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- Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
34: ...]] (Israeli Parliament) where she served continuously until [[1974]]. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...f State]] [[Madeleine Albright]], born in [[Czechoslovakia]]; and [[Michigan]] [[List of Governors of ...
16: ...should he have succeeded to the Presidency previously and served less than two years completing his pr...
19: ...ally elected officials in the United States. (Legislators are elected on a state-by-state basis; other...
35: ...l. In addition, the president has important [[legislative]] and [[judicial]] powers.
328: ...n 1824, the electors were chosen by the state legislature, with no popular vote. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
18: ...itect]], [[Archaeology|archaeologist]], [[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founder of the [[Univer...
25: ...t R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimously solicited Jefferson to prepare the draft of the ...
68: *Abolition of the external [[slave trade]] in [[1808]]
123: ...-one-half inches (189 cm) in height, large-boned, slim, erect and sinewy. He had angular features, a v...
127: ...th to prepare to learn [[Gaelic]] in order to translate [[Ossian]], and sent to [[James Macpherson]] f... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
22: ...ophobia]] would be combined with a distrust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming from his feeli...
49: ...ion to the Bank manifested as a strong personal dislike for its president, [[Nicholas Biddle (banker)|...
55: ...y" — declare illegal — the tariff legislation of 1828, and more generally the right of a s...
65: ...kees from the state of Georgia, although the famously defiant quote attributed to him ("[[John Marshal...
73: ...e male slave, and his daughter-in-law four female slaves, one of whom he had bought for her and the ot... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
35: ...ution opposing the admission of [[Missouri]] as a slave state. In the same year he was chosen a presid...
43: ...uctions from the New York [[State legislature|legislature]] — an action which was cited against ...
55: ...District of Columbia]] without the consent of the slave states.
59: ... He expressed himself plainly on the questions of slavery and the bank, at the same time voting, perha...
63: ...in that year. Nevertheless, Van Buren was unanimously renominated by the Democrats in [[1840]]. - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...his running mate [[William R. King]] won in a landslide, beating [[Winfield Scott]] by a 50 to 44 perc...
20: ...sion of [[History of slavery in the United States|slavery]] in the [[American West|West]]. Pierce's cr...
45: ...dopted, opposing any further "agitation" over the slavery issue and supporting the [[Compromise of 185...
47: ...m as a [[war hero]]. Pierce was nominated unanimously on the 49th ballot on [[June 5]]. Senator [[Will...
49: ...itions, helped him prevail over Scott, whose anti-slavery views hurt him in the South. Scott's advanta... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
3: ...s now officially named the '''[[Islamic republic|Islamic Republic]] of Afghanistan'''.
5: ...''Da Afghanistan Islami Dawlat'''<br>'''Dawlat-e Eslami-e Afghanestan'''</big>
40: ...|| [[Sunni Islam]] <small>77%</small><br>[[Shi'a Islam]] <small>22%</small>
72: ...an sought to impose a strict interpretation of [[Islam]]ic [[Sharia]] law. The Taliban gave safe haven...
88: ...sidential form of government with a bicameral legislature. - Vermont (39851 bytes)
46: ...pine running the most of the length of the state, slightly west of its center. In the southwest portio...
62: ...[[Fort Sainte Anne]] on [[Isle La Motte, Vermont|Isle La Motte]] in [[1666]] as part of their [[fortif...
78: ...on]] of [[History of slavery in the United States|slavery]], [[suffrage]] for men who did not own land...
80: ...ories]]. They are ours, or this night Molly Stark sleeps a widow!" With reinforcements from the Vermon...
86: Vermont had a [[unicameralism|unicameral]] legislature until [[1836]]. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
151: *[[Elijah McCoy]] — son of former slaves, patented many [[lubrication]] devices
173: *[[Slavoljub Eduard Penkala]], (1871-1922), [[Croatia]]...
186: ...]], [[United States|USA]] — automatic bread-slicing machine
206: ...ication]], [[robot]]ics, [[logic gate]]s, the [[Tesla turbine|bladeless turbine]], radio and [[VTOL|V... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
32: ...Man of Baseball." However, the team continued to slide, attendance plummeted, and revenues continued ...
53: ...inted the team's name would change to "Louisville Sluggers"). By another 9-1 vote his request was den...
62: ...played so well as a team due to their universal dislike for their employer. Players such as [[Reggie ...
78: ...aseball player)|Dave Stewart]], and [[Dennis Eckersley]].
80: ..., in the [[1989 World Series]]. The team began a slow but steady decline, winning the A.L. West champ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
82: *[[Jaroslav Heyrovsk?1890-1967), Czech chemist
182: *[[Miha Tisler]], (born 1926), chemist. - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
2: ...clandestine routes by which [[African]] [[slavery|slaves]] in the [[19th century]] [[United States]] a...
4: ...ailroad, a fraction of the estimated four million slaves who were to eventually escape. The Undergroun...
10: ..., [[Congregationalist]]s, and [[Wesleyan Church|Wesleyans]], as well as breakaway sects of mainstream ...
15: *people who helped slaves find the railroad were "agents"
18: *escaped slaves were referred to as "passengers" or "cargo" - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
99: *[[Edward Onslow Ford]] (1852 - 1901)
271: *[[Claus Sluter]] (14th century) - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
31: ...es several islands in the bay and the [[Farallon Islands]] 27 miles offshore in the [[Pacific Ocean]]....
46: ...e out and a naval force under Commodore [[John D. Sloat]] took it in [[1846]] in the name of the [[Uni...
53: ...mise of 1850]] was igniting a fierce fight over [[slavery]]. Disgusted by increasing corruption and cr...
58: ...the San Francisco cholera epidemic, the state legislature devolved this responsibility to the counties...
95: ...d in his San Francisco home. The success of Craigslist stands as a testament to the over-production o... - Gerald Ford (28942 bytes)
27: Ford was born to Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner in Omaha, N...
56: ...]] elections. Ford and Congress battled over legislation, with Ford vetoing scores of Democrat-suppor...
61: ...ue the crew, but the Marines landed on the wrong island and met unexpectedly stiff resistance just as,...
146: ...d that he would like to see Ford convince [[Czechoslovakia|Czech-Americans]] and [[Polish American|Pol...
166: ...across the street (the house he bought was previously owned by George H.W. Bush.) Ford invites Homer t... - James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
31: ... to run his successful campaign for the state legislature. Polk's oratory became popular, earning him ...
42: ...ecisive, but on the ninth, the convention unanimously nominated Polk, who had by then obtained Van Bur...
50: ...as the [[latitude|parallel]] 54?40'. His campaign slogan became "[[Fifty-Four Forty or Fight]]."
65: ... whole territory. Though he had campaigned on the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight," Polk was not pre...
67: ...sk Congress for a declaration of war. Serendipitously, mere days before Polk intended to make his requ... - Olympia, Washington (7112 bytes)
30: ...d access to these resources, including [[Squaxin Island Tribe|Squaxin]], [[Nisqually (tribe)|Nisqually...
40: ...pitol]] began in [[1912]], with the prominent Legislative Building completed in [[1928]].
54: ... American]], 5.82% [[Asia|Asian]], 0.29% Pacific Islander, 1.68% from other cultural backgrounds, and ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
44: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]]-[[1087]])
105: *[[Ladislaus Bortkiewicz]] (Poland/Russia/Germany [[1868]] ...
260: *[[Franc Forstneric]] (Slovenia, [[1958-]])
317: *[[John Hammersley]] - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
162: *[[Monroe Beardsley]], (1915-1985)
490: *[[Miroslaw Dzielski]], (1941-1989)
652: *[[Wawrzyniec Grzymala Goslicki]] (1530-1607)
705: *[[Eduard Hanslick]], (1825-1904){{fn|R}}
774: *[[Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld]], (1879-1918){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Judaism (54799 bytes)
2: ...ic religion]]s, including [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]]. For all of these reasons, Judaism has been a...
8: ...istory. During this time, Jews have experienced [[slavery]], [[anarchism|anarchic]] self-government, [...
24: ... sent [[Moses]] to redeem the [[Israelite]]s from slavery. After [[the Exodus]] from Egypt, God led th...
36: ... glory of Israel (the current existence of the [[Islam]]ic [[Dome of the Rock]] is not relevent to the...
115: ...] and its commentaries. The Halakha has developed slowly, through a precedent-based system. The litera...
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