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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]]''... - 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 ... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...e of a major party to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Savannah, Georgia]]...
5: ...ra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]]. During his expeditions in the Sierra Nevada, it is generally acknowled...
7: ...didate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
9: ...red [[martial law]] in [[Missouri]]. This declaration led to a conflict with [[Abraham Lincoln]] and l...
13: ...ont County, Idaho|Idaho]], [[Fremont County, Iowa|Iowa]] and [[Fremont County, Wyoming|Wyoming]]. Seve... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...na]], a distance readily surpassing that of his prior, near-contemporary and traveller [[Marco Polo]].
4: ...rly in the Islamic East, meaning "the Sun of Religion". His full title and name is given as '''Shams a...
6: ...he ''Rihla'', or "Journey". Whilst apparently fictional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as comple...
8: ...ing account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
13: ...y he was forced to turn back due to a local rebellion. - 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. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...on in the [[Great Lakes (Africa)|Great Lakes]] region of [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Rwanda]] on t...
3: ... with the growing demands for political participation of the [[Hutu]] majority.
10: national_motto = Unit鬠Travail, Progr賠([[F...
11: image_map = LocationBurundi.png |
12: national_anthem = [[Burundi bwacu]] | - 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 == - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...e also spent exorbitant sums of money on the grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, [[...
9: ...od, if not brilliant, but unfortunately her education was both imperfect and desultory. Her father had...
11: ...beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found herself at the age of eighte...
13: ...ower, she was treated with liberality and distinction by the government of her adolescent nephew [[Pet...
17: == Palace Revolution of 1741 == - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
27: | '''[[Profession]]:'''
40: ...e [[Johns Hopkins SAIS|School of Advanced International Studies]] at [[Johns Hopkins University]], rec...
42: ...re she was responsible for foreign policy legislation. From [[1976]] to [[1978]], she served as Chief ...
44: ... Institution]] following an international competition in which she wrote about the
47: ...search in developments and trends in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...n as [[Yang?, [[Myanmar]]) is a [[nonviolence|nonviolent]] pro-[[democracy]] activist in [[Burma]]. In...
6: ...ence from Britain in [[1947]] and was [[assassination|assassinated]] by rivals in the same year.
10: ...ns for [[democracy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. A new military junta took power...
12: ... Suu Kyi entered politics to work for democratisation and was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. ...
14: ...prize money to establish a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the Burmese people. - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
24: | '''[[Profession]]:'''
31: ...ains [[North America]]'s only female head of a national government to date. She was also the second wo...
39: ...Canadian federal election, 1988|1988 federal election]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canad...
41: ... the [[Progressive Conservative leadership convention]] that June. As leader of the Conservatives Camp...
45: ...ast be a strong [[parliamentary opposition|opposition]] to a Liberal [[minority government]]. - 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: ..., she got the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] Administration to drop its support of the [[Clipper Chip]], she... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: .... She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
7: ...and's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
10: ...rliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]]
12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]–[[1991]]
14: *Minister of Foreign Affairs [[1995]]–[[2000]] - 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)
3: ...s Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]) in [[2000]]. She was the first woman from Michigan elected ...
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]]... - 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 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...
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