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- Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
1: [[Image:0076fordW.jpg|thumb|250px|Ford Automobile
2: ...y this phase of economic and social history as "[[Fordism]]."
6: ...by his parents, William and Mary Ford, immigrants from [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]]. He was the eldes...
8: ...s. Upon his marriage to Clara Bryant in [[1888]] Ford supported himself by farming and running a sawmil...
10: In [[1891]], Ford became an engineer with the [[Edison Illuminating... - Gerald Ford (28942 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Gerald Ford
3: | image name=Jerryford.jpg
14: | wife=[[Betty Ford]]
18: ...tives]]; he was first elected to Congress in 1948 from [[Michigan's 5th congressional district]].
20: ...United States presidential election, 1976|1976]], Ford narrowly defeated [[Ronald Reagan]] for the Repub... - Betty Ford (2880 bytes)
1: [[Image:Betty_Ford.gif|right|frame|White House portrait]]
3: '''Elizabeth Ann Bloomer Ford''' (born [[April 8]], [[1918]]), usually called '...
7: She grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan from age three. She studied dance at the Calla Travi...
9: Her mother urged her to return from New York to Grand Rapids; she did so in 1941, b...
15: On October 15, 1948 she married Gerald Ford at Grace Episcopal Church, in Grand Rapids, Mich...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...e [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [...
6: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugues...
11: *[[Francisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ngland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Somet...
9: ...th impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her fa...
11: ...the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...as addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wive...
18: ...th Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appointed to Elizabeth... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...]] as '''Rosa Louise McCauley''') is a retired [[African-American]] [[seamstress]] and figure in the [...
9: ...ight|The bus, now a museum exhibit at the [[Henry Ford Museum]]]]
14: ...atic Party of the United States|D]]-[[Michigan]]) from [[1965]] until [[1988]]. She continues to resid...
25: Parks was not the first African-American to refuse to give up her seat to a w...
29: ...', where characters discuss earlier instances of African-Americans refusing to give up their bus seats... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
15: ...rested in late 1926, after running when police confronted him over a rental car he'd failed to return ...
19: ... most prevalent story is that it was through his friend Clarence Clay. Clarence's sister, Bonnie's si...
23: ...ts]] said that it was Eastham where Clyde turned "from a schoolboy to a rattlesnake."
25: ...s, embroiled in a plan to raid Eastham prison and free associate [[Raymond Hamilton]] and others. He r...
35: ...en or robbery victims, usually releasing them far from home, sometimes with money to help them get bac... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
5: ...rmer". Two years later, she witnessed , Warner, a friend of her brother's get shot, severing the spina...
9: ...s philandering and drinking caused problems right from the start. When he was drafted to the [[Army]] ...
22: From a production aspect, the use of actual [[film]]...
24: ...ilming the show, cans of paint (in shades ranging from white to medium gray) were kept on set to 'pain...
28: ...[[1986]], Arnaz and Ball would remain the best of friends. - 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... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
42: ...t of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican...
44: ...y and Legal Status |<small><sup>1</sup></small>]] from the [[United States]], formed the [[Confederate...
53: ... Offutt and accompanied by friends, he took goods from New Salem to [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orlea...
59: ...n a company of the [[Illinois]] [[militia]] drawn from New Salem during the [[Black Hawk War]], writin...
61: ...s House of Representatives]], as a representative from [[Sangamon County, Illinois|Sangamon County]], ... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
3: ...ww.stat.kz/en/info/stat-bul/stbr&e0303.pdf], down from 16,464,464 in [[1989]] [http://www.stat.kz/ru/d...
50: | From [[Soviet Union]], [[December 16]], [[1991]]
70: ...an since the [[1st century BC|first century BC]]. From the [[4th century|fourth century AD]] through t...
72: ... the livestock-based economy. The Kazakhs emerged from a mixture of tribes living in the region in abo...
76: ...ose still further once the [[Trans-Aral Railway]] from [[Orenburg]] to [[Tashkent]] was completed in 1... - East Timor (13677 bytes)
19: ...ETILIN]] party, which received some vocal support from the [[People's Republic of China]], was communi...
21: ...t with President [[Suharto]] in [[Jakarta]] where Ford made clear that "we will not press you on the iss...
23: ...]], the East Timorese voted for full independence from Indonesia, but violent clashes, instigated prim...
34: ...to a five-year term. The number of seats can vary from a minimum of 52 to a maximum of 65, though it e...
59: ... the south the [[Timor Sea]] separates the island from [[Australia]], while to the west lies the Indon... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
6: ...husetts]], the son of a farmer, Whitney graduated from [[Yale University|Yale]] College in [[1792]], w...
14: ...ians believe that this invention allowed for the African [[slavery]] system in the Southern United Sta...
24: This system differed from the traditional [[artisan]]al style of manufact...
26: ...hitney's concepts were later exploited by [[Henry Ford]] and others in [[manufacturing]]. He never paten... - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
1: ...vilization]] that existed in [[Europe]], [[North Africa]], and the [[Middle East]] between [[753 BC]] ...
9: [[Image:Lupaegemelli.jpg|framed|right|The female wolf, feeding the baby twins...
11: ...river can be forded. Because of the river and the ford, Rome was at a crossroads of traffic and trade.
25: ... each other for power. Caesar emerged victorious from the resulting Civil War, and was made dictator ...
27: ...ements ([[27 BC]] and [[23 BC]]) transformed Rome from a Republic to an Empire. His designated success... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
10: ...Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding up bat, in baseball uniform, on field...
12: ...itcher. Brother Matthias promptly switched George from catcher to pitcher to teach him a lesson. But, ...
15: ...rs, placed a team in Baltimore, across the street from minor league Orioles, and the competition hit O...
18: ... Shortly afterwards, Ruth proposed to [[Helen Woodford]], a waitress he met in Boston, and they were mar...
25: ...9 his physique had changed from the tall athletic frame of 1916 to a rotund shape with which he was us... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
46: ...lahoma's natural terrain is very diverse, ranging from Oak-Hickory mixed forest in the Eastern well-wa...
48: The state is one of the six states on the [[Frontier Strip]].
56: ...e), Great Plains Country (Southwestern Oklahoma), Frontier Country (Central Oklahoma, including the Ok...
60: From a [[bioregional]] perspective, Oklahoma is reco...
115: ...l swapping going on between [[European]] powers [[France]] and [[Spain]]. - Nebraska (13662 bytes)
36: ... of the [[United States]], Nebraska gets its name from a [[Native American]] ([[Otoe tribe|Oto]]) word...
44: ... Act|homesteader]]s poured into Nebraska to claim free land granted by the federal government.
47: ...Civil War]]. At that time, the capital was moved from [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]] to Lancaster, later r...
55: ...al flight"'' as it is called has led to offers of free land and tax breaks as enticements to newcomers...
59: <i>See: [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Nebraska|List of Congressmen]] and [[List of Go... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
38: ...[[Hispanic]] ancestry, many of whom are descended from [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] [[colonist]]s. It al...
46: ...ld. Dispatched from [[New Spain]], conquistador [[Francisco Vá³±uez de Coronado]] led a full-scale exp...
50: ..."The Royal Road" as a 700 mile (1100 km) lifeline from the rest of [[New Spain]] to his remote colony....
58: [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] of [[France]] sold the vast [[Louisiana Purchase]], which...
60: Small trapping parties from the United States had previously reached Santa ... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...ng with the return of young [[soldier]]s from the fronts of the [[Great War]] and emergence of a new a...
3: ... this decade was termed "The Golden Twenties". In France and Canada they were also called the "Crazy Y...
5: ...ge parts of the [[population]]. Formal decorative frills were shed in favor of practicality, in [[arch...
8: ...es|economy of the USA]], took sometime to convert from [[War economy|a wartime economy]] to a peacetim...
16: [[Image:1908_Ford_Model_T.jpg|thumb|right|The Tin Lizzy was the mos... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
59: *[[Fra Angelico]] ([[1387]]-[[1445]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
53: *[[Jacques-Yves Cousteau|Jacques Cousteau]], [[France]] — [[Aqua-Lung|aqualung]]
56: ...illiam Cullen]] — mechanical / chemical [[refrigeration]]
85: *[[Henry Ford]], (1863-1947), [[United States|USA]] — mod...
87: *[[Benjamin Franklin]], (1706-1790), [[United States|USA]] &mdas... - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
5: ...ding the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], and [[Germany]]. Edison started the [[Moti...
7: ... were friends until Edison died. The [[Edison and Ford Winter Estates]] are now open to the public.
14: From [[Port Huron]], Sam Edison moved to [[Detroit]]...
16: ...to read and experiment. Many of his lessons came from reading the book [["Parker's School of Natural ...
18: ...ork as it blocked out noises and prevented Edison from hearing the telegrapher sitting next to him. So... - Great Depression (16069 bytes)
1: ...onomic]] [[recession]] (or "depression") that ran from [[1929]] to [[1941]]. It led to massive bank f...
4: ...decline in industrial production and productivity from the century and a half where economic records h...
14: ...tary system and its trade relationships. Theories from Marxian or Marxist economics focus on the relat...
16: ...s of the Great Depression have been advanced, and from time to time gain favor. These include long cyc...
24: ...ed. Many people had to depend on the aid of their friends or relatives to find a job.
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