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- 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: 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) - 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.]] - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ... is the most listened-to radio talk show host in the United States, and has an audience estimated by A...
6: ...n [[Missouri]], had once owned the radio station where Limbaugh started his career.
8: ... he was not drafted because a physical found that he had an "inoperable [[pilonidal cyst]]" and "a [[A...
10: ...ty as Limbaugh does use a golden microphone on ''The Rush Limbaugh Show''.)
12: ...cepted a position as director of promotions with the [[Kansas City Royals]] [[baseball]] team. - 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: ...he [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|Labour Party]] in [[1992]].
11: ...cientific American]] as their ''Policy Leader of the Year'' for coordinating a rapid worldwide respons... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ...Washington|Washington state]] and is a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party...
7: ...for U.S. Representative [[Andrew Jacobs]]. Her mother, Rose, was an administrative assistant.
9: ...led a successful campaign to build a new library there.
11: ==In the Washington and United States Houses==
13: ...ve growth plans, and she negotiated its passage. She also worked on legislation regulating nursing hom... - 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. - Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
1: {{Infobox Senator | name=Blanche Lincoln
3: | image name=AR_Lincoln_Blanche.jpg
11: | place of birth=[[Helena, Arkansas|Helena]], [[Arkansas]]
18: ...She was the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Senate.
20: ...urg, Virginia]] in [[1982]]. She studied law at the [[University of Arkansas]]. - 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... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...[[Feminism|Feminist]] and an active supporter of the [[American Civil Rights Movement]].
5: ... her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
9: ...ilderen, of which five survived infancy. However their marriage almost split over sexual explorations ...
11: ...e Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ...cratic Party, which Alice viewed as an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
2: ..."font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
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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. - 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 ... - 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... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...r the [[Mark I Calculator]] and the developer of the first [[compiler]] for a computer programming lan...
3: ...ching mathematics at Vassar in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
5: ...ed to work on the development of the Mark II and the Mark III Calculators.
7: ...]. Later versions were released commercially as the [[ARITH-MATIC]], [[MATH-MATIC]] and [[FLOW-MATIC]...
9: ... is fair to say that COBOL was based very much on her philosophy. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: ...ory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963.
5: ...final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken path".
7: ...group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
9: ...a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]'...
11: ...diptych" on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date. - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: ...[[Avril Lavigne]], and [[Kelly Clarkson]] among others.
8: ==The early years==
10: ...he has an older brother, Chad, and a [[twin]] brother, Wade.
12: ...f her early idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet yo...
14: ...te wrote her first song, "Fate Stay With Me", at the age of 9: - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
1: ....jpg|frame|right|Lucinda Williams on the cover of her album ''Sweet Old World'']]
2: ...ongwriter. A three-time [[Grammy Award]] winner, she was named "America's best songwriter" by ''Time''...
4: ... parts of the American South, before settling at the [[University of Arkansas]]. His daughter showed ...
6: ...Blues'', which consisted of her own material. Neither album received much attention.
8: ..., including [[Tom Petty]], who would later cover the song.
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