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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ngside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of political stablity in the region, and sometim...
65: The native people of the [[Mayans]] and [[Aztecs]] were conquered ...
69: ...ta Rica has avoided much of the violence that has plagued Central America. Since the late [[19th centu...
109: ...cause the Government had implemented a seven year plan of expansion in the high tech industry. They h...
125: ...m connecting the urban populations of the Central Plateau to the port of [[Limon]] on the Caribbean. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...ate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material...
24: ...orders the [[United States Customs Service]] to implement the [[Neutrality Acts|Neutrality Act of 1939...
26: * [[1948]] - [[T.S. Eliot]] wins the [[Nobel Prize in Lite...
31: ...d as the [[Arno]] and [[Po]] rivers flood; 113 people die, 30,000 are rendered homeless, and countless...
51: *[[1883]] - [[Nikolaos Plastiras]], Greek general and politician (d. [[1953... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
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6: *[[Frank Abagnale|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
25: *[[Lynn Abbey|Abbey, Lynn]], (born 1948), US author
98: ...p://www.nyjournalnews.com/newsroom/090303/b05w03abplanalp.html] - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
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14: ==== People named Adam ====
32: ===== People named Adams =====
49: *[[Gerry Adams|Adams, Gerry]], (born 1948), Irish politician & [[Sinn F驮]] leader
61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
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5: ...Viktor M. Afanasyev|Afanasyev, Viktor M.]], (born 1948), Russian astronaut - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of St...
29: ...dging to devote her life to the service of the people of the Commonwealth and Empire.
33: ...s claim to the [[Greece|Greek]] throne and was simply referred to as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten bef...
35: ...[[Clarence House]], London. On [[14 November]] [[1948]] she gave birth to her first child [[Charles, Pr...
38: ...les Philip Arthur George) (born [[14 November]] [[1948]]), married ([[29 July]] [[1981]]) and divorced (... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
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28: | [[Diplomat]]
35: ...[[Czech Republic]]), [[United States|American]] diplomat, served as the 64th [[United States Secretary...
51: ...olitics, and was responsible for developing and implementing programs designed to enhance women's prof...
56: ...t was appointed ambassador to the UN, her first diplomatic post, shortly after Clinton was inaugurated... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
10: ...ort time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
16: ...]], then [[British Mandate of Palestine]]. The couple and her sister Sheyna emigrated to Palestine in ...
20: ...nity. Her duties there included picking almonds, planting trees, caring for chickens, and running the...
26: ==Israel established, 1948==
28: ...pendence]], I couldn't imagine these were real people doing something real. And there I was sitting do... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ... States|American]] [[human rights]] activist, [[diplomat]] and as the wife of [[President of the Unite...
9: ...However their marriage almost split over sexual explorations outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin D...
33: ...eful action based on sensitive discourse among people of diverse perspectives focusing on the varied n...
35: ...uman Rights]]. On the night of [[December 10]], [[1948]], Mrs. Roosevelt spoke on behalf of the Declarat...
43: ...), for many years graced the mantle above the fireplace in her husband Franklin's presidential library... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...enate]]. She was the first woman to have her name placed in nomination at her party's convention (1964...
7: She had been elected to the U.S. Senate in 1948. She served in the Senate from [[1949]] to [[Janu...
11: ...y firsts as a woman, but also for her early principled opposition to the tactics of Senator [[Joseph M... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
7: Hurston's work slid into obscurity for decades, explainable for a number of reasons, cultural and poli...
9: ...Black America of the early 20th century. For example ( Amy from the opening of ''[[Zora_Neale_Hurston...
15: ...ritings, Hurston's work was ignored because it simply didn't fit in with this struggle. Other popular...
34: *''[[Seraph on the Suwanee]]'' ([[1948]])
36: *''[[Mule Bone]]'' (A play written with [[Langston Hughes]]) ([[1996]]) - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
4: ...k called "Tropismes", published in [[1939]] and applauded by [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] and [[Max Jacob]]. I...
8: ==Works (An Incomplete Listing)==
11: * ''Portrait of an Unknown'', [[1948]]
12: * ''The Planetarium'', [[1959]] - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
7: ...he [[Bloomsbury group]]. While nowhere near a simple recapitulation of the coterie's ideals, Woolf's ...
9: ...[[1905]], initially for the ''[[Times Literary Supplement]]''. In [[1912]] she married [[Leonard Woolf...
13: ...e atmosphere closer to the prose poem than to the plot-centred novel. Her last and most ambitious work...
54: *''The Moment and Other Essays'' ([[1948]]) - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
8: ...ine of cosmetics "''Wings''," she flew her own airplane around the country promoting her products. Yea...
14: ...than any pilot living or dead, male or female. In 1948 Cochran joined the U.S. Air Force Reserve where s...
20: ... of the United States]] in [[1952]] and she would play a major role in his successful campaign. Close ...
22: ...the first woman to be honored with a permanent display of her achievements at the [[United States Air ...
26: Her aviation accomplishments never gained the continuing media attenti... - Svetlana Savitskaya (713 bytes)
1: ...94;кая}}); born [[August 8]], [[1948]], in [[Moscow, Russia]], was a [[Soviet Union|S... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
3: ...lton) ([[June 6]], [[1887]] - [[September 17]], [[1948]]) was an [[United States|American]] anthropologi...
20: ...in a hierarchy that had Japanese at the top. She played a major role in studying the role in society ...
27: ...eath, and died in New York on [[September 17]], [[1948]]. - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
3: ...h at the time. ''Move on up a Little Higher'' ([[1948]]) became a huge success however, and stores coul... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: She was awarded the [[Templeton Prize]] in [[1973]] , the [[Nobel Peace Prize...
15: From [[1929]] to [[1948]] Mother Teresa taught [[geography]] and [[catech...
17: In [[1948]] she received permission from [[Pope Pius XII]],...
22: ...nted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are...
24: ... she converted an abandoned [[Hinduism|Hindu]] temple into the [[Kalighat Home for the Dying]], a free... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...[[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman ...
7: ...-Burgundian in loyalty. France at that time was split by a factional rivalry which would allow the En...
12: ...ns where preparations were being made to bring supplies to the city of [[Orl顮s]], which had been und...
24: ...Duke of Burgundy. Negotiations with Burgundian diplomats began at Reims shortly after the coronation,...
40: ..."...in a loud voice the holy name of Jesus, and implored and invoked without ceasing the aid of the sa... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
10: ...e him and entertain their large social circle. In 1948, they moved to Paris after the [[United States St...
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34: ...rs during a series of [[stroke]]s in 1989. The couple did not have children.
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