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- Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
2: subject_name=Ayn Rand |
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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;...
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- History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...h [[leap of faith|leaps of faith]], hope and inheritance (such as the [[supernatural]]ist philosophies...
7: ... and the [[Renaissance]]. The "Modern" is a word with more varied use, which includes everything from ...
10: ...n the Greek cities of western Asia Minor (Ionia) with [[Thales]] of Miletus, who was active around 585...
12: ...ted in [[Athens]], which had become the dominant city-state in [[Greece]].
14: ... from working in the fields or in productive activity, they were then free to engage in the assemblies... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
22: |[[Professor|University Professor]]
24: |'''[[Political party|Political Party]]'''
25: |[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
27: ...e]] in the administration of [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]]. She is t...
29: ...ary of State. On [[January 26]] [[2005]], the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmed her nomin... - 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... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
2: subject_name=Ayn Rand |
3: image_name=Ayn_Rand1.jpg|
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;... - 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... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...1926]] – [[August 5]], [[1962]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] of the [[20...
6: ...charity ward of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her bapti...
8: ...red adopting her, which they could not have done without Gladys's consent.
10: ...died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a mental hospital near [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardin...
12: ...o think little of herself, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. Sh... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ... remains a one-party [[authoritarian]] state from its true communist days.
4: ...independent state]]. See '''[[China]]''' and [[Political status of Taiwan]] for more information.
6: ...'''", especially by its political opponents and critics, in reference to the association between the c...
13: ...China]] and the [[Kuomintang]] ended in [[1949]] with the Communists in control of [[mainland China]] ...
15: ...in jumpstarting China's development and purifying its culture. Supporters may also doubt statistics or... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ...ation]], entirely surrounded by South African territory.
3: ...struggle by the black majority, as well as many white, coloured and Indian South Africans.
5: ...l-developed of the entire [[Africa]]n continent, with modern [[infrastructure]] common throughout the ...
9: ...a]], and [[Venda language|Venda]]. In this regard it is [[List of national languages of India|second ...
11: ...re not as such that they require nationwide recognition. - Botswana (22276 bytes)
1: ...ining]], especially [[diamond|diamonds]]. The capital is [[Gaborone]].
22: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Gaborone]]
31: <br /> - [[Density]]
37: | From [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[September 30]], [[1966]]
51: ...=2 align=right style="padding: 0 5px 0 5px" | {{edit|Template:Botswana infobox|}} - Flag (13245 bytes)
3: ...e of cloth is a flag if it is flown like a flag, with one side attached, though many flags are recogni...
13: ...s systems of flag signals (see [[International maritime signal flags]]).
15: ...carrying them, and by [[World War I]] these were withdrawn from the battlefields, and have been used o...
20: ...al to other nations, countries, or subnational entities in the design of their own flags. Some promin...
23: ...ag of Switzerland|flag]] of [[Switzerland]], with its colours reversed, gave rise to the emblem of the... - Government (12596 bytes)
1: ...ons on what exactly constitutes a government. In its broadest sense, "govern" means the power to admi...
3: ==Definitions==
5: ...spotic]] organization which controls a territory without defining laws would not be considered a gover...
7: ...ing the establishment of alternative governments within the country.
9: ...h in Canada|Canadian French]] also generally uses it to mean the executive branch. The [[German langua... - Mars (27704 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mars.jpg|thumb|right|Mars, with polar ice caps visible.]]
2: ...A00161 modest.jpg|thumb|right|North Polar region with icecap. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)]]
4: ...of "the Red Planet." Mars has two [[Natural satellite|moon]]s ([[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]] and [[Deimos (...
6: ...ircle with a small arrow pointing out from behind it), is a stylized representation of the god [[Mars ...
8: ...[solar day]] on Mars is almost the same length as it is on earth: 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 sec... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[Indi...
10: ...United States]] [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].
11: *[[1793]] - [[Russia]] and [[Prussia]] partition [[Poland]].
13: *[[1818]] - British [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] formed
20: *[[1882]] - [[John D. Rockefeller]] unites his oil holdings into the [[Standard Oil]] [[tr... - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
1: ... [[wisdom]]. What philosophy is, or should be, is itself a philosophical question that philosophers ha...
3: ... [[philosophers]]; it can also mean a certain critical, creative way of thinking. Philosophy, thus, ...
5: ...epticism, et al.). [[Eastern philosophy]] is tradition distinct and distinct field of study from West...
9: ...belief]]s, or [[science]]. Philosophers may ask critical questions about the nature of these concepts-...
13: ...orally right and wrong actions (or values, or institutions)? If so, what is that difference? Which act... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
202: *[[Brand Blanshard]], (1892-1987){{fn|O}} - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
1: ...e:Atlantis1.jpg|thumb|222px|right|An artistic rendition of an imaginary Atlantis]]
2: ...e in one of the cradles of civilization, the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
7: ...s learned of it from his grandfather also named Critias, son of Dropides.
10: ''Main article: [[Critias %28Plato%29]]''
12: ...(Egypt)|Thebes]], is purported to have translated it into [[Greek language|Greek]] for Solon. - Spiro Agnew (8986 bytes)
2: |+ style="margin-left: inherit; font-size: larger;" | '''Spiro Agnew'''
35: ! [[Political party|Political Party]]:
36: | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
38: ! [[President of the United States|President]]:
42: ...], was the thirty-ninth [[Vice President of the United States]], serving from [[1969]] to [[1973]] und... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
15: ...ivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
17: ...n]]: || {{coor dm|59|56|N|30|20|E|region:RU_type:city(4,661,219)}}
23: | [[Population density]]: || 7691 persons/km�
25: | [[Altitude]]: || 3 m
33: ! align="center" colspan="2" |[[Image:neva_spit.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Neva]] river has been calle... - Satellite (6584 bytes)
2: ... (as opposed to [[natural satellite|natural satellites]], or [[moon]]s).
4: ...The general criterion for an object to be a satellite is that the [[center of mass]] of the two object...
6: ...[Earth]], are satellites of the [[Sun]], or satellites of those objects, such as the [[Moon]].
7: ..._diagram.jpg|thumb|The Russian [[Venera 7]] satellite]]
8: ==Artificial satellites== - Epistemology (18628 bytes)
1: ...eech) is the branch of [[philosophy]] that deals with the nature, origin and scope of [[knowledge]].
3: ==Definition of knowledge==
6: ...[[truth|true]] [[belief]]; also known as [[Tripartite Theory]].
7: ...no medical training but a generally optimistic attitude might believe that she will recover from her i...
9: ...cation''', and much of epistemology is concerned with how true beliefs might be properly justified. Th...
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