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- History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
2: ==Changing demographics and the growth of the Sun Belt==
4: ...ute decline in their numbers. The rise of the Sun Belt continued a trend in the growth of suburbs sinc...
6: ...this divergence -- the Northeast and Midwest have been increasingly voting for [[United States Democra...
10: ...railed against what they saw as the failures of liberal social programs, a potent theme in the 1980 pr...
12: Thus, the liberal leaders of the [[1960s]], characteristic of th... - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
3: ==1988 presidential election==
4: ...ee the main article [[U.S. presidential election, 1988]].''
10: ...independence from the [[Soviet Union]]. On [[December 26]], [[1991]] the USSR was officially disbanded...
12: ...of [[United States Congress|Congress]] on [[September 11]], [[1990]], [[President of the United States...
14: ...y and economic stagnation, while at the same time benefitting U.S. consumers and corporations. The [[N... - U.S. presidential election, 1988 (11192 bytes)
1: [[image:ElectoralCollege1988-Large.png|thumb|450px|Presidential electoral vote...
2: ...r both major parties. [[Ronald Reagan]], the incumbent [[President of the United States|President]], w...
8: Having been badly defeated in the [[U.S. presidential elect...
14: * [[Al Gore|Albert A. Gore Jr.]], U.S. senator from [[Tennessee]]
21: ...art returned to the race. However the damage had been done.
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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ... (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Ca...
7: ..., [[Australia]], the [[Bahamas]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[Ne...
14: ...|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age thr...
15: ...ther was HRH The Duchess of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George ...
17: ...British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle, HRH [[Edward VIII o... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
8: ...ugh.htm]. Limbaugh stated that he was not drafted because a physical found that he had an "inoperable ...
16: ...d eventually became syndicated on [[August 1]], [[1988]] via a company called Premiere Broadcasting. Lim...
18: ... in the United States. The show is usually split between call-in segments and monologues by Limbaugh;...
22: Rush Limbaugh became as much a political symbol as he was a broadc...
24: ...P]] hecklers and had to clear the studio audience before continuing. - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
8: ... married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons, Alexander and K...
10: She returned to Myanmar in [[1988]] to care for her ailing mother. In that year, th...
14: ... Peace Prize in the following one. She used the Nobel Peace Prize's [[US$]]1.3 million prize money to ...
16: ...t her family in the [[United Kingdom]], she would be denied re-entry. When her husband Michael Aris, a... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: [[Image:bbhutto.jpg|frame|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was ...
3: ...icated as well, and remained in jail until [[November]] [[2004]].
6: ...as a kind of assistant to him. This seems to have been a formative experience for her, in that watchin...
8: ... of a period when her father's administration was being challenged both at home and abroad.
11: ...cution, she was placed under house arrest. Having been allowed in 1984, to go back to the [[United Kin... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
2: |+ <font size="+1">'''The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell'''</font>
4: ...ef;" align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:Kim_Campbell.jpg]]
10: | [[June 25]] - [[November 4]], [[1993]]
22: | [[Port Alberni, British Columbia]]
31: ...e Minister of Canada]] from [[June 25]] to [[November 4]], [[1993]]. Though she was not popularly elec... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
6: | [[November 19]], [[1917]]
9: | [[October 31]], [[1984]]
42: | [[October 31]], [[1984]]
51: ...368;)''' ([[November 19]], [[1917]] – [[October 31]], [[1984]]) was [[Prime Minister of India]] ...
57: ... very patriarchal society, Indira was expected to be a passive leader, but her actions proved her othe... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
16: |[[13 October]] [[1925]]
27: ...on Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), a...
29: ...eral election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[2...
33: ...cher'''; since then her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of th... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
6: In the early [[1950s]], Parks became active in the [[American Civil Rights Movemen...
8: ...to make extra seats for whites. Rosa was tired of being treated as a second-class citizen and stood fi...
10: ...King]]) gathered to discuss the proper actions to be taken after Mrs. Parks arrest. What ensued next w...
14: ...ed States|D]]-[[Michigan]]) from [[1965]] until [[1988]]. She continues to reside in Detroit.
19: Standard accounts of Parks' act of [[civil disobedience]] in [[1955]] refer to her simply as a "tir... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...an and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ...[1942]]) is a [[Chile]]an writer whose books have been translated into many languages. She is one of t...
8: ... a [[United Kingdom|British]] private school in [[Beirut]]. She returned to Chile in 1958 to complete...
10: ...tiago, Chile|Santiago]], and later in [[Brussels, Belgium]], and elsewhere in Europe. Her daughter Pa... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...''Margaret Eleanor "Peggy" Atwood''' (born [[November 18]], [[1939]]) is a [[novelist]], [[poetry|poet...
4: ...her [[non-fiction]] and edited work. She has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the...
10: ...me Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'', champ...
12: ... She has said in interviews that the device will be available by [[2006]].
22: :''[[Life Before Man]]'' ([[1979]]) - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who found freedom, but killed her infant...
8: ...th of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], the first Afr...
10: She is currently the [[Robert F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Pr...
19: *''[[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]]'' (1987)
35: *[[Remember:The Journey to School Integration]] (April 2004) - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...t aboard the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the first non-white woma...
7: ...ps]] Medical Officer for [[Sierra Leone]] and [[Liberia]] in West Africa. Returning to Los Angeles, sh...
9: ...the youngest of three children, was born on [[October 17]], [[1956]], in [[Decatur, Alabama]] and rais...
15: ...g and implementing advanced technologies that may be employed advantageously to the development of les...
19: ...l of Fame (1993); People magazine's 1993 "50 Most Beautiful People in the World"; CORE Outstanding Ach... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
3: ...esearch into [[globular cluster]]s, but best remembered for her astronomy column, which ran from [[195...
7: ...he [[David Dunlap Observatory]], where Frank Hogg became director in [[1946]] until his death in [[195...
9: ...h at the [[University of Toronto]], who died in [[1988]]. She died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart at...
11: ...rd in Astronomy]] in [[1949]] and the [[Klumpke-Roberts Award]] in [[1983]]. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...;䴠qızı Ğ?dullina''') (born [[October 24]], [[1931]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[com...
5: ...her studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alterna...
9: In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through [[Gidon Kremer]]'s champ...
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
31: *''Introitus'' concerto for piano and chamber orchestra (1978) - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ... to [[Rock and roll|rock music]] and [[jazz]], to become one of the most highly respected [[singer-son...
5: ...e a distinctive rhythmic, driving sound. She has been a cigarette smoker since the age of nine, which...
9: ... many songs focusing on the dichotomy between the benefits of her stardom and its costs, both in terms...
11: ...nd then-friend [[David Geffen]]). It remains her best selling single to this day.
17: ...th legendary bassist [[Charles Mingus]], who died before the project was completed. Mitchell finished... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
1: ...''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]'', was a photo by [[Robert Mapplethorpe]].]]
2: '''Patti Smith''' (born [[December 30]], [[1946]]) is a [[United States]] [[musicia...
6: ...by money from Smith's friend and former lover [[Robert Mapplethorpe]] the band recorded a first single...
8: ... [[Robert Mapplethorpe]], then her roommate, also became one of rock 'n roll's classics. As Smith tour...
10: ...rgise and reorganise her life, a luxury which had been denied her in her early rise to fame. - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
2: ...[[Grammy Award]] winner, she was named "America's best songwriter" by ''Time'' magazine in 2002.
4: ...as well as different parts of the American South, before settling at the [[University of Arkansas]]. ...
8: ...itical reputation. Nevertheless, it was not until 1988 that [[Rough Trade Records]] released the self-ti...
10: ... for which Williams received the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994.
12: ...ris]] said of Williams, "She is an example of the best of what country at least says it is. But, for s... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...voice and mostly piano-based music has frequently been compared to that of [[Kate Bush]], [[Bj?] and [...
7: ...altimore Orioles]]. This song won the contest and became her first single, released as a 7" pressed fo...
10: ...ding Stan Ridgway of [[Wall of Voodoo]], [[Sandra Bernhard]] and [[Al Stewart]]) as a backup vocalist....
13: ...[[Will MacGregor]], [[Carlo Nuccio]], and [[Dan Nebenzal]], the record ended up full of raw, emotive s...
16: ...rds from ''Little Earthquakes''. In February, she began the "Under the Pink" tour. Four tracks were re... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...] and the [[betrothal|betrothed]] of [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]]. The area of [[Christian]] [[theo...
8: ...f his death, or that she could have witnessed it. Beyond the accounts given in the Gospels and a few o...
13: ...(Luke 2:1) required that they should proceed to [[Bethlehem]] (Micah 5:2), some 80 or 90 miles (about ...
15: ...o was called Jesus ([[Matthew 1:21|Matt. 1:21]]), because he was to save his people from their sins. ...
25: ...en of Heaven''; other Catholic names for Mary can be found in the [[Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary]... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
3: ...7]], [[1179]]) was a [[German people|German]] [[abbess]], [[Monasticism|monastic]] leader, [[Mystics|m...
6: ...ed the group to a new [[monastery]] on the Rupertsberg at Bingen on the [[Rhine]].
8: ... inside. She was finally convinced to write by members of her order after falling physically ill from ...
11: ... Jutta and another monk, named Volmar, who was to become her lifelong secretary. However, in 1141, Hil...
15: ...l weighed down by a scourge of god, I fell onto a bed of sickness."''
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