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- Daniel Webster (10835 bytes)
1: [[Image:Danielwebster2.jpe|thumb|right|Daniel Webster]]
3: '''Daniel Webster''' ([[January 18]], [[1782]] – [[Oc...
7: ...o Ebenezer in recognition of his service in the [[French and Indian War]]). His parents were [[poverty...
9: ...he left after 9 months) and traumatic. As a child Daniel had a deep fear of public speaking and was unable...
11: ...ay (US)|Independence Day]] oration. On graduating from Dartmouth he took a legal apprenticeship (first...
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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: [[Image:Arthur3487.jpg|right|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate...
7: Some members of this school, most notably Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identif...
19: ..., chief giver of feasts, with his tall blades red from the battle which all men remember."
25: ...r's soldiers; Arthur was awarded a herd of cattle from Cadoc as [[wergeld]] for his men; Cadoc deliver...
29: ...tury]] at Cadbury Castle, and in several parts of France. - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
14: ...al]] native to [[the Americas]]. Its name derives from the [[Algonquian]] word ''aroughcoune'', "he wh...
18: ...ood before eating it (the term for the animal in French is ''raton laveur'', or "washing rat"; the Ge...
24: ...ressively trapped for their fur. People such as [[Daniel Boone]] and [[Davy Crockett]] are well known for ...
35: ...tablished itself in a small area of north-central France and in a considerable area of central Germany... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
12: ... later when the Duchess of Marlborough was banned from court during the [[War of the Spanish Successio...
15: ...nce of Sarah Jennings, who would become her close friend and one of her most influential advisors. Jen...
19: ...rth to a son ([[James Francis Edward Stuart|James Francis Edward]]) in [[1688]], for a Roman Catholic ...
22: ...ffices. Lady Marlborough was subsequently removed from the Royal Household, leading Princess Anne to a...
24: ...mplete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained from making her his Regent during his military campa... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 20...
29: ...y]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...and]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic gr...
33: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]...
36: ...hire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' shop in the town ... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ...n]]. She spent a number of years in the South of France where she wrote her [[autobiography]], [[Livi...
13: ...Berkman's attempted assassination of [[Henry Clay Frick]] made her highly unpopular with the authoriti...
15: She also become friends with [[Hippolyte Havel]] at this time.
32: ...ting from the [[Russian Civil War]]. Goldman was friends with Communists and New Yorkers [[John Reed ...
38: ...he [[Spanish Revolution]] and the fight against [[Franco]]'s [[fascism]], known as the [[Spanish Civil... - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
4: ... of the women's rights movement and was, with her friend [[Lucretia Mott]], the primary organizer of t...
6: ...t of three volumes of the ''[[History of Woman Suffrage]]'', an anthology of writings about the moveme...
12: ...e found, at least in part, in the elevation and enfranchisement of women. She was also a strong criti...
14: ...York to Daniel Cady and Margaret Livingston Cady. Daniel Cady was a prominent attorney who served a term i... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
5: ...may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attendi...
12: ...mooned in [[Venice]] and, allegedly, Cross jumped from their hotel balcony into the Grand Canal on the...
14: Friend and author [[Henry James]] once wrote of her:
21: ...'', Eliot's sales were falling off, and she faded from public view to some degree.
43: * ''[[Daniel Deronda]]'' (1876) - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ...of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian chu...
13: ... 5:2), some 80 or 90 miles (about 130 kilometers) from Nazareth; and while there they found shelter in...
15: ...|Matt. 1:21]]), because he was to save his people from their sins. This was followed by the presentat...
19: ...Acts 1:14). From this time she wholly disappears from the historical biblical accounts, although it i...
25: ... Virgin Mary]]'' or ''Our Lady'' (this latter, in French, Spanish, and Italian, is rendered ''Notre Da... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
7: ...closed after dissatisfied customers complained of fraudulent activities.
13: ...arriage was not consummated either. She separated from Betanelly after a few months, and their divorce...
15: ... [[nineteenth century]] that took its inspiration from [[Hinduism]] and [[Buddhism]]. Madame Blavatsky...
21: ...ght's disease]] of the kidneys, and complications from [[influenza]], Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky...
54: *''The Esoteric World of Madame Blavatsky'' by Daniel Caldwell [http://esotericworld.net] - Violet (plant) (3474 bytes)
29: ... sniff all you like, you won't get any more smell from the flower!
33: ...ksii'', first collected by [[Joseph Banks]] and [[Daniel Solander]] on the [[James Cook|Cook]] voyage to [...
35: '''[[African violets]]''' are not related to the true viol... - Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
2: ...1]]. She was [[First Lady of the United States]] from [[1993]] to [[2001]], as the wife of [[Presiden...
20: ...vices, and the Children's Defense Fund. She also, from 1986 to 1992, served on the Board of Directors ...
23: ...ecords indicated that $40,000 of her profits came from larger trades ordered by someone else and shift...
25: ...r her activity. He reportedly did so because her friend Blair was a good client. The firm was later ...
33: ...lt of the federal investigations. Webster Hubbell from Arkansas, who also played a key role, pled guil... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ... Middle Ages of Western Europe are commonly dated from the end of the [[Western Roman Empire]] ([[5th ...
6: ...ern European historians. That term has now fallen from favor, partly to avoid the entrenched stereotyp...
8: ... lost. Administrative, educational and military infrastructure quickly vanished, leading to the rise o...
12: ...oon converted, following the example of the pagan Frank [[Clovis I]]. The interaction between the cult...
14: ...ying cultural influence, preserving its selection from Latin learning, maintaining the art of writing,... - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
1: [[Image:First_lady_bess_truman.jpg|right|frame|]]
3: ... Truman]] and [[First Lady of the United States]] from [[1945]] to [[1953]].
5: ...he world" for him. They attended the same schools from fifth grade through high school.
7: ...re Lieutenant Truman left for the battlefields of France in 1918. They were married on [[June 28]], [[...
9: ... Washington, DC. Upon [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s death on April 12, 1945, H... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...ges and below. Also called ''fagott'', in German, from a word meaning "bundle of sticks" due to its co...
6: ...y to the reed. It was, like the modern instrument,frequently constructed of maple, with thick walls to...
8: ...nificantly). The English name of "bassoon" comes from a more general term referring to the bass regis...
14: ...g joint <font color=red>(3)</font>, which extends from boot to bocal; and the [[bocal]] (or crook) <fo...
16: ...ain]]ed and [[varnish]]ed. The top of the bell is frequently completed with a ring, often of plastic o... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...t was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, m...
14: ...ciety. Prominent public officials that are barred from the presidency because they were not born U.S. ...
25: ... concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertising drive...
29: ...titution of the United States." Only presidents [[Franklin Pierce]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] have chosen...
38: ... the office due to death, resignation, or removal from office (by [[impeachment]] and conviction). Th... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
26: ...e was initiated as a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]] in Fredericksburg on [[4 February]] [[1752]]. On Lawren...
28: ==French and Indian War and afterwards==
31: ...nternational incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually became the...
33: ...ition]], which successfully drove the French away from [[Fort Duquesne]].
35: ...Martha Dandridge Custis]], the wealthy widow of [[Daniel Parker Custis]]. Washington adopted Custis's two ... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
16: | vicepresident=[[Daniel D. Tompkins]]
22: ... the [[Continental Army]], and practiced law in [[Fredericksburg]], Virginia. His parents Spence Monro...
24: ...-[[1796]], he displayed strong sympathies for the French cause; later, with [[Robert R. Livingston]] a...
30: ... State. Only [[Henry Clay]]'s refusal kept Monroe from adding an outstanding Westerner. Both of these ...
34: ...iring Missouri as a slave state with [[Maine]], a free state, and barring slavery north and west of Mi... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ...e first president who had lived on the American [[frontier]], and thus the first not primarily associa...
22: ...trust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming from his feeling that they were too inclined to favo...
24: ...began to prosper in the rough-and-tumble world of frontier law. He became a colonel in the state milit...
34: ...ackson's election represented a significant break from that past.
36: He was also the first President from a state west of the [[Appalachian Mountains]]. ... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
25: ...;[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a previous marriage.
29: ... of [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia County]] from [[1808]] until [[1813]], when he was removed. I...
33: ... a Federalist. He had already, in [[1808]], moved from Kinderhook to [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], and ...
39: ...ion, where he opposed the grant of [[universal suffrage]]. His course in the Senate was not altogether...
43: ...oted for the measure in obedience to instructions from the New York [[State legislature|legislature]] ... - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
1: [[Image:VPthomasrmarshall.JPG|frame|Thomas R. Marshall]]
2: ...ited States of America]] under [[Woodrow Wilson]] from [[1913]] to [[1921]].
5: ...s born in [[North Manchester, Indiana]], where he frequently spent time at the courthouse listening to...
7: He served as [[Governor]] of [[Indiana]] from [[1909]] to [[1913]]. He was a popular speaker...
15: ...be re-elected since [[James Monroe|Monroe]] and [[Daniel D Tompkins|Tompkins]] in the 1820s.
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