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- Luwian language (1607 bytes)
3: ...guages its speakers came into contact with ([[Amorite]] dialects and especially [[Hebrew language|Hebr...
5: Luwian is significant as it appears to prove that the [[Proto-Indo-European l...
8: ...nference, [[Cornell University]], June 6–9, 1985'', ed. [[Calvert Watkins|C. Watkins]], 182–... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ... into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as...
7: ...times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first village...
11: ...ological site]]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilizat...
14: ...asty|Shang]] and [[Zhou Dynasty|Zhou]] dynasties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ...
18: ...Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
26: ...[[Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
34: ...ms, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
37: ...drew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
6: *[[Alf Ahlberg|Ahlberg, Alf]], Swedish writer
7: ...v Ahlefeldt|Ahlefeldt, Karl Gustav]], ([[1910]]-[[1985]]), Danish film actor - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
4: ...chel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech architect
7: ...d|Aidid, Mohammed Farah]], (1934-1996), Somali politician and clan leader
9: ..., ɴienne]], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e...
15: ...[Lucy Aikin|Aikin, Lucy]], (1781-1864), English writer
17: *[[Alvin Ailey|Ailey, Alvin]], (1931-1985), dancer, choreographer - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
8: ...– [[17 November]] [[1558]]) was [[List of British monarchs|Queen of England]] and [[King of Irel...
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed [[Mary I of Scotl...
13: ...s been theorised by some authors to be from congenital [[syphilis]] transferred to her from her mother...
15: ...harpsichord|virginals]]. A great part of the credit of her early education was undoubtedly due to her... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
21: |University lecturer
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31: |'''Political Party:'''
45: ...e New Zealand | United Future]] and 'good faith' with the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | Gree...
47: ... Aucklander, an academic (former lecturer in [[political science]]), an advocate for the arts, and a [... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...her term of office to take up her post in the [[United Nations]].
23: ...Bourke]], was knighted by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] after a career as ...
25: ...lliam Binchy]], and, the current holder of the position, abortion rights campaigner [[Ivana Bacik]].)
27: ...rriage to a [[Protestant]] student caused a rift with her parents, although the rift was eventually ov...
31: ...tor she served on the following parliamentary committees: - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
21: |'''[[Political Party]]:'''
27: ...on|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...h the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]. Thatcher also dispatched a [[...
31: ...rgaret Thatcher assert that [[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]] policies were responsible for this.
33: ...'; since then her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of the That... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...ded school at [[Victoria University in the University of Toronto|Victoria College]] in [[Toronto]]. Af...
4: ...]] and edited work. She has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[...
6: ...[[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Mich...
10: ..., was included in the French version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]].
12: ...lled the "Unotchit" (and pronounced "You-No-Touch-It"), will allow an author to remotely sign a book a... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
5: ...llege]] under [[Franz Boas]] at [[Columbia University]].
7: ...lainable for a number of reasons, cultural and political.
9: ...o mimic the actual speech of the period, and thus it embraces the dialect and culture of Black America...
11: ...m uh fightin' dawg and mah hide is worth money. Hit me if you dare! Ah'll wash yo' tub uh 'gator gut...
13: ...s not deserving of respect. Recently, however, critics have praised her for her artful capture of the... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ...as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
13: ...dividual has a right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self;...
19: ...present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter.
22: ...e United States. Her first literary success came with the sale of her screenplay ''[[Red Pawn]]'' in [... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...ssertation was on ''New Types of Irreducibility Criteria''. Hopper began teaching mathematics at Vass...
5: .... She was the first person to write a program for it. At the end of the war she was discharged from t...
7: ...r versions were released commercially as the [[ARITH-MATIC]], [[MATH-MATIC]] and [[FLOW-MATIC]] compi...
9: ...ine code, such as the [[assembler]]s of the time. It is fair to say that COBOL was based very much on ...
12: ...for a six-month period that turned into an indefinite assignment. She was promoted to Captain in [[19... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
5: ...n she went on to [[Harvard Observatory]] to work with [[Annie Jump Cannon]] and [[Harlow Shapley]]. o...
9: ..., a professor emeritus of English at the [[University of Toronto]], who died in [[1988]]. She died of ...
21: ===Obituaries===
22: ...25''' (1993) 1497] (a simple reference to JRASC obituary) --> - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...oice to be a natural wonder. She has won 16 competitive [[Grammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards fr...
6: ...ular songs, most notably ''"Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody."'' Though Columbia really wanted...
8: ...ntic, they just sat me down at the piano and the hits started coming."
10: ...h her version of [[Burt Bacharach]]'s ''"I Say a Little Prayer"'' in 1968.
12: Among her most successful hit singles from this era were ''"Chain of Fools"'', ... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ... Sides Now.jpg|frame|right|Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'...
3: ...e one of the most highly respected [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th century]].
5: ...me covering over four [[octave]]s) and unique [[guitar]] playing, tuning the instrument in unorthodox ...
7: ...1969) were archetypes of the nascent singer-songwriter movement of the time. ''Clouds'' represented ...
9: ...s pressure and of the loss of privacy and freedom it entails. - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...ared to that of [[Kate Bush]], [[Bj?] and [[Joni Mitchell]].
7: ...)|Baltimore]]'' with her brother Mike for a competition involving the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. This song...
10: ...buted to a band called "Tess Makes Good" with "additional vocals by Ellen Amos".
12: ===''Little Earthquakes''===
13: ...ter, it was released in America to breakthrough critical success. The accompanying singles were "Me an... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
6: ...1136]] Hildegard was chosen superior of the community, and eventually moved the group to a new [[monas...
8: ...lding them inside. She was finally convinced to write by members of her order after falling physically...
11: ...ng of the religious texts, and commanded her to write down everything she would observe in her visions...
12: ... and suddenly I understood of the meaning of expositions of the books...
13: ...also overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy and hesitated to act. - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ... [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[poverty|poor]] of Calcu...
6: ...80]]. She was made an [[Honorary Citizen of the United States]] in [[1996]] (one of only six). She was...
9: ...though most Albanians are [[Muslim]] and the majority of their native Macedonia are [[Macedonian Ortho...
11: ...Loreto]], an [[Ireland|Irish]] community of nuns with a mission in [[Calcutta]].
13: ...al vows in May [[1937]], acquiring the religious title ''Mother Teresa''. - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
1: ... Marshall''' ([[October 15]], [[1942]]) is an [[United States|American]] actress, producer and directo...
3: ...[New York City|New York]]. She is the sister of writer, producer and director [[Garry Marshall]].
5: ...the popular [[television|TV]] [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Laverne and Shirley]]'' from ([[1976 in ...
14: *''[[How Sweet It Is!]]'' (1968)
19: *''[[Movers & Shakers]]'' (1985)
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