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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reac...
3: ...ry [[myth]] created by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accep...
5: ...f peoples throughout time; see '''[[Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most consiste...
7: ...]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. He never reached the p...
11: Columbus remains a controversial figure. Some – including many [[Nat... - 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... - 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: ...y). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile in [[Venezuela]]. While there, she worked for the Caracas newspa...
16: ...t]]. The movie starred [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn Close]] and [[Ant...
29: *''Portrait in Sepia'' (2000) - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ... [[1997]]) was an internationally renowned and controversial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [...
11: ... help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She was a me...
13: ...o provide education for girls. After a few months training at the Institute of the [[Blessed Virgin Ma...
24: ...ace), and an orphanage. The order soon began to attract both recruits and charitable donations, and by...
26: ...me]] and [[Tanzania]], and eventually in many countries in [[Asia]], [[Africa]], and [[Europe]], inclu... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: ...age:Grover Cleveland.jpg|Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>
7: 24th President</td></tr>
8: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td> - South America (5078 bytes)
5: ...ent; the land to the east of the Andes is largely tropical [[rain forest]], the vast [[Amazon River]] ...
9: ...and Bridge]], now the [[Bering Strait|Bering]] [[strait]], though there are also suggestions of migrat...
15: ...e Caribbean Sea – including [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], and [[French Guiana]...
17: The largest country in South America by far, in both area and popula...
95: | style="text-align:left;" | [[Trinidad and Tobago]] <sup>1</sup> - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ...on density|by population density]], [[list of countries by date of nationhood|by date of nationhood]] ...
3: ... both states and dependent territories, see [[country]], [[state]], [[nation state]] for some explanat...
5: '''Countries listed by [[continent]] and their [[capital]]s...
17: *[[Central African Republic]] (Centrafrique) - [[Bangui]]
26: *[[Eritrea]] - [[Asmara]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
4: *[[List of capitals and larger cities by country]]
9: <tr><td> <tr bgcolor=efefef><td colspan=2>'''A'''
10: <tr><td>[[Abidjan]] <td>[[C?d'Ivoire]] (administrative)
11: <tr><td>[[Abu Dhabi]] <td>[[United Arab Emirates]]
12: <tr><td>[[Abuja]] <td>[[Nigeria]] - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...nd [[Chile]]. Named after [[brazilwood]], a local tree, Brazil is home to both extensive [[agriculture...
10: ...se]] immigrants. That period also saw Brazil industrialise and further occupy its interior. Brazilian...
17: ...which three members from each state or federal district are elected according to the principle of majo...
29: ...singular ''estado'') and 1 federal district (''distrito federal''):
31: Brazil and its 26 states and Federal District are divided by [[IBGE]] into 5 distinctive [[r... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ...dian]], about 434.5 km (270 miles) northeast of [[Venezuela]].
3: ...] and [[limestone]]. It is tropical with constant tradewinds and consists of some [[marsh]]es and [[ma...
5: ...g to the [[UN]]'s [[UNDP]], the #1 developing country in the world. The island is a major tourist des...
9: ... and the Salodoid-Barrancoid. For the next few centries, the Caribs—like the Arawak and the Salo...
11: ...pon seeing the appearance of the island's [[fig]] trees, whose long hanging aerial roots he thought re... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
2: {{Infobox_Country|
48: ...outh America after Brazil and the 8th largest country in the [[world]].
57: ...pendence. Following the defeat of the Spanish, centralist and federationist groups waged a lengthy con...
59: ...entine nation in the late [[19th century]]: the introduction of modern agricultural techniques and int...
61: ...en their traditional rivals, the Radicals, won control of the government. The Radicals, with their emp... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
1: ... north by the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The border with Venezuela is one that is disputed, as is the most southern ...
30: ...by area|Ranked 81st]] <br> 214,970 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 8.4%
35: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 156th]]
56: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
62: ...752]]). The [[United Kingdom|British]] assumed control in the late [[18th century]] and were finally c... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
2: ... Bolivia''' is a [[landlocked]] [[country]] in central [[South America]]. It is bordered by [[Brazil]]...
7: {{Infobox Country |
59: ...and Bolivia and added it to their empire. They controlled the area until the [[Spain|Spanish]] conques...
62: ...largest city in the Western Hemisphere. A steady stream of enslaved Indians served as labor force. As ...
65: ...ence was proclaimed in [[1809]], but 16 years of struggle followed before the establishment of the rep... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...e boundaries of states, countries or other administrative areas.
6: ...asured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Gr...
31: ... [[August 23]], [[1852]], time signals were first transmitted by telegraph from the [[Royal Greenwich ...
33: ...bserved nationally, and was perhaps the first country to do so. It was based on the longitude 172? 30'...
35: ...l time until [[1900]], then vacillated between Central Standard Time, [[local mean time]], and Eastern... - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
1: {{Lists by country}}
3: ...litics]] articles''' available for every '''[[country]]'''.
5: ''See also:'' [[List of countries]]
10: ... Australia|Australia]] - [[Politics of Austria|Austria]] - [[Politics of Azerbaijan|Azerbaijan]]
16: ...] - [[Politics of the Central African Republic|Central African Republic]] - [[Politics of Chad|Chad]] ... - Columbus Day (5999 bytes)
1: ...ndÃgena]]''' (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in [[Venezuela]], commemorate the same event.
11: ... was first celebrated in [[Argentina]] in 1917, [[Venezuela]] in 1921, [[Chile]] in 1923, and [[Mexico]] in 1...
13: ...characterization found in many Latin American countries.
16: ...na''' ("Day of Indigenous Resistance"). In 2004, Venezuelan activists toppled a statue of Columbus in Caraca...
18: ...ust be exposed. Thus, [[Ward Churchill]] (the controversial professor of Ethnic Studies at [[Universi... - Boto (5572 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
7: {{Taxobox_subclassis_entry | taxon = [[Eutheria]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Cetacea]]}} - Anaconda (3939 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Squamata]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Serpentes]]}} - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
3: ...sed in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[American League]].
22: Walsh, [[Doc White]] and [[Nick Altrock]] paced the White Sox to their [[1906 in sport...
25: ... players vanished mysteriously and none were ever tried. [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis|Judge Landis]], Com...
30: ...es through scrappy play rather than consistently strong hitting or pitching. While they had a great r...
35: ...he White Sox of the [[1990s]] adopted classic pinstriped uniforms and the occasional use of black jers... - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
5: ...h century)|American Association]] in [[1884]] and transferred to the National League in [[1890]].
7: ...14]] through [[1931]]) and the ''[[Trolley dodger|Trolley Dodgers]]'' -- originally a pejorative term ...
8: ...Avenue in Brooklyn. [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/Dodgers/dodgers.html Part of the wall...
10: ...:''' a cursive "Dodgers" superimposed over a red streaming baseball
16: :'''Manager''': [[Jim Tracy]]
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