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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...g by the Qin emperor ([[2nd century BC|200 BC]]) strengthened the Chinese civilization. Politically, C...
7: ...s, and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In la...
18: ...nnect the Xia to excavations at [[Erlitou]] in central [[Henan]] province, where a bronze smelter from...
28: ...mi-feudal system. Nevertheless, power became decentralized during the [[Spring and Autumn Period]] whe...
30: ...aoning]], and governed under the new local administrative system of [[commandery]] and [[prefecture]] ... - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
19: ...n ([[1973]]–[[1974]]), director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] ([[1976]]–[[197...
24: ...setts]] from [[1936]] to [[1942]], where he demonstrated early leadership, capta - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...ba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
4: ...iarch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
14: ...illas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
62: *[[Loren Acton|Acton, Loren]], (born 1936), US astronaut - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
46: ...ngeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
56: ...n Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
58: *[[John Adams (Pitcairn)|Adams, John]], Patriarch Of Pitcairn
65: ...el Adams|Adams, Samuel]], (1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
67: ...1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
20: ...r duties there included picking almonds, planting trees, caring for chickens, and running the kitchen....
22: ...her. Her husband died in [[1951]], Golda was away traveling at the time.
30: ... forces from [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Transjordan]] and [[Iraq]]. She was issued Israel's...
42: ... governing coalition, and serious questions over strategic misjudgments and general lack of leadership...
44: ... confidence, having humiliated the Arabs in the [[1967]] war and captured large areas of territory. She ... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...[United States Secretary of State]] in the administration of [[President of the United States|Presiden...
35: .../www.wnyc.org/legacy/shows/madaboutmusic/madabout_transcript090701.html]
37: ...n [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing|Sixteenth Street Baptist Church]] by [[white supremacy|white su...
41: ...] and led her to call Korbel, "one of the most central figures in my life" [http://www.rider.edu/phanc...
43: ...artment]] in [[1977]], during the [[Carter administration]], as an intern in the Bureau of Educational... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
5: ... establishing bases across the nation, she was instrumental in resolving conflicts between states, loc...
11: ... chair of the [[Senate Republican Conference]], [[1967]]-[[1972]]. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...mme of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed...
31: ...ge-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial heartlands of [[northern England]], and increa...
36: ...hen the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] won control of Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was no...
38: ...|Oxford]] from [[1944]] where she studied [[chemistry]]. She became Chairman of the [[Oxford Universit...
45: ...g and Land. She moved to the Shadow [[HM Treasury|Treasury]] Team after [[1966]]. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...e world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
12: ...well as a collection of articles, ''Civilice a su troglodita''. She also worked in Chilean television...
14: ...(whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile ...
16: ...t]]. The movie starred [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn Close]] and [[Ant...
29: *''Portrait in Sepia'' (2000) - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
3: ...n the novel was published, many claimed that her stream-of-consciousness writing style was under heavy...
7: Her most famous novel is ''A Hora da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the Star'', where the life...
12: *O Lustre (1946)
17: *A Legi㯠Estrangeira (1964) - Foreign Legion
19: *O Mist鲩o do Coelho Pensante (1967) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ...ce" Zinovievna Rosenbaum''', was a popular and controversial [[United States|American]] [[philosopher]...
19: ... Party of the Soviet Union|Communist]] message, attracting the attention of Soviet officials). There i...
22: ...er basic living-expenses. While working as an [[extra]] on [[Cecil B. DeMille]]'s ''[[King of Kings]]'...
26: ...mpany]] publishing house. Despite these initial struggles ''The Fountainhead'' was successful, bringi...
31: ...]] of egoism and individualism. Rand also had a strong dislike for [[mysticism]], [[religion]], and c... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
9: ...e with some ideas from the IBM equivalent, the COMTRAN. However, it was her idea that programs could b...
12: .... She was recalled to active duty in August of [[1967]] for a six-month period that turned into an inde...
14: ... vendors. These tests, and their official administration, were taken over in the 1980s by the Nationa...
22: ...e Murray Hopper Park]]'', located on South Joyce Street in Arlington, Virginia, is a small memorial pa...
34: ... and irreverent speaking style, as well as a rich treasury of early "war stories". - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
6: ... hire her. She started singing with Webb's Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. She...
8: ...e new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ...oice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...s with the famous Ellington's hit "[[Take the 'A' train]]", of which she was one of the few to sing - ...
14: ..., [[Dizzy Gillespie]], and the [[Tommy Flanagan]] Trio, she also sang together with the "other voice" ... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...as the greatest female vocalist ever by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] ...
6: ...rma]], sang at her father's [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at...
8: After moving to [[Atlantic Records]] in 1967, Franklin teamed up with producers [[Jerry Wexler...
10: ...("[[Bridge Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"), [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters...
14: ...973 ''''You.'''' But it still produced a standout track ''"Angel",'' written by her sister Carolyn whi... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ...bum]]s as the frontwoman for several bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
6: ...coholism|drinker]] throughout her career, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
8: ...s]] and recorded an eponymously titled album in [[1967]]. However, the lack of success of their early s...
20: ...she was able to record her vocal over the backing track.
30: ...nd sense of humour, her liberated stance and her strident, hard-living "one of the boys" image all com... - Miriam Makeba (1140 bytes)
1: ...ratist]] [[Stokely Carmichael]] caused further controversy, especially in the United States. [[Nelson ...
3: ...cording]] together with [[Harry Belafonte]]. In [[1967]] she had a world wide hit with "Pata Pata"; in [... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
3: ...ere famous [[bank robber]]s who traveled the [[central United States]] during the [[Great Depression]]...
11: Often portrayed as Clyde Barrow's equal in crime, Bonnie's ro...
15: ...far outpacing the ten to fifteen bank robberies attributed to him and the Barrow gang.
19: ... Cliff]]. "A bored, lonely, young, out-of-work waitress, abandoned by her imprisoned husband, goes ove...
27: ...[mule]]s for transportation in the Texas farm country. Clyde escaped, and Bonnie and Fults were arrest... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: ...demy Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
3: ...e film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[Hollywood]]" had arrived.
5: ...]]'' ([[1945]]). She would receive another Best Actress nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|Joan of...
7: ...llini's and Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ...ard for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]) for her performance in ''[[Murder on the Or... - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
2: ...[[October 22]] [[1943]]) is a [[France|French]] actress, born in [[Paris]], [[France]].
4: ...terpiece ''[[Belle de Jour]]'' ([[Luis Buñuel]], 1967), and the Franco-English production ''[[Repulsion...
6: ...d was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the same performance.
8: ... by her four-year relationship with [[Marcello Mastroianni]]. She has been married once, from 1965 to ...
15: *1989 - ''Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre'' - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...an Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress of all time.
5: ...discussed, and her mother campaigned for birth control and equal rights for women. The Hepburns deman...
19: ...rived late and, once on stage, flubbed her lines, tripped over her feet and spoke so rapidly that she ...
21: ... [[The Warrior's Husband]] (an update of ''[[Lysistrata]]''), which debuted to excellent reviews. Hep...
26: In true Hepburn fashion, she demanded an outlandish $1,...
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