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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...red by the [[United States]] to the north, and [[Belize]] and [[Guatemala]] to the southeast. It is th...
15: national_motto =''Sufragio efectivo, No reelecci
16: ...sh language|Spanish]]: ''Effective suffrage, no reelection)'' |
33: population_census_year = 2000 |
64: ...the height of their civilization in the tenth and eleventh centuries. - 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...
35: ...erest include both the historic Church of the Candelaria and the modern-style cathedral, the Municipal... - 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. - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
7: ...] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
11: ...to [[1881]]. He died of [[peritonitis]] in a [[hotel]] in [[New York City]].
18: ...artographic Crime''. New York : [[Random House]], 2000. (ISBN 0375501517, ISBN 0767908260)
21: ...m California]]|before=''(none)''|after=[[John B. Weller]]|years=1850 – 1851}}
22: ...er=[[Abraham Lincoln]]| years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856]] (lost)}} - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...sing that of his prior, near-contemporary and traveller [[Marco Polo]].
4: ...cularly in the Islamic East, meaning "the Sun of Religion". His full title and name is given as '''Sha...
6: ...late the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling'', but is often simply referred to as the ''R...
8: ... no way to know whether he is reporting or story-telling. The following account assumes the former whe...
11: ...o [[Mecca]]. Once done, however, he continued travelling, eventually covering about 75,000 miles over ... - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
3: ... [[brittle]]. One classical definition is that steels are iron-carbon alloys with up to 5.1 percent [[...
5: ...is undesired. A more recent definition is that steels are iron-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (...
7: ==Iron and steel== - 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]]. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
3: ...tries in Africa and in the world. Its small size belies the magnitude of the problems it faces in seek...
13: ...and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
38: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1962]] |
53: ...later a [[United Nations]] Trust Territory under Belgian administrative authority following [[World Wa...
54: ...Burundi from Rwanda in 17th century; other, more reliable sources, suggest that Ntare came from Buha, ... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
8: ...|dropped out]]. This would have normally made him eligible for the [[draft]], but he was classified 1-...
10: ... Pittsburgh that many of Limbaugh's trademarks developed, such as a claim to use a "golden microphone"...
14: == Talk radio and television career ==
16: ...casting Network", or "E-I-B"; however, this is merely an on-air signature, as there is no organization...
18: ...er audiences. ''The Rush Limbaugh Show'' was largely responsible for the shift in [[mediumwave|AM]] [... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: [[Image:elizabeth_empress.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the ...
3: ...]], particularly in [[Peterhof]] and [[Tsarskoye Selo]]. The [[Winter Palace]] and the [[Smolny]] Cath...
7: Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of [[Peter the Grea...
9: ...uency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and v...
11: ...y remaining near relation, the princess found herself at the age of eighteen practically her own mistr... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
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2: |+'''Madeleine Albright'''
4: ...="center" colspan=2 | [[Image:secalbright.jpg|Madeleine Albright]]
16: | [[Colin Powell]]
35: ...Madeleine Korbel Albright''' ''n饧' '''Marie Korbel''' (born [[May 15]] [[1937]] in [[Prague]], [[Cze... - 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... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
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2: |+ <font size="+1">'''The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell'''</font>
4: ...f;" align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:Kim_Campbell.jpg]]
31: ...ember 4]], [[1993]]. Though she was not popularly elected, she remains [[North America]]'s only female...
35: ... and Divinsky were divorced in [[1983]], and Campbell married [[Howard Eddy]] in [[1986]]. - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
1: [[Image:Maria Cantwell.jpg|frame|Maria Cantwell]]
3: '''Maria E. Cantwell''' (born [[October 13]], [[1958]]) is the junior...
7: Maria Cantwell was born in [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis...
9: ...mi University of Ohio]], where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration. After ...
13: ...gement Act of 1990]], which required cities to develop comprehensive growth plans, and she negotiated ... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: .... She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
3: ...w partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
7: ...and's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
9: *Member of the Helsinki City Council [[1977]]–[[1996]]
10: ...rliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]] - 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 Parks (8331 bytes)
10: ...ping in this boycott, Rosa Parks helped make her fellow Americans aware of the history of the civil ri...
12: In [[1956]] Parks's case ultimately resulted in [[Supreme Court of the United States...
17: ...sal, some have questioned some of the more mythic elements of her story.
23: ...That is, it was not a matter of protest on any level when she sat down; the protest was in her refusal...
25: ...interstate commerce]], such as interstate bus travel. The Rosa Parks case is considered ''the'' landma... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ...d in Toledo, Gloria cared for her ill mother and helped to support them both.
9: ...agazines. In [[1963]] she became a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infam...
12: After a series of celebrity interviews, Steinem was eventually able to ...
21: ...a great sense of satisfaction at the changes she helped bring about, Ms. Steinem encourages people to...
23: ...ople start retirement—on [[September 3]], [[2000]] she married [[David Bale]], father of actor [[C...
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