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- China (38909 bytes)
1: ...d beginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...one another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia]] for the last 4000 years. Depending on one's point of view...
5: ...arlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...ormation). The nature and extent of ''China'' is the subject of ongoing political disputes on [[Chines...
14: ...o the historic position of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary stat... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
6: ...|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
18: ...die, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
36: ...in Abbott]], (1838-1926), British schoolmaster & theologian
41: *[[Russ Abbott|Abbott, Russ]], (born 1947), British comedian - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
9: *[[Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
10: *[[Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: *[[Adachi Hatazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[...
17: *[[Adolphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
19: ...Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
34: ...s|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
38: ...Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...lizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...d Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ... second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thail...
11: ...], and is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
14: ..."Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]] - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...pg|thumb|right|200px|'''Victoria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empr...
7: ...Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ... [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]].
12: ...ince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on ...
14: ...er educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]]. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...[[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...ary's valuable collection of jewels built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
9: ...ary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger daughter of [[HRH]] [[Prince Adolphus, Du...
11: ... for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [...
13: ...he Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]]. - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...ze for Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
6: ... was [[assassination|assassinated]] by rivals in the same year.
8: ...Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons, Alexander and Kim.
10: ...ng mother. In that year, the long-time leader of the [[socialist]] ruling party, General [[Ne Win]], s...
12: ...ered freedom if she would leave the country, but she refused. - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
2: |+ <font size="+1">'''The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell'''</font>
19: | [[March 10]], [[1947]]
31: ...rld, after British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]].
33: ...died towards a doctorate in Soviet Government at the [[London School of Economics]].
35: ...riage, Campbell lectured in political science at the [[University of British Columbia]] and at [[Vanco... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
1: ...y on the cover of [[Alice Schwarzer]]'s ''Eine t?che Liebe'']]
2: ...[Germany]] in [[1947]], and lived and studied in the [[United States]] between [[1959]] and [[1970]].
4: ...in the [[1968]] US elections. She graduated from the School of International Service at [[American Uni...
6: ...ce and environment campaigns in [[Germany]] and other countries.
8: ...f the [[Bundestag]] (West German Parliament) for the Greens. - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...h]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of living in [[Kenya]], ''[[Out of Afric...
5: ...ile serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
7: ... the coffee market in 1931 forced her to abandon the project.
9: ...eudonym of ''Pierre Andrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
11: ... for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: ...=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist philosophy|Objec...
11: ... goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
13: ...wn sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
14: ...om others by physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force.
19: ...h she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter. - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...t of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in [[France]].
3: ...sexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
7: ...s three. After returning almost two years later, she was educated in [[California]], graduating from [...
11: ...nce]] during the height of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]].
12: ...is]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ...nd singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France|French]] [[citizen]] in [[1937]...
5: ...during the [[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
7: ...ans, adding yet another element of excitement to the show.
9: ... also starred in several successful films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935...
11: ...ot legally binding). At this time she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) ... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
1: ...nna Bolena.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Maria Callas in the title role of Donizetti's opera ''Anna Bolena'', ...
3: ...ini]]'s ''[[La Vestale]]'' to late [[Verdi]] and the [[verismo]] operas of [[Puccini]].
5: ...contributing greatly to the bel canto revival of the 1950s.
7: ... interpretations with an increasingly unstable higher register that wobbled uncontrollably at times.
9: ...o stage a comeback recital in [[1973]] tour with the tenor [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]] but it was a disast... - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
1: ...som2.jpg|frame|Odette Sansom while in service of the SOE]]
3: ...912]] - [[March 13]], [[1995]]) was an [[Allied]] heroine of [[World War II]].
5: ...nce. She left her three daughters in the care of her husband.
7: ...er Churchill]]. Using the code name '''Lise''', she brought him funds and acted as his radio operator...
9: ... was Peter's wife. The hope was that in this way their treatment would be mitigated. - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
3: ...hell Szabo''', [[George Cross|G.C.]], [[Order of the British Empire|M.B.E.]], [[Croix de Guerre|CdG]] ...
5: ... Marks]], who gave her what is now thought of as the definitive World War II [[Poem code|code-poem]] '...
7: ...ers on the factories producing war materials for the Germans were extremely important to establish bom...
9: ...then sent to [[Ravensbr?ncentration camp]] where she was forced into hard labour and suffered terribly...
11: ...other female members of the SOE were executed by the Germans: [[Denise Bloch]], [[Cecily Lefort]], and... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: ...t-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[1940]]s and [[1950]]s.
4: ...s very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: ...ant-garde film. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
8: ...xperimental film]] at [[Cannes]] for ''Meshes of the Afternoon''.
10: ...panying documentary was edited and produced after her death. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
1: ...ge:Tallulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934]]
2: '''Tallulah Brockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]],...
4: ...46]]), and granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[...
6: ...parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab Farm.
8: ... member said: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid." - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mia_Farrow_cover.jpg|thumb|Farrow on the cover of ''[[Glamour]]'', [[1968 in film|1968]]]]
2: ... but has always been known as '''Mia'''. She is the daughter of [[film director|director]] [[John Far...
5: ...not even know Frank was thinking of leaving her. They divorced in [[1968]].
7: ...] three children, Soon-Yi, Lark Song, and Daisy. They divorced in [[1979]].
9: ... accusations by his open relationship with one of her adopted teenage daughters, [[Soon-Yi Previn]].
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