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  1. Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
    1: ...ntral America]], bordered by [[Nicaragua]] to the north and [[Panama]] to the south-southeast. Since t...
    21: ...fficial), ([[English language|English]] and indigenous languages on the Atlantic coast)
    50: | ''[[Noble patria, tu hermosa bandera]]''
    61: ...mbian]] times the [[Native American]]s in what is now [[Costa Rica]] were part of the [[Intermediate A...
    76: ...al allowing [[Ó³car Arias]] (Nobel Peace Prize, [[1987]]) to run for President a second time in the upco...
  2. Luwian language (1607 bytes)
    3: ... [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], [[Jordan]] and northern [[Saudi Arabia]]) after ca. the 14th centur...
    5: ...tovelars, plain velars, and labiovelars (Melchert 1987).
    8: *Melchert, H. Craig. [[1987]]. PIE velars in Luvian. In ''Studies in memory o...
  3. 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...
  4. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
    22: ...[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
    68: ...ls Henrik Abel|Abel, Niels Henrik]], (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician
    71: ...en Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
    109: *[[Norm Abrams|Abrams, Norm]]
    112: *[[Norman Abramson|Abramson, Norman]]
  5. List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
    10: *[[Kjetil Aamodt|Aamodt, Kjetil]], (1971-), Norwegian skier
    14: ...nson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer
  6. Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
    5: {{House of Hanover}}
    7: ...nasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) ([[24 May]] [[1819]] – [[22 January]]...
    9: ...Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Wi...
    12: ...rathearn, like many other sons of George III, did not marry during his youth. The eldest son, the [[Ge...
    16: ...en's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the Rege...
  7. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]] |
    13: Though she was noted for her pioneering [[charity]] work, the Princ...
    15: ...er her death, there were even calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detrac...
    22: ... of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as ...
    24: ...th Hall]] [http://www.riddlesworthhall.com/] in [[Norfolk]] and at West Heath School in [[Kent]], wher...
  8. Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
    3: ...nd''' (born [[April 20]], [[1939]]) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician and [[physician]], and an int...
    5: ...er February - October [[1981]]; her cabinet was renowned internationally for having 8 female ministers...
    7: ...ished its report ''Our Common Future'' in April [[1987]]. The [[Brundtland Commission]] provided the mom...
    9: ...rbj?agland]]. She resigned as leader of the [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|Labour Party]] in [[1992]].
    11: ... a [http://www.cmhealth.org Commission on Macroeconomics and Health] - chaired by [[Jeffrey Sachs]] - ...
  9. Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
    15: |None
    18: |[[Agnosticism|Agnostic]]
    40: |[[27 November]] [[1999]]<br> to the present
    43: The Right Honourable '''Helen Elizabeth Clark''' (born [[Februar...
    45: ...w Zealand Labour Party]], she formed successive minority coalition governments with the [[Alliance (Ne...
  10. Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
    11: *Minister of Social Affairs and Health [[1987]]&ndash;[[1990]]
    12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]&ndash;[[1991]]
    20: ... which was followed by the choice for Minister of Nordic Cooperation to term [[1989]]&ndash;[[1991]], ...
    24: ...ident [[Martti Ahtisaari]] informed that he would not run for a second term in office in 2000, the Soc...
    32: ...verning the country. This was evident in e.g. the nomination of her own candidate to the board of dire...
  11. Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
    3: ... and served in the [[European Parliament]] from [[1987]] to [[1989]].
  12. Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
    3: ...e first elected president in the office's history not to have the support of Fianna Fᩬ. She is credi...
    16: <tr><td>'''Nominated by:'''</td><td>Labour, Workers Party</td><...
    23: ...career as a judge in the Colonial Service; while another relative was a [[Catholic]] nun. Some branche...
    31: ... agree to 'second' the initiative and so it could not be further discussed. As a senator she served on...
    34: **Chairman of its Legal Affairs Committee (1987-89)
  13. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    7: &ndash; [[28 November]] [[1990]]
    24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
    27: ...figurehead of a political philosophy that became known as [[Thatcherism]], which involves reduced gove...
    29: ...983]] and [[United Kingdom general election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and became the longest-servi...
    31: ...ccured that led to an improvement in Britain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher a...
  14. Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
    12: ...nize her lectures in ways that also brought other notable feminists to the foreground. During this tim...
    14: ...and wrote for the magazine until it was sold in [[1987]]. Although ''Ms.'' has had a number of different...
    32: * ''Marilyn: Norma Jean'' (1986)
  15. Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
    4: ...to many languages. She is one of the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 millio...
    8: ...tates|American]] private school, and while in Lebanon a [[United Kingdom|British]] private school in [...
    16: ...e starred [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn Close]] and [[Antonio Banderas...
    24: *''Eva Luna'' (1987)
  16. 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...
  17. Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
    3:
    7: Her most famous novel is ''A Hora da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the...
    16: *A Ma磠no Escuro (1961)
    27: *Onde estivestes de Noite? (1974)
    34: *Como Nasceram as Estrelas (1987)
  18. Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
    4: ...ll University]] in [[1955]]. Her novel [[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]] won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fictio...
    6: ...]). Many now include Morrison's own work in the canon of [[American Literature]].
    8: ...ngth of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], the first A...
    14: ==Novels==
    16: *''[[Sula (novel)|Sula]]'' (1973)
  19. Sally Ride (1826 bytes)
    5: ... at [[Westlake School for Girls]] in Los Angeles (now [[Harvard-Westlake School]]). She initially atte...
    7: In [[1987]], Ride left [[NASA]] to work at the [[Stanford U...
  20. Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
    1: ...]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the first non-white woman to go into space.
    5: ...naut]], she has a wide range of experience in technology, engineering, and medical research. In additi...
    7: ...al Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1987, she worked as a general practitioner in [[Los An...
    9: ...[[Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
    11: ...ine in 1981. In medical school, her interest and knowledge in [[Third World]] countries evolved into a...

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