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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 people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
4: ...Viktor G. Afanasyev|Afanasyev, Viktor G.]], (1922-1994), Russian editor - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
6: ...rlos]] but that did not work out. Serious negotiations for Marguerite's marriage to [[Sebastian of Por...
12: ...ere she spent eighteen years. In [[1592]] negotiations began to dissolve her marriage to Henri IV. It ...
14: ...mer husband, Henri IV that scandalized the population. The beautiful and strong-minded Marguerite took...
18: ==Marguerite de Valois in fiction==
20: ... a [[1994]] [[French film]], ''[[La Reine Margot (1994 movie)|La Reine Margot]]''. - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...d has an audience estimated by Arbitron at 20 million listeners weekly.
6: ...astern [[Missouri]], had once owned the radio station where Limbaugh started his career.
10: ...s a [[Top 40]] music radio [[disc jockey]] on station [[KQV]], using the name '''Jeff Christie'''. It ...
12: ...adio and accepted a position as director of promotions with the [[Kansas City Royals]] [[baseball]] te...
14: == Talk radio and television career == - 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...
13: In [[1994]] she was awarded the [[Karlspreis|Charlemagne Pr... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ...well''' (born [[October 13]], [[1958]]) is the junior [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] f...
7: ... Her father, Paul, served as county county commissioner, city councilman, state legislator, and Chief ...
9: ... her Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration. After earning her degree, she moved to [[Seattl...
13: ...egotiated its passage. She also worked on legislation regulating nursing homes.
15: ... defeat her in the Republican landslide year of [[1994]]. - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
4: ...ections. She graduated from the School of International Service at [[American University]] ([[Washingt...
6: While working at the [[European Commission]] ([[Brussels]], Belgium, [[1971]]-[[1983]]), sh...
10: ...982]] ''"...for forging and implementing a new vision uniting ecological concerns with disarmament, so...
12: ...r_jones/JF93/hertsgaard.html], [http://peopleinaction.info/board/2/689.html]).
14: ...man rights]], [[ecology]] and [[Non-violence|non-violent]] politics. - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ... was a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[Communist]] revolutionary, first as a member of the [[Menshevik]]s, the...
5: ... [[1903]], Kollontai did not side with either faction. However, she came to dislike aspects of Bolshe...
7: ...tion, and working laws put in place by the Revolution. She was well recognized later for [[socialist f...
11: ...[[Lenin]] managed to dissolve the Workers' Opposition, after which Kollontai was more or less totally ...
13: ...er of the Soviet delegation to the [[League of Nations]]. She died in [[1952]]. - 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... - 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]].) - 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... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
6: ...attended the [[Highlander Folk School]], an education center for workers' rights and [[racial equality...
8: ...and convicted for [[disorderly conduct]] and for violating a local ordinance.
10: ...elped spark many other protests against [[segregation]]. In helping in this boycott, Rosa Parks helped...
12: ...ruling that segregated bus service was unconstitutional.
17: ...ent or the bravery of her refusal, some have questioned some of the more mythic elements of her story. - 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: ...l Women's Political Caucus]] and the [[Women's Action Alliance]]. In 1972 she founded the feminist mag... - 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]]. - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
1: ...t|OM]] ([[May 12]], [[1910]]–[[July 29]], [[1994]]) was a British [[scientist]], born Dorothy Mary...
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 ...
14: *Dodson, Guy (Structure 2: 891-893, 1994)
15: ...sker, Jenny P. (''Protein Science'' 3: 2465-2469, 1994) - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...[[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
3: ...], in the [[Tatar Republic]]. She studied composition and piano at the [[Kazan]] Conservatory, graduat...
5: ...ostakovich]], who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken pa...
7: ...lina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vy...
9: ...ium]]''. She later composed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual mast... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...yle of song writing. Personal and often self-consciously "poetic", her songs were strengthened by Mitc...
11: ... (1974) was a huge success, producing the international hit "[[Free Man in Paris]]" (inspired by stori...
13: ...rrior Drums]] of [[Burundi]] making up the foundation of "The Jungle Line"). During 1975 Mitchell als...
15: ...eived mixed reviews: some enjoyed its experimentation and originality; many others found it un-engagin...
17: Mitchell's next work was to be a collaboration with legendary bassist [[Charles Mingus]], who d... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
4: ...She also wrote songs during this period in connection with [[Allen Lanier]] of the [[Blue ֹster Cult]...
6: ...side a version of the rock standard with the addition of a spoken piece about fugitive heiress [[Patty...
8: ...his with a rawer sound, although the murky production contributed to its poor reviews.
10: ...umber of neck vertebrae. The injury required a period of rest, and an intensive round of physical ther...
13: ...uccessful, with "Frederick" only gaining minor radio airplay. - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
6: ...r own material. Neither album received much attention.
8: ... Locks", about a broken relationship, received radio play around the country and gained fans among mus...
10: ...eceived the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994.
14: ...ed to several tribute compilations during this period.
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