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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin America]]."
5: ...9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
10: ...="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Costa rica flag large.png|125px|]]
11: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Costa Rica|Full Size]])
16: ... <small>''[[National motto]]: ?Pura vida!<br>(Popular saying meaning "Pure life!")''</small> - Luwian language (1607 bytes)
1: ...hic]]-Luwian and (3), the somewhat later [[Lycian language|Lycian]].
3: ... been attested in areas of Syria and Palestine as late as the 7th century B.C.
5: ...tovelars, plain velars, and labiovelars (Melchert 1987).
8: *Melchert, H. Craig. [[1987]]. PIE velars in Luvian. In ''Studies in memory of [[Warren C... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...[[Spain]]. He believed that the [[earth]] was a relatively small [[sphere]], and argued that a ship co...
2: ...x|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...r whether it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck i...
5: ...t voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the gen...
7: ...ay" ([[12 October]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
22: ...[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
29: ...Abbot, Ezra]], (1819-1884), American biblical scholar
35: ...bbott|Abbott, Diane Julie]], (born 1953), British Labour MP
51: *[[Abd-el-latif]], (1162-1231), physician and traveller
53: *[[Paula Abdul|Abdul, Paula]], (born 1962), US musician - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
9: ...misepp|Aamisepp, Julius]], (1883-1950), Estonian plant breeder
12: *[[Hank Aaron|Aaron, Hank]], (1934-), baseball player
14: *[[Marc Aaronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...een of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the ti...
9: ...al change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her succes...
12: ...nly child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] [[1819]].
14: ...[[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
7: ...place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]] |
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
13: ...ic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[adulter...
15: ...] issues and the international campaign against [[landmine]]s. During her lifetime, she was often refe...
22: ...ly daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as the "other party" in th... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
1: ...:Gro Harlem Brundtland.jpg|thumb|Gro Harlem Brundtland]]
3: '''Gro Harlem Brundtland''' (born [[April 20]], [[1939]]) is a [[Norway|...
7: ...g]], who had been a prominent member of the Brundtland Commission - and for [[Agenda 21]].
9: ...igned as leader of the [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|Labour Party]] in [[1992]].
11: ...ute respiratory syndrome|SARS]]. Gro Harlem Brundtland was succeeded, on [[July 21]], [[2003]], by [[J... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
2: |+ <font size=+1>'''Helen Clark'''</font>
4: |colspan=2 bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=center|[[Image:hclark.jpg]]
9: ...r>in [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], [[New Zealand]]
12: |[[1981]], to [[Peter Davis (New Zealand)|Peter Davis]]
32: |[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...nd politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
3: ...f Laws]] degree. She married her long time common-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was ...
5: [[Image:Finland.TarjaHolonen.01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|President...
7: *Member of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2...
10: *Member of [[Parliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]] - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
3: ... and served in the [[European Parliament]] from [[1987]] to [[1989]]. - 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... - 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]] - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
8: ...es and became politically active, working for [[Adlai Stevenson]]'s campaign. She graduated in [[1956]...
9: ...her infamous undercover expose in working as a [[Playboy bunny]].
12: ...is time she toured the country with the brilliant lawyer [[Florynce Rae Kennedy | Florynce Rae ("Flo")...
14: ...and wrote for the magazine until it was sold in [[1987]]. Although ''Ms.'' has had a number of different...
16: In [[1974]] Steinem founded the [[Coalition of Labor Union Women]]. In [[1977]] she participated in... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ... 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
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 ...
12: ...en's stories, "La abuela Panchita" and "Lauchas y Lauchones," as well as a collection of articles, ''C... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...ollege]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various places in North America and around the world, she ret...
10: ...ion of ''The Handmaid's Tale'', ''La servante 飡rlate'', was included in the French version of the co...
12: ...as said in interviews that the device will be available by [[2006]].
21: :''[[Lady Oracle]]'' ([[1976]])
24: ...]'' ([[1985]]) - winner of the 1987 [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]] - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: '''Clarice Lispector''' ([[December 10]] [[1920]] - [[De...
3: ... Wild Heart). When the novel was published, many claimed that her stream-of-consciousness writing styl...
7: Her most famous novel is ''A Hora da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the Star'', where the life of...
15: *La篳 de Fam�a (1960) - Family Ties
22: *Felicidade Clandestina (1971) - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...d her infant daughter to save her from a life of slavery.
6: Morrison was an important player in the battle to open the canon of English and...
12: ...t household, born poor, working-class, saxophone-playing, McDonald's-and-junk-food-loving boy from Ark...
16: *''[[Sula (novel)|Sula]]'' (1973)
19: *''[[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]]'' (1987) - Sally Ride (1826 bytes)
1: ...er: [[Valentina Tereshkova]] ([[1963]]) and [[Svetlana Savitskaya]] ([[1982]]), both from the former [...
5: ...''[[Challenger]]'' crew of [[STS-7]]. She has cumulatively spent more than 343 hours in space.
7: In [[1987]], Ride left [[NASA]] to work at the [[Stanford U... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...n.jpg]]</td></tr></table>'''Dr Mae C. Jemison''' blasted into orbit aboard the [[Space Shuttle Endeavo...
3: ...ne]] Cell Research experiment in the [[Spacelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA in Mar...
7: ... her medical practice, working with CIGNA Health Plans of California.
9: ... born on [[October 17]], [[1956]], in [[Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
11: ...[[Kenya]], and spent a medical clerkship in [[Thailand]] at a [[Cambodia]]n refugee camp. She complete...
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