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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
64: Latecomers to Mexico's central plateau, the Mexica, or Aztecs, as they were sometim...
76: ...ublic, the [[Zapotec]] [[Benito Juárez]], with diplomatic and logistical support from the United Stat...
87: ...the Congress. [[Congress of Mexico|Congress]] has played an increasingly important role since [[1997]]...
163: ...[Yucatᮝ]. The center of Mexico is a great, high plateau, open to the north, with mountain chains on ...
174: ...ding driver of growth, accompanied by increased employment and higher wages. Mexico still needs to ove... - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ngside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of political stablity in the region, and sometim...
61: ...ude the [[Isthmo-Colombian]] area, defined by the presence of groups that spoke [[Chibchan languages]].
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... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...] and early [[19th century]] resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labor to one...
10: ...the surplus population who could no longer find employment in [[agriculture]] into the cities to seek ...
12: ... other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which often imposed tolls ...
14: ...to produce more goods to meet the needs of the people.
16: From 1430, people in Europe discovered sea routes to Asia and Amer... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: The word ''Puritan'' is now applied unevenly to a number of [[Protestant]] churche...
5: ...rticular churches or movements, and not by the simple and nebulous term "Puritan."
12: ...cclesiastical courts. They refused to endorse completely all of the ritual directions and formulas of...
20: ...essentially, believers in biblical supremacy, the presence of an English language Bible was paramount. The ...
26: ...connect between the [[House of Lords]] and the people, rebellion over the attempt to introduce a [[Div... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ...] of the [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt]]. Many people also regard her as the earliest known [[queen re...
10: ...mose]]. Hatshepsut was favored by the [[Karnak|Temple of Karnak]] over her two brothers who did not li...
17: :''Here ye, all persons! Ye people as many as ye are! I have done things'' :''accor...
20: ...of Egypt. Historians who believe in traditional explanation of Hatshepsut believe her motivation for w...
22: ...Hatshepsut. She organised for a mission, led by explorer [[Nehsi]], to [[Punt (region)|Punt]] in her n... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
9: ...ook over, depriving the nobles of their lands and plundering the kingdom. According to Tacitus, Boudic...
11: ...troyed it, besieging the last defenders in the temple for two days before it fell. The future governor...
15: ...ritons attempted to flee, but were impeded by the presence of their own families, whom they had stationed in...
17: ...tforms eight, nine or ten as her supposed resting place) but this is unlikely. [[Manduessedum]] near t...
19: ...s, and Suetonius was removed as governor, to be replaced by [[Publius Petronius Turpilianus]]. - Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
12: ...ries, as tending in her opinion to prevent the complete amalgamation of [[Scandinavia]]. But with her ...
16: ...he union was insecure, Margaret had tolerated the presence near the throne of "good men" from all three real... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
18: ... show in the United States. The show is usually split between call-in segments and monologues by Limb...
20: ...read support and attention in [[1998]] when he complained that some radio stations were shortening his...
22: ...rty (which he had earlier alienated by breaking a pledge not to raise [[tax]]es). President [[George W...
26: ...oo late in the evening in many markets. (In many places it was aired at 1:30 AM or even later.)
30: ...tted that the changes in his voice were due to complete [[post-lingual hearing impairment|deafness]] i... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
13: ...ured to be her lover. The [[Dolgorukov]]s, who supplanted Menshikov and hated the memory of Peter the ...
19: ...ardie took a leading part in the revolution which placed the daughter of Peter the Great on the Russia...
23: ...ate as eight o'clock the next morning very few people in the city were aware of it.
25: ...r government. Her usually keen judgment and her diplomatic tact again and again recall Peter the Great...
31: ..., much as she disliked him personally, had wisely placed at the head of foreign affairs immediately af... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...f Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 M...
18: ...tch, but his objections failed to dissuade the couple. Many scholars have suggested that Prince Albert...
20: ...merged the Royal House name and family surname, replacing both with one deliberately English sounding ...
29: ...wives of Whigs, but Sir Robert Peel expected to replace them with wives of Tories. Victoria strongly o...
37: ... the assassination attempt; others attributed the plot to supporters of the heir-presumptive, the King... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...d. Her husband, [[Asif Ali Zardari]], has been implicated as well, and remained in jail until [[Novem...
11: ...her's party, but was unable to make her political presence felt in Pakistan until the death of General [[Muh...
17: ...humb|200px|left|Benazir Bhutto at a [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] event in Newark, CA, [[28 September]] [...
21: ...] and says she wants to return to office, most people in Pakistan are convinced that she and her husba...
32: ... the office again, and some said it was largely implemented due to the President's own fear of maintai... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
12: ...ers may find the world she describes, in which people's chief concern is obtaining socially prominent ...
14: The order in which she began and completed her novels is different from that of their pu...
26: *The Watsons (incomplete novel)
27: *[[Sanditon]] (incomplete novel) - Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
2: ...70|370]]–[[415]]) was a [[neo-Platonism|neo-Platonic]] [[philosopher]], [[mathematician]], and [...
4: ... embarked on an intense campaign to destroy pagan places of worship.
12: ... mind, she not unfrequently appeared in public in presence of the magistrates. Neither did she feel abashed ...
14: ...imple formula, that of calling God to witness, as Plato did, whenever they deny anything or whenever t...
22: ... body in pieces, they took her mangled limbs to a place called Cinaron, and there burnt them. This aff... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
7: ...d [[Parthenope]] for the old city that is now [[Naples]]). A brilliant and strong-willed woman, Floren...
23: ...mily objections concerning the risks and social implications of such activity, and the [[Roman Cathol...
31: ...cial indifference. [[Medicine]]s were in short supply, [[hygiene]] was being neglected, and mass [[inf...
35: ...ted to have escaped serious injury when it was toppled in an accident. Following this episode she used...
47: ...statistical reports and was instrumental in the implementation of its recommendations. - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
5: ...e to sing but probably helped her develop a stage presence. Smith began developing her own act around [[191...
11: ... an almost inaudible guest visit. Hammond was not pleased with the result, preferring to have Bessie b...
17: ...ax's perpetuation of the myth is all the more inexplicable when one considers a letter received by his...
19: ...eath without medical attention, while her friends pled with the hospital authorities to admit her. And...
25: A more recent play featuring 14 of the songs Smith made famous, ''... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
6: ...he first day of the week she, with [[Salome (disciple)|Salome]] and Mary the mother of [[James]], ([[G...
12: ...church fathers. In the fragmentary text, the disciples ask questions of the risen Savior (a designatio...
36: ...ied in [[Ephesus]] and was buried in [[Constantinople]].
40: ...Catholic iconography of the [[Crucifixion]], or replaced by John]]
43: ... the Petrine tradition, Mary Magdalene is often replaced by Mary, mother of Jesus, a passive figure wh... - Ellen G. White (5403 bytes)
17: ... she was unable to return to school, and never completed any further formal education.
25: ...ure), show her places (on earth, in heaven, other planets), or tell her information. When the vision ...
27: ...as a depiction of the [[Millerites|Adventist]] people following Jesus, marching to the city (heaven). ...
29: ...of her visions were the more significant part she played in establishing and shaping the [[Seventh-day...
35: * [[plagiarism]] - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...e'''. She became celebrated especially for her exploits in [[Germany|German-occupied]] [[Poland]] and...
7: ...zy Giżycki]] {[[1899]]-[[1970]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ... into Poland. Arriving in [[Warsaw]], she vainly pleaded with her [[Jew]]ish mother to leave a [[Pola...
26: ...ents that would lead to some of her most famous exploits.
28: ...ut a law unto herself who, despite her attractive presence, was in many ways a loner. - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...ss]] of the [[20th century]]. Her sizzling screen presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]] wou...
8: ...ven. The Bolenders were a religious couple who supplemented their meager income by being foster parent...
15: ...3.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]]'']]
22: By 1952 Zanuck was nearly convinced and she played her first role as a leading lady in ''Don't B...
23: ...l, [[movie]] critics seemed to forget about the [[plot]] and focused on Marilyn and her unique connect... - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
7: ...truthful approach toward the industry and her own presence within it. As she would say when collecting her [...
9: ...ence. In the [[1990s]], therefore, Streep took to playing roles with greater variety, including farce ...
11: ...[Music of the Heart]]'', for which she learned to play the [[violin]].
13: ...nd in [[2004]] took on two largely comedic roles, playing the character originated by [[Angela Lansbur...
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