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  1. Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
    8: ...drafted because a physical found that he had an "inoperable [[pilonidal cyst]]" and "a [[American foot...
    10: ...aim to use a "golden microphone". (This claim is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden micropho...
    16: ..., this is merely an on-air signature, as there is no organization with that name.
    18: ...w is usually split between call-in segments and monologues by Limbaugh; on very rare occasions, Limbau...
    22: ...an National Convention]] to give a preview of his nomination acceptance speech.
  2. Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
    3: ...n 1713, he was a prominent figure in what became known as the [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment...
    5: ...al]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting...
    10: ...ing Virtue and Merit'' (1745), with some original notes of his own. He composed a volume of bawdy stor...
    14: ... variation and [[natural selection]]. It is worth noticing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensi...
    23: ...e active writers, all the new ideas, all the new knowledge, that were then moving the cultivated class...
  3. Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
    3: ...of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to reduce the stature and drama of her ficti...
    5: ...dison's disease]], the cause of which was then unknown. She travelled to [[Winchester, Hampshire|Winch...
    7: ...[[Northanger Abbey]]'', pokes fun at the [[Gothic novel]]s of [[Ann Radcliffe]], Austen is most famous...
    9: Her novels were fairly well received when they were publ...
    12: ...tedly because she did not know how men spoke when not in the presence of women. Some contemporary rea...
  4. Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
    3: ...e a member of the [[Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She was also the first female arti...
    12: ...ino Tassi]] to decoration of the "volte" of ''Casino della Rose'' inside the [[Pallavicini Rospiglios...
    18: ..., Artemisia also painted the ''[[Madonna col Bambino]]'' (''"The Virgin Mary with Baby"''), currently ...
    20: ..., Prudenzia slipped into obscurity and little is known of her subsequent life.
    24: ...sy with construction of a maison to celebrate the notable ancestor, he asked Artemisia to realize a pa...
  5. Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
    2: ...charge in his absence. This practice had been the norm for centuries rather than Pizan's invention.
    5: ...emale education and inheritance of land. Her most notable works were ''[[The Book of the City of Ladie...
    9: ...e married ɴienne du Castel, who became Charles's notary and secretary. After the king's death in [[13...
    11: ...teen important works, chiefly in prose, besides minor pieces.
    17: ...'amour'' (1399) is a defence of women against the satire of [[Jean de Meun]], and initiated a prolonged di...
  6. Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
    3: '''Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: &#...
    5: ...try|Symbolist]] movements in Russia. Her work was not looked kindly upon by [[Stalin]] and the then Bo...
    8: ... to found the Alexander III Museum, which is now known as the [[Pushkin Museum]] of Fine Arts. Tsvetae...
    10: ...a tragic love affair before her marriage, and had not forgotten it. Maria Alexandrovna particularly di...
    12: ... her imagination in childhood games. It should be noted that there were many Russian ''魩gr駧 revolu...
  7. Alexandria (28378 bytes)
    1: ...ast, near the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,341,...
    19: ...articularly in grain. Other authors make the omen not the grain itself, but the arrival of flocks of b...
    21: ...er descends in a glass box, and armed with exact knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies ...
    23: ... a history of Alexander attributed to the author known as [[Alexander Romance|pseudo-Callisthenes]].
    27: ...e centuries more it was second only to [[Rome]]. Nominally a free Greek city, Alexandria retained its...
  8. Utah (29154 bytes)
    13: Governor = [[Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.]] |
    85:
    87: ...lifornia]] coast. The expedition travelled as far north as [[Utah Lake]] and encountered the native re...
    96: ...th [[Alfred Cumming]]. The resulting conflict is known as the [[Utah War]].
    100: ...y. A steady stream of presidential-appointed governors quit the position, often citing unresponsivenes...
  9. Achaeus of Eretria (1299 bytes)
    1: ...tten 24, 30, or 44 plays, of which 19 titles are known, some of which include ''Adrastus'', ''Linus'',...
    3: ... birth, and the men of [[Athen]]s were loath to honor any but their own fellow-citizens.
    5: ...Aeschylus]], he was part of the Alexandrian ''[[Canon]]'', and [[Didymus Chalcenterus|Didymus]] wrote ...
  10. Medieval music (31843 bytes)
    9: ...port. The notation system is weak, and rhythm cannot be specified. The simplicity of chant, with uni...
    11: ...fifths, and octaves, begins to be seen. Rhythmic notation allows for complex interactions between mul...
    14: ... music has survived, and since [[musical notation|notation]] was a relatively late development, recons...
    16: === Theory and notation ===
    17: ... history of European music. Most of the surviving notated music of the 13th century uses the rhythmic ...
  11. Erasmus (18332 bytes)
    6: ... was a [[priest]] named Roger Gerard. Little is known of his mother other than the fact that her name...
    10: He was offered many positions of honour and profit throughout the academic world, but d...
    14: ...e on all kinds of subjects was eagerly sought, if not always followed.
    16: ...es Version]] of the Bible. The text later became known as the ''textus receptus''. Erasmus published t...
    19: ... toward churchmen. The world had laughed at his [[satire]], but few had interfered with his activities. He...
  12. Columbus, Ohio (27104 bytes)
    31: north_coord = 39.9898 |
    37: ...native High school, Fort Hayes and Ecole Kenwood. Notable private schools within Columbus include Colu...
    42: ... of employment within Columbus. However, it is by no means a majority.
    44: ... [[Cardinal Health]] has its headquarters in the northwest suburb of Dublin. [[Huntington Bancshares...
    46: ... [[Budweiser]] has a major brewery located on the north side of the city. [[McGraw-Hill]] Inc. has la...
  13. Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
    4: ... [[1588]] – [[December 4]], [[1679]]) was a noted [[English (people)|English]] [[Political philo...
    12: ...tle attracted by the scholastic learning". He did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was re...
    14: ...ian War]] showed that democratic government could not survive war or provide stability and was thus un...
    16: ...en years as well as tutoring he expanded his own knowledge of philosophy, awakening in him curiosity o...
    20: ...isery". Thus he proposed to unite the separate phenomena of Body, Man and the State.
  14. Literature (25676 bytes)
    1: ...e and often controversial or dubious, but it does not interfere with the above definition.
    7: ...tic]] implications. The [[Western canon|Western Canon]] forms one such literature.
    13: ... inscribed [[monument]]s have all at one time or another pushed the boundaries of "literature".
    21: ...and they may or may not utilise [[rhyme]]. One cannot readily characterise [[poetry]] precisely. Typic...
    23: ...rhaps pre-dates other forms of literature: early known examples include the [[Sumeria|Sumerian]] ''[[E...
  15. Voltaire (48640 bytes)
    4: ..., [[1694]] – [[May 30]], [[1778]]), better known by the [[pen name]] '''Voltaire''', was a [[Fra...
    8: ... Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
    10: ...ars to have been strict, but neither inhospitable nor tyrannical. Marguerite Arouet, of whom her young...
    12: ...eived, it formed the basis of his considerable [[knowledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devoti...
    14: ...s brother, to [[The Hague]]. Here he met Olympe Dunoyer, a [[Protestant]] girl from a poor family, but...
  16. Culture of Russia (14552 bytes)
    8: ...1410.jpg|thumb|200px|A piece of Russian Icon art known as Rublev's Trinity]]
    14: ...rematism]],[[ constructivism]], and [[futurism]]. Notable artists from this era include [[El Lissitzky...
    18: ...the [[1980's]] the government ruled that it could not restrict what Russians artists could paint.
    22: ...ce then western influences. One of Russia's most notable types of architecture, churches took its sty...
    24: Some notable Russian buildings include:
  17. Edwin Abbott Abbott (2724 bytes)
    1: ... the author of the [[mathematics|mathematical]] [[satire]] ''[[Flatland]]'' ([[1884]]). Abbott was the eld...
    3: ...ambridge|Cambridge]], where he took the highest honours in [[classics]], [[mathematics]] and [[theolog...
    5: ...imensional geometry but the book is also a clever satire on the social, moral, and religious values of the...
    7: ... Bacon]]. His theological writings include three anonymously published religious romances - ''[[Philoc...
    9: More weighty contributions are the anonymous theological discussion ''The Kernel and the...

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