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- History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
4: ...phic shifts to the "frontiers" from the more industrialized states in the Northeast and Midwest.
6: ... sprawling areas of the South and West. Electoral trends in the regions reflect this divergence -- the...
8: ...and looser regulatory environments, many saw a contraction of their economic base as municipalities lo...
10: ...ed the U.S. House after 40 years of Democratic control.
12: ...ive urban politicians in the 1970s across the country, such as New York Mayor [[Ed Koch]], a conservat... - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
3: ==1988 presidential election==
4: ...ee the main article [[U.S. presidential election, 1988]].''
12: ... world order... freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure i...
14: ... future [[Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement]] (CAFTA) were developed based on th...
16: ...r reform. Under the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]], the U.S. became involved in humanitarian ... - U.S. presidential election, 1988 (11192 bytes)
1: [[image:ElectoralCollege1988-Large.png|thumb|450px|Presidential electoral vote...
2: The '''[[U.S. presidential election]] of [[1988]]''' featured an open primary for both major part...
19: ...] Gov. [[Mario Cuomo]] aside). Hart had put in a strong showing in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1...
21: However, questions about extramarital affairs dogged the charismatic candidate....
23: ...seph Biden's campaign was also surrounded with controversy, as he was found to have [[plagiarism|plagi...
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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her...
7: ...[head of state]] of [[Antigua and Barbuda]], [[Australia]], the [[Bahamas]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]],...
9: ...ate in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving curren...
11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of State. Her reign has s...
15: ...re and Kinghorne]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named after her mother, while her... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...ited States, and has an audience estimated by Arbitron at 20 million listeners weekly.
10: ...'''. It was in Pittsburgh that many of Limbaugh's trademarks developed, such as a claim to use a "gold...
16: ...d eventually became syndicated on [[August 1]], [[1988]] via a company called Premiere Broadcasting. Lim...
20: ... admit that he is an excellent broadcaster. He attracted widespread support and attention in [[1998]]...
34: ...his radio program on [[April 22]][[2005]], Rush retracted the assertion, stating that he had received ... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
10: ...l [[Ne Win]], stepped down, leading to mass demonstrations for [[democracy|democratisation]], which we...
12: ...he was offered freedom if she would leave the country, but she refused.
14: ...money to establish a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the Burmese people.
16: ... [[1997]], the Burmese government denied him an entry visa. Aung remained in Burma, and never met her ...
18: ...ng San Suu Kyi proclaimed "a new dawn for the country." However on [[May 30]], [[2003]], her caravan ... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: ...hutto.jpg|frame|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Minister]]
3: ...th Amendment]]. Some of these scandals involve contracts awarded to Swiss companies during her regime ...
6: ...d her father, as [[Pakistan]]'s foreign minister, travelled to the [[United Nations]] to resolve the i...
8: ...n the middle of a period when her father's administration was being challenged both at home and abroad...
13: ...tion in more than a decade, on [[November 16]], [[1988]], Benazir's PPP won the single largest bloc of s... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[M...
35: ... and entered politics as a Vancouver school board trustee. Campbell and Divinsky were divorced in [[19...
39: ...e to run in the [[Canadian federal election, 1988|1988 federal election]] as a [[Progressive Conservativ...
41: ...lection to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first female [[Minist...
45: ...n in government, and if not, would at least be a strong [[parliamentary opposition|opposition]] to a L... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
57: ...of government in, what was at that time, a very patriarchal society, Indira was expected to be a passi...
59: ...d them all wrong as she emerged to be one of the strongest leaders in the history of independent India...
63: ..., she created "notoriously weak" [[cabinet]]s, centralizing her own personal authority in a way her pr...
69: ...of banks Gandhi created are successful and widely trusted institutions today.
72: ...ing and increasing crop yields throughout the country ended India's reliance on foreign food grain imp... - 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]]. - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...uley''') is a retired [[African-American]] [[seamstress]] and figure in the [[American Civil Rights Mo...
4: ...ther; most of her adult life she worked as a seamstress.
8: ...class citizen and stood firmly. She was arrested, tried, and convicted for [[disorderly conduct]] and ...
10: ...ericans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle.
14: ...65]] until [[1988]]. She continues to reside in Detroit. - 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...
18: During a visit to [[California]] in 1988, Allende met her current husband, Willie Gordon, ... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...[November 18]], [[1939]]) is a [[novelist]], [[poetry|poet]], [[literary criticism|literary critic]], ...
6: ...ffect. She ranks as a key figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices...
10: ...05]]. In addition, the [[French language|French]] translation of ''The Handmaid's Tale'', ''La servant...
12: ...[Toronto]], [[Unotchit]] Inc., her company, demonstrated a "remote book-signing device" at an invitati...
31: === Poetry collections === - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...ved]] won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who found freedom...
8: ...e of the renunciation of [[materialism]] and the strength of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [...
12: ...president", saying "Clinton displays almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born po... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...n = right><tr><td>[[image:mae-jemison.jpg]]</td></tr></table>'''Dr Mae C. Jemison''' blasted into orbi...
5: ...n African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]] and [[choreography]].
7: ...joining the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1987, she worked as a general prac...
11: ... into a commitment to effectively contribute. She traveled to [[Cuba]], rural [[Kenya]], and spent a m...
15: ...ed advantageously to the development of less industrialized nations. - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
3: ...lobular cluster]]s, but best remembered for her astronomy column, which ran from [[1951]] until [[1981...
9: ...h at the [[University of Toronto]], who died in [[1988]]. She died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart at...
11: She won the [[Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy]] in [[1949]] and the [[Klumpke-Roberts Awar... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
5: ...ng|tunings]]. She was supported, however, by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], who in evaluating her final exam...
7: ... mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Vi...
11: ...ommemoration of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. Her contribution was the [[Johannes-Passion (Gubaidulina)|J...
21: *''Vivente - Non Vivente'' for electronics (1970)
23: *String Quartet No. 1 (1971) - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ...i Mitchell-Both Sides Now.jpg|frame|right|Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''...
5: ...]]s) and unique [[guitar]] playing, tuning the instrument in unorthodox manners to produce a distincti...
7: ...e charts, "Urge for Going", was a success for country singer [[George Hamilton IV]] and for folk singe...
11: ...sylum. ''[[For the Roses]]'' (1972), whose title track continued her exploration of the themes of "Fo...
13: ...ite the commercial success of the more mainstream tracks, she would spend the rest of the decade produ... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
4: ...t]], who recorded several songs to which Smith contributed, including "Career of Evil", "Fire of Unkno...
8: ...h a rawer sound, although the murky production contributed to its poor reviews.
10: ... Florida]], falling 15 feet into a concrete orchestra pit and severely damaging a number of neck verte...
15: ...ritically panned album ''[[Dream Of Life]]'' in [[1988]], the most known song from which was her semi-[[...
17: ...other Teresa]] and Smith's father) in 2000, and ''Trampin''' (featuring a song about [[Gandhi]]) in 20... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
2: ...rock music|rock]], [[folk music|folk]], and [[country music]] singer and songwriter. A three-time [[Gr...
6: ...Ramblin' on My Mind'', it was a collection of country and [[blues]] covers. She followed it up in 1980...
8: ... relationship, received radio play around the country and gained fans among music insiders, including ...
10: ...h Williams received the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994.
12: ... of the loop. And I feel strongly that that's country music's loss." - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...illboard magazine|Billboard]] charts. Classically trained, Amos’s voice and mostly piano-based m...
7: ...ee]] (an Eastern Cherokee with some European ancestry). In 1968, she was given a full scholarship to t...
10: ... [[China O'Brien]]; in the credits, the song is attributed to a band called "Tess Makes Good" with "ad...
13: ... A remix of the song is also included on the soundtrack.
16: ...[Trent Reznor]] of [[Nine Inch Nails]]. The [[Australia]]n edition of the album included "More Pink",... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...and the [[betrothal|betrothed]] of [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]]. The area of [[Christian]] [[theolo...
8: ...hodox Christian churches, are based on [[faith]], traditions of the Church Fathers, and their interpre...
13: ...there they found shelter in the inn provided for strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded,...
17: ...present at the inauguration of Jesus' public ministry when, at the marriage in [[Cana]]; her intercess...
19: ...t is held by many Christians that she is again portrayed as the heavenly Woman of Revelation (Revelati... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
17: ...eaching any outlandish doctrine could instantly attract a large following. Hildegard was critical of s...
22: ... her inventions of words for her lyrics and a constructed script, many [[conlang]]ers look upon her as...
26: ...dy. That is why in giving descriptions of plants, trees, birds, animals, stones, Hildegard is mostly c...
28: ...olorful illustrations of the prevailing church doctrine of her time, which she supported, rather than ...
32: ... of menstruation now close, in the same way as a strong man can old something enclosed in his fist.
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