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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
5: ...deJaneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...d for its yearly [[Brazilian Carnival|Carnival]] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an...
17: ...ity developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban mov...
25: ...red, until president [[Juscelino Kubitschek]] was elected in [[1955]] and took office in [[1956]] with...
27: ...and merged it with the state of Rio de Janeiro in 1975. Even today some ''[[carioca|cariocas]]'' claim t... - 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. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ... bellorum'' ("war leader") and High [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]...
2: ...ate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield]]
5: ...f his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...of the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Anthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom we know l...
9: ...career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for him to h... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: * [[1576]] - [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwer...
14: ...d States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Rep...
15: * [[1889]] - [[Menelik II of Ethiopia|Menelek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large maj...
16: ...lliam Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
19: ... 40,000 [[sailor]]s take over the [[port]] in [[Kiel]]. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
19: *[[Melchior Adam|Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer...
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
38: *[[Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
46: *[[Evangeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
13: ...s]], spawning biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
15: ...dmirers, Diana, Princess of Wales was a [[role model]] — after her death, there were even calls ...
22: ... Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as the...
24: ...]]. Diana was a talented amateur [[pianist]], excelled in [[sports]] and reportedly longed to be a [[...
28: ...ger Lady Fermoy, was a longtime friend of [[Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother]] . [[Charles, Prince of ... - 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...
19: # [[Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor]] (1909-1975) - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
1: '''Elisabeth Domitien''' (born [[1925]] – died [[...
3: ...ent of the party in [[1972]]. On [[January 2]], [[1975]], the dictator [[Jean-B餥l Bokassa]] formed a n...
5: ...he possibility of instituting a monarchy with himself as emperor. When Domitien openly rejected the pl... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
1: {| align="right" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border: 1px solid; margin-left...
59: ...ressured to take up a career in politics. She was elected as a member of Parliament in her father's [[...
67: ...(after Soviet disintegration) as compared to its relations with the US. [[Image:Indira_and_Nixon.JPG|...
69: ...ork of banks Gandhi created are successful and widely trusted institutions today.
70: ...e payments to India's princely states, which she felt were anachronistic given India's democratic post... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: ...w partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
8: ...nister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]]
9: *Member of the Helsinki City Council [[1977]]–[[1996]]
18: ...ed a [[Master of Laws]] from the [[University of Helsinki]] in [[1968]]. She served as the social secr...
20: ...the minister of justice and in [[1995]] until her election as the president she served as the minister... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
13: |[[Colin Powell]]
27: ...Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to serve in that post.
29: ...ovember 2004]], Bush nominated Rice to succeed Powell as Secretary of State. On [[January 26]] [[2005]...
31: ...rm. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female to have been appointed to ...
34: ...1014fa_fact3] (Alma Powell is married to Colin Powell.) - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...ate, and along with [[Washington]]'s [[Maria Cantwell]] the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator...
5: ... a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
9: ...s Constitution]] in [[1913]], U.S. Senators were selected by the state legislature). No former Michiga...
11: ...th Dakota]]. Senator [[Dick Durbin]], D-Ill., was elected [[Minority Whip]], the Democrats' second-ran...
15: ...[[Spencer Abraham]] | title=[[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Michigan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from ... - 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... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...my and freelance right-wing [[militia]]s collectively called the [[Freikorps]], which were sent in by ...
6: ...child of the [[Jew]]ish wood trader/timber trader Eliasz Luxemburg III and his wife Line (maiden name:...
14: ...ndependent Poland. Luxemburg denied the right of self-determination for nations under [[socialism]], w...
19: ...aim was to improve the number of seats the party held in the [[Reichstag]].
25: Nonetheless, Luxemburg kept up her political activities; i... - 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. - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...ist]] and author. Her best-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]''.
13: Many felt that rendering the language this way was making ...
15: ...opular Black authors of the time, such as [[Ralph Ellison]] and [[Langston Hughes]], were aligned wit...
17: ...the first academics to study [[Voodoo]], even travelling to [[Haiti]] in 1937, and presuming a scienti...
20: ...of the publication of her little regarded last novel, ''Seraph on the Suwanee'', Hurston was wrongly a... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[ph...
11: ...l of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
13: ...neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
19: ...icials). There is a story told that she named herself after the [[Remington Rand]] [[typewriter]], but...
22: ...[We The Living]]'' ([[1936]]), and ''[[Anthem (novella)|Anthem]]'' ([[1938]]). - 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: ...ficiently, a problem affecting the war. Her work helped spark the idea of high-strength carbon fibres ...
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. - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
6: ... 3 syllable words, and surprised her teacher by spelling "artichoke".
14: ... French, German, ancient history, philosophy and religion. Afterward, she was appointed to a job as a ...
21: ...ng the sieges of Petersburg and Richmond. Barton delivered aid to soldiers of both the North and South...
23: ...ered lectures on her war experiences, which were well received. She met [[Susan B. Anthony]] and began...
31: ... founded on [[May 21]], [[1881]]. [[John D. Rockefeller]] gave money to create a national headquarters...
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