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- History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
14: ... Party]] returned to the [[White House]] with the election of [[Warren G. Harding]], who promised a "r...
16: ...he [[Stock Market]], which rose to record high levels, which in retrospect after the crash were danger...
18: ... became widely popular with the young (and was widely reviled as unmusical noise by much of the older ...
34: ... Dome scandal]]. It looked like the President himself might be shown to be involved in corruption, but...
36: ...a full term of his own in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1924]] under the slogan "Keep Cool With Co... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ... the repeated assurances from [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] that the [[United States]] and [[Britain]] wou...
11: ...hill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Soviet First Secretary [[Joseph ...
13: ... other out. This tacit accord applied to Asia as well, as evinced by U.S. occupation of [[Japan]] and ...
15: ...o vie for the allegiance of the developing and developed world in the postwar years.
17: ...ld. His vision was equally a vision of national self-interest. [[World War II]] resulted in enormous ...
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ... political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigratio...
7: ...es, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first villages w...
14: ...shed during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|...
18: ...Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood.
28: ...ntil [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power. - China (38909 bytes)
5: ...nd fell behind, and was too weak militarily to repel [[Europe]]an interference or [[Empire of Japan|Ja...
7: ...ruler of China, and increasingly characterizes itself as ''[[Taiwan]]'', which is also the usage commo...
16: ...of surrounding nations; a concept that continued well into the [[Qing dynasty]], although being contin...
23: ...to oppose ''Zhongguo'', then we should break off relations with them soon." In this sense, the term is...
25: ...Dynasty|Song]]. The term ''Zhongguo'' came to be related to geographic, cultural and political identit... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: ...Alexander Emanuel Agassiz|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
13: *[[Agathangelus I]], patriarch of Constantinople
14: *[[Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
17: *[[Jack Agazarian|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW ...
21: ...gmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...ada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing h...
7: ...om|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...ds of the Isle of Man|Lord of Mann]]<!--Note on spelling: the Isle of Man has one "n", but her title, ...
14: ...lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929,...
15: ...n Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary respectively. - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ... [[Gibson Girl]]. One of her nieces, [[Joyce Grenfell]] was a noted British monologuist and actress, w...
8: ...member to actually take her seat, since the first elected female member in [[1918]], [[Constance Marki...
10: ...her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely critical of the [[Nazis]], and her husband had p...
12: It is generally believed that it was Nancy Astor who, during a [[Worl...
21: # [[Michael Langhorne Astor]] (1916-1979) - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...reedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
8: ...le in [[England]], Suu Kyi met and married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. ...
14: ...Peace Prize in the following one. She used the Nobel Peace Prize's [[US$]]1.3 million prize money to e...
16: ...e would be denied re-entry. When her husband Michael Aris, a British citizen, was diagnosed with [[pro...
18: ...her supporters. Suu Kyi fled the scene with the help of her driver, Ko Kyaw Soe Lin, but was arrested... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...he [[Irish Labour Party|Labour Party]], the first elected president in the office's history not to hav...
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18: [[Fine Gael]]: Austin Currie, TD</table>
23: ...orn into a family that was a historical mix of rebels against the Crown and servants of the Queen. - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: ...te House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ... [[1933]]-[[1945]]. An active First Lady, she traveled around the United States promoting the [[New De...
5: ...ady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
9: ...side marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...ork|Hyde Park]] branches of the Roosevelt family. Eleanor is descended from the Johannes branch and Fr... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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27: ... of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...gn relations, Thatcher maintained the "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and forme...
31: ...eurial culture. She also aimed to cut back the [[welfare state]] and foster a more flexible labour mar...
36: ... Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was not re-elected as an Alderman, a decision which affected hi... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ... nonetheless divorced Roths and began calling herself Madalyn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law d...
7: ...eme Court]] which voted 8-1 in her favor, effectively banning 'coercive' public prayer and Bible-readi...
9: ...ovement which defends the [[civil rights]] of nonbelievers, works for the separation of church and sta...
11: ...She filed lawsuits on many issues over which she felt there was a collusion of church and state in vio...
13: ...might have characterized as [[self-actualization|self-actualizing]]. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...n and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ...f the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 d...
6: ... In 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated with their three children to Chile, where t...
8: ...ucation, and there she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962. - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...eminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent mos...
13: ... was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
19: ...rge circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature and art were highly...
21: ...ving the two "wives" to chat. Alice was four foot eleven inches tall, and Gertrude was five foot one i...
23: ...rian, socially was more liberal than not, with developed individualism coupled with democratic values ... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: '''Rosalind Elsie Franklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 1...
5: ...re her father taught in the evenings. Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had esc...
8: ...l degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ...nsidered changing her mind and staying. Unfortunately, Jacques Mering, her mentor, had been unhappy ab...
12: ...od start to the relationship which went progressively downhill. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
7: ...e it terrorized the musicians, adding yet another element of excitement to the show.
11: ...batino—a Sicilian stonemason who passed himself off successfully as a Sicilian [[count]]—B...
13: ... to drink was poisoned, she managed to excuse herself and escaped from the chalet through a laundry ch...
15: ...6]], she starred in a failed show with the [[Ziegfeld Follies]]; her personal life similarly suffered,...
17: ... given an apartment by her close friend, [[Grace Kelly|Princess Grace]] of [[Monaco]], another expatri... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
1: ...Draria]], [[Algeria]] – died [[March 30]],[[1945]], [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a [[Roman Catholi...
3: ...sion" in [[Lyon]]. In 1933 she became "M貥 Marie Elisabeth de l'Eucharistie," the convent's Mother Su...
5: ...nd starving Mother Elise Rivet, on [[March 30]],[[1945]] only weeks before the war ended.
7: ... [[M餡ille des Justes]] and in 1999 the "''Salle Elise Rivet''" was named for her at the [[Institut d... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
6: ...thet "apostle to the apostles") and again immediately returned to the sepulchre. There she lingered th...
10: ==The ''Gospel of Mary''==
12: ...These writings reveal the degree to which the gospel was despised and dismissed by the early church fa...
14: ... he prepared us and made us into men." She then delivers - at Peter's request - a vision of the Savio...
18: ...you think concerning what she said. For I do not believe that the Savior said this. For certainly thes... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
3: ...n [[1915]] in [[France]] - died [[February 5]], [[1945]] in [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a heroine of [[...
7: ...eventually London. There, SOE trained her as a wireless operator in preparation for a return to France...
9: ...red before being shipped to [[Germany]]. She was held in prisons at [[Torgau]] in [[Saxony]] and at [[...
11: ...tte Szabo]], two other female members of the SOE held at Ravensbr?ere executed at or about the same ti... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...erre]]'', '''Christine Granville'''. She became celebrated especially for her exploits in [[Germany|G...
11:
13: ...icion due to Krystyna's contacts with a Polish intelligence organization called the "[[Musketeers]]." ...
15: ...]] [[consul]]. Only German spies, some Polish intelligence officers thought, could have gotten the vi...
19: ...t]] on Polish affairs. He is now in Palestine […]. I understand from Major [Peter] Wilkinson - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
3: ...([[June 26]], [[1921]] – [[February 5]]?, [[1945]]) was a [[World War II]] secret agent.
5: ...al Operations Executive]] (SOE) was [[Leopold Samuel Marks|Leo Marks]], who gave her what is now thoug...
7: ...roducing war materials for the Germans were extremely important to establish bombing targets.
11: ...uted by the Germans on or about [[February 5]], [[1945]] and her body disposed of in the [[crematorium]]... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: Born '''Eleanora Derenkovskaya''' on [[April 29]], [[1917]],...
6: ... She used this camera to make her first and most well-known [[film]], ''[[Meshes of the Afternoon]]'' ...
8: ...Foundation Fellowship for "Creative Work in the Field of Motion Pictures." In 1947 she won the [[Gran...
14: ...''-2001) during [[seance|s顮ces]] in which she spelled out ghostly messages through a [[Ouija board]]...
16: In 2001, [[Martina Kudlacek]] released a documentary about Deren, titled ''[[In the...
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