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- George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
19: ...lomacy)|ambassador]] to the [[United Nations]] ([[1971]]–[[1973]]), [[Republican National Committe... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...he central character in the cycle of [[legend]]s known as the "[[Matter of Britain]]." There is disagr...
5: ...] to early [[6th century]], to have been of [[Romano-British]] origin, and to have fought against the ...
7: ...y figure of whom we know little, and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Br...
11: Another school of thought believes that Arthur is a h...
13: Subscribers to this school of thought argue that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Amb... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...' in [[Portuguese]]) was most probably [[Genova|Genoese]], although some historians claim he could hav...
3: ...windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurate...
5: ... two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe. This i...
7: ..., including the isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Ce...
11: ...ope, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
10: *[[Kjetil Aamodt|Aamodt, Kjetil]], (1971-), Norwegian skier
14: ...nson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
4: ...s, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
5: ...born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
51: ...yd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
9: ...]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
25: ...cki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
56: ...ouch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player
63: ...s (author)|Adams, Richard]], (born 1920), British novelist - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...senters executed; as a consequence, she is often known as '''Bloody Mary'''. Her religious policies, h...
13: ...at [[Ludlow Castle]] and many of the prerogatives normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], someti...
15: ... education was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�V...
17: ...It was then suggested that the Princess Mary wed, not the Dauphin, but his father Francis I, who was e...
19: ...s to the Pope were abolished, and the King was acknowledged as "Supreme Head" of the [[Church of Engla... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: ...stuart.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots]]
7: ...; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of th...
15: ... 1536. Had he not died before James V, Mary would not necessarily have inherited. In this sort of [[Se...
24: ...eeves, enveloped the infant, who could sit up but not walk. She was carried by Lord Livingston in sole...
26: ...ir struck her, she began to cry. The [[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in h... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...nd [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Sometimes refer...
9: ...d political views; and English colonisation of [[North America]] took place under [[Walter Raleigh|Si...
11: ...nce in the granting of [[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities,...
13: [[Virginia]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North America]] and afterwards a member of the [[Uni...
18: ...rnowne, who was often referred to as "Kat". Chapernowne developed a close relationship with Elizabeth ... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ... implicated as well, and remained in jail until [[November]] [[2004]].
6: ...temporarily left Radcliffe for New York City in [[1971]], when [[India]] sent troops into [[East Pakista...
13: ...e first open election in more than a decade, on [[November 16]], [[1988]], Benazir's PPP won the singl...
21: ...charges of taking kickbacks. He was released in [[November]] [[2004]] [http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworld...
24: ...ve said that they only provided moral support and nothing more. The Taliban took power in [[Kabul]] in... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
6: | [[November 19]], [[1917]]
51: ...गान्धी)''' ([[November 19]], [[1917]] – [[October 31]], [[19...
63: ... By using her powers of appointment, she created "notoriously weak" [[cabinet]]s, centralizing her own...
65: ... her own independent Congress party following the November [[1969]] split within the governing [[India...
67: ...ndia being close to [[Moscow]] (though officially non-aligned). India subsequently withdrew its forces... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
7: ...] (born [[1970]]) and [[Priyanka Gandhi]] (born [[1971]]). She adopted Indian [[citizenship]] in [[1983]...
15: ...mber of political leaders and the media. Gandhi renounced the Prime Minister's post and suggested [[Ma... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
7: ...r of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]–[[1991]]
18: ...74]]. She joined the Social Democratic Party in [[1971]].
20: ... which was followed by the choice for Minister of Nordic Cooperation to term [[1989]]–[[1991]], ...
24: ...ident [[Martti Ahtisaari]] informed that he would not run for a second term in office in 2000, the Soc... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
2: '''Petra Karin Kelly''' ([[November 29]], [[1947]] – [[October 1]], [[199...
6: ...[[European Commission]] ([[Brussels]], Belgium, [[1971]]-[[1983]]), she participated in numerous peace a...
10: ...velihood Award]] (also known as the ''Alternative Nobel Prize'') in [[1982]] ''"...for forging and imp...
14: ... [[human rights]], [[ecology]] and [[Non-violence|non-violent]] politics.
25: ... Green! Essays on Environmentalism, Feminism, and Nonviolence'', by Petra K. Kelly, Parallax Press, Be... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
30: ... by joint forces from [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Transjordan]] and [[Iraq]]. She was issued...
44: ...ar and captured large areas of territory. She saw no need to seek compromise with the [[Palestinians]]...
53: ... can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to."—Golda Meir, [[March...
55: ...t things are stated clearly and plainly: We shall not let this happen."—Golda Meir, in a speech ...
57: ... the past but nothing like the one I'm faced with now in leading the country."—Golda Meir, when ... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
2: ...le="font-size:larger; margin-left:1em"|'''Janet Reno'''
4: ... colspan="2"| [[Image:janetreno.jpg|180px|Janet Reno]]
27: ...d was the first woman to hold that post. She was nominated by [[President of the United States|Presid...
30: ...nvestigative reporter for the Miami News. Janet Reno has three younger siblings.
32: ...Florida|Coral Gables]] High School. In [[1956]] Reno enrolled at [[Cornell University]] in [[Ithaca, N... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
12: ...nize her lectures in ways that also brought other notable feminists to the foreground. During this tim...
14: In [[1971]] Steinem founded the [[National Women's Politica...
32: * ''Marilyn: Norma Jean'' (1986) - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ... where she currently lives. She is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwoo...
4: ...ttings and atmosphere of her fiction and in her [[non-fiction]] and edited work. She has also been ass...
6: Though widely known for her fiction, Atwood has also continually pu...
8: ...nd an opera), or for her [[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blind Assassin]].''
10: Two of Atwood's novels have been chosen for [[CBC Radio]]'s ''[[Cana... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
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7: Her most famous novel is ''A Hora da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the...
16: *A Ma磠no Escuro (1961)
22: *Felicidade Clandestina (1971)
27: *Onde estivestes de Noite? (1974) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: ...e_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist philoso...
11: ...ational self-interest]]", and [[capitalism]]. Her novels were based upon the [[archetype]] of the Rand...
13: ... his own sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
14: #That no one has the right to seek values from others by p...
19: ...me from the name of a Finnish writer whom she had not read, but whose name she liked and adopted. The...
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