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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...e use of the variant spelling ''M骩co'', see section [[#The name|The name]] below) is a [[country]] l...
14: image_map = LocationMexico.png |
15: national_motto =''Sufragio efectivo, No reelecci
16: ...nguage|Spanish]]: ''Effective suffrage, no reelection)'' |
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]''... - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
57: ...6]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
63: | [[Iowa]]
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
73: | [[1905]] — [[1910]] - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ...lthough there are relatively many important exceptions to this rule. All these pipes are attached to t...
18: ...e reeds but there are a number of important exceptions, including the Italian Zampogna, the French Mus...
23: ...inflation device seems to have originated with various ethnic groups in the Roman empire.
25: ... "[[Scots Wha Hae]]", "Hey Tutti Taiti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Rober...
27: ...era the use of bagpipes has become a common tradition for military funerals and memorials in the [[ang... - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...ht|240px|Architects' first real look at the Greek Ionic order: Julien David LeRoy, ''Les ruines plus b...
2: ...Classical order|three '''orders''' or '''organizational systems''']] of [[classical architecture]], th...
4: ... its brief lifetime. A longer-lasting 6th century Ionic temple was the [[Temple of Artemis]] at Ephesu...
5: ...Image:Ionic base of a column.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ionic base at the [[Erechtheum]], Athens, [[421 BC]]...
6: ...ch became so much the standard, that when a Greek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the late... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...o, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader
61: ...ard Abegg|Abegg, Richard Wilhelm Heinrich]] (1869-1910), chemist
74: *[[James Abercrombie Junior|Abercrombie Junior, James]], (died 1775), British Colonel, killed a... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
19: ...Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
41: ...above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: ...anuel Agassiz|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
14: *[[Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
17: ...n|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW II hero
20: ...ant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
47: *[[Antonio Aguilar|Aguilar, Antonio]], Mexican singer - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
7: ...arl Gustav Ahlefeldt|Ahlefeldt, Karl Gustav]], ([[1910]]-[[1985]]), Danish film actor
12: ...i Ahmadullah|Ahmadullah, Qari]], [[Taliban]] interior minister - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...the height of the [[Industrial Revolution]], a period of great social, economic, and technological cha...
14: ...he occupied a high position in the line of succession, Victoria was taught only [[German language|Germ...
16: ... would an adult. In order to prevent such a scenario, Parliament passed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', ...
18: ...h young Victoria, and that he entered into a relationship with her in order to gain social status (he ...
20: ... [[Order-in-Council]] partially reversed the decision by granting [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...ia]] and [[Queen of Ireland]]. Prior to her accession, she was also [[Princess of Wales]], [[Duke of C...
5: ...f for formal events, Queen Mary's valuable collection of jewels built up over her years as queen are n...
11: ...ks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying in [[Florence]], [[Italy]...
40: The Duchess of York was not considered to be emotionally attached to her children. The royal nanny lo...
42: ...alia]], the Duke and Duchess opened the first session of the Australian Parliament, when the Commonwea... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
1: ...:Goldman-4.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Emma Goldman, c. 1910]]
3: ...in the South of France where she wrote her [[autobiography]], [[Living my Life]], and other works, bef...
6: ...t workplace that Goldman was introduced to revolutionary ideas; she obtained a copy of [[Nikolai Chern...
8: ==Immigration to America==
9: ...ist movement, and at twenty she became a [[revolution]]ary. Following the uproar over the hanging, Gol... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...rmany]] and took part in an unsuccessful [[revolution]] in Berlin in January, [[1919]]. The uprising ...
10: ...er fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[Zurich University]],...
12: ...ts in the [[Reichstag]]. But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist members of parliament foc...
14: ...tions under [[socialism]], which later caused tensions with [[Vladimir Lenin]].
16: ...rging with Lithuania's social democratic organisation. Despite living in Germany for most of her adult... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
7: She married the poet [[Nikolay Gumilyov]] in [[1910]]. Their son, born in [[1912]], was the historian...
17: ...jill/akhmatova/index.html Akhmatova website with biography, video]
18: ...rs.org/the_great_poets/fe/eu/aa Anna Akhmatova ] Bio and Poetry - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...ssatt grew up in an environment that valued education. Her parents believed travel was a way to learn...
6: ... her family's objections to her becoming a professional artist, she began studying painting at the [[P...
8: ...[[1871]] when the archbishop of Pittsburgh commissioned her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, aft...
14: ..., though, she knew she was not alone in her rebellion against the Salon. "I used to go and flatten my ...
16: ...mpressionist show. An active member of the impressionist circle until [[1886]], she remained friends w... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
3: ... and then at the [[London School of Art]] until [[1910]]. In [[1914]] she went to the [[Montparnasse]] Q...
5: ...himself as "Modigliani, painter and Jew". In addition to making close friends with [[Amedeo Modigliani...
7: ...ga Workshops on decorative art. Her artistic creations were widely exhibited during [[World War I]] in...
11: ...r Fry]] assisting him with the avant-garde productions of fabrics, clothes, murals, furniture, rugs, a...
15: ... sued her and the publisher for libel over allegations of Black Magic made in her book. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ...en, was cast in Toronto's Princess Theatre production of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. S...
9: ...llars a year (the first male actor who made a million dollar deal was [[Charlie Chaplin]]), and one of...
11: ... Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" b...
18: ...h]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $5 a day - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...sexuality, and the tension in women's private emotions; she bridges the mutually contradictory schools...
7: === Biography ===
8: ...(This latter fact was to play on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the P...
10: ...rticularly disapproved of Marina's poetic inclination. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]]...
12: ...eople would have had some influence on the impressionable Marina. The children began to run wild. This... - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
1: ...t Hodgkin''' [[Order of Merit|OM]] ([[May 12]], [[1910]]–[[July 29]], [[1994]]) was a British [[sc...
5: She was a pioneer of [[X-ray]] [[crystallography]]. She discove...
11: ...ds.). 1981. ''Structural Studies on Molecules of Biological Interest: A Volume in Honour of Professor ...
17: .... (FRS), and David Phillips (''Nature Structural Biology'' 1: 573-576, 1994)
18: *Perutz, Max F. (''Quarterly Review of Biophysics'' 27: 333-337, 1994) - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
3: ... passed the University's arbiter entrance examinations and enrolled there in the fall. Among her prof...
9: ...pair go counterclockwise. Then add one more variation; all the dancers are spinning twirling round and...
13: ...eller]] that would be used for Teller's investigations into the possibility of a [[hydrogen bomb]].
17: ...lectures about her research at four major institutions. Two of her former universities honour her too.... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...odern [[nurse|nursing]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth annive...
9: ... of the poor and indigent. She announced her decision to her family in [[1845]], evoking intense anger...
11: ...the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
13: In [[1846]] she visited [[Kaiserwerth]], a pioneering hospital established and managed by an ord...
15: == Rejection of marriage proposal ==
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