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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...opulous [[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking country in the world.
9: {{Infobox Country |
33: population_census_year = 2000 |
37: GDP_PPP = $1.064 trillion |
64: ... memory of [[Aztlan], the starting point of their tribes wanderings, never thought of themselves as an... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its...
15: ...ilt and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - n...
17: ...ore, the city developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an...
19: ...ahia|Salvador]]. In [[1763]], the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved to Rio.
21: ...ope. Since there was no physical space nor urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arr... - 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: ...]] province, where a bronze smelter from around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this peri...
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]] ... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
5: ...1846]] he led exploration parties on the [[Oregon Trail]] and into the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nev...
7: ... the new [[California]] Territory following the [[Treaty of Cahuenga]] which ended the [[Mexican-Ameri...
18: ...artographic Crime''. New York : [[Random House]], 2000. (ISBN 0375501517, ISBN 0767908260) - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...rpassing that of his prior, near-contemporary and traveller [[Marco Polo]].
6: ...template the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling'', but is often simply referred to as the...
11: ...the Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries).
13: ...existed to Mecca, and Ibn Battuta chose the least-travelled: a journey up the Nile, then east by land ...
15: ...), having encountered a holy man during his first trip who prophesied that Ibn Battuta would only reac... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...ontent can be made harder and [[tensile strength|stronger]] than iron, but is also more [[brittle]]. O...
8: ... material with limited uses on its own. Iron is extracted from [[ore]] by removing the oxygen by combi...
11: ...ementite-ferrite mixture. Cementite is a stochiometric phase with the chemical formula of Fe<sub>3</su...
13: ...cal chemical composition. As such, it requires extremely little thermal [[activation energy]] to form...
15: ...place. The transformation into martensite, by contrast, occurs almost immediately, due to a lower act... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...ntwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...der command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
12: ...bard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
16: ...ound|tube]] railway opens between [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
18: * [[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Austria-Hungary]] surrenders to [[Italy]]. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...anzanian ocean port of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]...
3: ...s one of the poorest and most conflict-ridden countries in Africa and in the world. Its small size bel...
5: {{Infobox Country |
10: national_motto = Unit鬠Travail, Progr賠([[French language|French]]: Unity,...
47: ...e is based on regression; other PPP figures are extrapolated from the latest International Comparison ... - 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...
20: ... admit that he is an excellent broadcaster. He attracted widespread support and attention in [[1998]]...
28: Limbaugh was the 1992, [[1995]], and [[2000]] recipient of the [[Marconi Radio Award]] for Sy...
34: ...his radio program on [[April 22]][[2005]], Rush retracted the assertion, stating that he had received ... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...abeth_empress.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (170...
3: ...jects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]], particularly in [[Peterhof]] and [[Tsarsko...
9: ...r earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and vivacity.
11: ...elf at the age of eighteen practically her own mistress.
13: ...s sensual temperament and, being free from all control, abandoned herself to her appetites without res... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
47: ...tudies]], conducting research in developments and trends in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
51: ...Russia]]n foreign policy, and [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]]an politics, and was re...
56: ...etary-General|UN Secretary-General]] [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]].
71: In [[2000]], Secretary Albright became one of the highest l... - 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 ... - 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...
45: ...n in government, and if not, would at least be a strong [[parliamentary opposition|opposition]] to a L...
47: ...oon wore off. The prime minister appeared to have troubles relating to "regular" Canadians, and many f...
51: ...e, barely behind the [[Reform Party]]. The concentration of support for Reform in [[Western Canada|th... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
7: ...Andrew Jacobs]]. Her mother, Rose, was an administrative assistant.
9: ...rned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration. After earning her degree, she moved to [[Se...
13: ...ge of 28. She had knocked on every door in her district. As a state representative, she helped write t...
15: ...term, she got the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] Administration to drop its support of the [[Clipper Chip]],...
21: ...resses, and [[GUID]]s to RealNetworks servers, contrary to the company's public claims. [http://search... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: .... She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
7: ...and's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
10: ...rliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]]
14: *Minister of Foreign Affairs [[1995]]–[[2000]]
18: ...the lawyer of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions for the years [[1970]]–[[1974]]. ... - 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... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...s Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]) in [[2000]]. She was the first woman from Michigan elected ...
5: ...k reelection to the House of Representatives in [[2000]], but was elected to the [[United States Senate|...
7: ...[[U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging]]. She introduced the [[Medical Equity and Drug Savings Act]]... - 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. - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ...lesman. With his family in tow, he traveled in a trailer all around the United States, buying and sel...
12: ...e foreground. During this time she toured the country with the brilliant lawyer [[Florynce Rae Kennedy...
23: ...ople start retirement—on [[September 3]], [[2000]] she married [[David Bale]], father of actor [[C...
25: She made famous a phrase that was coined by Australian author [[Irina Dunn]]: "A woman without a ma...
31: * ''Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions'' (1983)
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