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- History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
12: ...s]], characteristic of the era of the [[Great Society]] and [[civil rights movement]], gave way to con...
14: ...more marginalized from the mainstream of U.S. society than their counterparts two decades ago due to t...
17: ===The assault on U.S./Soviet ''D鴥nte''===
18: ...e hostage crisis in [[Iran]] in [[1979]], the Soviet invasion of [[Afghanistan]], the growth of intern...
20: ...t industrial output increased by 75%, and the Soviet Union became the world's largest producer of [[oi... - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
3: ==1988 presidential election==
4: ...ee the main article [[U.S. presidential election, 1988]].''
6: ...arty of the United States|Democratic]] [[Massachusetts]] governor [[Michael Dukakis]].
10: ...[[Latvia]], declaring independence from the [[Soviet Union]]. On [[December 26]], [[1991]] the USSR wa...
19: ''For details see the main article [[Persian Gulf War]].'' - U.S. presidential election, 1988 (11192 bytes)
1: [[image:ElectoralCollege1988-Large.png|thumb|450px|Presidential electoral vote...
2: ...nated [[Michael Dukakis]], governor of [[Massachusetts]]. Bush capitalized on Reagan's popularity whi...
12: ...akis|Michael S. Dukakis]], governor of [[Massachusetts]]
21: ...opped out of the race. In December of 1987, Hart returned to the race. However the damage had been do...
27: The [[1988 Democratic National Convention|Democratic Party C...
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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 Can...
7: ...sty|Her Majesty]] '''Queen Elizabeth II''' (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary [[House of Windsor|Windsor]]), st...
14: ...thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age thre...
15: ...her was HRH The Duchess of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George B...
17: ...ghness'']]. Her full style was HRH Princess Elizabeth of York. At the time of her birth, she was third... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
6: ...dio as a teenager in the late [[1960s]] in his hometown of [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]], using the nam...
16: ...refers on-air to the "Excellence In Broadcasting Network", or "E-I-B"; however, this is merely an on-a...
18: ...in the United States. The show is usually split between call-in segments and monologues by Limbaugh; ...
26: ... it was aired too late in the evening in many markets. (In many places it was aired at 1:30 AM or eve...
30: ...e all listeners, some of whom noted a long delay between a caller ending his point and Limbaugh respon... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
8: ...married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons, Alexander and Ki...
10: She returned to Myanmar in [[1988]] to care for her ailing mother. In that year, th...
16: ...an entry visa. Aung remained in Burma, and never met her husband again. He died in March [[1999]]. She...
18: ...use arrest. On [[May 6]], [[2002]], following secret confidence-building negotiations led by the [[Uni... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ... Pakistan [[Farooq Leghari]] again using his discretionary powers under the [[8th Amendment]]. Some of...
6: ...s elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]], and [[Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford]]. She temporarily left Radcliffe fo...
11: After graduating, she returned to [[Pakistan]], but in the course of her fa...
13: ...tion in more than a decade, on [[November 16]], [[1988]], Benazir's PPP won the single largest bloc of s...
15: ...e held which were won by the PPP coalition, thus returning Bhutto back into office till [[1996]] when ... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...n the world, after British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]].
33: ...A., LL.B.) and studied towards a doctorate in Soviet Government at the [[London School of Economics]].
39: ...e to run in the [[Canadian federal election, 1988|1988 federal election]] as a [[Progressive Conservativ...
41: ...lection to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first female [[Minist...
45: ...rom a relatively unknown [[Cabinet of Canada|cabinet member]] to [[Prime Minister of Canada]] came as ... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
57: ...in, what was at that time, a very patriarchal society, Indira was expected to be a passive leader, but...
59: ... doll), as people thought that she would be a puppet in the hands of other Congress leaders. But she p...
63: ...ppointment, she created "notoriously weak" [[cabinet]]s, centralizing her own personal authority in a ...
67: ...ed warmth in its relations with Russia (after Soviet disintegration) as compared to its relations with...
69: ...was being used inappropriately. The nationalized network of banks Gandhi created are successful and wi... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
2: ...+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
27: ...cknamed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to ...
29: ...r also dispatched a [[Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in...
31: ...itain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher assert that [[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]] ... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...to give up a [[bus]] seat to a white man who was getting on the bus.
6: ...rican Civil Rights Movement]] and worked as a secretary for the [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]], [[...
14: ...965]] until [[1988]]. She continues to reside in Detroit.
27: ...legal challenge to segregation laws (''see [[Claudette Colvin]] and [[Mary Louise Smith]]''). The sele...
35: After a lifetime of activity fighting [[racism]], Parks was awa... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
8: ... complete her secondary education, and there she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married...
10: ...ghter Paula was born in 1963. In 1966, Allende returned to Chile, and her son Nicol᳠was born there...
14: ... wake of a violent coup and died of his wounds (whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controve...
16: ..., was on his deathbed. She started writing him a letter that later evolved into a book manuscript, ''[...
18: ...uring a visit to [[California]] in 1988, Allende met her current husband, Willie Gordon, and has lived... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
1: [[image:Margaret_Atwood.jpg|right|framed|Margaret Atwood]]
2: ...laces in North America and around the world, she returned to Toronto, where she currently lives. She i...
4: ...ian fiction]], a theme that shows up both in the settings and atmosphere of her fiction and in her [[n...
6: ...effect. She ranks as a key figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voice...
10: ...'', was included in the French version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]]. - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...ved]] won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who found freedom...
6: ...segregation of literature from small minority subsets ([[African-American Literature]] or [[Hispanic L...
10: ...F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Princeton University]].
29: *[[Dreaming Emmet]] (performed 1986)
31: ==Libretto== - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
7: ...[[Sierra Leone]] and [[Liberia]] in West Africa. Returning to Los Angeles, she resumed her medical pra...
11: ...iland]] at a [[Cambodia]]n refugee camp. She completed her internship at [[Los Angeles County-USC Medi...
19: ...son Academy'', an alternative public school in [[Detroit]]. - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
9: ...h at the [[University of Toronto]], who died in [[1988]]. She died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart at... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
5: During her studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" f...
9: ...om the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]''.
11: ...]] ("Easter according to John"). The two works together form a "diptych" on the death and resurrection...
18: * Quintet for piano, two violins, viola, and violoncello (1...
23: *String Quartet No. 1 (1971) - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...ive rhythmic, driving sound. She has been a cigarette smoker since the age of nine, which may explain...
7: ...and ''[[Clouds (album)|Clouds]]'' (1969) were archetypes of the nascent singer-songwriter movement of ...
9: ... Mitchell's many songs focusing on the dichotomy between the benefits of her stardom and its costs, bo...
11: ...he best of this period. Exploring the various facets of relationships, from infatuation on "[[A Case ...
13: ...listically diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the [[Drum|Warrior Drums]]... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
1: ... (album)|Horses]]'', was a photo by [[Robert Mapplethorpe]].]]
2: ...[United States]] [[musician]], [[singer]] and [[poet]]. She was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] and ...
4: ...[[1970s]] painting, writing and performing both poetry and a play, ''Cowboy Mouth'' (a collaboration w...
6: ...rom Smith's friend and former lover [[Robert Mapplethorpe]] the band recorded a first single in [[1974...
8: ...'s popularity grew and the second album ''[[Radio Ethiopia]]'' reflected this with a rawer sound, alth... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
1: ...t|Lucinda Williams on the cover of her album ''Sweet Old World'']]
4: ...as different parts of the American South, before settling at the [[University of Arkansas]]. His daug...
8: ...ained fans among music insiders, including [[Tom Petty]], who would later cover the song.
10: Its follow-up, ''Sweet Old World'' (Chameleon, 1992), was a melancholy a...
12: ...east says it is. But, for some reason, she's completely out of the loop. And I feel strongly that that... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
7: ...ng)|Baltimore]]'' with her brother Mike for a competition involving the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. This so...
10: ...tlantic Records gave Amos a 6 record contract. In 1988, her debut album ''[[Y Kant Tori Read]]'' was rel...
16: ...od", "Cornflake Girl" (a #4 single in the UK), "Pretty Good Year" and "Past the Mission", which featur...
20: ...ir local rape crisis center. In [[1995]], Amos, duetting with [[Robert Plant]], contributed the song ...
27: ...st signing, which she co-produced, was the band "Pet" headed by lead singer Lisa Papineau. Their self-... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ... and the [[betrothal|betrothed]] of [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]]. The area of [[Christian]] [[theol...
6: ...ugh not all, historians accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept not...
8: ...raditions of the Church Fathers, and their interpretations of the Scriptures[[#Footnotes|¹]].
13: ...:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...ew 2|Matt. 2]]). Mary apparently remained in Nazareth for thirty uneventful years. During these years ... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
8: ...Vision (religion)|vision]]s. She received a prophetic call from God five years after her election as ...
11: ... named Volmar, who was to become her lifelong secretary. However, in 1141, Hildegard had a vision that...
13: Yet Hildegard was also overwhelmed by feelings of ina...
17: ...ho exhorted Hildegard to finish her writings. To determine if her visions were divinely inspired he cr...
22: ...nvented an [[constructed script|alternative alphabet]]. Due to her inventions of words for her lyrics ...
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