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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ceptional example of political stablity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]...
16: | align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: ?Pura vida!<br>(Popular saying meanin...
18: | align=center colspan=2 | [[image:LocationCostaRica.png]]
32: ...[[2004]] [[Estimation|E]]) <br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
33: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 122nd]]<br /> 4,159,757 <br /> 81.40/km&s... - Luwian language (1607 bytes)
3: ...entury BC, and to have had an influence on the various West Semitic languages its speakers came into c...
5: ...tovelars, plain velars, and labiovelars (Melchert 1987).
8: *Melchert, H. Craig. [[1987]]. PIE velars in Luvian. In ''Studies in memory o... - 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... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...o, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
22: ...[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
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: Aa (1020 bytes)
14: *[[Marc Aaronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - 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... - 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: ...land|King Charles I]]. During her parents' acrimonious divorce over Lady Althorp's adultery with wallp... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ...an]] politician and [[physician]], and an international leader in [[sustainable development]] and [[pu...
5: ...ctober [[1981]]; her cabinet was renowned internationally for having 8 female ministers out of 18.
7: ... been a prominent member of the Brundtland Commission - and for [[Agenda 21]].
11: ... chaired by [[Jeffrey Sachs]] - and addressing [[violence]] as a major public health issue. Brundtland...
20: {{succession box | before=[[Odvar Nordli]]| title=[[List of N... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
17: |'''Religion:'''
45: ...ty) and with [[Jim Anderton]]'s Progressive Coalition Party (2002, with parliamentary supply and confi...
47: ...e Opposition during the National Party administrations of [[Jim Bolger]] and [[Jenny Shipley]] during ...
49: ...tes Revision Committee. In her second term (1984-1987) she chaired the [[Select Committee]]s on Foreign...
51: ...al Party]] supporter at the time of the 1981 election. - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
11: *Minister of Social Affairs and Health [[1987]]–[[1990]]
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... - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
3: ... and served in the [[European Parliament]] from [[1987]] to [[1989]]. - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ... of office to take up her post in the [[United Nations]].
7: ...SON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
15: <tr><td>'''[[Profession]]:'''</td><td>[[Barrister]], former Senator</td>...
23: ...many who came to [[Ireland]] with the Norman invasion, it was said of the Bourkes that they ended up "...
25: ...]], and, the current holder of the position, abortion rights campaigner [[Ivana Bacik]].) - 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. - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: Gloria Marie Steinem was born in [[Toledo, Ohio]]. Her father was an antiques salesman. With his...
7: == Education and Early Career ==
9: ...ull-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous undercover expose in working as ...
12: ...ern]]'s presidential campaign. This led to a position in a New York magazine. She also became politica...
14: ...and wrote for the magazine until it was sold in [[1987]]. Although ''Ms.'' has had a number of different... - 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. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...oria College]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various places in North America and around the world, s...
4: .... She has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
6: ...e]], [[extended metaphor]], as well as [[alliteration]] or [[assonance]] that is split up and put in s...
8: ... tale of a future [[dystopia]] in the science fiction [[novel]] ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' (made into...
10: ...was included in the French version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]]. - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
3: ...s published, many claimed that her stream-of-consciousness writing style was under heavy influence of ...
5: ... was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
7: ... de Janeiro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
9: == Bibliography ==
17: *A Legi㯠Estrangeira (1964) - Foreign Legion - 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...
19: *''[[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]]'' (1987) - Sally Ride (1826 bytes)
1: ...aya]] ([[1982]]), both from the former [[Soviet Union]].
5: ...osophy|Ph.D.]] in [[physics]] at the same institution, while doing research in [[astrophysics]], [[gen...
7: ...at the [[Stanford University]] Center for International Security and Arms Control. Currently she is a...
9: ...le accidents, the [[STS-51-L|''Challenger'' explosion]] and the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]].
11: ...r of several children's books about space exploration. - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
3: ...light, a [[United States|US]]/[[Japan]] joint mission. She conducted experiments in [[life sciences]] ...
5: ...ology, engineering, and medical research. In addition to her extensive background in science, she is w...
7: ...on (NASA) in 1987, she worked as a general practitioner in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] wit...
13: ...t Africa; and The Earth We Share, (TM) an international science camp for students ages 12 to 16, that ...
15: ...usly to the development of less industrialized nations.
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