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- History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
4: ...ic shifts to the "frontiers" from the more industrialized states in the Northeast and Midwest.
6: ... Party|Republican Party]]. As an aside, [[California]] has reemerged as a bright spot for the Democrat...
8: ...s unemployment increased, expanding demand for social services, while tax bases declined. [[New York C...
10: ...ial programs, a potent theme in the 1980 presidential race and the [[1994]] mid-term elections, when t...
12: ...movement]], gave way to conservative urban politicians in the 1970s across the country, such as New Yo... - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
3: ==1988 presidential election==
4: ...ee the main article [[U.S. presidential election, 1988]].''
10: ...]. On [[December 26]], [[1991]] the USSR was officially disbanded, breaking up into fifteen constituen...
14: ...e revamped for new purposes, and would play a crucial role in the [[Balkans]] conflict during the mid-...
16: ...d in humanitarian conflicts in [[Somalia]], [[Bosnia]], [[Kosovo]] and [[Haiti]], often with the coope... - U.S. presidential election, 1988 (11192 bytes)
1: ...ectoralCollege1988-Large.png|thumb|450px|Presidential electoral votes by state.]]
2: ...d lopsided Republican victory in as many presidential elections.
8: ... [[U.S. presidential election, 1984|1984 presidential election]], the Democrats were eager to find a n...
17: * [[Paul Simon (politician)|Paul M. Simon]], U.S. senator from [[Illinois]]
19: ... [[U.S. presidential election, 1984|1984 presidential election]], and had refined his campaign in the ...
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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...w Guinea]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[So...
9: ... Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head...
20: ...to commemorate the centenary of the [[Entente Cordiale]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was in...
23: ... [[Princess Margaret]] were [[Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II|evacuated]] to [... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
16: ...ally became syndicated on [[August 1]], [[1988]] via a company called Premiere Broadcasting. Limbaugh ...
20: ... his dramatic pauses to make room for more commercials.
22: ... a political symbol as he was a broadcaster, comedian, and political satirist. In [[1992]], President...
28: ...onality of the Year, given by the [[National Association of Broadcasters]]. He was inducted into Broad...
30: ...irment|deafness]] in his left [[ear]] and substantial hearing loss in his right ear. He also revealed ... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
6: ...is the daughter of General [[Aung San]], who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in [[1947]] ...
10: ...r. In that year, the long-time leader of the [[socialist]] ruling party, General [[Ne Win]], stepped d...
16: ...her husband Michael Aris, a British citizen, was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in [[1997]], the B...
18: ...2002]], following secret confidence-building negotiations led by the [[United Nations]], she was relea...
19: ... would be extended. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4064211.stm (BBC)] - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...] using the [[8th Amendment]] to dissolve the parliament and allowing for re-elections within 90 days....
6: ...tates included active participation in various social causes.
8: During her time at Oxford, she was the first Asian woman to be President of the [[Oxford Union]], a...
11: ...n Pakistan until the death of General [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]].
13: ...tion in more than a decade, on [[November 16]], [[1988]], Benazir's PPP won the single largest bloc of s... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
13: | [[Brian Mulroney]]
22: | [[Port Alberni, British Columbia]]
25: | [[politician]]
31: ...ven]] (now [[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the world, after British Prime ...
33: ...was educated at the [[University of British Columbia]] (B.A., LL.B.) and studied towards a doctorate i... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
14: ...or="#efefef" colspan="2" | [[Prime Minister of India]]
20: | [[Indian National Congress|Congress (I)]]
51: ...ctober 31]], [[1984]]) was [[Prime Minister of India]] from [[January 19]], [[1966]] to [[March 24]], ...
55: ...aharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of India]].
57: ... government in, what was at that time, a very patriarchal society, Indira was expected to be a passive... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
29: ...foreign relations, Thatcher maintained the "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and ...
31: ...-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial heartlands of [[northern England]], and increase...
36: ... politics, serving as an [[Alderman]] (while officially described as '[[Whig|Liberal]] Independent', i...
38: ...rman of the [[Oxford University Conservative Association]] in [[1946]], the third woman to hold the po...
41: ...r|Mark]] were born. On returning to work, she specialised in tax issues. - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
6: ... an education center for workers' rights and [[racial equality]].
14: ...ed States|D]]-[[Michigan]]) from [[1965]] until [[1988]]. She continues to reside in Detroit.
17: While few historians doubt Park's contribution to the civil rights m...
45: ...ong ''[[Rosa Parks (song)|Rosa Parks]]''. The initial lawsuit was dismissed. Parks' caretakers hired l...
47: ...s were pursuing the case based on their own financial interest. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
8: ...Bolivia]] and then to [[Lebanon]]. While in Bolivia, Allende attended an [[United States|American]] p...
10: ...nited Nations]]' [[FAO]] in [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], and later in [[Brussels, Belgium]], and else...
12: Beginning in 1967, Allende was on the editorial staff for ''Paula'' magazine, and from 1973 to 1...
14: ...3, Allende's play ''El embajador'' debuted in Santiago. On [[September 11]] that same year, her uncle ... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...ria University in the University of Toronto|Victoria College]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various...
4: ...ed work. She has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
6: ...anks as a key figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[19...
8: ...ders know Atwood for her tale of a future [[dystopia]] in the science fiction [[novel]] ''[[The Handma...
10: ... championed by [[Toronto]] City Councillor [[Olivia Chow]] in [[2005]]. In addition, the [[French lan... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...ved]] won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who found freedom...
8: ...f Solomon]], a tale of the renunciation of [[materialism]] and the strength of [[brotherly love]]. She... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
3: ...ucted experiments in [[life sciences]] and [[material sciences]], and was co-investigator in the [[Bon...
5: ...|Chemical engineer]], scientist, [[medicine|physician]], teacher and [[astronaut]], she has a wide ran...
7: ...ctice, working with CIGNA Health Plans of California.
11: ... a medical clerkship in [[Thailand]] at a [[Cambodia]]n refugee camp. She completed her internship at ...
13: ...students ages 12 to 16, that utilizes an experiential curriculum. - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
9: ...o]], who died in [[1988]]. She died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in 1993. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...na''') (born [[October 24]], [[1931]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious mus...
3: ... [[Tatar Republic]]. She studied composition and piano at the [[Kazan]] Conservatory, graduating in 19...
5: During her studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its ex...
11: ...n 2000 project in commemoration of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. Her contribution was the [[Johannes-Pass...
18: * Quintet for piano, two violins, viola, and violoncello (1957) - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...g in [[Toronto]] and western Canada, she was associated with the burgeoning [[folk music]] scene of th...
5: ...n the unique texture to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ...nt of the time. ''Clouds'' represented a commercial breakthrough, containing her first two songs wi...
9: ...he title is Laurel Canyon, [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]) as well as containing her first ma...
11: ... were piano led, some exhibiting the rhythms associated with [[Rock and roll|rock music]]. The rock i... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
2: ...ber 30]], [[1946]]) is a [[United States]] [[musician]], [[singer]] and [[poet]]. She was born in [[Ch...
4: ...reer path subsidised by rock [[journalism]], especially within the pages of ''[[Creem]]'' magazine. S...
6: ...ay Dee Daugherty ([[drums]]) and Richard Sohl ([[piano]]). Financed by money from Smith's friend and f...
8: ...ularity grew and the second album ''[[Radio Ethiopia]]'' reflected this with a rawer sound, although t...
12: ...(album)|Easter]]'' ([[1978]]) was her most commercially successful record, containing the hit single "... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
1: ...liams-Sweet Old World.jpg|frame|right|Lucinda Williams on the cover of her album ''Sweet Old World'']]
2: '''Lucinda Williams''' (born [[January 26]], [[1953]]) is an [[Unit...
4: ...ter of poet and literature professor [[Miller Williams]]. Her father worked as a visiting professor in...
6: ...py Woman Blues'', which consisted of her own material. Neither album received much attention.
8: ... Records]] released the self-titled ''Lucinda Williams.'' The single "Changed the Locks", about a brok... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
1: [[Image:Toriamos-dent.jpg|right|thumb|Tori Amos]]
3: ...assically trained, Amos’s voice and mostly piano-based music has frequently been compared to tha...
7: ... at [[Montgomery College]] and began playing at piano bars, many of them gay, chaperoned by her fathe...
10: ...tlantic Records gave Amos a 6 record contract. In 1988, her debut album ''[[Y Kant Tori Read]]'' was rel...
13: ...ere rejected on the grounds that the "girl and a piano thing" wasn't going to sell. Extensively re-wor... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...oseph the Betrothed|Joseph]]. The area of [[Christian]] [[theology]] concerning her is '''[[Mariology]...
6: ...hristian Gospels. Mary ([[Miriam]] in Hebrew, Mariam in Greek) is mentioned by name in three of the f...
8: ...ived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, are based on [[faith]], traditions of ...
10: == Christian records == - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
12: ...e opened and a blinding light of exceptional brilliance flowed through my entire brain. And so it kind...
17: ...d was able to finish her first visionary work Scivias ("Know the Ways of the Lord") and her fame began...
22: ...script, many [[conlang]]ers look upon her as a mediaeval precursor.
24: ... performed in her own convent. In addition to Scivias she wrote two other major works of visionary wri...
28: ...nsations which accompanied her visions have been diagnosed by neurologists (including popular author [...
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