
7: ...t]]: the film was released in [[1935]] as ''[[Tag der Freiheit]]'' (''[[Day of Freedom]]'') and is now...
9: ... in the [[1936 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] but decided to film the event instead. This material became ...
13: ...II, she spent four years in a [[France|French]] [[detention camp]]. There were accusations of her usin...
15: ...e few films she made were short and personally funded. <!--This needs a source. Her biopic and imdb li... - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
1: ...Kidman''' (born [[June 20]], [[1967]]) is an [[Academy Award]] winning [[Australia|Australian]] [[actr...
10: ...|Flirting]]'' (1991). In 1989 she appeared in ''[[Dead Calm]]'' which gained her notice in the United ...
13: ...ried on [[Christmas Eve]] of [[1990]] in [[Telluride, Colorado]]. The couple adopted two children, Isa...
15: ...ne persistent rumour claims however that Kidman's desire to bring up their children [[Catholicism|Cath...
19: ...Away]]'' ([[1992]]). Later she was in ''[[Eyes Wide Shut]]'' ([[1999]]), [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s final ... - 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... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...hile 3rd place finisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on the far left.]]
7: ...by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF).
11: ...ar she was a sports talent, but she could not decide which sport to pick. A swimming coach advised her...
13: ... Record in the 800 [[metre|m]]. Fanny Koen soon made the Dutch team, although as a sprinter, not a mid...
15: In [[Berlin]], she participated in the [[high jump]] and the ...
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