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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...
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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... - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...cribed as a single [[civilization]] or multiple civilizations, as a single [[state]] or multiple state...
5: ...[[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...y of China|Communist]] victory in the [[Chinese Civil War]] in [[1949]] established the [[People's Rep...
25: ... the Yellow River valley, the cradle of Chinese civilization, to these peoples. For example, the Xianb...
34: ...essarily follow [[political divisions of China|provincial boundaries]]. In many contexts, "China" is c... - 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... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
19: ...Yankees]] baseball game in 1995. (Cantwell is an avid Mariners fan.) She became a multimillionaire as ...
21: ...as at the frontier of Internet privacy. However, Internet privacy experts confirmed that RealNetworks softw...
27: At the urging of party activists and officials, Cantwell formed an exploratory ...
29: ...vacy as insurance commissioner. Cantwell promoted Internet privacy and cited her opposition to the [[Clipper...
33: ...inst RealNetworks and said Senn was uninformed on Internet issues. - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
16: ...uania's social democratic organisation. Despite living in Germany for most of her adult life, Luxembur...
19: ... of production methods occurred. She wanted the Revisionists to leave the SPD. This did not take place...
23: ...terrupted by three prison terms for political activities.
25: Nonetheless, Luxemburg kept up her political activities; in [[1907]] she took part in the Russian Soc...
29: ...me to a head in [[1913]], war seemed even more inevitable and she organised demonstrations (e.g. in [[... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: Madalyn Mays was born in [[Beechview, Pennsylvania]]. As an infant she was baptized ...
9: ...s]], "a nationwide movement which defends the [[civil rights]] of nonbelievers, works for the separati...
11: ...felt there was a collusion of church and state in violation of the [[United States Constitution|Consti...
16: ...ng a note implying an absence for some time and a visit to [[San Antonio, Texas]]. In September Jon or...
18: ...American Atheist and had previous convictions for violent crimes (along with one for stealing funds fr... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: ...[[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist philosophy|Objectivism]]|
11: ...rseveres nevertheless to achieve his values. Rand viewed this hero as the ideal and made it the expres...
13: #That the individual has a right to exist for his own sake, neithe...
19: ...he [[Remington Rand]] [[typewriter]], but recent evidence has proved that this is not the case. [http:...
22: ...n [[1934]] and published two novels, ''[[We The Living]]'' ([[1936]]), and ''[[Anthem (novella)|Anthem... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...dox manners to produce a distinctive rhythmic, driving sound. She has been a cigarette smoker since t...
9: ...cancelled her appearance at the festival on the advice of her manager for fear that she would miss a s...
11: ... stories told by her producer and then-friend [[David Geffen]]). It remains her best selling single t...
13: ...th the confessional style replaced by a series of vignettes of 1970s women, from nightclub dancers ("E...
15: ...sed "Paprika Plains". The album received mixed reviews: some enjoyed its experimentation and original... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
7: ...]]'' with her brother Mike for a competition involving the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. This song won the co...
13: ...orded the song "Happy Workers" for the [[Toys]] movie soundtrack. A remix of the song is also included...
18: ...song "Butterfly" to the soundtrack for the 1994 movie [[Higher Learning]] as well as a cover of the [[...
23: ...er than the first two albums, it garnered mixed reviews. The erratic lyrical content of its songs seem...
25: The movie [[Twister (movie)|Twister]] released in 1996 included one of Amos... - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
2: ...us accolades for her work in [[movies]] and [[television]] and who, from the [[1980s]] to the present ...
5: ...a. She appeared in her first films, ''[[Julia (movie)|Julia]]'' and ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'', in [[197...
7: ...Favorite. Having been named on so many greatest movie star lists, Streep also defied expectations by h...
9: ... date—and her noted comic turn in ''[[She-Devil]]''.
11: ...he Heart]]'', for which she learned to play the [[violin]]. - Printing (4400 bytes)
11: ...ady in use by the 6th century BC. The oldest surviving book printed using the more sophisticated [[blo...
13: There is little direct evidence, but it is highly probable that Chinese prin...
17: ...n ''Prints and Visual Communication'', [[William Ivins]] offers the following concise history of a ser...
18: ...which for strength surpassed anything that had previously been known.
40: * [[David Bruce]] - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
4: "'''Mississippi saxophone'''"), having multiple, variably-tuned [[brass]]
6: dimension into which it can freely vibrate, thus repeatedly
14: is made to vibrate more easily by air from above, reeds accesse...
63: ... [[1970s]] that allows players to force a reed to vibrate faster, resulting in a higher pitch. This
82: *Otavio Castro - Egypt (18830 bytes)
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62: Egypt is famous for its [[Ancient Egypt|ancient civilization]] and some of the world's most stunning a...
67: ... country' or 'a state'. The name '''Egypt''' came via the Latin word ''Aegyptus'' derived from the anc...
69: ...for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom was founded circa [[3...
73: ...sportation hub; however, the country also fell heavily into debt. Ostensibly to protect its investment... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
16: ...ice should he have succeeded to the Presidency previously and served less than two years completing hi...
19: ...ile the individual who was in second place became Vice President.
21: ... candidate receives a majority, the President and Vice President are chosen by the [[United States Hou...
25: ...d with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertising drives.
38: ...ns with the [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] and ends with the [[United States S... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
10: It has been assigned the [[Internet]] [[Top-level domain|ccTLD]] '''[[.aq]]'''.
15: ...nt]]s rarely penetrate far into the continent, leaving the center cold and dry. There is little [[prec...
24: ...he [[Southern Ocean]]. Physically Antarctica is divided in two by mountains close to the neck between ...
34: ...el Fuego - Antarctica & South Atlantic Isles]] province
36: ... the two municipalities of [[Antá²´ica Chilena Province]] - United States (58223 bytes)
15: ...sident]]<br>[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] |
60: ...Constitution|13th Amendment]] took effect. The Civil War effectively ended the question of a state's ...
64: ...[telephone]], [[television]], [[computer]], the [[Internet]], [[nuclear weapon]]s, [[nuclear power]], [[air ...
66: ...o "[[superpower]]s". With the [[collapse of the Soviet Union]], the U.S. emerged as the world's leadin...
80: ...osts are elected, as running mates, by the people via the [[U.S. Electoral College|electoral college]]... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
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65: ...; all emirates have secular and Islamic law for civil, criminal, and high courts.
71: ...e foreign policy stance have allowed it to play a vital role in the affairs of the region. In recent y...
88: ...approaches to the [[Strait of Hormuz]] makes it a vital transit point for world crude oil. The UAE is ...
97: ...lly allowed to provide long distance telephone services. - Nigeria (19231 bytes)
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69: ...t Mohammed]] to power, who promised a return to civilian rule. However, he was killed in an abortive c...
71: ... won the turbulent elections of 2003. Although having won the election, Obasanjo has had a love-hate ...
82: [[Nigeria]] is divided into 36 [[state]]s and 1 [[territory]].
137: Nigeria is divided roughly in three by the rivers [[Niger River|N... - Ghana (10910 bytes)
51: ...oordinated Universal Time|UTC]], no ([[Daylight Saving Time|DST]])
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67: Upon achieving independence from the [[United Kingdom]], the n...
85: ...ies in [[West Africa]]. Even so, Ghana remains heavily dependent on international financial and techni...
92: Ghana is divided into 10 [[region]]s: - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
40: ...rom the [[United Kingdom|British]]) [http://www.civicwebs.com/cwvlib/africa/ethiopia/pankhurst/history...
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67: ...ned independent. Italy and Ethiopia signed a [[provisional treaty]] of peace on [[October 26]], 1896.
69: ... a coalition of rebel forces. In [[1993]], the Province of [[Eritrea]] became independent from Ethiopi...
77: ... to boycott these elections, ensuring a landslide victory for the [[Ethiopian People's Revolutionary D...
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