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- History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
7: ...ere was a great miiigration of formerly rural population to the cities. However agriculture became in...
16: ...in retrospect after the crash were dangerously inflated.
18: ...h of the older generation). [[Dancing]] was a popular recreation.
27: ..., the U.S. Federal Govenment has regulated and outlawed many substances without additional amendments.
32: ...en as the last gasp of [[Laissez-faire capitalism|laissez-faire capitalism]], the era actually saw an ... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...] alone. Lasting Soviet mistrust stemmed from the landing of U.S. troops in Russia in [[1918]], which ...
13: ...h, and French) troops were located in particular places, essentially, along a line in the center of Eu...
15: ...cting models of autarky versus exports, of state planning against free enterprise, were to vie for the...
17: ...re and populations throughout Eurasia, from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, with almost no country...
20: ...talin imposed Moscow-dominated governments in [[Poland]], [[Romania]], [[East Germany]], and [[Bulgari...
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ... ethnicities, of which many were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and ...
7: ...h itself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically signif...
14: ...this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: s&...
15: .... Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
18: ...stors of modern [[Chinese character]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records... - China (38909 bytes)
3: ... another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia]] for the last 4000 years. Depending on one's point of view, m...
5: ...d outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and varied according to its moving fortunes....
7: ..., the ROC, while never formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as th...
10: :''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...al State". It literally means "middle (or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China a... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
10: *[[Andre Agassi|Agassi, Andre]], (1970-), tennis player
12: ...z, Louis]], (1807-1873), work on [[ice age]]s, [[glacier]]s
17: *[[Jack Agazarian|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW ...
34: *[[Georg Agricola|Agricola, Georgius]] (1490-1555)
35: ...eologian & scholar and creator of written Finnish language - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...m|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...e world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
15: ...[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and...
17: ...d VIII of the United Kingdom|The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII]].
20: ...ways been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]]. - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...loguist and actress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], became famous as a 20th-century tastema...
6: ...band, [[Robert Gould Shaw 2nd]], then moved to England where in 1906, she married [[Waldorf Astor, 2nd...
8: ...She would be re-elected many times, serving until 1945. She attracted much attention as she was the firs...
10: ... ''The Observer'' newspaper, would never forgive Claud Cockburn and his newssheet ''"The Week"'' for s...
12: ...]] song ''Lili Marlene'' that they called "The Ballad Of The D-Day Dodgers". - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: '''Daw Aung San Suu Kyi''' (born [[June 19]], [[1945]] in Rangoon, Burma, now known as [[Yang?, [[Myan...
8: ..., Suu Kyi met and married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons...
18: ...l operation in [[September]] 2003, she was again placed under house arrest in Yang?
21: ...cognition of Suu Kyi's 60th birthday, which took place on June 19, 2005. The protests received interna...
23: ...banned by the Junta. Other artists such as [[Coldplay]], [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]], and [[Damien Rice]]... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...oming, as a candidate of the [[Irish Labour Party|Labour Party]], the first elected president in the o...
7: ... size="+1">'''MARY ROBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
16: <tr><td>'''Nominated by:'''</td><td>Labour, Workers Party</td></tr>
23: ...rs of the [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[Church of Ireland]] while others were [[Roman Catholic Church|Rom...
25: ...be a prestigious appointment made to accomplished lawyers. Subsequent holders of the title have includ... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ... States]] from [[1933]]-[[1945]]. An active First Lady, she traveled around the United States promotin...
5: ...sident [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive trave...
9: ...rations outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...ed to [[New Amsterdam]] ([[Manhattan]]) from [[Holland]] in the 1640s. His grandsons, Johannes and Jac...
16: ...sexual]]. Historians disagree about the theory [[Blanche Wiesen Cook]], author of one of Mrs. Roosevel... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
1: ...t" style="margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; clear: right" class="toccolours"
2: |+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
18: |'''Place of Birth:'''
19: |[[Grantham]], [[England]] - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ...tained a Law degree from [[South Texas College of Law]] but never practiced. On[[ 16 November]] [[1954...
7: .... In [[1963]] this suit (amalgamated with the similar ''[[Abington School District v. Schempp]]'') rea...
9: ...ic policy." She acted as its first [[CEO]] before later handing the office on to her son Jon Garth.
11: ...orn again]] at Gateway [[Baptist]] Church in [[Dallas, Texas]].
13: Madalyn Murray O'Hair clashed not only with religious believers but with ma... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ... 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
6: ...t of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated ...
8: The family later moved to [[Bolivia]] and then to [[Lebanon]]. ...
10: ...gium]], and elsewhere in Europe. Her daughter Paula was born in 1963. In 1966, Allende returned to ... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|feminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the development of mode...
3: ...|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
7: ...n she was three. After returning almost two years later, she was educated in [[California]], graduatin...
13: ...bian]], met her life-long companion [[Alice B. Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude ...
17: ... to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by the French government for this work... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
5: ...College, where her father taught in the evenings. Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe...
8: ...l degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ... seemed she had little choice but to return to England.
12: ...by a newcomer. This was not a good start to the relationship which went progressively downhill.
15: ...y ''decisively'' proved until some 25 or so years later'. Rosalind Franklin never did work on the B fo... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ...cer, actress and singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France|French]] [[citize...
5: ... the [[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
7: ..., Chiquita, who was adorned with a [[diamond]] collar. The leopard frequently escaped into the orchest...
13: ...use herself and escaped from the chalet through a laundry chute. After the war, Baker was awarded the ...
15: ...h the [[Ziegfeld Follies]]; her personal life similarly suffered, and she went through six marriages, ... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
1: ...Draria]], [[Algeria]] – died [[March 30]],[[1945]], [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a [[Roman Catholi...
5: ...nd starving Mother Elise Rivet, on [[March 30]],[[1945]] only weeks before the war ended. - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: ...[Magdala]]", a town on the western shore of the [[Lake of Tiberias]]. The life of the historical Mary ...
6: ...til all was over, and the body was taken down and laid in a tomb prepared for [[Joseph of Arimathea]]....
8: ...he canonical New Testament regarding Mary of Magdala, who now returned to Jerusalem.
11: ...mb|Mary Magdalene, in a dramatic 19th-century popular image of penitence painted by [[Ary Scheffer]].]...
12: ...century | 5th century]] translation into [[Coptic language|Coptic]]. In the ''Gospel'' the testimony o... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
3: ...n [[1915]] in [[France]] - died [[February 5]], [[1945]] in [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a heroine of [[...
11: ... [[Legion of Honor]] the [[M餡ille combattant de la R鳩stance]], and the [[Croix de Guerre|Croix de ... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...r her exploits in [[Germany|German-occupied]] [[Poland]] and [[France]]. She was the longest-serving ...
7: ...ered away the proceeds from his wife's dowry with lavish entertaining. As a teen, Krystyna's father n...
9: ...pleaded with her [[Jew]]ish mother to leave a [[Poland]] whose [[Germany|German]] occupiers would even...
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17: ... to Polish Commander-in-Chief and Premier [[Wladyslaw Sikorski|Władysław Sikorski]]: - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
3: ...([[June 26]], [[1921]] – [[February 5]]?, [[1945]]) was a [[World War II]] secret agent.
5: ...aughter of a [[France|French]] mother and an [[England|English]] father, born '''Violette Bushell''' i...
7: ...hild, Tania, he was killed at the [[Battle of El Alamein]]. This was the event that caused Violette t...
9: ...ncentration camp]] where she was forced into hard labour and suffered terribly from malnutrition and e...
11: ...uted by the Germans on or about [[February 5]], [[1945]] and her body disposed of in the [[crematorium]]... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
8: ... (1944) and "A Study in Choreography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Found...
10: During the late 1940s and early 1950s, Deren became heavily inv...
12: ... 44, from a [[brain hemorrhage]]. Some have speculated that her death was the result of a [[Vodoun|vo...
16: In 2001, [[Martina Kudlacek]] released a documentary about Deren, titled '...
20: *''At Land'' (1944) photographed by [[Hella Heyman]] and Alexander Hammid
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