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- History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
1: {{Ushistory}}
4: ...wing popularity of automobiles. In addition, the rise of the service sector, at the expense of industr...
6: ...rant]], anti-[[affirmative action]] stances. Non-Hispanic whites are now a minority in the nation's mo...
8: ... municipalities lost the revenues from the enterprises that had departed. In the nation's major urban ...
10: The fiscal problems of the nation's major urban centers w... - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
1: {{ushistory}}
3: ==1988 presidential election==
4: ...ee the main article [[U.S. presidential election, 1988]].''
6: ...ratic]] [[Massachusetts]] governor [[Michael Dukakis]].
10: ...[December 26]], [[1991]] the USSR was officially disbanded, breaking up into fifteen constituent parts... - U.S. presidential election, 1988 (11192 bytes)
1: [[image:ElectoralCollege1988-Large.png|thumb|450px|Presidential electoral vote...
2: ...y while Dukakis's campaign suffered from several miscues; the result was the third lopsided Republican...
12: * [[Michael Dukakis|Michael S. Dukakis]], governor of [[Massachusetts]]
13: ...A. "Dick" Gephardt]], U.S. representative from [[Missouri]]
16: ...he Rev. Jesse L. Jackson]], [[civil rights]] activist
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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
7: ...Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[United Kingdom|Unite...
9: ...he Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state ...
11: ...is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
15: ...yon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named a... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ... an audience estimated by Arbitron at 20 million listeners weekly.
6: ...e owned the radio station where Limbaugh started his career.
8: ...[[draft]], but he was classified 1-Y due to an undisclosed medical problem [http://www.snopes.com/mili...
10: ... claim to use a "golden microphone". (This claim is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden micro...
14: == Talk radio and television career == - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...[[nonviolence|nonviolent]] pro-[[democracy]] activist in [[Burma]]. In [[1990]] she won the the [[Raft...
6: She is the daughter of General [[Aung San]], who negotia...
8: ... [[England]], Suu Kyi met and married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They ...
10: ...ng to mass demonstrations for [[democracy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. A new mi...
12: ... San Suu Kyi entered politics to work for democratisation and was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: ...tto; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Minister]]
3: ... of these scandals involve contracts awarded to Swiss companies during her regime and remain unresolve...
6: ...City]] and acted as a kind of assistant to him. This seems to have been a formative experience for her...
8: ... in the middle of a period when her father's administration was being challenged both at home and abro...
10: ==Imprisonment, Elections and Exile== - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
22: | [[Port Alberni, British Columbia]]
31: ...ed countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]].
33: ...eens. She was educated at the [[University of British Columbia]] (B.A., LL.B.) and studied towards a d...
35: ...d in political science at the [[University of British Columbia]] and at [[Vancouver Community College]...
39: ...e to run in the [[Canadian federal election, 1988|1988 federal election]] as a [[Progressive Conservativ... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
8: ! Date of Demise:
14: ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="2" | [[Prime Minister of India]]
17: | 3rd Prime Minister
51: ... – [[October 31]], [[1984]]) was [[Prime Minister of India]] from [[January 19]], [[1966]] to [[...
55: ...ild of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of India]]. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...ganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...[Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]...
31: ...ism|Thatcherite]] policies were responsible for this.
36: ...lected as an Alderman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
38: ...degree and worked as a research chemist for [[British Xylonite]] and then [[J. Lyons and Co.|Joseph Ly... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...uary 4]], [[1913]] as '''Rosa Louise McCauley''') is a retired [[African-American]] [[seamstress]] and...
8: ...ly. She was arrested, tried, and convicted for [[disorderly conduct]] and for violating a local ordina...
10: ...ks helped make her fellow Americans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle.
14: ...ed States|D]]-[[Michigan]]) from [[1965]] until [[1988]]. She continues to reside in Detroit.
17: While few historians doubt Park's contribution to the civil rig... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...ician and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ...ny languages. She is one of the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million cop...
8: ...hool, and while in Lebanon a [[United Kingdom|British]] private school in [[Beirut]]. She returned to...
12: ...su troglodita''. She also worked in Chilean television production for channels 7 and 13. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...e she currently lives. She is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gib...
4: ... has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
6: ...[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
10: ...ed by former [[Prime Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and ''[[Oryx an...
59: ... Book of Canadian Short Stories in English]]'' ([[1988]]) - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
1: [[Image:morrison_toni.jpg|frame||Toni Morrison]]
2: '''Toni Morrison''' is an [[African-American]] [[author]], born '''Chloe...
4: ...the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who found freedom, but ki...
6: ...or [[Hispanic Literature]]). Many now include Morrison's own work in the canon of [[American Literatur...
8: ...]], the first African-American woman to receive this prize. - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...ae-jemison.jpg]]</td></tr></table>'''Dr Mae C. Jemison''' blasted into orbit aboard the [[Space Shuttl...
3: ...eriment in the [[Spacelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993.
5: ...d in African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]] and [[choreography]].
7: ...o joining the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1987, she worked as a general pr...
9: ...Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
7: ...ere Frank Hogg became director in [[1946]] until his death in [[1951]].
9: ...h at the [[University of Toronto]], who died in [[1988]]. She died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart at...
15: The asteroid [[2917 Sawyer Hogg]] is named after her. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...#286;?dullina''') (born [[October 24]], [[1931]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply re...
3: Gubaidulina was born in [[Chistopol]], in the [[Tatar Republic]]. She studied co...
5: ...examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken path".
7: ...aidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin an...
11: ...m a "diptych" on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date. - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...rt Macleod, Alberta|Fort Macleod]], [[Alberta]]), is a Canadian musician and painter. Initially worki...
5: ...he instrument in unorthodox manners to produce a distinctive rhythmic, driving sound. She has been a ...
7: ...g her first two songs widely adopted by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
9: ...k Cavett Show]]''.) Also of interest, "For Free" is the first of Mitchell's many songs focusing on th...
11: ...ffen]]). It remains her best selling single to this day. - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
1: [[Image:pattismith-horses.jpg|thumb|300px|Stark in its simplicit...
2: ... [[New Jersey]], the daughter of an [[Atheism|atheist]] father and a devout [[Jehovah's Witnesses|Jeho...
4: ...reem]]'' magazine. She also wrote songs during this period in connection with [[Allen Lanier]] of the...
6: ...orded a first single in [[1974]]. The A side of "Piss Factory / [[Hey Joe]]" featured a story describi...
8: ...e second album ''[[Radio Ethiopia]]'' reflected this with a rawer sound, although the murky production... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
2: ...cinda Williams''' (born [[January 26]], [[1953]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[rock music|rock]]...
4: ...ore settling at the [[University of Arkansas]]. His daughter showed an affinity for music at an early...
6: ... up in 1980 with ''Happy Woman Blues'', which consisted of her own material. Neither album received mu...
8: ...itical reputation. Nevertheless, it was not until 1988 that [[Rough Trade Records]] released the self-ti...
10: ...er]] recorded a bowdlerized cover of "Passionate Kisses" (from ''Lucinda Williams'') in 1992, and the ... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...l tragedy, she has built a devoted following. She is probably best known to the wider public for a [[d...
7: ...a 7" pressed for family and friends. At around this time she adopted the name "Tori," after a friend ...
10: ... film [[China O'Brien]]; in the credits, the song is attributed to a band called "Tess Makes Good" wit...
13: ...he [[Toys]] movie soundtrack. A remix of the song is also included on the soundtrack.
16: ...gle in the UK), "Pretty Good Year" and "Past the Mission", which featured the vocal contribution of [[... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...area of [[Christian]] [[theology]] concerning her is '''[[Mariology]]'''.
4: ==Historicity==
6: ...ls. Mary ([[Miriam]] in Hebrew, Mariam in Greek) is mentioned by name in three of the four [[Gospels]...
8: ...derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, are based on [[faith]], traditions ... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
3: ... a [[German people|German]] [[abbess]], [[Monasticism|monastic]] leader, [[Mystics|mystic]], author, a...
5: ==History==
6: ... of Count Meinhard of Sponheim) just outside the Disibodenberg monastery in Germany. Jutta was enormou...
8: ...e". At first she was hesitant about writing her visions, holding them inside. She was finally convinc...
11: ...o write down everything she would observe in her visions.
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