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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...on]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
11: ...]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...sh Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ...ions]] ([[1971]]–[[1973]]), [[Republican National Committee]] chairman ([[1973]]–[[1974]])...
21: == Youth, education ==
24: ... in [[Andover, Massachusetts]] from [[1936]] to [[1942]], where he demonstrated early leadership, capta - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ... stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they ...
5: ...hroughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...e isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|...
9: ...[[horse]]s), and the first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans.
11: ...sive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[Italian American]]s hail Columbus... - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
3: ...ut is also more [[brittle]]. One classical definition is that steels are iron-carbon alloys with up to...
5: ...n, if present, is undesired. A more recent definition is that steels are iron-based alloys that can be...
8:
10: ...[[iron ore]] pellets will be used in steel production.]] - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: * [[1884]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1884]]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democr...
15: ...ns the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crow...
16: ... [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
17: ...[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - 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
74: *[[James Abercrombie Junior|Abercrombie Junior, James]], (died 1775), British Colonel, killed a...
91: ...aharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
25: ...kerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
27: *[[Gary Ackerman|Ackerman, Gary Leonard]] (born 1942)
61: *[[Julio Acosta|Acosta Garc� Julio]] (1872-1954)
64: ...la]], (born c. 1979), Argentine world boxing champion - 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.
21: ...gard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader - 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
30: *[[Joaquim Agostinho|Agostinho, Joaquim]], (1942-1984), Portuguese cyclist
47: *[[Antonio Aguilar|Aguilar, Antonio]], Mexican singer - 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]...
31: ...<td>[[20 December]] [[1902]] <td> [[25 August]] [[1942]]<td> married [[Princess Marina of Greece and Den...
40: The Duchess of York was not considered to be emotionally attached to her children. The royal nanny lo... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...]] activist. Initially meeting with fierce opposition, Sanger gradually won the support of the public ...
7: ...cene]] the dissemination of contraceptive information and devices.
9: ...U.S. and resumed her activities, launching the periodical ''The Birth Control Review and Birth Control...
11: ...basic information about such topics as [[menstruation]], but also acknowledged the reality of sexual f...
13: ...27, Sanger helped organize the first World Population Conference in [[Geneva]]. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
8:
10: ...1959 to 1965, Allende worked with the [[United Nations]]' [[FAO]] in [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], and...
12: ...''. She also worked in Chilean television production for channels 7 and 13.
14: ...ere, she worked for the Caracas newspaper ''El Nacional'' and as a teacher in a secondary school. - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ...She began publishing fiction in various Danish periodicals in 1905 under the pen name ''Osceola''. Her...
7: ...ined in Kenya and continued to operate the plantation until the collapse of the coffee market in 1931 ...
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...
21: * ''Winter's Tales'' (1942) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
9: ...cribed so as to mimic the actual speech of the period, and thus it embraces the dialect and culture of...
11: Quote:"Dat's a big ole resurrection lie, Ned. Uh slew-foot, drag-leg lie at dat, an...
13: ...r her artful capture of the actual language and idiom of the day.
15: ...Langston Hughes]], were aligned with Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not ...
20: ...e'', Hurston was wrongly accused of child molestation. In her defense she presented her passport, whic... - 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== - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
3: ...e education, she worked in various jobs in [[aviation]]. She married Robert Maclure Love in [[1936]].
5: ... Car Company]], testing various aircraft modifications including the new [[tricycle landing gear]].
7: ... the [[Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron]] in [[1942]] with her as a squadron commander. In [[1943]] ... - 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]]. - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...y 11]], [[1906]] - [[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
4: ... driving personality to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store...
6: ...h a cosmetics business. Despite her lack of education, Ms. Cochran had a quick mind and an affinity fo...
8: ...ears later, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line o...
10: ...win the event. With her growing fame, and association with the wealthy elite, she was frequently inter... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...est female vocalist ever by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1]]....
4: ==Biography==
8: ...can]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went to Atlantic, they just sat me down...
10: ... the best result being a number four with her version of [[Burt Bacharach]]'s ''"I Say a Little Prayer...
14: ...wer, and she continued the hugely successful relationship with Wexler and Mardin while beginning to ta...
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