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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...s Ferrer]] to power, the country has been free of violent political conflict. Figueres also abolished ...
16: ...r" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: ?Pura vida!<br>(Popular saying meaning "Pure life!")''</sm...
35: ...chasing_Power_Parity|PPP]])<br /> - Total ([[2003]]):<br /> - GDP/head:
65: ...in the Spanish territory of [[New Spain]]. The provincial capital was in [[Cartago, Costa Rica|Cartago...
67: ...]]), Costa Rica became a state in the [[United Provinces of Central America]] (''see:'' [[History of C... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...d argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: ...e:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip...
3: ... is a literary [[myth]] created by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at tha...
5: ... travelled to the Americas before Columbus and provided him with sources for his claims. There are als...
9: ... species (both those harmful to humans, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and bene... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
8: ...wing account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
15: ...ascus]] (then also controlled by the Mameluks), having encountered a holy man during his first trip wh...
17: ...eted the usual rituals of a Muslim pilgrim, and having graduated to the status of ''[[al-Hajji]]'' as ...
20: ...an he crossed the border into [[Mesopotamia]] and visited [[al-Najaf]], the burial place of the fourth...
27: ... settling down, he then immediately decided to go visit [[Oman]] and the [[Straits of Hormuz]]. This d... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: ...300px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip...
7: ...ship]] rituals. A Buddhist would have no trouble viewing [[Jesus]] as a [[Bodhisattva]] and incorpora...
18: ...years which included ancestor worship and drew heavily upon concepts and beings within [[Chinese mytho...
33: [[Islam]] was introduced into China via the [[Silk Road]] in the 7th century.
46: ...n the Chinese island of [[Shangchuan]], without having reached the mainland. In [[1582]], Jesuits once... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: ...ussia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
12: ...64]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate States of America|Confederat...
15: ...a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]].
24: ...Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States Customs Service]] to implement the [[Neutrality Acts|Neutrality...
28: * [[1956]] - [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops invade [[Hungary]] to crush the [[Hung... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
3: Landlocked, facing population pressures and having sparse resources, Burundi is one of the poorest...
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31: GDP_PPP_year = 2003 |
58: ...ore years of violence, a cease-fire was signed in 2003 between Buyoya's government and the largest Hutu ...
64: ...ndi has been dominated in recent years by the [[civil war]] and a long [[peace process]] and move to [... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...co, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
31: ...Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
40: ...n Abbott|Abbott, Lyman]], (1835-1922), American divine and author
78: ...h Abernathy|Abernathy, Ralph]], (1936-1996), US civil rights leader
87: *[[Abgar VI of Osroene|Abgar VI bar Ma'nu]], (circa 80), King of [[Osroene]] - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
21: *[[David Agmon|Agmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence...
24: *[[Gianni Agnelli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist
27: *[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United States]]
28: *[[David Hayes Agnew|Agnew, David Hayes]], (1818-1892), American surgeon
39: ...ppa|Agrippa, Camillo]], 16th century architect, civil engineer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]...
9: ...lasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after King ...
15: ... Prince Albert, Duke of York]] (later King George VI), the second eldest son of [[George V of the Unit...
17: ...ed Kingdom|The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII]].
20: ...entenary of the [[Entente Cordiale]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was instructed in religion... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
6: ...Ʈor de Chⴥllerault, the daughter of Aimeric I, Vicomte of [[Chatellerault]] and a woman named Dange...
8: ... [[Aquitaine]], the largest and richest of the provinces that would become modern [[France]], when her...
10: ...nth of their marriage, [[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France.
14: ...something of a [[disaster]], both from a military viewpoint and in terms of the personal relationship ...
16: ...ent disheartened her Aquitaine knights, and the divided Crusade armies could not overcome the Muslim f... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
13: ... and fifth child of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and his first wife, [[Catherine of Aragon]]. ...
15: ...ot only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�Vives]] upon the subject, but was herself the Prince...
17: ... Orl顮s]]. Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII's chief advisor, managed to secure an alliance without a marri...
19: ...alid. Since the [[Pope Clement VII|Pope]] had previously denied him the annullment, Henry broke with ...
21: ...d her as the only true heir and daughter of Henry VIII, although she was illegitimate under English la... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
14: == Talk radio and television career ==
16: ...ually became syndicated on [[August 1]], [[1988]] via a company called Premiere Broadcasting. Limbaugh...
18: ...ow, such as [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] or even President G...
22: ...004 Republican National Convention]] to give a preview of his nomination acceptance speech.
24: Limbaugh's first television exposure came with a [[1990]] guest host stin... - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
1: <b>Anne Neville</b> ([[June 11]], [[1456]] - [[March 16]], [[1...
5: ... where she and her elder [[sister]], [[Isabella Neville]], came into contact with the younger [[son]]s...
9: ...ith [[Margaret of Anjou]], Queen consort of Henry VI. Margaret harboured suspicions about Warwick's m...
11: ...by his determination to be the sole heir to the Neville sisters' titles and properties (a large portio...
15: ...iliar surroundings of Middleham Castle, Richard having been appointed Governor of the North on the kin... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...'''Princess Diana''' by the media despite never having had the right to that title, as it would imply ...
13: ...g biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
22: ...first wife, [[Frances Shand Kydd|Frances Spencer, Viscountess Althorp]] (formerly The Honourable Franc...
24: ... At age 16 she briefly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont...
30: ...been previously married, should be, preferably, a virgin, and Protestant. Diana fulfilled all of thes... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
47: ...ting research in developments and trends in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
51: ...sh School of Foreign Service|School of Foreign Service]]. She taught undergraduate and graduate course...
59: ...he wrath of many [[Serbs]] in the former [[Yugoslavia]] because of her role in the [[Kosovo War|Kosovo...
63: ...ber 5]], [[1996]], for the ''[[60 Minutes]]'' television program. On the theme of US sanctions against...
76: ...tes in [[1950]] via [[United Kingdom|Britain]], having fled their homeland for a second time when the ... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ... [[nonviolence|nonviolent]] pro-[[democracy]] activist in [[Burma]]. In [[1990]] she won the the [[Raf...
10: ...ons for [[democracy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. A new military junta took powe...
12: ...luenced by [[Mohandas Gandhi]]'s philosophy of nonviolence, Aung San Suu Kyi entered politics to work ...
16: ...997]], the Burmese government denied him an entry visa. Aung remained in Burma, and never met her husb...
18: ...Yang? After a surgical operation in [[September]] 2003, she was again placed under house arrest in Yang? - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
5: ...]; her cabinet was renowned internationally for having 8 female ministers out of 18.
7: ... April [[1987]]. The [[Brundtland Commission]] provided the momentum for the 1992 [[Earth Summit]] / [...
11: ...arlem Brundtland was succeeded, on [[July 21]], [[2003]], by [[Jong-Wook Lee|Jong-Wook Lee]].
17: Her hallmark political activities have been chronicled by her husband, Arne Ol... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
19: ...Yankees]] baseball game in 1995. (Cantwell is an avid Mariners fan.) She became a multimillionaire as ...
27: At the urging of party activists and officials, Cantwell formed an exploratory ...
33: ...two debates; Senn preferred more. They ended up having three debates, during which the candidates hars...
35: ...nd Senn's combined total. Cantwell cited this as evidence that Washington was ready for a change.
41: ...oyed a lead, and TV networks projected a Cantwell victory. As absentee ballots streamed in, Gorton ove... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
31: ...tes National Security Advisor|National Security Advisor]] during his first term. She was the second Af...
41: .... This experience sparked her interest in the [[Soviet Union]] and [[international relations]] and led...
47: ...anization. After departing to enter government service, she returned to Stanford in June [[2002]] to d...
51: ...hool of Law in [[2003]], the [[University of Louisville]] and [[Michigan State University]] in [[2004]...
56: ...e one who "tells me everything I know about the Soviet Union."[http://dir.salon.com/politics2000/featu... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...nicknamed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition t...
29: ...87]] general elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[20th century]]. In fore...
33: ...0]], her loss at least partly due to inadequate advice and campaigning. In [[1992]] she was created ''...
36: ... in the town and was active in local politics, serving as an [[Alderman]] (while officially described ...
38: ...any]], where she helped develop methods for preserving [[ice cream]]. She was a member of the team tha...
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