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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ... the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin America]]."
3: ''See also: [[Military of Costa Rica]]''
23: | '''[[Capital]]'''
32: ...ation|E]]) <br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
35: ... Domestic Product|GDP]]''' ([[Purchasing_Power_Parity|PPP]])<br /> - Total ([[2003]]):<br /> ... - Luwian language (1607 bytes)
3: ...guages its speakers came into contact with ([[Amorite]] dialects and especially [[Hebrew language|Hebr...
5: ...tovelars, plain velars, and labiovelars (Melchert 1987).
8: ... Coast Indo-European Conference, [[Cornell University]], June 6–9, 1985'', ed. [[Calvert Watkins... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Cristoforo Colombo'' in [[Italian]], ''Cristóbal Colón'' in [[Spanish]], ''C...
3: ...er it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windl...
5: ... his claims. There are also many theories of expeditions to the Americas by a variety of peoples throu...
7: ...h America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], ...
9: ...ns, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: *[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...bandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
22: ...[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
30: ...rge Abbot|Abbot, George]], (1603-1648), English writer - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
5: ...ppe Aakj沼Aakj沬 Jeppe]], (1866-1930), Danish writer
8: ...ar Aalto|Aalto, Alvar]], (1898-1976), Finnish architect
14: *[[Marc Aaronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...ria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...and]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...cial, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [...
12: ...s youth. The eldest son, the [[George IV of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]] (the future King Geor...
14: ...he eventually learned to speak [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...pite never having had the right to that title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birt...
13: ...rshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[adultery]], [[mental cruelty]...
15: ...oman in the world, the pre-eminent female [[celebrity]] of her generation: a [[fashion]] [[icon]], an ...
22: ...[Earl Spencer]], and she acquired the [[courtesy title]] of ''The Lady Diana Spencer''. A year later, ...
24: ...e]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]. Diana was a talented amateur [[pianist... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ...pril 20]], [[1939]]) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician and [[physician]], and an international lead...
5: ...d Master of Public Health at the [[Harvard University]] in [[1965]]. She was Norwegian Minister for En...
7: ...]] provided the momentum for the 1992 [[Earth Summit]] / [[UNCED]], that was headed by [[Maurice Stron...
11: ...alth Organization]] in May [[1998]]. In this capacity, Dr. Brundtland adopted a far-reaching approach ...
13: ...rded the [[Karlspreis|Charlemagne Prize]] of the city of [[Aachen]]. - 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 [... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ... [[1943]]) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] lawyer and politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] s...
3: Halonen graduated from the [[University of Helsinki]] in 1968 and has a [[Master of Laws...
5: ...right|250px|President Tarja Halonen on a state visit to Brazil]]
6: ==Highlights of political career==
9: *Member of the Helsinki City Council [[1977]]–[[1996]] - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
3: ... and served in the [[European Parliament]] from [[1987]] to [[1989]]. - 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... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ...amily split in [[1944]], and Gloria went to live with her mother in Toledo. As a child in Toledo, Glor...
8: .... She majored in government studies and became politically active, working for [[Adlai Stevenson]]'s c...
9: ... In [[1963]] she became a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous under...
11: == Political Awakening and Activism ==
12: ...eground. During this time she toured the country with the brilliant lawyer [[Florynce Rae Kennedy | Fl... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ... (born [[August 2]], [[1942]]) is a [[Chile]]an writer whose books have been translated into many lang...
6: ... her parents separated, and her mother relocated with their three children to Chile, where they lived ...
8: ...school, and while in Lebanon a [[United Kingdom|British]] private school in [[Beirut]]. She returned ... - 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... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: ...cember 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] writer.
3: ...ia Woolf]] or [[James Joyce]], but she had read neither of these authors.
7: ...iro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
13: *A Cidade Sitiada (1949)
23: *A imita磯 da rosa (1973) - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...er novel [[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]] won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story de...
6: ...e Morrison's own work in the canon of [[American Literature]].
8: ...rly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], the first African-American ...
10: ...Professor of the Humanities at [[Princeton University]].
19: *''[[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]]'' (1987) - Sally Ride (1826 bytes)
1: ...lentina Tereshkova]] ([[1963]]) and [[Svetlana Savitskaya]] ([[1982]]), both from the former [[Soviet ...
5: ...ng research in [[astrophysics]], [[general relativity]], and [[free-electron laser physics]]. She late...
7: ...tly she is a professor of physics at the [[University of California, San Diego]].
19: ..._level2/ride.html And an address if you want to write to her.] - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...September 12]], [[1992]], she was the first non-white woman to go into space.
3: ...first) on the [[STS-47]] Spacelab J flight, a [[United States|US]]/[[Japan]] joint mission. She conduc...
5: ...hnology, engineering, and medical research. In addition to her extensive background in science, she is...
7: ...geles, she resumed her medical practice, working with CIGNA Health Plans of California.
11: ...e in [[Third World]] countries evolved into a commitment to effectively contribute. She traveled to [[...
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