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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
15: ...ortugal]]. For centuries, the settlement was commonly called S㯠Sebasti㯠- or even St. Sebastian - i...
21: ...accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arrived suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their...
31: The city is commonly divided into the historic downtown (Centro); the...
44: ... Urca ("Morro da Urca"), and offers views second only to Corcovado mountain. The tallest mountain in t...
54: ...ains an area of accelerated growth, attracting mainly the richer sector of the population, whereas nei... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[...
14: ...tionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
17: ...he devil go with it! It came with a lass, it will gang with a lass!" The Stewart family had gained the S...
36: This seemed to Marie to be the only sensible solution to her troubles. In February [...
49: ...eith]] on [[August 19]], [[1561]]. She was still only 18 and, despite her talents, her upbringing had ... - Phoolan Devi (2526 bytes)
5: ...dit. In short order, she had accumulated her own gang, with herself as the leader.
7: ...national attention in [[1981]] as the leader of a gang who allegedly killed 22 high-[[caste]] [[Thakur]]...
9: ... made a deal with her that she and members of her gang would not face the [[death penalty]]. As a part o... - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
3: ...n''), which is also known as the ''Baader-Meinhof gang''.
7: ... The group was quickly dubbed "The Baader-Meinhof Gang" by the German press. Meinhof wrote many of the t... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
3: ...ion]], often with various members of the [[Barrow gang]].
11: ...ang was usually limited to logistics support. At only 4 feet 10 inches, she was a stalwart and loyal c...
15: ...n bank robberies attributed to him and the Barrow gang.
27: ... this situation ended poorly, perhaps because the gang was finally reduced to stealing [[mule]]s for tra...
31: ...of a lawman by what was later known as the Barrow gang. - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
9: ...cademy Awards]] as Best Actress for her role as a gang-rape victim in ''[[The Accused]]'' (1988). She ea...
68: *[http://jodie-online.net Jodie-Online.net] - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...]The '''People's Republic of China''' (PRC), commonly referred to as '''China''', is a state in [[East...
6: The term "[[mainland China]]" is sometimes used to denote the area ...
13: ...n [[1949]] with the Communists in control of [[mainland China]] and the Kuomintang in control of [[Tai...
21: ...]] and her associates, the [[Gang of Four (China)|Gang of Four]], who had assumed control of the country...
33: :''This section is on the politics of [[Mainland China]]. See also: [[Chinese nationalism]], [[... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
86: ... office since the 1992 resignation of [[Michael Manley]]. He has been since re-elected three times, th...
94: ...g upon which arm of service they are slated for. Enlisted soldiers are given basic training at JDF Tra...
100: ...atrols with the JCF in high-crime areas and known gang neighborhoods. There has been vocal controversy a...
126: The island of Jamaica has mountainous inlands surrounded by a narrow coastal plain. For thi...
128: ...s tropical, with hot and humid weather, although inland regions have a more temperate climate. - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
38: ...ng metropolitan area, and [[Pittsburgh]], a busy inland [[river port]] and major center for educationa...
86: ...y, the Pittsburgh police magistrate court is the only true city-level court in the state.
115: Pennsylvania's saltwater "shore" line, only 89 miles by official US figures, is the shortest...
166: Pennsylvania has only one incorporated town, [[Bloomsburg, Pennsylvani...
255: ... the 15th President of the United States and the only President from that state. - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
107: ...emical manufacturing. Although the state is certainly not defined by these activities, their existence...
112: ...rcentages of immigrants in the country (trailing only [[California]] and [[New York]] and just ahead o...
126: ...populated state in the nation, and the first and only state that has had every one of its 21 counties ...
145: ...inatra]] was born [[December 12]], [[1915]], the only child of working-class Italian-American immigran...
171: *The [[Bloodhound Gang]] produced a song called "The 10 Coolest Things A... - Macau (16856 bytes)
48: ...5;門, Cantonese Jyutping: ou3 mun4) means "Inlet Gates". The "gates" refer to two erect gate-lik...
50: ...23665;澳; Xiangshan'ao; "Fragrant-mountain Inlet"), Lin Do (蓮島; Liandao; "Lotus Is...
52: ''Macau'' is the only official Portuguese spelling. In English, both '...
100: ... the [[Zhuhai]] [[Special Economic Zone]] in [[mainland China]].
109: ...om Hong Kong remain the most numerous. Recently [[gang]] violence, a dark spot on the economy, has signi... - Caste (32815 bytes)
5: ...part of the Rig Veda (the "family books," (2-7). Only the Purusha Sukta hymn (Rig Veda 10:90) mentions...
20: ...e Brahman the privilege of reading the Veda, but only so far as it is taught and explained to them by ...
39: ...eir caste duty was to slay enemies.They were the only caste allowed to rule.
60: ...''[[Manusmriti]]'' it is asserted that there are only four varnas, which leads one to the conclusion t...
72: ... though sometimes it would degenerate into petty 'gang wars,' usually among the lowest caste(s) and the ... - Pope Leo III (1849 bytes)
5: ...bility, and in April [[799]] he was attacked by a gang. He was then formally deposed and sent to a monas... - World Series (40101 bytes)
7: ... leagues' standings, received such shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in their div...
9: ...rld" appellation has stuck despite the fact that only teams in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] pa...
63: * 1896 [[Baltimore Orioles (NL)|Baltimore Orioles]]
77: ...ston AL]] defeats [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pittsburgh NL]], 5 games to 3.
81: ... AL's [[Boston Red Sox|Boston Americans]] and the NL's [[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]]. The G... - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
7: ... the ''Superbas'' (under manager Ned Hanlon -- "Hanlon's Superbas" was the name of an acrobatic troup ...
23: ...en known won two successive pennats under [[Ned Hanlon]] in 1899 and 1900.
25: In 1902 Hanlon expressed his desire to buy a controlling inter...
29: ...he pennant as the soon-to-be-nicknamed "Gas House Gang" nailed the pennant cold by beating the Cincinnat...
32: *The only Brooklyn World Series title came in [[1955 World... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
13: ...cs (with the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]) are second only to the [[New York Yankees]] in the number of Wor...
20: ...hiladelphia Phillies]]. This order, though, was only enforceable in the state of Pennsylvania. Lajoi...
30: ...Park]], blocking the view from nearby buildings, only served to irritate potential paying fans. The A...
32: ...by [[Chicago]] insurance executive [[Charles O. Finley]]), the American League owners were determined ...
34: ...the cap or the uniform. The typical uniform had only a stylized "A" on the left front, and likewise t... - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
17: ...nals (with the [[Oakland Athletics]]) are second only to the [[New York Yankees]] in the number of Wor...
33: ...inal history include the [[1930s]] era "Gas House Gang" featuring [[Dizzy Dean]], [[Joe Medwick]], [[Pep...
37: ... the Cardinals (who were effectively the South's only major league team until the 1960s) gained notori...
62: ...assing when ace pitcher [[Darryl Kile]] died suddenly of heart failure while in Chicago for a series a...
64: ...in the [[2004 National League Championship Series|NLCS]], the Cards took a 2-0 lead, then lost three s... - Bodhisattva (7734 bytes)
2: ...ypothetical beings with a high degree of [[bodhi|enlightenment]] and power. ''Bodhisattva'' literally...
6: ...n terms of "when I was still a Bodhisattva". The only currently active bodhisattva described in the [[...
10: ...]] until all other beings have likewise achieved enlightenment.
12: ... ultimate enlightenment, but has chosen to enter enlightenment without saving every other being.
28: #* It is said that being close to enlightenment and seeing the benefit for all [[sentie... - Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
20: ...e being personally honest—Harding died suddenly three years into his term due to complications f...
25: ...the weakest of Marion's three newspapers and the only daily in the growing city. Harding converted the...
29: ...ing's nemesis, Amos Kling. Upon hearing that his only daughter intended to marry Harding, Amos Kling c...
45: ...swered "No" and the Party moved to nominate him, only to discover later his relationship with [[Carrie...
47: ...e [[laissez-faire]] approach of the [[William McKinley]] era. - National Football League (30340 bytes)
66: ...from each conference qualified for the playoffs. Only the wild card teams played during the first roun...
77: ...sually begin as second- or third-string backups, only playing games if the first-stringer is injured, ...
122: ...sports|1953]], [[Willie Thrower]], who played in only one game and did not start in any games. After t...
146: ...1972]]), [[Miami Dolphins|The Dolphins]] are the only NFL team to have a perfect season, capped by win...
152: ...anuary 27]], [[1991]], [[Super Bowl XXV]]) With only a few seconds left, [[Scott Norwood]] was called...
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