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- History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
9: ... toooo join the new [[League of Nations]] without success, as the mood of the nation rejected Wilson's...
16: ... areas fell increasingly behind that of urban and suburban areas which saw dramatic improvements in ho...
27: ...Federal Govenment has regulated and outlawed many substances without additional amendments.
32: ...[[credit]] which contributed to both the boom and subsequent bust.
34: ... died in office on [[2 August]], [[1923]]. He was succeeded by his [[Vice President of the United Stat... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: .... In the meantime, the USSR suffered horrendous casualties, as high as twenty million dead.
13: When the war ended in Europe on [[May 8]], [[1945]], Soviet and Western (US, British, and French) t...
15: ...vious disasters. Conflicting models of autarky versus exports, of state planning against free enterpri...
17: ...ion of national self-interest. [[World War II]] resulted in enormous destruction of infrastructure and...
18: ...national Monetary Fund]], which were created to ensure an open, capitalist, international economy. The...
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...cal influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigration merge...
7: ...e ability to store and redistribute crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators: in ...
11: [[Archaeological site]]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidenc...
14: ...sty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|Shang]] and [[Zhou Dynasty...
18: ...ern [[Chinese character]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records to match th... - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...ltures that have existed and are viewed as having succeeded one another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia...
7: ...Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...sition of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states.
16: ...ally distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nations; a concept that continued well i...
18: ...art of "Zhongguo", though acceptance or denial of such claims remains politically controversial, espec... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
17: *[[Jack Agazarian|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW ...
20: ...9), Sudanese immigrant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
28: ...Agnew|Agnew, David Hayes]], (1818-1892), American surgeon - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
9: ...th]], [[Supreme Governor of the Church of England|Supreme Governor]] of the [[Church of England]], [[C...
17: ...Order of succession to the British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her...
20: ...Princess Elizabeth was educated at home under the supervision of her mother, then the Duchess of York....
22: ===Heiress Presumptive===
23: ... to [[Windsor Castle]], Berkshire. There was some suggestion that the princesses be sent to [[Canada]]... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ...She would be re-elected many times, serving until 1945. She attracted much attention as she was the firs...
10: ...me Minister [[Neville Chamberlain]] to resign and supported [[Winston Churchill]] as his replacement. ... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
2: [[Image:Aung_San_Suu_Kyi.jpg|thumb|Aung San Suu Kyi]]
4: '''Daw Aung San Suu Kyi''' (born [[June 19]], [[1945]] in Rangoon, Burma, now known as [[Yang?, [[Myan...
8: ..., [[University of London]]. While in [[England]], Suu Kyi met and married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar ...
10: ...democracy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. A new military junta took power.
12: ...as Gandhi]]'s philosophy of nonviolence, Aung San Suu Kyi entered politics to work for democratisation... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...president in the office's history not to have the support of Fianna Fᩬ. She is credited by many as h...
13: <tr><td>'''Successor:'''</td><td>[[Mary McAleese]]</td></tr>
25: ...Subsequent holders of the title have included her successor as Irish president [[Mary McAleese]], Iris...
27: ...nts, although the rift was eventually overcome in subsequent years.
31: ... body she campaigned on a wide range of liberal issues, including the right of women to sit on juries,... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...|first-wave]] [[Feminism|Feminist]] and an active supporter of the [[American Civil Rights Movement]].
9: ...age was blessed with six childeren, of which five survived infancy. However their marriage almost spli...
15: ...f their lives they would be close friends, Hickok suggested the idea for what would eventually become ...
22: ...ms as President, Eleanor was very vocal about her support of the civil rights movement and African-Ame...
25: which resulted in the internment of 110,000 [[Japan]]ese nat... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
12: |'''PM Succesor:'''
29: ...f [[Edward Heath]] from [[1970]] to [[1974]], and successfully challenged Heath for the Conservative l...
31: ...an improvement in Britain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher assert that [[Thatch...
36: ...bour Party]] won control of Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was not re-elected as an Alderman, a d...
41: ...n. On returning to work, she specialised in tax issues. - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ...she in the [[Women's Auxiliary Army Corps]]. In [[1945]], while posted to a [[cryptography]] staff in [[...
7: ...ools in the [[United States]]. Public opinion was such that in [[1964]] [[Life magazine|''Life'' magaz...
9: ...e separation of church and state, and addresses issues of [[First Amendment to the United States Const...
11: ...on]] and [[theism]]. She filed lawsuits on many issues over which she felt there was a collusion of ch...
18: ...ets were sold to clear up their debts. Eventually suspicion turned to David Roland Waters, an ex-convi... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: ...t of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated ...
12: ...as well as a collection of articles, ''Civilice a su troglodita''. She also worked in Chilean televis...
14: ...up and died of his wounds (whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel...
16: ...ouse of Spirits]]'' (1982). The book was a great success and was later made into a film (''[[The Hous... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
13: ...ertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael's bu...
17: ... They returned to France and volunteered to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honore...
23: ...[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and his [[New Deal]] and supported [[Franco]] in the [[Spanish Civil War]]. S...
29: ...she was being wheeled into the operating room for surgery on her stomach, she asked Toklas, "What is t...
39: ... difference a very little difference is prepared. Sugar is not a vegetable." - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
8: ...l degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
15: ...on data published in the same issue of ''Nature'' supported the Crick and Watson model for the B form ...
20: ...in London; which was quite possibly caused by exposure to radiation in the course of her research. She... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
7: ...and appearing practically naked on stage. After a successful tour of [[Europe]], she returned to [[Fra...
9: ...ing a musical star, Baker also starred in several successful films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and '...
11: ...8212;a Sicilian stonemason who passed himself off successfully as a Sicilian [[count]]—Baker tra...
13: ...imself invited her to dinner one evening, already suspecting her of involvement in the Resistance. Rea...
15: ...[[Ziegfeld Follies]]; her personal life similarly suffered, and she went through six marriages, some l... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
1: ...Draria]], [[Algeria]] – died [[March 30]],[[1945]], [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a [[Roman Catholi...
3: ...Elisabeth de l'Eucharistie," the convent's Mother Superior. After the fall of France to [[Germany]] in...
5: ...nd starving Mother Elise Rivet, on [[March 30]],[[1945]] only weeks before the war ended. - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: ... Tiberias]]. The life of the historical Mary is a subject of ongoing debate.
6: ... to him, but he forbade her: "[[John 20:17|17]] Jesus said to her, 'Do not cling to Me, for I have not...
12: ...cryphal]] ''[[Gospel of Mary Magdalene]].'' which survives in two [[Third century | 3rd century]] Gree...
28: ...he city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an ...
31: ...e at the [[Second Vatican Council]] ([[1969]]) it survives strongly in folk Catholicism. - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
3: ...n [[1915]] in [[France]] - died [[February 5]], [[1945]] in [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a heroine of [[...
9: ...burg]] where she suffered great hardship from exposure, cold, and malnutrition.
11: ...ch is recorded on the [[Brookwood Memorial]] in [[Surrey]]. Posthumously, Britain awarded her the "[[K... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...credited with influencing the [[espionage]]-and-[[subversion]] organization's policy of recruiting inc...
9: ...[Hungary]], where in [[February]] [[1940]] she persuaded a skeptical prewar Polish [[Olympics|Olympic]...
13: ..., it came as a shock to them that they were under suspicion due to Krystyna's contacts with a Polish i...
15: ...a]] from the pro-[[Vichy]] [[France|French]] [[consul]]. Only German spies, some Polish intelligence ...
17: There were also specific suspicions about Kowerski. These were addressed in ... - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
3: ...([[June 26]], [[1921]] – [[February 5]]?, [[1945]]) was a [[World War II]] secret agent.
9: ... camp]] where she was forced into hard labour and suffered terribly from malnutrition and exhaustion.
11: ...uted by the Germans on or about [[February 5]], [[1945]] and her body disposed of in the [[crematorium]]...
13: ...SOE agents who died for the liberation of France, Sub-lieutenant Szabo is listed on the "Roll of Honor... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
8: ... (1944) and "A Study in Choreography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Found...
10: ..., but also participated in them. Her book on the subject, ''Divine Horsemen: the Living Gods of Haiti...
12: ...]. Some have speculated that her death was the result of a [[Vodoun|voodoo]] curse.
21: *''A Study in Choreography for Camera'' (1945) with [[Talley Beatty]]
33: *''The Private Life of a Cat'' (1945) Alexander Hammid, Director
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