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- George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[Ronald Reagan]]
19: ...resident of the United States]] under President [[Ronald Reagan]] ([[1981]]–[[1989]]). He is the...
22: ...in the prominent investment banking firm [[Brown Brothers Harriman]].
24: ...Phillips Academy]] in [[Andover, Massachusetts]] from [[1936]] to [[1942]], where he demonstrated earl... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ... Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
5: ...he west of what would become [[England]], but controversy over the centre of his power and the extent ...
7: ...ho was active during the reign of the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Anthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a s...
9: ...red for centuries afterward. Yet the obscurity surrounding the historical career of Artorius makes thi...
13: ...ther Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Ambrosius Aurelianus]], led the forces battling the Sax... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...thers. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reached the [[Amer...
2: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...ate was over whether it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or gett...
5: ...rica was known to the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[p...
9: ...large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans. - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
10: *[[Kjetil Aamodt|Aamodt, Kjetil]], (1971-), Norwegian skier
11: *[[Aaron]], (ca. 1300 BC), [[Bible|Biblical]] figure
12: *[[Hank Aaron|Aaron, Hank]], (1934-), baseball player
13: *[[Sarah Aaronsohn|Aaronsohn, Sarah]], (1890-1917), head of [[Nili]], a [...
14: ...ronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - 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
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
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)
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
41: ... General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To this end, she had almost thr...
10: ...cotland|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
13: ...y disappointed that his wife had again failed to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last chi...
17: ... with England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either F...
19: ...with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts t... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [...
9: ...y I of England]] ("Bloody Mary"), who lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]])...
14: ...that parliamentary act, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first marriage were questionabl...
15: ...ed the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mar...
17: ... of the Stewarts' reign over Scotland. Instead, through Mary's son, it was the beginning of their reig... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...gland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Someti...
9: ... VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, in...
11: ...he number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...s addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wives...
18: Elizabeth's first governess was Lady Bryan, a baroness whom Elizabeth called "Muggie". At the age of... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: ...pg|frame|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Minister]]
3: ...]] scandals by the then President of Pakistan [[Farooq Leghari]] again using his discretionary powers ...
6: ...e for her, in that watching her father in action brought her out of academia and showed her the ways o...
8: ...istration was being challenged both at home and abroad.
24: ... She and her government have said that they only provided moral support and nothing more. The Taliban ... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
51: ...ry 19]], [[1966]] to [[March 24]], [[1977]], and from [[January 14]], [[1980]] until her [[assassinati...
57: ...expected to be a passive leader, but her actions proved her otherwise.
59: ... them all wrong as she emerged to be one of the strongest leaders in the history of independent India.
67: ...ictory in the war resulted in a personality cult around Indira Gandhi; according to one [[Gallup]] pol...
69: ... man felt the deposited money was being used inappropriately. The nationalized network of banks Gandhi... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
3: ... currently the chairwoman of the ruling [[United Progressive Alliance]] in the [[Lok Sabha]].
7: ...] (born [[1970]]) and [[Priyanka Gandhi]] (born [[1971]]). She adopted Indian [[citizenship]] in [[1983]...
9: ==Role in Indian politics==
11: ...mily name behind her, she was able to draw large crowds and nearly single-handedly revitalized the par...
13: ...rnment]] which was subsequently named the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: Halonen graduated from the [[University of Helsinki]] in 1968 and has a...
7: ...r of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
18: ...74]]. She joined the Social Democratic Party in [[1971]].
20: ...1984]]–[[1987]]. From this position Halonen rose to the status of Minister of Social Affairs and...
26: ...ful handling of the Finnish presidency of the [[European Union]] in the autumn of 1999 was also fresh ... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
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 ... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...9]] to [[April 11]][[1974]]. Golda Meir was the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics years before the epith...
6: ...up the front door in response to rumors of a [[pogrom]]. Her life there was tough; she and her two sis...
10: ... carpenter in [[Milwaukee]] and her mother ran a grocery store. Beginning when she was only eight yea...
14: ...gan speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
16: She eventually graduated from teachers' college and taught in the public schoo... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
16: |[[John Ashcroft]]
30: ...her, Henry Reno, immigrated to the United States from [[Denmark]] and for forty-three years was a poli...
32: ...n's Self Government Association]], and earned her room and board.
34: ...re than 500 students. She received her [[LL.B.]] from Harvard three years later. Despite her Harvard d...
36: In [[1971]] Reno was named staff director of the [[Judiciar... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ... his family in tow, he traveled in a trailer all around the United States, buying and selling. The fa...
9: ...3]] she became a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous undercover exp...
12: ... also brought other notable feminists to the foreground. During this time she toured the country with ...
14: ...e feminist magazine ''[[Ms. Magazine|Ms.]]'' and wrote for the magazine until it was sold in [[1987]]....
21: ...her' figure to many young women who recognize the role she played in changing the outcome of their liv... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...h America and around the world, she returned to Toronto, where she currently lives. She is married to ...
4: ...inist]] issues and concerns, which she examines through multiple genres such as [[science fiction]], [...
6: ... in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[...
10: ...]] and ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'', championed by [[Toronto]] City Councillor [[Olivia Chow]] in [[2005]]....
12: ...to. The device, also called the "Unotchit" (and pronounced "You-No-Touch-It"), will allow an author t... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
5: ... in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
7: ...a poor woman in Rio de Janeiro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
16: *A Maç£ no Escuro (1961)
21: *Uma Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos Prazeres (1969)
22: *Felicidade Clandestina (1971) - 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...
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