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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
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52: footnotes= | - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ... article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janei...
7: ...l|Carnival]] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da T...
15: ..., for instance, was founded by a native chief for supporting defense.
17: ...n called ''Morro do Castelo'' (Castle Hill). Therefore, the city developed from current Downtown (Cent...
19: ...llegaignon]]. After [[1720]], when the Portuguese found gold and diamonds in the neighbor captaincy of... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...onfucianism]] ([[1st century BC|100 BC]]) and the forced imposition of a common system of writing by t...
7: ...he most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...es said to be the ancestor of all Chinese people. Following this period Sima Qian relates that a syste...
18: ...] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have been alleged to be...
22: Archaeological findings provide evidence for the existence of the [[Shang Dynasty]] (商... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...ential candidate of a major party to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Sava...
4: ...nts men marker.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Modern marker for site where two of Frémont's men were lost in Co...
7: ...r of [[United States Senate|Senator]]s from [[California]]. In [[1856]] the new Republican Party nomin...
13: ...k]] in the [[Wind River Mountains]] is also named for the explorer.
18: ...artographic Crime''. New York : [[Random House]], 2000. (ISBN 0375501517, ISBN 0767908260) - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
6: ...own comments is the primary source of information for his adventures. The title of this intial manuscr...
8: ... story-telling. The following account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
13: ...had]]. However, upon approaching that city he was forced to turn back due to a local rebellion.
15: ... put special effort into keeping the journey safe for pilgrims.
17: ...o [[Medina]], burial place of [[Muhammad]]. After four days, he then journeyed on to Mecca. There he c... - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
5: ... that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ...eached with ancient methods that have been in use for at least 6000 years (since the [[Bronze Age]]). ...
11: ...ther areas revert to ferrite around it. Self-reinforcing patterns often emerge during this process, l...
13: ...extremely little thermal [[activation energy]] to form. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
15: ...ity of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]].
20: ...1921]] - The [[Sturmabteilung]] or SA is formally formed by [[Adolf Hitler]]
25: ... General Field Marshal [[Erwin Rommel]] leads his forces on a five-month retreat.
30: ...lyn Monroe]] and [[Clark Gable]] -- the last film for both.
36: ...ivia]] becomes a member of the [[Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works|Be... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: The '''Republic of Burundi''' (formerly Urundi) is a small landlocked nation in the...
3: ...uling [[Tutsi]] minority with the growing demands for political participation of the [[Hutu]] majority...
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53: ... Territory under Belgian administrative authority following [[World War II]]. - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
8: ...ootball|football]] knee from [[high school]]" [Colford, pp 14 – 20].
16: ... as a talk show host at KFBK in [[Sacramento, California]]. After achieving some local success, he mov...
18: ...udience decline in the [[1970s]]. The program has for over 15 years been the most popular talk radio s...
20: ...s by cutting out his dramatic pauses to make room for more commercials.
22: ...show as part of his re-election campaign, in an effort to regain the support of the [[right wing]] of ... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...nt of the [[University of Moscow]] and Shuvalov's foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy...
5: ==Life before becoming Empress==
9: ...hild her parts were good, if not brilliant, but unfortunately her education was both imperfect and des...
11: ...e, her only remaining near relation, the princess found herself at the age of eighteen practically her...
19: ...ne. The fear of being imprisoned in a [[convent]] for the rest of her life was the determining cause o... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
42: ...use]] staff member, where she was responsible for foreign policy legislation. From [[1976]] to [[1978]...
44: ...r for Scholars at the [[Smithsonian Institution]] following an international competition in which she ...
47: ... and [[Eastern Europe]]an Affairs at the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]], conductin...
49: In 1981 she co-founded the [[Center for National Policy]]. She also served as President ...
51: ...[Eastern Europe]]an politics, and was responsible for developing and implementing programs designed to... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...o Prize]] and the [[Sakharov Prize|Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[...
8: She studied at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and at the [[School...
10: ...n]], stepped down, leading to mass demonstrations for [[democracy|democratisation]], which were violen...
12: ...olence, Aung San Suu Kyi entered politics to work for democratisation and was put under [[house arrest...
14: ...to establish a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the Burmese people. - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
2: ... <font size="+1">'''The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell'''</font>
31: ... Douglas "Kim" Campbell, [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]], [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]''' (born [[...
33: She was never particularly fond of any of her given names, and consequently ado...
39: ...]] party in [[1986]] and later unsuccessfully ran for the leadership of the party. A few years later s...
41: ...Defence (Canada)|Minister of National Defence]] before running to succeed Prime Minister [[Brian Mulro... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
7: ... councilman, state legislator, and Chief of Staff for U.S. Representative [[Andrew Jacobs]]. Her mothe...
9: ...o [[Seattle, Washington]] in [[1983]] to campaign for [[Alan Cranston]]. She then moved to Seattle sub...
19: ...d her a job as vice president of [[RealNetworks]] for marketing. She succeeded with the live broadcast...
21: ...s was the first of its kind, and she claimed in [[2000]] that RealNetworks was at the frontier of Intern...
23: ...re. By the end of the year the stock was selling for less than $9/share. - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: .... She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
7: ...and's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
10: ...rliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]]
14: *Minister of Foreign Affairs [[1995]]–[[2000]]
18: ... the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions for the years [[1970]]–[[1974]]. She joined th... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
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31: Before her appointment, Rice served as Bush's [[United...
34: ...own. Rice's father, John Wesley Rice, Jr., worked for Alma Powell's uncle as a high-school guidance co...
41: ...olitics taught by [[Josef Korbel]], the father of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. This e...
47: ... to enter government service, she returned to Stanford in June [[2002]] to deliver the commencement ad... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...s Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]) in [[2000]]. She was the first woman from Michigan elected ...
5: ...e Abraham is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
7: ...S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry]], and the [[U.S. Senate Special Committee ...
9: ...ators were selected by the state legislature). No former Michigan state legislator had served in the U...
15: {{succession box | before=[[Spencer Abraham]] | title=[[U.S. Congressiona... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
2: |+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher...
27: ...tisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed the '''Iron L...
29: ...]. Thatcher also dispatched a [[Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Arge...
31: ...atcherism|Thatcherite]] policies were responsible for this.
33: ...he [[House of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation. - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...ted for refusing to give up her seat to make room for white people.]]
2: ...68)|American Civil Rights Movement]], most famous for her refusal in [[1955]] to give up a [[bus]] sea...
6: ...e [[Highlander Folk School]], an education center for workers' rights and [[racial equality]].
8: ...ied, and convicted for [[disorderly conduct]] and for violating a local ordinance.
9: ...ight|The bus, now a museum exhibit at the [[Henry Ford Museum]]]] - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: ... and a spokeswoman for women's rights. She is the founder and original publisher of ''[[Ms. magazine]]...
5: ...her in Toledo. As a child in Toledo, Gloria cared for her ill mother and helped to support them both.
8: ...duated in [[1956]] and left to study in [[India]] for two years.
9: ... editor of ''Help!'' magazine and also freelanced for other magazines. In [[1963]] she became a full-t...
12: ... that also brought other notable feminists to the foreground. During this time she toured the country ...
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