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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|righ...
5: ...59_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...It also has the biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor ...
9: ...litan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 million. It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city... - 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 ... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...r him, ever actually existed: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the title "Ki...
7: ... [[Roman Emperor]] [[Anthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom we know little,...
9: ...storical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for...
13: ...thought argue that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Ambrosius Aurelianus]], led the f...
17: ==Earliest traditions of Arthur== - 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: 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]] - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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13: ...pawning biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
15: ...mdash; while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
22: ...father, [[Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer]] in [[1975]], Diana's father became the 8th [[Earl Spencer]]... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ...mes, serving until 1945. She attracted much attention as she was the first woman member to actually ta...
10: ...t of Hitler and led to much criticism of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely critica...
12: ...oiding the real war in France and the future invasion. The allied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, ...
19: # [[Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor]] (1909-1975) - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
3: ...n to serve as prime minister of an [[Africa]]n nation.
5: ... brought to trial on charges of covering up extortion committed by Bokassa during her tenure as prime ... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
20: | [[Indian National Congress|Congress (I)]]
51: ...om [[January 14]], [[1980]] until her [[assassination]] in [[1984]].
57: ...a was expected to be a passive leader, but her actions proved her otherwise.
59: ... member of Parliament in her father's [[Indian National Congress]] Party, and was appointed a minister...
63: ...sing her powers of appointment, she created "notoriously weak" [[cabinet]]s, centralizing her own pers... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
8: ...nister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]]
12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]–[[1991]]
16: == Biography ==
18: ...er of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions for the years [[1970]]–[[1974]]. She join...
20: ...inister of justice and in [[1995]] until her election as the president she served as the minister of f... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
21: |'''[[Profession]]'''
27: ...ted States Secretary of State]] in the administration of [[President of the United States|President]] ...
29: ... States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in later t...
31: ...sh's [[United States National Security Advisor|National Security Advisor]] during his first term. She ...
35: ...an]] musical term "con dolcezza" which is a direction to play "with sweetness". [http://www.wnyc.org/l... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
5: ...publican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
7: ...the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry]], and the [[U.S. Senate Special Co...
9: ...venteenth amendment to the United States Constitution]] in [[1913]], U.S. Senators were selected by th...
11: ...nority Leader [[Tom Daschle]], who lost a re-election bid in [[South Dakota]]. Senator [[Dick Durbin]]...
15: ...cer Abraham]] | title=[[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Michigan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from Michig... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
5: |'''Period in Office:'''
27: ...er vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...elations, Thatcher maintained the "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a ...
31: ...lth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic growth occured that led to...
33: ...use of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation. - 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... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...erican Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church and state]].
7: ...blic schools in the [[United States]]. Public opinion was such that in [[1964]] [[Life magazine|''Life...
9: ...f [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution | First Amendment]] public policy." She acted as...
11: ...tion of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. In [[1980]] her son William converted to [[Ch...
13: ...ow]] might have characterized as [[self-actualization|self-actualizing]]. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
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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. - 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)
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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== - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ... [[crystallographer]] who made important contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of ...
5: ...tary]] in 1916. He was also the first High Commissioner (effectively governor) for the [[British Manda...
8: ...t the ''British Coal Utilization Research Association'' studying the fine structure of coal and charco...
9: ...ring, her mentor, had been unhappy about her decision to leave and refused to put his name on the pape...
12: ...a newcomer. This was not a good start to the relationship which went progressively downhill. - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
2: ...s, the 24th)–[[April 12]], [[1912]]) was a pioneer American [[teacher]], [[nurse]], and [[human...
4: == Youth, education, family nursing ==
6: ...nd sisters were kept busy answering her many questions, and each sibling taught her complementary skil...
8: ...hsome crawling leeches." This was an early indication of what would become Clara's lifework.
10: ...Teaching, organizing, learning bureaucracy, a mission ==
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