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- China (38909 bytes)
1: ...g in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ... behind, and was too weak militarily to repel [[Europe]]an interference or [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]es...
7: ...formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and i...
14: ...ion of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states.
16: ...y distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nations; a concept that continued well into... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
16: ...orge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
18: ...ob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
31: *[[Robert Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
41: *[[Russ Abbott|Abbott, Russ]], (born 1947), British comedian
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...a, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
5: ...1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
17: *[[Kathy Acker|Acker, Kathy]], (1947-1997), author
21: *[[Sharon Acker|Acker, Sharon]] (born 1935)[http://imdb.com/name/nm0009943]
31: *[[Dorothea Ackermann|Ackermann, Dorothea]] (born 1752) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: *[[Adachi Hatazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[...
10: ...air, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
25: *[[Karol Adamiecki|Adamiecki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
37: ...s, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
9: ...is the longest serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]],...
11: ... mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
17: ... to the British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle, HRH [[Edwar...
20: ...rchbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]]. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more ...
12: ...tranged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the...
14: ...oria's uncle, the Prince of Wales, inherited the Crown, becoming King George IV. Though she occupied a...
16: ...the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was provided that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent ...
18: ...sons for marrying Victoria may have been, theirs proved to be an extremely happy marriage. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: .... She was the first Queen consort to attend the coronation of her successors. Known for the way she su...
9: ...Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambrid...
11: ...]]s in [[1883]]. The Tecks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying i...
13: ...d War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]].
17: ...he [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]], was a brother of HRH The [[Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of ... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...the [[Rafto Prize]] and the [[Sakharov Prize|Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she ...
6: ...negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in [[1947]] and was [[assassination|assassinated]] by rival...
14: ...outcry and partly led to Suu Kyi winning the Sakharov Prize that year and the Nobel Peace Prize in the...
16: ...He died in March [[1999]]. She remains separated from their children, who remain in the UK.
18: ... that we can trust each other." Aung San Suu Kyi proclaimed "a new dawn for the country." However on ... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
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13: | [[Brian Mulroney]]
19: | [[March 10]], [[1947]]
24: | '''[[Profession]]:'''
28: | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
2: ...politician, was born in [[G?g]], [[Germany]] in [[1947]], and lived and studied in the [[United States]]...
4: ...ey]] in the [[1968]] US elections. She graduated from the School of International Service at [[America...
6: ...83]]), she participated in numerous peace and environment campaigns in [[Germany]] and other countries...
25: * ''Thinking Green! Essays on Environmentalism, Feminism, and Nonviolence'', by Petra ...
30: ...eenleft.org.au/back/1992/77/77p8.htm Petra Kelly, 1947-1992] - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...mark|Danish]] author '''Karen Blixen'''. Blixen wrote works both in [[Danish language|Danish]] and in...
5: ... won the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Can...
7: ... coffee market in 1931 forced her to abandon the project.
9: ...h, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitled ''The Angelic Avengers'', unde...
11: ...ered for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ...express goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
14: #That no one has the right to seek values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on oth...
19: ...o have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter.
22: ...in [[1932]] to [[Universal Studios]]. Rand then wrote the play, ''[[The Night of January 16th]]'' in ...
24: ...ms were re-edited into a new version which was approved by Rand and re-released as ''We the Living'' i... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
7: ..., she was educated in [[California]], graduating from [[Radcliffe College]] in 1897 followed by two ye...
12: ...rom 1903 to 1912 she lived in [[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
13: ... life, Stein was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
15: She and her brother compiled one of the first collections of Cubi...
19: ...she had a large circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature and art... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
7: ...ently escaped into the orchestra pit, where it terrorized the musicians, adding yet another element of...
9: ... [[United States|U.S.]], she would have suffered from the [[racism|racial]] prejudices common to the e...
13: ...was awarded the [[Croix de Guerre]] for her underground activity.
15: ... personal life similarly suffered, and she went through six marriages, some legal, some not.
17: ...other expatriate American entertainer living in Europe. - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
1: ...a.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Maria Callas in the title role of Donizetti's opera ''Anna Bolena'', La Scala,...
3: ...xtremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical [[opera seria]], such as [[Gaspare Spo...
5: ...[1947]], Callas made her Italian debut at the [[Verona Arena]] in ''[[La Gioconda]]'' under the baton ...
7: ...ingly unstable higher register that wobbled uncontrollably at times.
9: ... a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice. - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
3: ...2]] - [[March 13]], [[1995]]) was an [[Allied]] heroine of [[World War II]].
5: ...to work with the [[French Resistance|French underground]] in [[Nazi]]-occupied France. She left her t...
7: ...hurchill]]. Using the code name '''Lise''', she brought him funds and acted as his radio operator.
13: ...r imprisonment and she married Peter Churchill in 1947. They were divorced in 1956.
17: ...ritish Empire|MBE]] and was awarded the [[George Cross]]. - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
3: ....C.]], [[Order of the British Empire|M.B.E.]], [[Croix de Guerre|CdG]] ([[June 26]], [[1921]] –...
7: ...her reports to SOE headquarters on the factories producing war materials for the Germans were extremel...
9: ...as forced into hard labour and suffered terribly from malnutrition and exhaustion.
11: ...[[Denise Bloch]], [[Cecily Lefort]], and [[Lilian Rolfe]].
13: ...of France, Sub-lieutenant Szabo is listed on the "Roll of Honor" on the [[Valen硹 SOE Memorial]] in t... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ...nd because of her father's sympathies for [[Leon Trotsky]], the family fled to [[Syracuse, New York|Sy...
6: ... early 1940s, Deren used some of the inheritance from her father to purchase a used [[16mm]] [[Bolex]]...
8: ...eative Work in the Field of Motion Pictures." In 1947 she won the [[Grand Prix Internationale]] for 16m...
10: ...ce. The accompanying documentary was edited and produced after her death.
12: Deren passed away in 1961, at the age of 44, from a [[brain hemorrhage]]. Some have speculated th... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: '''Tallulah Brockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[De...
4: ...John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
6: ... won bit parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab Farm.
8: ...ugh as screenwriter [[Anita Loos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "She was so pretty that we t...
12: ...hat she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lombard]], et al. - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mia_Farrow_cover.jpg|thumb|Farrow on the cover of ''[[Glamour]]'', [[1968 in film|...
2: ... daughter of [[film director|director]] [[John Farrow]] and his wife, actress [[Maureen O'Sullivan]].
5: ...Polanski]], Sinatra served her divorce papers in front of the cast and crew. The [[divorce]] came as a...
7: Farrow married [[Andr預revin]] in [[1970]]. They had t...
9: ...or a time afterward, having somewhat confirmed Farrow's accusations by his open relationship with one ...
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