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- History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
7: ...e became increasingly mechanized with widespread use of the [[tractor]], so fewer farmers were needed ...
14: ...h the election of [[Warren G. Harding]], who promised a "return to normalcy" after the traumatic years...
16: ...egree, including in the [[Stock Market]], which rose to record high levels, which in retrospect after ...
18: ...the young (and was widely reviled as unmusical noise by much of the older generation). [[Dancing]] was...
25: ...e to the Great War. Absentee voting by troops overseas was spotty at best. - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...he [[United States]] and [[Britain]] would open a second front on the European continent; but the Alli...
11: ...sevelt]] (center), and Soviet First Secretary [[Joseph Stalin]] (right)]]
13: ...hey could stay there and that neither side would use force to push the other out. This tacit accord ap...
15: ...s exports, of state planning against free enterprise, were to vie for the allegiance of the developing...
17: ...rld. His vision was equally a vision of national self-interest. [[World War II]] resulted in enormous...
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ation merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...nded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ... the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) th...
18: ...[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood.
22: ...g]], [[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...tury BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ... the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...e subject of ongoing political disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...t the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states.
16: ... (state)|Chu]] and [[Qin (state)|Qin]]. The "Chinese" thus defined their nation as culturally and poli... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
17: *[[Jack Agazarian|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW ...
20: *[[Amir Ageeb|Ageeb, Amir]], (1969-1999), Sudanese immigrant to Germany who died as a result of an d...
30: ...stinho|Agostinho, Joaquim]], (1942-1984), Portuguese cyclist
33: *[[Jose Miguel Agrelot|Agrelot, Jose Miguel]], (1927-2004), Puerto Rican entertainer
37: ...cola|Agricola, Martin]], (1466-1506), German composer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...en Elizabeth II''' (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary [[House of Windsor|Windsor]]), styled '''''HM The Queen''...
9: ...tralasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after Ki...
11: ...ries of which she is Head of State. Her reign has seen ten different [[Prime Minister of the United Ki...
15: ...ter her mother, while her two middle names are those of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra of ...
20: ...t [[French language|French]], as she has shown on several occasions, most recently during her [[2004]]... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ...ber in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chosen not to do so.
10: ...he Week"'' for spreading lies about the "Cliveden Set."
12: ...ied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, they composed a sarcastic song to the tune of the haunting [[M...
19: # [[Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor]] (1909-1975) - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: '''Daw Aung San Suu Kyi''' (born [[June 19]], [[1945]] in Rangoon, Burma, now known as [[Yang?, [[Myan...
10: ...cy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. A new military junta took power.
12: ...eedom if she would leave the country, but she refused.
14: ...a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the Burmese people.
16: ...and again. He died in March [[1999]]. She remains separated from their children, who remain in the UK. - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
1: ...y Robinson ''is also the name of an English poet, see [[Mary Robinson (poet)]]''
3: ...aving revitalised and liberalised a previously conservative political office. She resigned the preside...
10: ...Office:'''</td><td>[[3 December]] [[1990]] - [[12 September]] [[1997]]</td></tr>
13: <tr><td>'''Successor:'''</td><td>[[Mary McAleese]]</td></tr>
15: ...'[[Profession]]:'''</td><td>[[Barrister]], former Senator</td></tr> - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: ...White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ...First Lady of the United States]] from [[1933]]-[[1945]]. An active First Lady, she traveled around the ...
5: ...ica|United Nations Association]] and [[Freedom House]]. She chaired the committee that drafted and app...
9: ...outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...yde Park, New York|Hyde Park]] branches of the Roosevelt family. Eleanor is descended from the Johanne... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
22: |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
27: ...dy''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an app...
29: ...ip]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]. Thatcher also dispat...
31: ...ic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher assert that [[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]] policies were ...
33: ...er direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...of [[American Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church and state]].
4: ...o nonetheless divorced Roths and began calling herself Madalyn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law ...
9: ...for the separation of church and state, and addresses issues of [[First Amendment to the United States...
13: ... might have characterized as [[self-actualization|self-actualizing]].
16: ...me time and a visit to [[San Antonio, Texas]]. In September Jon ordered $600,000 worth of gold coins f... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ... politician and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
4: ...of the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 ...
6: ...om [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated with their three...
8: ...]. She returned to Chile in 1958 to complete her secondary education, and there she met her first hus...
10: ...iago]], and later in [[Brussels, Belgium]], and elsewhere in Europe. Her daughter Paula was born in 1... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and he...
11: ...t of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]].
15: ... a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri Matisse]], [[Andre Derain]] plus other young painters.
19: ...arge circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature and art were highl...
21: ... was Gertrude's 'wife' in that Stein rarely addressed his wife, and he treated Alice the same, leaving... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...he fine structures of [[coal]], [[DNA]] and [[viruses]].
5: ... father taught in the evenings. Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped t...
8: ...l degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ...ough he had been equally involved in the work. It seemed she had little choice but to return to Englan...
12: ...in arrived, and so he returned to find that his research project had been taken over by a newcomer. Th... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
1: [[Image:JosephineBakerBurlesque.JPG|thumb|Josephine Baker in a [[burlesque]] outfit]]
3: ...1906]] - [[April 12]], [[1975]]), born '''Freda Josephine McDonald''', was an [[African American]] da...
7: ...e]], where she starred at the [[Folies Berg貥]], setting the standard for her future acts. Already a ...
9: ... films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935).
11: ... hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and became a muse for contemporary painters and sculptors. - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
1: ...Draria]], [[Algeria]] – died [[March 30]],[[1945]], [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a [[Roman Catholi...
3: ...ide refugees from the [[Gestapo]] and eventually used her convent to store weapons and ammunition for ...
5: ...nd starving Mother Elise Rivet, on [[March 30]],[[1945]] only weeks before the war ended.
7: ...M餡ille des Justes]] and in 1999 the "''Salle Elise Rivet''" was named for her at the [[Institut des ... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
6: ...ughtfully, weeping at the door of the tomb. The risen Lord appeared to her, but at first she knew him ...
12: ...ion that dates the original no earlier than the [[Second century | 2nd century]]) and are answered.
14: ...of the Savior she has had, and reports her discourse with him, which shows [[Gnosticism|Gnostic]] infl...
18: ...lieve that the Savior said this. For certainly these teachings are of other ideas."
20: ...d asked them about the Savior. "Did he then speak secretly with a woman, in preference to us, and not ... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
1: [[image:Denise bloch photo 00 tn.jpg|right]]
3: ...n [[1915]] in [[France]] - died [[February 5]], [[1945]] in [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a heroine of [[...
5: ...ance work with SOE radio operator [[Brian Stonehouse]] until his arrest near the end of October that y...
7: ...n the south of France. However, it was decided to send her to [[London]] and accompanied by another ag...
9: ... June, both she and Benoist were arrested and Denise Bloch was interrogated and tortured before being ... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...] [[Poland]] and [[France]]. She was the longest-serving and most capable of all SOE's women agents. ...
9: ...]] [[rifle]] which was fated never to see wartime service.
11: ...monary [[tuberculosis]]. (It did not hurt her cause that the Gestapo had not been anxious to get on t...
13: ...mdash; it is unclear by whom or for what reason. Several versions exist as to why the Musketeers were...
15: ...a and Kowerski was the ease — which her accusers might have understood, had they known her bette... - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
3: ...[[February 5]]?, [[1945]]) was a [[World War II]] secret agent.
5: ... in the film ''[[Carve Her Name with Pride]]'', based on the book of the same name by [[R.J. Minney]]....
7: ...s was the event that caused Violette to offer her services to the SOE. Parachuted into France by the S...
9: ...gun. She was interrogated under [[torture]], then sent to [[Ravensbr?ncentration camp]] where she was ...
11: ...rs of the SOE were executed by the Germans: [[Denise Bloch]], [[Cecily Lefort]], and [[Lilian Rolfe]]. - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ...] she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: .... ''Meshes of the Afternoon'' is recognized as a seminal American avant-garde film. It was in 1943 t...
8: ... (1944) and "A Study in Choreography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Found...
10: ...ed in them. Her book on the subject, ''Divine Horsemen: the Living Gods of Haiti'', is often consider...
12: ...er death was the result of a [[Vodoun|voodoo]] curse.
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