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- Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
1: ...Famed American [[nurse]] Clara Barton, first president of the [[American Red Cross]]'']]
2: ...], [[nurse]], and [[humanitarian]]. She has been described as having had an "indomitable spirit" and ...
6: ...cated and extremely bright. It is said that her older brothers and sisters were kept busy answering he...
8: ...her became ill, for 2 years Clara stayed by his side and learned to administer all his medicine, inclu...
12: ...ized the community's need for free education, and despite opposition, set up one of the first free pub... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
4: ...oric times. Most [[Stone Age]] statuettes were made of ivory or soft stone, however some clay human a...
6: ...aterials used for sculpture during this time included basalt, diorite (a type of dark, coarse-grained ...
8: ...ith gold and mosaic inlay with a black-bearded golden bull's head.
11: ...ieved to represent Hammurabi. The head has the wide open eyes, typical of the time period.
13: ...ew York Metropolitan Museum of Art]] by [[John D. Rockefeller, Jr.]] in [[1932]]. - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...f Palestine|Palestine]], have ''de facto'' independence and/or some international diplomatic recogniti...
3: ...o fulfill these obligations. The General Assembly determines admission upon recommendation of the Secu...
5: ... The name was transferred to the UN as it was founded by the victorious powers in the war as a conditi...
20: ...ebated by governments and private citizens worldwide.
24: ...ong the original signatories had been reserved, added its name later, bringing the total of original s... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ...al_us_presdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ...he United States|federal government]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|a...
5: ...he President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invok...
7: ...lated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 29<sup>th</sup> |
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23: AdmittanceOrder = 35<sup>th</sup> |
26: Latitude = 37°10'N to 40°40'N |
27: Longitude = 77°40'W to 82°40'W | - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...uch of the native population. U.S. industry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn of the 2...
7: ...preconditions. A series of laws, passed by the Federal government, established the conditions and pro...
9: ...tributed to the government's failure for many decades to enforce the civil rights of the formerly ensl...
11: ...n Act stated that "no legal State governments or adequate protection for life or property now exist in...
13: ...lled [[carpetbaggers]] by southerners, and were widely perceived as being motivated by graft and corru... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
8: ... [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
15: ...an]] was announced at a meeting of the [[AcadéŠe des Sciences]] in [[Paris]].
17: *[[1871]] - [[Amadeus I of Spain|Amadeus I]] becomes King of [[Spain]].
20: *[[1882]] - [[John D. Rockefeller]] unites his oil holdings into the [[Standard Oil...
23: ... announces the [[Open Door Policy]] to promote trade with [[China]]. - Gerald Ford (28942 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Gerald Ford
4: | order=38th President
7: | preceded=[[Richard Nixon]]
8: | succeeded=[[Jimmy Carter]]
11: | dead=alive - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
7: senateleader= [[Bill Frist]]|
8: houseleader= [[Tom DeLay]]|
10: ideology = [[Conservatism]] |
11: international = [[International Democrat Union]] |
18: ...ntatives]], as well as in governorships. In the modern political era, the GOP is the more [[conservati... - Christmas (35108 bytes)
2: ...sited baby Jesus. The exact date of his birth was determined centuries later.
4: ...arrival of Santa Claus or other mythical figures. Despite the influence of American and British Christ...
8: The story of Christ's birth has been handed down for centuries, based primarily on the Chris...
10: ...of the house of David from which Joseph was descended, fulfilled the prophecy of [[Isaiah]].
12: ...ded to have the children of Bethlehem killed in order to eliminate any local rivals to his power. Whe... - Cyrus McCormick (3514 bytes)
2: ...e moved to [[Chicago, Illinois]], and was the founder of McCormick Harvesting Machine Company which be...
4: ...]], in the [[Shenandoah Valley]] on the western side of the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]]. The McCormick fa...
6: ...McCormick's father invented numerous labor-saving devices for agricultural use, but after repeated eff...
8: ...loping a vast network of trained salesmen able to demonstrate operation of the machines in the field. ...
10: ...son, [[Cyrus McCormick, Jr.]]. Under the son's leadership, the company, McCormick Harvesting Machine C... - Vice President of the United States (33884 bytes)
2: ...ident seal.jpg|center|200px|Seal of the Vice President of the United States]]<br />
3: ...150px|right|[[Richard B. Cheney]], 46th Vice President of the United States]]<br />
5: ...the death of the President, and one upon the President's resignation.
7: The current Vice President of the United States is [[Dick Cheney]].
9: ...OTUS" similarly applies "VPOTUS" to the Vice President. More casual news sources, such as [[weblog]]s... - Theodore Roosevelt (35706 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Theodore Roosevelt
4: | order=26th President
7: | preceded=[[William McKinley]]
8: | succeeded=[[William Howard Taft]]
11: | dead=dead - James S. Sherman (2788 bytes)
1: ...VPjamesssherman.jpg|right|Photo of U.S. Vice President James S. Sherman]]
3: ...tive]] from [[New York]] and the 27th [[Vice President of the United States]]. He was one of few vice
4: presidents wearing eyeglasses, the others being [[Theodor...
5: ...]] and [[Dick Cheney]]. Nonetheless his vice-presidential bust in the Senate is so far the only bust w...
7: ...lson]] and [[Thomas R. Marshall]] won in a landslide. He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery. - Spiro Agnew (8986 bytes)
5: ! Order:
6: | 39th Vice President
11: ! Predecessor:
14: ! Succeeded by:
23: ! Date of Death: - Walter Mondale (8624 bytes)
1: ...t" style="margin-left:1em; margin-bottom: 1em; border-collapse:collapse; text-align:left; clear: right...
6: ! Order:
7: | 42nd Vice President
13: | [[Nelson Rockefeller]]
15: ! Succeeded by: - New York (25691 bytes)
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23: AdmittanceOrder = 11<sup>th</sup> |
26: Latitude = 40?29'40"N to 45?0'42"N |
27: Longitude = 71?47'25"W to 79?45'54"W | - United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
6: senateleader= [[Bill Frist]]|
7: houseleader= [[Tom DeLay]]|
9: ideology = [[Conservatism]] |
10: international = [[International Democrat Union]] |
17: ...ntatives]], as well as in governorships. In the modern political era, the GOP is the more [[conservati... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
8: ...b|left|A large artificial [[Christmas tree]] outside a shopping mall in [[Hong Kong]]]]
10: ...mas-like festivities even though they do not consider themselves Christians. Many customs, including s...
12: ...acau]] designate Christmas as a public holiday on December 25. Both are former [[colony|colonies]] of ...
14: ...become increasingly prevalent during the month of December in large urban centers of mainland China, r...
20: ... of stores and buildings are displaying Christmas decorations. - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
4: ...oups. The section called the "Old City" is surrounded by walls and consists of four quarters: [[Jew]]i...
12: ...brew]] ''Ir Shalem'' ("city of Salem"). Some consider a connection between the name and ''Shalim'' the...
18: .... David then expanded the city to the south, and declared it the capital city of the united [[Kingdom...
22: ... history, the kings of Judah become historically identifiable, and the significance the Temple had in ...
24: ... burnt, and the city's walls were ruined, thus rendering what remained of the city unprotected.
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