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- Luwian language (1607 bytes)
1: ...cript)|Cuneiform]] Luwian, (2) [[Hieroglyphics|Hieroglyphic]]-Luwian and (3), the somewhat later [[Lyc...
3: ...ts and especially [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]). Hieroglyphic Luwian has been attested in areas of Syria...
5: ...nt as it appears to prove that the [[Proto-Indo-European language]] had three distinct sets of velar c...
8: ...nference, [[Cornell University]], June 6–9, 1985'', ed. [[Calvert Watkins|C. Watkins]], 182–... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...dentity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves o...
7: ...opulation, the ability to store and redistribute crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and admini...
9: == Into the Bronze Age ==
11: ...anxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...oral examplars, and one of them, the [[Yellow Emperor]], is sometimes said to be the ancestor of all C... - 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: Ah (925 bytes)
7: ...v Ahlefeldt|Ahlefeldt, Karl Gustav]], ([[1910]]-[[1985]]), Danish film actor - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
16: *[[Troy Aikman|Aikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
17: *[[Alvin Ailey|Ailey, Alvin]], (1931-1985), dancer, choreographer
22: *[[Aksel Airo|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strategist
24: ...orge Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer - 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... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
20: |'''Background:'''
45: ...] and 'good faith' with the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | Green Party]]).
49: ...trol, both of which were combined with Defence in 1985 to form a single committee. - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
1: ...''is also the name of an English poet, see [[Mary Robinson (poet)]]''
3: ...]], from [[1997]] to [[2002]]. She first rose to prominence as an academic, [[barrister]], campaigner ...
7: <caption><font size="+1">'''MARY ROBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></c...
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14: <tr><td>'''[[Husband]]:'''</td><td>[[Nick Robinson]]</td></tr> - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
3: |style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:t...
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... - 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... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
5: ... up in [[Eatonville, Florida]]. She studied [[anthropology]] at [[Barnard College]] under [[Franz Boas...
9: ...ca of the early 20th century. For example ( Amy from the opening of ''[[Zora_Neale_Hurston/Jonah's Go...
15: ...author)|Richard Wright]]. Unlike Hurston, Wright wrote in explicitly political terms, using the strugg...
17: ... basis for tales of [[zombie]]s, which was later proved to be correct.
20: ...st novel, ''Seraph on the Suwanee'', Hurston was wrongly accused of child molestation. In her defense ... - 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... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...veloper of the first [[compiler]] for a computer programming language.
3: ...ssar in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
5: ...or it. At the end of the war she was discharged from the Navy, but she continued to work on the devel...
9: ...lent, the COMTRAN. However, it was her idea that programs could be written in a language that was clos...
12: ...t turned into an indefinite assignment. She was promoted to Captain in [[1973]] by Admiral [[Elmo R. ... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
3: ...t remembered for her astronomy column, which ran from [[1951]] until [[1981]].
5: ...clusters. She received her doctorate in [[1931]] from [[Radcliffe College]].
9: ...ssor emeritus of English at the [[University of Toronto]], who died in [[1988]]. She died of a [[myoca...
11: ...ward in Astronomy]] in [[1949]] and the [[Klumpke-Roberts Award]] in [[1983]].
13: ...de an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] and was promoted to Companion in [[1976]]. - 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: Among her most successful hit singles from this era were ''"Chain of Fools"'', ''"You Make ... - 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... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...", her sole single to reach number one on the [[European]] [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] charts. Cl...
7: ...ased as a 7" pressed for family and friends. At around this time she adopted the name "Tori," after a...
10: ...Matt Sorum]] (later of [[the Cult]] and [[Guns N' Roses]]), and [[Brad Cobb]]. A year later, Atlantic ...
13: ...month later, it was released in America to breakthrough critical success. The accompanying singles wer...
16: ...nsidered it a step sideways rather than forwards from ''Little Earthquakes''. In February, she began t... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
6: ...erior of the community, and eventually moved the group to a new [[monastery]] on the Rupertsberg at Bi...
8: ...embers of her order after falling physically ill from carrying the unspoken burden.
12: ...blinding light of exceptional brilliance flowed through my entire brain. And so it kindled my whole he...
17: ...Ways of the Lord") and her fame began to spread through Germany and beyond.
20: ...anuscript.jpg|thumb|"Universal Man" illumination from Hildegard's ''Liber divinorum operum''.]] - 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... - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
1: ...942]]) is an [[United States|American]] actress, producer and director.
3: ...rk City|New York]]. She is the sister of writer, producer and director [[Garry Marshall]].
5: ...tion comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Laverne and Shirley]]'' from ([[1976 in television|1976]]-[[1983 in film|1983...
7: Marshall was married to actor and director [[Rob Reiner]] ([[1971]]-[[1979]]).
19: *''[[Movers & Shakers]]'' (1985)
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