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- 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 ... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
30: | '''[[Political party|Political Party]]:'''
31: | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
35: ...tates|American]] diplomat, served as the 64th [[United States Secretary of State]].
37: ...ate. After being unanimously confirmed by the [[United States Senate]], she was sworn in as the 64th S...
40: ...nd her Masters and Doctorate from Columbia University's Department of Public Law and Government. - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
1: ...age:MargaretChaseSmith.jpg|right|Margaret Chase Smith]]
3: ...in nomination at her party's convention (1964 [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]).
5: ...ts between states, local jurisdictions and the military.
7: .... She was defeated for reelection in 1972 by [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[William Do...
11: ...cow Maggie" from his staff. Her speech, although it did not produce immediate backlash, was the begin... - 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... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
3: ...ved in [[London]], but about [[1874]] she went to Italy, where she died.
5: ... on [[January 25]], [[1908]], in [[Viareggio]], [[Italy]].
8: ...e'' (1874) (also published with the title ''Two Little Wooden Shoes'') [http://www.gutenberg.net/etex...
16: ...ld in Bondage'' (1863) (first published with the title ''Granville de Vigne'')
19: * ''In a Winter City'' (??) - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...1]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ...e of language. Among her themes were female sexuality, and the tension in women's private emotions; sh...
8: ...magination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...affair before her marriage, and had not forgotten it. Maria Alexandrovna particularly disapproved of M...
12: ...and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages. - 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"'', ... - 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... - Ruth (361 bytes)
3: * [[Babe Ruth]], nickname of the famed [[baseball]] player George Herman Ru...
6: * [[Citizen Ruth]] is a 1996 [[motion picture]] about the... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...ting career. In [[1999]], the [[American Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress of all t...
5: ...her unabashedly liberal family, who she credited with giving her a sense of adventure and independence...
7: ...ould later be recognized for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own pratfal...
8: ...ormation about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on Hepburn -->
10: ...year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess]]''. - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
3: ...34]]) is considered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]] actress of all time and, at the age of 70,...
5: ...ani Scicolone''' in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], the illegitimate daughter of aspiring actress and piano teach...
7: ... minor Italian films, but she had an early brush with [[Hollywood]] in [[1951]] when she and her mothe...
9: ...]]''), her acting career took off upon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[...
11: ...ilms at this time: ''[[Desire Under the Elms]]'' with [[Anthony Perkins]] (based upon the [[Eugene O'N... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
3: ...ere still frowned upon by many. It earned her the nickname ''"The Flying Housewife"''.
5: ...pics]] a year later. Although international competition was hampered by [[World War II]], Blankers-Koe...
7: ...e [[European Championships in Athletics|European titles]], 58 Dutch championships and set or tied 12 [...
11: ... [[gymnastics]], [[ice skating]] and [[running]]. It soon became clear she was a sports talent, but sh...
13: ...earance in the sport was in 1935. Her first competition was a disappointment, but in her third race, s... - Delia Gonzalez (2350 bytes)
1: ...in [[New Mexico]], she sports a record of 13-9-4 with 3 [[knockout]] wins, although several of her los...
3: ...eight champion [[Humberto Gonzalez|Humberto 'Chiquita' Gonzalez]] of [[Mexico]].
5: ... of a close decision, this time losing the world title.
7: ...nd of a close decision, this time a 10-round majority nod for Halmich. She has won four fights since, ...
9: ...g fighter in [[Rebecca Rodriguez]] and eagerly awaiting for a new chance to become a world champion ag... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
2: ...ly player to have won all four of the Grand Slam titles at least four times each.
6: ...soon began winning junior tournaments with regularity, and in [[1982]] she won the European Championsh...
8: ...there were "hundreds" of kids like her in the [[United States]].
10: ...cus was kept very much on on-court play. Working with her father and coach Pavel Slozil, Graf typicall...
12: ...Chris Evert]] in the final. She followed this up with seven further tournament victories in 1986, and ... - Rebecca Rodriguez (483 bytes)
1: ... former world [[flyweight]] champion [[Delia 'Chikita' Gonzalez]] and is expected to win many medals a...
3: ... began on Friday, [[April 4]], [[2003]]. She made it all the way to the finals, but lost a decision at...
5: Her [[nickname]] is '''La [[Aztec]]a'''. - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
1: ...|Babe Didrikson in the 1932 Olympic javelin competition]]
3: ... nickname "Babe" (after [[Babe Ruth]]) after she hit five [[home run]]s in a single [[baseball]] game....
5: ...hampion. After the Games, Shiley and Didrikson split their medals.
9: ... her career in the mid-1950s. She won the 1947 [[Titleholders Championship]] and the 1948 [[U.S. Women...
11: ...e her final ones in competitive golf. Cancer took its toll and Zaharias died in 1956 while still in th... - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...for seventeen years before returning to [[Venice, Italy|Venice]]. After his return, in a sea battle be...
5: ... returned from China as [[Kublai Khan]]'s envoys with a letter for the [[Pope]] asking to be sent educ...
7: ...records that would help ascertain the truth. The city of Korčula still maintains an old house in ...
13: ...me acquainted with the vast regions of China and with numerous achievements of Chinese civilization, m...
16: ...na. Since they did not believe him, Marco Polo invited them all to dinner one night during which the P... - Aeolian harp (2264 bytes)
3: ... strings stretched lengthwise across two bridges. It is placed in a slightly opened window where the w...
7: The harp is driven by an [[Aeroelasticity|aeroelastic]] effect. The merest motion of a str...
9: ...g automobile radio antenna can be a dramatic exhibitor. And of course the effect can happen in other m...
11: == Aeolian harps in literature and music ==
14: ...com/Opus25-1.html ''Sound file of a performance, with sheet music, from ChopinFiles.com''] - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ... [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutional Convention]].
26: ...h in July [[1752]], he rented and eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount V...
29: ...72.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Charl...
31: ...ecame an international incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually ... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
13: | place of death= [[The Hermitage]], [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
15: | party= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
18: ... or the "'''Jacksonian Era'''" — an era traditionally seen as dominating the years between the [...
22: ...parte]] for his willingness to contest British military supremacy.
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