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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...atazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
9: ...|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
10: ...Adair|Adair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
7: *[[Ron Affif|Affif, Ron]], (born 1965), musician
10: *[[Alphonso I of Portugal|Afonso I Henriques of Portugal]], (1109-1185), first king of Portuga... - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
13: *[[Ahn Eak-tae]], (1906-1965), Korean composer
15: *[[Esko Aho|Aho, Esko]], (born 1954), Finnish prime minister
16: ...Ahtisaari, Martti]], (born 1937), UN diplomat & president of [[Finland]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ... [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[...
9: ...[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, afte...
11: ...]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
14: ...azine-cover-p'incess-lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover...
15: ...ark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary respectively. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ge:Victoria Mary of Teck.jpg|thumb|250px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bon...
3: ...[[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May''...
5: ...ls built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
9: ...]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child an...
11: ...ting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s. - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
5: ... Public Health at the [[Harvard University]] in [[1965]]. She was Norwegian Minister for Environmental A...
7: ...arings that were distinguished by their inclusiveness and published its report ''Our Common Future'' i...
9: ...when she was succeeded by [[Thorbj?agland]]. She resigned as leader of the [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|...
11: ...ide response to stem outbreaks of [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome|SARS]]. Gro Harlem Brundtland wa...
15: In 2004 the British newspaper [[The Financial Times]] listed her the 4th most influental European for... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...[[Margaret Thatcher]]. [[David Ben-Gurion]] once described her as "the only man in the Cabinet." She i...
6: ... left for the United States in [[1903]], and the rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
10: ... time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
12: When she was 14, her mother suggested that she give up school for work and to marry ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
9: |'''PM Predecessor:'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
12: |'''PM Succesor:'''
27: ... of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed th...
29: ... "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...ril 13]] [[1919]] - [[1995]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[atheist]], founder of [[American Ath...
4: ...to divorce his wife to marry Madalyn, who nonetheless divorced Roths and began calling herself Madalyn...
7: ...ble-reading at public schools in the [[United States]]. Public opinion was such that in [[1964]] [[Lif...
9: ...ses issues of [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution | First Amendment]] public policy." ...
11: ...church and state in violation of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. In [[1980]] her son ... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...arrested.jpeg|thumb|right|330px|Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to make room ...
2: ...ey''') is a retired [[African-American]] [[seamstress]] and figure in the [[American Civil Rights Move...
4: ...er; most of her adult life she worked as a seamstress.
8: ...second-class citizen and stood firmly. She was arrested, tried, and convicted for [[disorderly conduct...
10: ...as lifted. This event helped spark many other protests against [[segregation]]. In helping in this boy... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...lion copies and translated in 27 different languages.
6: ...llende, the cousin of [[Salvador Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. ...
8: ...hile in Bolivia, Allende attended an [[United States|American]] private school, and while in Lebanon a...
10: From 1959 to 1965, Allende worked with the [[United Nations]]' [[FA...
12: ...as y Lauchones," as well as a collection of articles, ''Civilice a su troglodita''. She also worked i... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...sm]]. She also has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literature|Canadian...
6: ...try]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]...
10: ...h version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]].
12: ...mote book-signing device" at an invitation-only presentation in Toronto. The device, also called the ... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
3: ...in [[Tenby]], [[Pembrokeshire]], [[Wales|South Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]. From [[1906]] to [[1907]] ...
7: ...' in Paris. Back in England, she taught at the [[Westminster Technical Institute]] from [[1917]] to [[...
11: ...to shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted by Fry.
13: ...e town, [[Augustus John]], and later another [[Wales|Welshman]], the poet [[Dylan Thomas]].
15: ...ted States]]. The poet [[Aleister Crowley]] unsuccessfully sued her and the publisher for libel over a... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...rize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who found freedom, but killed her infant ...
10: ...the [[Robert F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Princeton University]].
12: ...ing "Clinton displays almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born poor, working-cla...
15: *''[[The Bluest Eye]]'' (1970)
25: ==Short Stories== - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
5: ...nufactured synthetically; and also those of [[cholesterol]], [[lactoglobulin]], [[ferritin]], [[tobacc...
7: ...[Copley Medal]] from the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1965]] she was appointed to the [[Order of Merit]], fi...
9: ==References==
11: ...fessor Dorothy Hodgkin''. Oxford: The Clarendon Press.
13: ===Obituary notices=== - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...lzano within a few weeks, and her career as a professional pianist was launched.
7: ...es|Hungarian Rhapsody]]'' remain yardsticks for these works. Although she has been criticised over her...
9: ...ductor]] [[Charles Dutoit]], with whom she continues to record and perform.
11: ...nger pianists, through her annual festival, and does frequently appear as member of the jury of import...
16: '''[[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance]]''': - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
4: ... born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She w...
6: ...to hire her. She started singing with Webb's Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. S...
8: ...the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ...ctly [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...George Gershwin]] (with [[Nelson Riddle]]'s [[orchestra]]), [[Irving Berlin]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Jero... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the greatest female vocalist ever by such industry publicatio...
6: ...r gave full rein to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ...with producers [[Jerry Wexler]] and Arif Mardin, resulting in some of the most influential R&B recordi...
10: ...it to number one in the UK pop charts - the best result being a number four with her version of [[Burt...
12: ...cal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]]. - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ...oni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
3: ...] and [[jazz]], to become one of the most highly respected [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th c...
5: ...xplain the unique texture to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ... by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
9: ...her stardom and its costs, both in terms of its pressure and of the loss of privacy and freedom it ent... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
1: ...-teresa-03.jpg|thumb|Mother Teresa was born '''Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu''']]
2: ...e at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg for rationale -->
4: ...Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[poverty|poor]...
6: ...], hence she may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[Catholic]]s.
9: ...r parents had three children, and Teresa was youngest. The family was ethnically [[Albania|Albanian]]....
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