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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hristopher_columbus_99w.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
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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]]. - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
1: Presidency of Barack Obama
3: ...: Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency and Presidency of Barack Obama
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12: ..., Caylee; she was convicted of four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer...
15: ...reelected president, Joe Biden reelected vice president. - 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: ...l punishment]]. She made her mark as a conference speaker in 1966 with a strong attack on the taxation poli... - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
9: ... legal equality of the two sexes, and as a public speaker and writer. From [[1868]] to [[1870]] she was the...
15: ...n in [[1869]] until [[1892]], when she became president.
17: ... fined $100 [[June 18]] [[1873]], but she never paid the fine.
19: ...Stanton, Mrs. [[Matilda Joslyn Gage]], and Mrs. [[Ida Husted Harper]], she published ''The History of ...
28: ...and Work of Susan B. Anthony] (Volume 1 of 2), by Ida Husted Harper, from [[Project Gutenberg]] - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
8: Later in life she became a noted speaker for both the [[Abolitionist]] movement and the [[...
13: ...sued to work with former slaves. She also met President [[Abraham Lincoln]].
26: ...ttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1044&pt=Sojourner%20 Truth Burial site] - 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...
17: ...the Discovery Channel. She is also in demand as a speaker to civic and government organizations, schools an...
23: She resides in [[Houston, Texas]] with her cats Sneeze and ... - 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... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
12: ...ist) the Kern and Mrcer songbooks also scored by Riddle, and [[Duke Ellington]], a later collection de...
14: ...ether with the "other voice" of jazz, [[Billie Holiday]] ([[1957]]).
18: ...'s Blues]]''. She also appeared in the films ''[[Ride 'Em Cowboy]]'', ''[[St. Louis Blues]]'', and ''[...
123: ...al of Arts|National Medal of Art]] awarded by President [[Ronald Reagan]] ([[1987]])
129: *"I didn't realise our songs were so good until Ella sang... - 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... - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
2: ...ence commander]], [[nurse]] and healer, [[revival speaker]], [[feminist]] and fundraiser, all as part of th...
5: ...reatment from her various owners, including an incident where an overseer hurled a two-pound weight in...
9: ...he North, and again was never captured. And she guided hundreds of people trapped in slavery up to the...
21: ...in the Life of Harriet Tubman''. This was of considerable help to her sad financial state - she was n...
34: ...ever met any person of any color who had more confidence in the voice of God." -- [[Thomas Garrett]] - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
5: ...and when she returned fascinated by them, she confidentially approached [[Arnold Fanck]], the director...
7: ...'', a [[documentary film]] glorifying Hitler and widely regarded as one of the most effective pieces o...
9: ...] in the [[1936 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] but decided to film the event instead. This material became...
13: ...;a position which many of her critics dismiss as ridiculous.
19: ... Impressions]]''), an idealized movie <!-- it was idealized, not documentary --> of life in the oceans... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...ker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[1936]]-[[1940]]), niece of [[Uni...
8: ...She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid."
14: Nevertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice among ...
16: ...nders if the cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a ...
20: ...[Lifeboat (movie)|Lifeboat]]. The performance is widely acknowledged as her best on film, and won her ... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
5: |speakers=15 million|rank=74
13: ...istory of some 3,000 years. It is symbolically divided in four historical periods:
21: ...spoken by approximately 15 million speakers worldwide, most of whom live in [[Greece]].
32: ...a since the [[2nd millennium BC]]. The earliest evidence of this is found in the [[Linear B]] tablets ...
34: ...language of the modern Greek state, and the most widely spoken by Greeks today. - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ... ''[[trumpet]]'', as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet.
11: ...Of all the wind instruments the clarinet has the widest compass, which is showcased in much wind band ...
20: ... — such instruments are less affected by humidity, but are heavier than the equivalent wood inst...
24: The hollow bore inside the instrument has a basically cylindrical shape...
26: ...een registers through use of the register key, or speaker key. - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
2: ...cian]] who served as the twenty-eighth [[Vice President of the United States of America]] under [[Wood...
5: ...; Marshall wrote later of listening to future President [[Benjamin Harrison]] present a case. Marshal...
7: ...the nomination as a compromise [[dark horse]] candidate. During his term he saw a child labor law and...
9: == Vice Presidency ==
11: ...served as Vice President until [[1921]]. It is said that Marshall initially turned down the nominatio... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
4: | order=14th President
16: | vicepresident=[[William R. King]]
18: ...lege|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president up unto that time.
20: ...t the [[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856 presidential election]], and was replaced by [[James Buc... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
10: | '''Order:''' || 16th President
36: ...'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
42: ...esident of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican Party|Repu...
44: ...al territories, and his victory in the [[1860 presidential election]] further polarized the nation. Be...
46: ...n the [[U.S. presidential election, 1864|1864 presidential campaign]]. - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
2: ...tative]] from [[Indiana]] and the 17th [[Vice President of the United States]].
6: ...having become the Republican nominee for Vice President.
8: ...arch 3, [[1873]]. Colfax was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in [[1872]], owing to charges...
10: ...nia]], is named in his honor. The "Jewel of the Midwest", Schuyler, Nebraska, is also named after Col...
13: ...ker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives]] | before=[... - Continent (6440 bytes)
2: ...aking Alexandria as a [[prime meridian]], they divided the ''oikoumene'' or habitable earth into three...
4: ...es, consisting of a thin [[basalt]]ic layer of solidified mantle, and covered by a sea punctuated with...
13: ...fine larger land masses connected with a [[land bridge]]:
18: ...oss_section_Earth2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
19: ... the Americas. These land masses are usually considered [[supercontinent]]s rather than continents, t... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
2: ...public''' or '''Lebanon''' is a country in the [[Middle East]], along the [[Mediterranean Sea]] (on th...
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8: | align="center" width="140" | [[Image:Lebanon flag large.png|125px|Fl...
9: | align="center" width="140" | [[Image:Lebanese_COA.png|95px|Lebanese ...
11: | align="center" width="140" | ([[Flag of Lebanon|In Detail]])
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