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- Luwian language (1607 bytes)
1: '''Luwian''' (sometimes spelled '''Luvian''') is part of the [[Anatol...
5: ...roto-Indo-European language]] had three distinct sets of velar consonants: palatovelars, plain velars,...
8: ...nference, [[Cornell University]], June 6–9, 1985'', ed. [[Calvert Watkins|C. Watkins]], 182–... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...union, and was occasionally conquered by external ethnicities, of which many were eventually assimilat...
7: ...n show early habitation; however, any connection between these people and modern Chinese is speculativ...
14: ... the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|Shang]] and...
18: ...) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeologists connect t...
22: ...]], [[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of ... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government ministe...
42: ...les Francis]] (1866-1954), son of above, Navy secretary
60: *[[Leonie Adams|Adams, Leonie]], (born 1899), poet
65: ...22-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
71: ...dams (footballer)|Adams, Tony]], (born 1966), athlete - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
7: ...v Ahlefeldt|Ahlefeldt, Karl Gustav]], ([[1910]]-[[1985]]), Danish film actor - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
3: *[[Sin Ai|Ai, Sin]], poet
9: ...], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
11: *[[Conrad Aiken|Aiken, Conrad]], (1889-1973), poet
17: *[[Alvin Ailey|Ailey, Alvin]], (1931-1985), dancer, choreographer
19: *[[Danny Ainge|Ainge, Danny]], (born 1959), [[basketball]] player, coach, [[baseball]] player - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed ...
13: ... normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], sometimes leading to false assertions that she was crea...
15: ...under the direction of her governess, the [[Margaret Pole%2C Countess of Salisbury|Countess of Salisbu...
19: ...marriage to her annulled. In [[1533]], Henry secretly married another woman, [[Anne Boleyn]]. Shortl... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
6: ...lspan=2 bgcolor=#DDDDDD align=center|'''Personal Details'''
12: |[[1981]], to [[Peter Davis (New Zealand)|Peter Davis]]
23: ...span=2 bgcolor=#DDDDDD align=center|'''Political Details'''
43: The Right Honourable '''Helen Elizabeth Clark''' (born [[February 26]], [[1950]]) has se...
47: Clark served in the Labour cabinets of [[David Lange]], [[Geoffrey Palmer]] and [[Mi... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
1: ...e name of an English poet, see [[Mary Robinson (poet)]]''
23: ... [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] after a career as a judge in the Colonial S...
25: ..., founded by [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] and once a [[Protestant]], [[Unionist]] bast...
35: *Joint Committee on Marital Breakdown (1983-1985)
41: ...ttle, Wood Quay was ultimately bulldozed and concreted over, to build the controversial Civic Offices.... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
2: ...+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
27: ...cknamed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to ...
29: ...r also dispatched a [[Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in...
31: ...itain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher assert that [[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]] ... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
1: [[image:Margaret_Atwood.jpg|right|framed|Margaret Atwood]]
2: ...laces in North America and around the world, she returned to Toronto, where she currently lives. She i...
4: ...ian fiction]], a theme that shows up both in the settings and atmosphere of her fiction and in her [[n...
6: ...effect. She ranks as a key figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voice...
10: ...'', was included in the French version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]]. - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
15: ...sing the struggle of Black Americans as both the setting and the motivation for his work. Because the...
22: ...egation was predicated on black inferiority. The letter caused a furore and proved to be Hurston's las...
37: *''[[Spunk (novel)|Spunk]]'' ([[1985]])
38: ...he Complete Stories (Zora Neale Hurston)|The Complete Stories]]'' ([[1995]]) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
11: ...apitalism]]. Her novels were based upon the [[archetype]] of the Randian [[hero]], a man whose ability...
19: ...munist]] message, attracting the attention of Soviet officials). There is a story told that she named ...
28: ...as Shrugged]]'' is often seen as Rand's most complete statement of Objectivist philosophy in any of he...
33: ...ganda]] by U.S. patriots, trying to put their Soviet allies in [[World War II]] under the best possibl... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...'''. She graduated [[Phi Beta Kappa Society|Phi Beta Kappa]] from [[Vassar College]] with a bachelor'...
9: She later returned to the Navy where she worked on validation s...
12: Hopper retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Comma...
16: ... By [[1985]] she became a [[rear admiral]]. She retired (involuntarily) from the Navy in [[1986]].
18: ...[Digital Equipment Corporation]], a position she retained until her death in [[1992]]. Her primary ac... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
9: ...85]], she married [[F. E. L. Priestley]] (Francis Ethelbert Louis Priestley) ([[1905]]–[[1988]])... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
1: [[Image:aretha_franklin.jpg|thumb|200px|Aretha Franklin]]
2: ...list ever by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1]].
6: ...ents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
16: ... song ''[[Freeway of Love]]'', which charted in [[1985]]. Most critics dismiss her post-Atlantic materia...
18: ...for several years after that. She lives today in Detroit. - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...ive rhythmic, driving sound. She has been a cigarette smoker since the age of nine, which may explain...
7: ...and ''[[Clouds (album)|Clouds]]'' (1969) were archetypes of the nascent singer-songwriter movement of ...
9: ... Mitchell's many songs focusing on the dichotomy between the benefits of her stardom and its costs, bo...
11: ...he best of this period. Exploring the various facets of relationships, from infatuation on "[[A Case ...
13: ...listically diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the [[Drum|Warrior Drums]]... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
7: ...ng)|Baltimore]]'' with her brother Mike for a competition involving the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. This so...
10: ...t Peabody and her difficulty with playing from sheet music – with Caton, [[Matt Sorum]] (later o...
16: ...od", "Cornflake Girl" (a #4 single in the UK), "Pretty Good Year" and "Past the Mission", which featur...
20: ...ir local rape crisis center. In [[1995]], Amos, duetting with [[Robert Plant]], contributed the song ...
27: ...st signing, which she co-produced, was the band "Pet" headed by lead singer Lisa Papineau. Their self-... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
8: ...Vision (religion)|vision]]s. She received a prophetic call from God five years after her election as ...
11: ... named Volmar, who was to become her lifelong secretary. However, in 1141, Hildegard had a vision that...
13: Yet Hildegard was also overwhelmed by feelings of ina...
17: ...ho exhorted Hildegard to finish her writings. To determine if her visions were divinely inspired he cr...
22: ...nvented an [[constructed script|alternative alphabet]]. Due to her inventions of words for her lyrics ... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: She was awarded the [[Templeton Prize]] in [[1973]] , the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]...
9: ...children, and Teresa was youngest. The family was ethnically [[Albania|Albanian]]. Her native tongue w...
11: ...sion to leave Skopje and join the [[Sisters of Loreto]], an [[Ireland|Irish]] community of nuns with a...
13: She chose the Sisters of Loreto because of their vocation to provide education f...
17: ...e with the Medical Mission Sisters in Patna, she returned to Calcutta and found temporary lodging with... - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
14: *''[[How Sweet It Is!]]'' (1968)
16: ...he Christian Licorice Store]]'' (1971) (scenes deleted)
19: *''[[Movers & Shakers]]'' (1985)
22: *''[[Get Shorty]]'' (1995) (Cameo)
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