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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...many were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fr...
7: ...a about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice paddy]] agriculture ...
11: ...]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chi...
14: ...e of them, the [[Yellow Emperor]], is sometimes said to be the ancestor of all Chinese people. Followi...
15: ..._ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hristopher_columbus_99w.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
2: ...:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
3: ...that Columbus fought with opposition based on the idea that the earth was flat is a literary [[myth]] ...
5: ...t to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third voyage). However, there...
7: ...g in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...ize|Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
18: ...aid that she was free to move "because we are confident that we can trust each other." Aung San Suu Ky...
21: ...countries from around the world held protests outside Myanmar embassies, in recognition of Suu Kyi's 6... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
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67: ...the independent republic of [[Bangladesh]]. [[President Nixon]] dispatched the aircraft carrier [[USS ...
69: ...twork of banks Gandhi created are successful and widely trusted institutions today. - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
3: ...ian National Congress]] (Congress Party) and the widow of former Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. She ...
7: ...married]] in [[1968]], after which she took up residence in India. The name Sonia was given by her mot...
11: ... her husband's [[assassination]] on [[May 21]], [[1991]], there were calls for her to enter politics by ...
15: ...r in the elections, threatened to launch a nationwide agitation if Sonia became the [[Prime Minister o... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...h]] lawyer and politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
3: ...r. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
5: ...Finland.TarjaHolonen.01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|President Tarja Halonen on a state visit to Brazil]]
12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]–[[1991]]
13: *Minister of Justice [[1990]]–[[1991]] - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
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27: ...istration of [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]]. She is the first [[Afric...
34: ...worked for Alma Powell's uncle as a high-school guidance counsellor, and was an ordained minister who ...
41: ...the most central figures in my life" [http://www.rider.edu/phanc/Phanc/JoKorbel.htm].
47: ...pinions out of her scholarship. She also was an avid reader of [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy]] and [[Dostoyevs... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
5: ...fe Jane Abraham is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
9: .... Senate since [[1894]], when [[Francis B. Stockbridge]] died.
11: ...y Leader [[Tom Daschle]], who lost a re-election bid in [[South Dakota]]. Senator [[Dick Durbin]], D-I... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
31: ... increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic growth occur...
38: She did well at school, going on to a girls' [[grammar sc...
41: ...950]] she was the youngest woman Conservative candidate but fought in the [[safe seat|safe]] Labour se...
43: ...of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in support of her [[Private M...
47: ... and she voted in favour of the principle of [[David Steel]]'s Bill to legalise [[abortion]]. However ... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
12: ...cal assignment covering [[George McGovern]]'s presidential campaign. This led to a position in a New Y...
18: In [[1991]] when ''Ms.'' magazine revived, she became its c...
23: ...ash;on [[September 3]], [[2000]] she married [[David Bale]], father of actor [[Christian Bale]]. Howev... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: ...ende, the cousin of [[Salvador Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. I...
14: ...nd died of his wounds (whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Al...
26: *''The Infinite Plan'' (1991) - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
6: Though widely known for her fiction, Atwood has also continu...
8: ...]] in the science fiction [[novel]] ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' (made into a movie and an opera), or f...
10: ...ench language|French]] translation of ''The Handmaid's Tale'', ''La servante 飡rlate'', was included ...
12: ... well as interact via video and audio. She has said in interviews that the device will be available b...
17: <div style="float:left; width:49%;"> - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
5: ...hysician]], teacher and [[astronaut]], she has a wide range of experience in technology, engineering, ...
13: ...itical, cultural and economic context of the individual, especially for the developing world. Current ...
15: ...ge. The Institute was established as an agent for identifying, assessing, researching and implementing...
19: ...hly) One of the Women for the Coming New Century (1991); Johnson Publications Black Achievement Trailbla...
23: She resides in [[Houston, Texas]] with her cats Sneeze and ... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
9: ... [[VVS|air force]] and the cosmonaut corps by presidential order. - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
9: ... IBM equivalent, the COMTRAN. However, it was her idea that programs could be written in a language th...
16: ... led to her promotion to Commodore by special Presidential appointment. By [[1985]] she became a [[re...
18: ...capacity was as a goodwill ambassador, lecturing widely on the early days of computers, her career, an...
20: She was laid to rest with full military honors in [[Arlington ...
22: ...s a small memorial park in front of her former residence and is now owned by Arlington County, Virgini... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
8: ...or the [[African American]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went to Atlantic,...
10: ...rfunkel]] ("[[Bridge Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"), [[Sam Cooke]] and [[Th...
16: ... far inferior to the legendary recordings of the mid to late sixties.
37: *[[1963]] ''[[Laughing on the Outside]]''
59: *[[1973]] ''[[Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)]]'' - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: '''Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina''', ([[Russian language|Russian]] '''С...
3: Gubaidulina was born in [[Chistopol]], in the [[Tatar Re...
7: In the mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisa...
9: ...oning of her violin concerto ''[[Offertorium (Gubaidulina)|Offertorium]]''. She later composed a homag...
11: ...2 she followed this by the [[Johannes-Ostern (Gubaidulina)|Johannes-Ostern]] ("Easter according to Joh... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ... Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
3: ... with the burgeoning [[folk music]] scene of the mid-[[1960s]] in [[New York City]]. Through the [[197...
5: ...gs were strengthened by Mitchell's extraordinary wide-ranging voice (with a range in pitch at one time...
7: ...ed by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
9: ...tthews Southern Comfort]]. (Ironically, Mitchell did not even go to [[Woodstock Festival|Woodstock]], ... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
12: ...ivia Newton-John]], one of her early idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm ...
16: :''What did you think I'd be doing now''
26: :''And your fake identification''
27: :''When they said, "Is there something, anything''
29: :''You said, "Yes, I'd like to know what kind of people'' - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
7: ...wig]] and change her name to "Shirley". She has said that she was not allowed to make eye contact with...
9: ...elease her debut album in [[1991]]. However, she did not like the slick and well-produced [[popular mu...
11: ...slow to garner attention until the one song Crow did not write, "All I Wanna Do", became an unexpected...
21: ...single called "Picture" with rumored boyfriend [[Kid Rock]].
75: '''Picture (Kid Rock featuring Sheryl Crow)'''
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