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- Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
1: [[Image:0076fordW.jpg|thumb|250px|Ford Automobile
2: ...y this phase of economic and social history as "[[Fordism]]."
6: ...ichigan]]) owned by his parents, William and Mary Ford, immigrants from [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]]. H...
8: ...s. Upon his marriage to Clara Bryant in [[1888]] Ford supported himself by farming and running a sawmil...
10: In [[1891]], Ford became an engineer with the [[Edison Illuminating... - Gerald Ford (28942 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Gerald Ford
3: | image name=Jerryford.jpg
14: | wife=[[Betty Ford]]
18: ...ss in 1948 from [[Michigan's 5th congressional district]].
20: ...United States presidential election, 1976|1976]], Ford narrowly defeated [[Ronald Reagan]] for the Repub... - Betty Ford (2880 bytes)
1: [[Image:Betty_Ford.gif|right|frame|White House portrait]]
3: ...e daughter of William Stephenson Bloomer, an industrial supply salesman, and his wife Hortense Neahr.
7: ...an from age three. She studied dance at the Calla Travis Dance Studio and attended the Benningtoon Ver...
15: On October 15, 1948 she married Gerald Ford at Grace Episcopal Church, in Grand Rapids, Mich...
19: ...President [[Richard Nixon]], who had named Gerald Ford to the [[Vice President of the United States|Vice...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...e [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><...
9: ...r]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[Briti...
16: ...treason (adultery against the King was considered treason), incest with her elder brother, and witchcr...
18: ...ll-being, particularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker b...
20: ...zabeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. Luckily, she... - 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 ...
9: ...ight|The bus, now a museum exhibit at the [[Henry Ford Museum]]]]
10: ...ericans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle. - 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... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ...89]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]], [[comedian]] and star of [[I Love Lucy]]. A...
5: ... then, Ball decided that she needed to escape the traumas of her life.
7: ...ed in many small movie roles in the 1930s as a contract player for [[RKO]]. She switched to [[MGM]] (a...
17: ...ate_factory1.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Lucy and Ethel try to "Speed it up a little."]]
18: ...rriage to [[Desi Arnaz]], which had become badly strained, in part by the fact that each had a hectic ... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...ia|Gov.]] [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], born in [[Austria]]; [[Florida]] [[United States Senate|Sen.]] [[...
21: ... the oath — and even judges of [[federal district court]]s have fulfilled this duty in emergenci...
23: ...ugural address which sets the tone for his administration.
25: ...es)|Election Day]] and campaigning across the country to explain their views and plans to the voters. ...
29: ...e chosen to affirm rather than swear. The oath is traditionally ended with, "So help me God," although... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
44: ...he [[Confederate States of America]], and took control of U.S. forts and other properties within their...
48: ...akness after Reconstruction and the modern administrative state would only emerge with the [[New Deal]...
50: ...though is criticized by some for overstepping the traditional bounds of executive power.
53: ...site the following year, the 22-year-old Lincoln struck out on his own, [[canoe]]ing down the Sangamon...
59: ...Sangamon in the hopes of attracting [[steamboat]] traffic to the river, which would allow sparsely pop... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ...ina]], and the [[Central Asia|Central Asian]] countries [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Turkmeni...
3: ...[desert]]s ([[steppe]]) make it only the 57th country in population, with approximately 6 persons per ...
44: ... by area|Ranked 9th]]<br>2,717,300 [[square kilometre|km²]]<br/>
47: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 57th]]<br/>15,143,704<br/...
64: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' - East Timor (13677 bytes)
3: ...ination that year, [[Indonesia]] relinquished control of the territory, which achieved full independe...
5: ...s one of only two majority [[Roman Catholic]] countries in Asia, the other being the [[Philippines]].
12: ...nding islands came under [[Netherlands|Dutch]] control.
14: ...rese. Following the end of the war, Portuguese control was reinstated.
19: ...[Southeast Asia]], the U.S., along with ally [[Australia]], did not object to the pro-Western Indonesi... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
14: ... time had been extremely labor-intensive. This contributed to the economic development of the [[Southe...
18: ... and its constituent elements should rightly be attributed to Eli Whitney; some contend that [[Catheri...
22: Whitney's greatest contribution to American industry was the development and implementation of the [[...
24: ...yle of manufacturing, where a skilled workman constructed individual items out of handmade and fitted ...
26: ...hitney's concepts were later exploited by [[Henry Ford]] and others in [[manufacturing]]. He never paten... - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
1: ...76|AD 476]]. For several centuries, the Romans controlled the whole of Western Europe, as well as the ...
3: ...20px|right|The Roman Empire during the reign of [[Trajan]]]]
11: ...the ford, Rome was at a crossroads of traffic and trade.
19: ...stablished in its place. The consuls, initially patrician but later opened to plebeians, were elected ...
21: ...[Samnites]], the ''Sabines'' ...) but also the [[Etruscans]]. The last threat to Roman [[hegemony]] in... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
4: ...es]]'' as the fan base expanded significantly and triggered major expansion of nearly all the ballpark...
7: ...ove the saloon they owned and operated on Camden Street. Kate would walk to her father's home each tim...
9: ... no avail. He was finally sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, a school run by Catholic brot...
10: ...l.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding up bat, in ba...
14: ...k him to spring training in [[Florida]], where a strong performance with bat and ball saw him make the... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
27: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]]<br/>[[...
48: ...state is one of the six states on the [[Frontier Strip]].
56: ...ern Oklahoma), and Lake & Trail Country (South Central Oklahoma).
58: ...ficial" regional designations include [[Green Country]] (most often used to refer to Northeastern Okla...
60: ... Western high plains, Southwestern Tablelands, Central [[Great Plains]], - Nebraska (13662 bytes)
25: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] (easte...
36: ... gets its name from a [[Native American]] ([[Otoe tribe|Oto]]) word meaning "flat water", after the [[...
45: ...ir homes out of [[sod]] because they found so few trees on the grassy land.
61: ...[[governor]]'s veto with a 3/5ths majority, in contrast to the 2/3rds majority required in some other ...
65: ... the idea that there is but one class. If this be true, there is no sense or reason in having the same... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
38: ...cs and culture of the state are unique for their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural...
44: ...ourishing sedentary culture in the [[1200s]], constructing small towns in the valley of the [[Rio Gran...
46: ...s [[Coronado State Monument]] in [[1541]]. His maltreatment of the Pueblo people while exploring the u...
52: ...Diego de Vargas Zapata]] reestablished Spanish control and returned Spanish colonists in [[1692]].
54: ... of New Spain, the duke of Alburquerque. They constructed the Church of San Felipe de Ner�[[1706]]).... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...g consequences; emergence of unprecedented [[industrial]] [[economic boom|boom]] and accelerated [[con...
3: ...st]] stance. In [[Canada]], an important economic transformation accelerated as [[Great Britain]] was ...
5: ...al]] growth were yet unknown. Technologies like [[train]]s, [[automobile|car]]s and [[mass communicati...
8: ...coming the richest region on the earth, with industry aligned to mass production, and a society with a...
13: These soldiers formed a tremendous market force. As they were still very yo... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
208: *[[Ford Madox Brown]] ([[1821]]-[[1893]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
13: ...orge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
24: ...rdeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
25: *[[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]...
37: ... Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transistor]] - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
5: ... major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust).
7: ... were friends until Edison died. The [[Edison and Ford Winter Estates]] are now open to the public.
14: From [[Port Huron]], Sam Edison moved to [[Detroit]], then [[Peru, Ohio]], and finally to [[Milan...
16: ...y into his schooling his teacher, [[Alexander Crawford]], was overheard calling him "[[addled]]". This ...
18: ...m. Some of his earliest inventions related to electrical telegraphy, included a stock ticker. - Great Depression (16069 bytes)
1: ...r [[World War II]] before such indicators as industrial production, share prices and global [[Gross Do...
4: ...rtually the entire industrialized world and their trading partners in peripheral nations.
12: ...he [[gold standard]], collapse of [[international trade]] due to the [[Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act]], [[Fe...
14: ...ed present day [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]] and the Central Asian republics.
16: ...the intersection of several concurrent long cycle troughs.
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