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- Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
1: [[Image:morrison_toni.jpg|frame||Toni Morrison]]
2: '''Toni Morrison''' is an [[African-American]] [[author]], born '''Chloe Anthony ...
4: ...eedom, but killed her infant daughter to save her from a life of slavery.
6: ...ion of literature from small minority subsets ([[African-American Literature]] or [[Hispanic Literatur...
8: ...bel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], the first African-American woman to receive this prize. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ...known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France|French]] [[citizen]] in [[1937]].
7: ...as adorned with a [[diamond]] collar. The leopard frequently escaped into the orchestra pit, where it ...
9: ...e [[United States|U.S.]], she would have suffered from the [[racism|racial]] prejudices common to the ...
13: ...isoned, she managed to excuse herself and escaped from the chalet through a laundry chute. After the w...
15: Yet despite her popularity in France, she was never really able to obtain the same... - Australia (39438 bytes)
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January]] [[1...
44: ...notes=<sup>1</sup>There are some minor variations from these three timezones, see [[Australian States ...
50: ...island]], [[Boigu Island]], is about 5 kilometres from Papua New Guinea. This has led to a complicated...
54: The name Australia derives from the [[Latin]] ''australis'', meaning ''southern...
55: ...w of [[Port Jackson]], taken from the South Head, from ''A Voyage to Terra Australis''. [[Sydney]] was... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
7: ==[[Africa]]==
8: Africa is a continent in the systems with 5 or more c...
17: *[[Central African Republic]] (Centrafrique) - [[Bangui]]
42: *[[Mayotte]] - [[Mamoutzou]] (France)
48: ...R鵮ion]] - [[Saint-Denis, R鵮ion|Saint-Denis]] (France) - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...solar time), resulting in time differing slightly from [[town]] to town. As [[telecommunication]]s imp...
6: ... for today's atomically measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as ...
18: ...ones results in a time the other side of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is one day l...
31: ... time signals were first transmitted by telegraph from the [[Royal Greenwich Observatory]]. Even thoug...
37: ...ime that is not offset by a number of whole hours from Greenwich Mean Time. - January 17 (12233 bytes)
5: * [[1562]] - [[France]] recognized the [[Huguenot]]s under the [[Ed...
25: ...Robbery]] - 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
28: * [[1966]] - [[Carl Brashear]], the first [[African American]] [[United States Navy]] diver, is i...
44: *[[1463]] - [[Frederick III of Saxony|Friedrich III]], [[Saxony|Saxon]] elector (d. [[1525...
48: *[[1706]] - [[Benjamin Franklin]] American writer, inventor, publisher, and... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
15: ...8]] - [[Bouvet Island]] is discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de ...
20: *[[1804]] - [[France|French]] rule ends in [[Haiti]].
22: ...] - [[Mary Shelley]]'s [[novel]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first ...
25: ...m under the [[Homestead Act]] is made by [[Daniel Freeman]] for a farm in [[Nebraska]].
26: *[[1869]] - [[Sigma Nu]] fraternity is officially founded at the [[Virginia M... - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
2: {{MLB Orioles franchise}}
5: ...in sports|1893]], as the [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] franchise in the minor Western League. In [[1900 in...
16: == From the Browns to the Orioles ==
18: ...ority owner [[Bill Veeck]] to consider moving his franchise. Just before [[World War II]], the Browns ...
25: ...les, eventually became baseball's most successful franchise - the [[New York Yankees]]. - San Diego Padres (7131 bytes)
2: {{MLB Padres franchise}}
17: == Franchise history ==
19: ...36]]. That [[minor league baseball|minor league]] franchise won the PCL title in [[1937]], led by then...
23: ...ional League pennant (after dramatically rallying from a 2-0 deficit against the [[Chicago Cubs]] in t...
25: .... Currently, their team mascot is the [[Swinging Friar]]. - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
19: ...) was the 42nd [[President of the United States]] from [[1993]] to [[2001]]. Before his Presidency, C...
23: ... conviction of many staff members, associates and friends, though never himself. He became the second ...
25: ...ssumption of office marked a "generational shift" from the former Presidents who were mostly World War...
27: ...-the-time the largest American [[budget deficit]] from his predecessor [[George H. W. Bush|President G...
38: ...popular anger over the escape of Cuban prisoners (from the [[Mariel Boat Lift]]) detained in [[Fort Ch... - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
7: ...me, Soviet-era management practices, a decaying infrastructure, and inefficient supply systems hinder ...
9: ... Economic policy was made according to directives from the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Commu...
13: ...e fulfilled. Responsibility for production flowed from the top down. At the national level, some seven...
19: ...od. But other fundamental parts of the economic infrastructure, such as commercial banking and authori...
21: ...ake it difficult to convert economic measurements from rubles to dollars to make statistical compariso... - List of Major League Baseball players (29066 bytes)
92: *[[Frank Baker|Frank "Home Run" Baker]] β
261: *[[Frank Chance]] β
276: *[[Fred Clarke]] β
315: *[[Frankie Crosetti]]
380: *[[Fred Dunlap]] - Benjamin Harrison (11469 bytes)
26: ...was a member of the [[fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] [[Phi Delta Theta]], and graduated in [...
28: ... to the [[United States Senate]], where he served from [[March 4]], [[1881]], to [[March 3]], [[1887]]...
40: ...liam McKinley]] and Senator [[Nelson W. Aldrich]] framed a still higher tariff bill; some rates were i...
42: ...with the Treasury surplus, the tariff was removed from imported raw sugar; sugar growers within the Un...
132: ... United States Senators from Indiana|U.S. Senator from Indiana]]|before=[[Joseph E. McDonald]]|after=[... - Toothfish (2948 bytes)
14: ...slender fish found in the cold, temperate waters (from 50 to 3850m) of the Southern [[Atlantic Ocean|A...
16: ...ries such as [[Namibia]], [[Mauritius]], [[South Africa]]'s [[Prince Edward Islands]], and [[Australia...
18: ...m [[Réunion Island]]. Because of poaching, the [[French Navy]] patrols the zone and has made numerous... - List of major league baseball players (29066 bytes)
92: *[[Frank Baker|Frank "Home Run" Baker]] β
261: *[[Frank Chance]] β
276: *[[Fred Clarke]] β
315: *[[Frankie Crosetti]]
380: *[[Fred Dunlap]] - (8563 bytes)
2: ...hic]] settlement in southern [[Anatolia]], dating from around 7500 BC for the lowest layers. It is per...
4: ...ya]], [[Turkey]], approximately eighty-five miles from the twin-coned volcano of [[Hasan Dağ]]. ...
7: ...n progress according to, among others, [[Colin Renfrew]]. In addition to extensive use of [[archaeolog...
12: ...age, and were accessed through low entry openings from main rooms. All rooms were kept scrupulously c...
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