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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...blity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin America]]."
21: ...h language|English]] and indigenous languages on the Atlantic coast)
27: | [[Abel Pacheco]]
35: ...)<br /> - Total ([[2003]]):<br /> - GDP/head:
49: | '''[[National anthem]]''' - Luwian language (1607 bytes)
1: ...) [[Hieroglyphics|Hieroglyphic]]-Luwian and (3), the somewhat later [[Lycian language|Lycian]].
3: ...ested in areas of Syria and Palestine as late as the 7th century B.C.
5: ...tovelars, plain velars, and labiovelars (Melchert 1987).
8: ...[Warren Cowgill]] (1929–1985). Papers from the Fourth East Coast Indo-European Conference, [[Cor... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...l [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [ht...
3: ...icas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...t Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...tober]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - 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
22: ...[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
36: ...in Abbott]], (1838-1926), British schoolmaster & theologian - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
3: ... Pieter van der]], (ca. 1659 - 1733), Dutch publisher
6: *[[Mehemet Aali|Aali, Mehemet]], (1815-1871), Turkish statesman
13: ...[Sarah Aaronsohn|Aaronsohn, Sarah]], (1890-1917), head of [[Nili]], a [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[spy]]-ring
14: *[[Marc Aaronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - 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]]. - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ... that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] rather than by marriage.
13: ...emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], spawning biographies, magazine article...
15: ...or [[sainthood]] — while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
22: ...and]], after being named as the "other party" in the Earl and Countess of Dartmouth's divorce.
24: ... all of her [[O-level]] examinations. At age 16 she briefly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], ... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ...eader in [[sustainable development]] and [[public health]].
5: ...emale Prime Minister February - October [[1981]]; her cabinet was renowned internationally for having ...
7: ...ice Strong]], who had been a prominent member of the Brundtland Commission - and for [[Agenda 21]].
9: ... by [[Thorbj?agland]]. She resigned as leader of the [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|Labour Party]] in [[19...
11: ...cientific American]] as their ''Policy Leader of the Year'' for coordinating a rapid worldwide respons... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
2: |+ <font size=+1>'''Helen Clark'''</font>
40: |[[27 November]] [[1999]]<br> to the present
43: The Right Honourable '''Helen Elizabeth Clark''' (born [[February 26]], [[19...
45: ... Zealand | United Future]] and 'good faith' with the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | Green Par...
47: ...turer in [[political science]]), an advocate for the arts, and a [[feminism|feminist]]. - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...nd|Finnish]] lawyer and politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
3: ...mmon-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
7: *Member of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]&n...
9: *Member of the Helsinki City Council [[1977]]–[[1996]]
11: *Minister of Social Affairs and Health [[1987]]–[[1990]] - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
1: ...]-[[July 10]],[[2004]]) was the first woman (and the only to date) to serve as Prime Minister of [[Por...
3: ... and served in the [[European Parliament]] from [[1987]] to [[1989]]. - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
1: :Mary Robinson ''is also the name of an English poet, see [[Mary Robinson (poe...
3: ...end of her term of office to take up her post in the [[United Nations]].
17: <tr><td>'''Other candidates:'''</td><td>[[Fianna Fᩬ]]: Brian Le...
23: ... mix of rebels against the Crown and servants of the Queen.
25: ...sor William Binchy]], and, the current holder of the position, abortion rights campaigner [[Ivana Baci... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
2: ..."font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
3: ...#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:thatcher.jpg]]
25: |[[Order of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
27: ...in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellati...
29: ...e the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]]. - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: ...n's rights. She is the founder and original publisher of ''[[Ms. magazine]]''.
5: ...a cared for her ill mother and helped to support them both.
8: ...ive, working for [[Adlai Stevenson]]'s campaign. She graduated in [[1956]] and left to study in [[Indi...
9: ...e [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous undercover expose in working as a [[Pla...
12: ...nd. During this time she toured the country with the brilliant lawyer [[Florynce Rae Kennedy | Florync... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: :''For the Chilean politician and daughter of [[Salvador All...
4: ...ges. She is one of the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and t...
6: ...ocated with their three children to Chile, where they lived until 1953.
8: ...re she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962.
10: ... returned to Chile, and her son Nicol᳠was born there that year. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...She is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976...
4: ...been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
6: ...especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[De...
8: ...), or for her [[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blind Assassin]].''
10: - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
3: ... or [[James Joyce]], but she had read neither of these authors.
5: ...efore her 57th birthday and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
7: ...da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the Star'', where the life of Macab顬 a poor woman in Rio de Janeiro, ...
11: *Perto do Cora磯 Selvagem (1944) - Near the Wild Heart
20: *A mulher que matou os peixes (1968) - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...d freedom, but killed her infant daughter to save her from a life of slavery.
6: ...ture]]). Many now include Morrison's own work in the canon of [[American Literature]].
8: ...d the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], the first African-American woman to receive this priz...
10: ... currently the [[Robert F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Princeton University]].
12: She called [[Bill Clinton]] "the first Black president", saying "Clinton displays ... - Sally Ride (1826 bytes)
1: ...nd [[Svetlana Savitskaya]] ([[1982]]), both from the former [[Soviet Union]].
5: ... Shuttle]] ''[[Challenger]]'' crew of [[STS-7]]. She has cumulatively spent more than 343 hours in spa...
7: ...rol. Currently she is a professor of physics at the [[University of California, San Diego]].
9: ...s, the [[STS-51-L|''Challenger'' explosion]] and the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]].
11: ...s on television, in shows or commercials. She is the author of several children's books about space ex... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...Endeavour]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the first non-white woman to go into space.
3: ...ator in the [[Bone]] Cell Research experiment in the [[Spacelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned ...
5: ...addition to her extensive background in science, she is well-versed in African and [[African-American ...
7: ... resumed her medical practice, working with CIGNA Health Plans of California.
9: Dr. Jemison, the youngest of three children, was born on [[October...
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