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- Grapefruit (4275 bytes)
2: ..._700x490.jpg|250px|A basket of grapefruit]] | caption = A basket of grapefruit}}
5: ...x_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: ...xobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
13: {{Taxobox section binomial botany | color = lightgreen | binomial_...
18: ...became a major producer of the fruit, with plantations in [[Florida]] and [[Texas]]. In Spanish the fr... - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
13: | [[1923]] — [[1931]]
57: ...6]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
63: | [[Iowa]]
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ell as successive waves of immigration and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese c...
7: ... craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the ...
11: ...ou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...ou Dynasty|Zhou]] dynasties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|C...
18: ...0 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have been alleged ... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
12: ...Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
25: ...kerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
61: *[[Julio Acosta|Acosta Garc� Julio]] (1872-1954)
64: ...la]], (born c. 1979), Argentine world boxing champion - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
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
42: *[[Dries van Agt|Agt, Dries van]], (born 1931), Dutch prime minister
47: *[[Antonio Aguilar|Aguilar, Antonio]], Mexican singer - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
12: ...rd Aiken|Aiken, Howard]], (1900-1973), computing pioneer
17: *[[Alvin Ailey|Ailey, Alvin]], (1931-1985), dancer, choreographer
23: *[[Airto]], (born 1951), [[percussion]]ist - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
9: ...te]] where he served until he died in office in [[1931]].
11: ...9]], [[1931]] and was confirmed by a special election of the people on [[January 12]], [[1932]] becomi...
13: ...hes on the floor of the Senate but built a reputation as an honest and sincere Senator.
15: ...tuation to announce that she would run for reelection. Populist [[Louisiana]] politician [[Huey Long]...
17: ... a successful coalition of veterans, women, and union members. - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
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...
13: ...ime. Her defense of Berkman's attempted assassination of [[Henry Clay Frick]] made her highly unpopula... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ...She began publishing fiction in various Danish periodicals in 1905 under the pen name ''Osceola''. Her...
7: ...tation until the collapse of the coffee market in 1931 forced her to abandon the project.
9: ...multaneously in Danish and English, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitl...
11: She died in Rungsted, apparently from malnutrition. She had suffered for many years from [[syphili...
29: * ''On Modern Marriage and Other Observations'' (posthumous 1986, USA) - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
2: ...ford''', [[February 18]], [[1931]] in [[Lorain, Ohio]].
4: ...novel)|Beloved]] won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who ...
6: ...]]'s and [[1970]]'s helped break down the segregation of literature from small minority subsets ([[Afr...
8: ...(novel)|Song of Solomon]], a tale of the renunciation of [[materialism]] and the strength of [[brother...
34: ==Non-fiction== - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_Biography |
4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for...
11: ...vist philosophy#Ethics: rational self-interest|rational self-interest]]", and [[capitalism]]. Her nove...
12: #That man must choose his values and actions by reason;
16: ==Biography== - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
5: == Biography ==
13: Stein, a [[lesbian]], met her life-long companion [[Alice B. Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with...
15: ... and her brother compiled one of the first collections of Cubist art. She owned early works of [[Pablo...
19: ...rges Braque]]. She coined the term "[[Lost Generation]]" for some of these expatriate American writers...
23: ...gmatism; thus at the opening of the German occupation of France she favored collaborative Vichy govern... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...d for female pilots, and remembered for her mysterious disappearance during a flight over the [[Pacifi...
8: ...ring this time, she was able to keep up with aviation as a weekend hobbyist. She was even featured in ...
10: ... crossing. They were married on [[February 7]], [[1931]]. Earhart referred to the marriage as a "partner...
14: ...French Government, and the Gold Medal of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert ...
18: ...publicity would help him establish his own navigation school in Florida. - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
8: ...n]]. She received a [[Harmon Trophy]] in recognition of this achievement.
10: In [[July]] [[1931]], she set the record for flying from [[England]]...
27: ...tp://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/famous_folk/amyjohnson/biog1.shtml BBC Humber site for Johnson centenary] - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
7: ....E. Moore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: She began writing professionally in [[1905]], initially for the ''[[Times Lit...
11: ...ll as emotional motives of characters, and the various possibilities of fractured narrative and chrono...
13: ...resented simultaneously as corrosion and rejuvenation- all set in a highly imaginative and symbolic na...
17: ...xamination of Woolf's life, updating the earlier biography by Woolf's own nephew, [[Quentin Bell]]. - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
10: ...November 20]], [[1920]]. She could not gain admission to American flight schools because she was bla...
12: ...September]] of [[1921]], she became a media sensation when she returned to the United States. Invited ...
18: ...een honored in several ways since her death: In [[1931]], a group of Black male pilots performed the fir... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...- [[January 1]], [[1992]]) was an early computer pioneer. She was the first [[programmer]] for the [[...
3: .... Hopper began teaching mathematics at Vassar in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
7: ...iler and its first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercially as the [[ARITH-MATI...
9: ...r returned to the Navy where she worked on validation software for the programming language [[COBOL]] ...
12: ...ive duty in August of [[1967]] for a six-month period that turned into an indefinite assignment. She ... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
5: ...on star clusters. She received her doctorate in [[1931]] from [[Radcliffe College]].
7: ...gg]] in [[1930]], and in [[1935]] moved to [[Ontario]] where she took a job at the [[David Dunlap Obse...
9: ...ed in [[1988]]. She died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in 1993.
13: ...the [[Order of Canada]] and was promoted to Companion in [[1976]]. - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
3: ... passed the University's arbiter entrance examinations and enrolled there in the fall. Among her prof...
5: ...ity]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]] from [[1931]]-[[1939|39]], but since she was a woman she was ...
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.... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ...[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
9: ... most sensational woman anyone ever saw." In addition to being a musical star, Baker also starred in s...
11: ...red her greatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and became a muse for contemporary painters and ...
15: ...e was never really able to obtain the same reputation at home. Upon a visit to the United States in [[...
21: ... not legally binding), French sugar magnate Jean Lion (1937-1940, divorced), French orchestra leader J...
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