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- History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
4: ...er-increasing mobility brought by the growing popularity of automobiles. In addition, the rise of the ...
6: ...hites are now a minority in the nation's most populated state.
8: ...ters to the suburbs with lower tax and looser regulatory environments, many saw a contraction of their...
10: ...the end of the [[Second World War]], which forced large cites to cope with declining tax bases. Meanwh...
14: ...hts movement]] of the 1960s, inner-city, working class African Americans have grown more marginalized ... - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
3: ==1988 presidential election==
4: ...ee the main article [[U.S. presidential election, 1988]].''
10: ...other two states, [[Estonia]] and [[Latvia]], declaring independence from the [[Soviet Union]]. On [[...
12: ...|President]] [[George H. W. Bush|George Bush]] declared the emergence of "a new world order... freer f...
14: ...t [[neoliberalism|neoliberal]] reforms would lift Latin America out of poverty and economic stagnation... - U.S. presidential election, 1988 (11192 bytes)
1: [[image:ElectoralCollege1988-Large.png|thumb|450px|Presidential electoral votes b...
2: ...assachusetts]]. Bush capitalized on Reagan's popularity while Dukakis's campaign suffered from severa...
11: ...iden|Joseph R. Biden Jr.]], U.S. senator from [[Delaware]]
23: ...mpaign as the source of the tape. Michael Dukakis later revealed that his campaign was responsible for...
25: ...e and Jackson did very well in those races, both placing first in many southern states, creating a cre...
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- 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]]. - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
6: ...imbaugh started out in radio as a teenager in the late [[1960s]] in his hometown of [[Cape Girardeau, ...
8: ... made him eligible for the [[draft]], but he was classified 1-Y due to an undisclosed medical problem ...
10: ... as a claim to use a "golden microphone". (This claim is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden ...
16: ...d eventually became syndicated on [[August 1]], [[1988]] via a company called Premiere Broadcasting. Lim...
18: ...e program has for over 15 years been the most popular talk radio show in the United States. The show ... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
8: ..., Suu Kyi met and married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons...
10: She returned to Myanmar in [[1988]] to care for her ailing mother. In that year, th...
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]]... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...elected in [[1993]] but was dismissed three years later amid various [[Political corruption|corruption...
6: ...into [[East Pakistan]] -- soon to be called [[Bangladesh]] -- and her father, as [[Pakistan]]'s foreig...
11: ...her father's imprisonment and execution, she was placed under house arrest. Having been allowed in 198...
13: ...mber 16]], [[1988]], Benazir's PPP won the single largest bloc of seats in the [[National Assembly]]. ...
21: ...Pakistan made new friends and maintained better relations with many countries. - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
21: | '''Place of Birth:'''
31: ... [[November 4]], [[1993]]. Though she was not popularly elected, she remains [[North America]]'s only ...
33: She was never particularly fond of any of her given names, and consequent...
39: ...e to run in the [[Canadian federal election, 1988|1988 federal election]] as a [[Progressive Conservativ...
41: ...lection to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first female [[Minist... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
11: ! Place of Birth:
12: | [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]
31: | [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
55: She was the only child of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of India]].
59: ...ister in the cabinet of Congress Prime Minister [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]. Shastri died in office in [[1... - 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]] - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
4: Rosa Parks was born in [[Tuskegee, Alabama]], daughter of James and Loeona McCauley. She...
6: ...nch of the [[NAACP]]. She also attended the [[Highlander Folk School]], an education center for worker...
8: ...d convicted for [[disorderly conduct]] and for violating a local ordinance.
10: ...s of public buses stood idle for months until the law legalizing segregation in public buses was lifte...
14: ...ed States|D]]-[[Michigan]]) from [[1965]] until [[1988]]. She continues to reside in Detroit. - 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]] - 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)
21: *''[[Playing in the Dark]]'' (1993) - 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... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
3: ...y|astronomer]] noted for her research into [[globular cluster]]s, but best remembered for her astronom...
7: ...[Ontario]] where she took a job at the [[David Dunlap Observatory]], where Frank Hogg became director ...
9: ...h at the [[University of Toronto]], who died in [[1988]]. She died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart at... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...6;улина''', [[Tatar language|Tatar]] '''Sofia ijğ䴠qızı ...
3: ...took further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1...
5: ...g her studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alter...
7: ...up with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
9: ...'[[Offertorium (Gubaidulina)|Offertorium]]''. She later composed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using th... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...st highly respected [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th century]].
5: ... her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
9: ... [[Woodstock Festival|music festival]], which was later a hit for both [[Crosby, Stills and Nash]] and...
11: ...ll strong on her next two albums made for her new label Asylum. ''[[For the Roses]]'' (1972), whose t...
13: ...e Rolling Thunder Revue tour headlined by [[Bob Dylan]]. - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
4: ...ngs during this period in connection with [[Allen Lanier]] of the [[Blue ֹster Cult]], who recorded s...
6: ...h guitarist and rock archivist [[Lenny Kaye]] and later with a full band comprising Kaye, Ivan Kral ([...
8: ...he newly christened Patti Smith Group, punk's popularity grew and the second album ''[[Radio Ethiopia]...
13: ...ul, with "Frederick" only gaining minor radio airplay.
15: ...ritically panned album ''[[Dream Of Life]]'' in [[1988]], the most known song from which was her semi-[[... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
4: ...d an affinity for music at an early age, and was playing guitar at 12.
6: By her early 20s, Williams was playing publicly in [[Austin, Texas]] and [[Houston, ...
8: ...usic insiders, including [[Tom Petty]], who would later cover the song.
10: ...p, ''Sweet Old World'' (Chameleon, 1992), was a melancholy album dealing with themes of suicide and de...
12: Williams had garnered considerable critical acclaim, but her commercial success was moderate. [[Emm... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...opean]] [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] charts. Classically trained, Amos’s voice and mostly pi...
7: ...an studying at [[Montgomery College]] and began playing at piano bars, many of them gay, chaperoned b...
10: ...tlantic Records gave Amos a 6 record contract. In 1988, her debut album ''[[Y Kant Tori Read]]'' was rel...
13: ...leased in the UK, it went straight to #1. A month later, it was released in America to breakthrough cr...
16: ...our tracks were released as singles: "God", "Cornflake Girl" (a #4 single in the UK), "Pretty Good Yea... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...#945;ρια''', '''Maria'''; [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: '''Maryem''', '''مر&#...
8: ...ther. Some insight into traditions concerning her later life, e.g., that she died between three and 15...
13: ... as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
19: ...ortrayed as the heavenly Woman of Revelation (Revelation 12.1).
25: ...ary|Blessed Virgin Mary]]'' or ''Our Lady'' (this latter, in French, Spanish, and Italian, is rendered... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
6: ...rg monastery in Germany. Jutta was enormously popular and acquired so many followers a small nunnery s...
8: From the time she was very young, Hildegard claimed to have [[Vision (religion)|vision]]s. She r...
12: ...d so it kindled my whole heart and breast like a flame, not burning but warming... and suddenly I unde...
17: ...mission which came to visit Hildegard and they declared her to be a genuine mystic and not insane. Wit...
22: ...or her lyrics and a constructed script, many [[conlang]]ers look upon her as a mediaeval precursor.
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