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- History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
11: ... ad, which featured a little girl picking petals from a daisy in a field, counting the petals, which t...
15: ...il rights]] divided conservative southern whites from the rest of the party (see [[Dixiecrat]]).
20: ...d, and the federal and state governments jointly provide welfare grants to support low-income parents ...
27: ... which was fought, by the French, to maintain control of their [[colony]], Indochina. After the Vietna...
29: ...) was formed as a [[guerrilla]] movement drawing from the South Vietnamese peasantry and working class... - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
2: ==Changing demographics and the growth of the Sun Belt==
4: ...acilitated demographic shifts to the "frontiers" from the more industrialized states in the Northeast ...
6: ...al programs and far more interested in regulated growth than the wide-open, sprawling areas of the Sou...
8: ...conomic base as municipalities lost the revenues from the enterprises that had departed. In the nation...
10: ...d the U.S. House after 40 years of Democratic control.
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- November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...twerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...2]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozhars...
12: ...ard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ...]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican...
15: ...ility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]]. - 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]] - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
17: ...Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW II hero
25: ...es de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] [[1056]]-[[1068]]
27: *[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United St...
36: ...nnes Agricola|Agricola, Johannes]], (1494-1566), Protestant reformer
38: *[[Rodolphus Agricola|Agricola, Rodolphus]], (1443-1485), Dutch scholar and humanist - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ...r [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Washington|Washington state]] and is a member ...
7: ....S. Representative [[Andrew Jacobs]]. Her mother, Rose, was an administrative assistant.
9: She remained in Indianapolis through high school, when she left for [[Miami Univers...
13: ..., which required cities to develop comprehensive growth plans, and she negotiated its passage. She als...
15: ...t. Republican [[Rick White]] used that vote to narrowly defeat her in the Republican landslide year of... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
39: | [[January 14]], [[1980]]
51: ...[March 24]], [[1977]], and from [[January 14]], [[1980]] until her [[assassination]] in [[1984]].
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... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: Halonen graduated from the [[University of Helsinki]] in 1968 and has a...
18: ...class quarter. She obtained a [[Master of Laws]] from the [[University of Helsinki]] in [[1968]]. She ...
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 ...
28: ...eded to win directly. In the second round, she narrowly defeated her opponent, the former [[prime mini... - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
3: ...1986]] and served in the [[European Parliament]] from [[1987]] to [[1989]]. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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25: ...der of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
27: ...d the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[comm...
29: ...]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...stained economic growth occured that led to an improvement in Britain's economic performance. Supporte... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ...yn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law degree from [[South Texas College of Law]] but never practic...
11: ...[[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. In [[1980]] her son William converted to [[Christianity]] a...
16: ... of only $500,000. No further communication came from any of the O'Hairs and in 1996 William Murray fi...
18: ...iolent crimes (along with one for stealing funds from the organisation). Police concluded he and accom...
21: ...atheists and various efforts have been made to introduce a new term into common use. - 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... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...ittman''' ([[May 11]], [[1906]] - [[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[avi...
4: ...t) and Ira Pittman, a poor mill worker who moved from town to town in search of work. As a child, Bess...
6: ... and an affinity for business and the investment proved a lucrative one. Later, in [[1951]], she would...
8: ...sed his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line of lipstick.
10: .... Cochran would go on to win the event. With her growing fame, and association with the wealthy elite,... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
6: ...king 1-month old Ada with her. On [[April 21]], Byron signed the Deed of Separation and left England f...
11: ...m she married in 1835. They had three children; Byron born [[12 May]] [[1836]], Annabella ([[Lady Anne...
13: ...scientific author of the [[19th century]], who introduced her in turn to [[Charles Babbage]] on [[June...
15: ...notes appended to the Menebrea translation. Her prose acknowledged some possibilities of the machine ...
21: ==Controversy over attribution== - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...s noted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat sin...
6: ...'s Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. She recorded several hit songs with them, in...
10: ...ice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...s she was now called by other singers) toured [[Europe]] and North America, classically opening their ...
14: ...portant groups and [[Solo (music)|solo]]ists. Her role effectively was the "instrumentalist of voice".... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1]].
6: ...Franklin had a few popular songs, most notably ''"Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody."'' Though ...
8: ...antic Records]] in 1967, Franklin teamed up with producers [[Jerry Wexler]] and Arif Mardin, resulting...
10: ..."[[Bridge Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"), [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters]...
12: ...ded three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]]. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
7: ...founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyaches...
9: ...osed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quarte...
11: ...rt project to write a piece for the Passion 2000 project in commemoration of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]...
15: ...n than the recomposition of spiritual integrity through the composition of music."
21: *''Vivente - Non Vivente'' for electronics (1970) - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...ed her horizons, predominantly to [[Rock and roll|rock music]] and [[jazz]], to become one of the most...
5: ...nique texture to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ...ime. ''Clouds'' represented a commercial breakthrough, containing her first two songs widely adopte...
9: ...s and Nash]] and [[Matthews Southern Comfort]]. (Ironically, Mitchell did not even go to [[Woodstock F...
11: ...Man in Paris]]" (inspired by stories told by her producer and then-friend [[David Geffen]]). It remai... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
1: ..., ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]'', was a photo by [[Robert Mapplethorpe]].]]
4: ...n the pages of ''[[Creem]]'' magazine. She also wrote songs during this period in connection with [[A...
6: ...in New Jersey, with the flipside a version of the rock standard with the addition of a spoken piece ab...
8: ...cted this with a rawer sound, although the murky production contributed to its poor reviews.
10: ...njury required a period of rest, and an intensive round of physical therapy, during which time she was... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
2: ...]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[rock music|rock]], [[folk music|folk]], and [[country music]] s...
4: ...ller Williams]]. Her father worked as a visiting professor in [[Mexico]] and [[Chile]] as well as diff...
6: ...untry and [[blues]] covers. She followed it up in 1980 with ''Happy Woman Blues'', which consisted of he...
8: ...about a broken relationship, received radio play around the country and gained fans among music inside...
10: ...rded a bowdlerized cover of "Passionate Kisses" (from ''Lucinda Williams'') in 1992, and the song beca... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...[[1997]]) was an internationally renowned and controversial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[...
6: ... Paul II]] in [[October 2003]], hence she may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[Catholic]]s...
9: ...xhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emigrated from south Kosovar city of [[Prizren]], even though m...
11: ...work in [[India]]. She was a member of the youth group in her local parish called Sodality. At 18, the...
13: ...e Sisters of Loreto because of their vocation to provide education for girls. After a few months train... - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
4: ...he Franco-English production ''[[Repulsion]]'' ([[Roman Polanski]], 1965).
6: ...] for Best Actress a second time for her starring role in the [[1992 in film|1992]] film, ''[[Indochin...
8: ...rcello Mastroianni]]. She has been married once, from 1965 to 1972, to the British photographer [[Davi...
10: She was also nominated for a César Award for her roles in:
15: *1989 - ''Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre''
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