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  1. Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Maria Cantwell.jpg|frame|Maria Cantwell]]
    3: ...or [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Washington|Washington state]] and is a member...
    15: ...ted to the United States House of Representatives from Washington's first congressional district in 40...
    21: ... claimed in [[2000]] that RealNetworks was at the frontier of Internet privacy. However, Internet pri...
    37: ...'s race against Gorton. Cantwell also adopted the slogan, "Your voice for a change," a veiled reference to...
  2. Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
    51: ...ary 19]], [[1966]] to [[March 24]], [[1977]], and from [[January 14]], [[1980]] until her [[assassinat...
    67: ...-aligned). India subsequently withdrew its forces from west Pakistan, but the independent [[Republic o...
    69: ...had collapsed with depositors getting back only a fraction of their money. Moreover a large number of ...
    80: ...be removed from her seat in Parliament and banned from running for an additional six years. Rather tha...
    84: ... help of the parliament, thus protecting herself from legal prosecution once emergency rule was revok...
  3. Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
    5: ...]], the youngest of three children born to Karl Alfred Gustafsson ([[1871]]-[[1920]]) and Anna Lovisa ...
    10: From [[1922]] to [[1924]], she studied at the presti...
    14: [[Image:Temptress1.jpg|frame|Greta Garbo in 1926]]
    19: ...30 in film|1930]]), which was publicized with the slogan "Garbo Talks." The movie was a huge success, but ...
    23: ... "I think I'll go back to [[Sweden]]!" This would frighten the [[movie studio]] heads, who gave in to ...
  4. Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
    3: | image name=Franklin Pierce.jpg
    18: ... 14th [[President of the United States]], serving from [[1853]] to [[1857]]. Pierce was a [[United Sta...
    20: ...[[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
    25: ...[[Benjamin Pierce (governor)|Benjamin Pierce]], a frontier farmer who became a [[American Revolutionar...
  5. Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
    21: ...es]]:'''</td><td>[[Rose Cleveland]] (sister)<br>[[Frances Cleveland]] (wife)</td></tr>
    36: ...as elected Mayor of Buffalo in [[1881]], with the slogan "Public Office is a Public Trust" as his trademar...
    42: ...Swiss cheese and a chop at Louis's instead of the French stuff I shall find."
    44: ...dent to be married in the [[White House]] itself. Frances Cleveland was the youngest First Lady in the...
    46: ...[[American Civil War]] veterans whose claims were fraudulent. When Congress, pressured by the [[Grand ...
  6. Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
    34: | From [[Soviet Union]]<br/>&nbsp;[[October 27]], [[19...
    52: ...has been populated since ancient times, as armies from one empire to another decamped on their way to ...
    60: Separated from [[Persia]] and annexed by [[Russia]] between [[...
    66: ...is face adorns almost everything in Turkmenistan, from banknotes to bottles of [[vodka]]. The logo of ...
    68: A slogan popular among Turkmens is "Halk! Watan! T?bashy!"...
  7. Indiana (20194 bytes)
    47: ...n]] as part of the settlement at the end of the [[French and Indian War]], given to the [[United State...
    53: ...] of Indiana is [[Mitch Daniels]], whose campaign slogan was "My Man Mitch," elected on [[November 2]], [[...
    60: ... 475 mile long [[Wabash River]] bisects the state from northeast to southwest and has given Indiana tw...
    71: A high percentage of Indiana's GDP comes from manufacturing, and much of this activity is hea...
    75: ...bably best known for its decorative [[limestone]] fron the southern, hilly portion of the state. One o...
  8. Kentucky (15076 bytes)
    9: Capital = [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]] |
    41: ...h the [[Cumberland Gap]], and was the first major frontier developed west of the [[Appalachian Mountai...
    45: ...to the state. A different version of the name is from the Indian word meaning "dark and bloody huntin...
    48: ... [[capital]] of Kentucky is [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]] and its governor is [[Ernie Fletcher]] (...
    63: ...blage of smaller cities across the [[Ohio River]] from [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], also has a large metropol...
  9. Missouri (16086 bytes)
    1: ... is the ''[http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/history/slogan.asp Show-Me] State''; the U.S. Post Office abbrev...
    54: ...cennial census. The Senate consists of 34 members from districts divided such that the population of e...
    65: ...main behind from a glacier that once had extended from the north to the Missouri River.
    67: ...] [[igneous]] [[Saint Francois Mountain Range|St. Francois Mountains]].
    97: *11.2% [[African American|Black]]
  10. South Dakota (14035 bytes)
    41: ...[[Montana]]. It is one of the six states of the [[Frontier Strip]].
    52: : '''[[List of U.S. state slogans|State slogan]]:''' "Great Faces. Great Places."
    82: ...the U.S. failed to stop white miners and settlers from entering the region. [[Sitting Bull]] and [[Cr...
    125: the papers and obscure from him which he was signing
    130: ...est point between the [[Rocky Mountains]] and the French [[Alps]]. More than 70,000 people hike to its...
  11. Oregon (26551 bytes)
    43: ...the [[Oregon Bottle Bill]], but has also suffered from the rapid pace of logging in its forests.
    53: ...mes K. Polk|James Polk]] ran for President on the slogan "[[Fifty-Four Forty or Fight]]," referring to the...
    61: ...fornians (or outsiders in general). State ballots frequently illustrate the extremes of the political ...
    68: ... that the name came from an engraver's error in a French map published in the early 1700s, naming the ...
    69: ...m the word ''oolighan'', referring to grease made from fish, which the [[Native American]]s of the reg...
  12. Nevada (17565 bytes)
    37: ...04]] was estimated to be 2,334,771, up nearly 17% from the [[United States 2000 Census|2000 census]] f...
    39: ...ag; "The Battle Born State" is the official state slogan, as Nevada was admitted into the union during the...
    41: Despite the name's derivation from the Spanish word ''nevada'' meaning "snowy", th...
    49: ...territory and adopted its current name, shortened from ''Sierra Nevada'' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]...
    55: ...ush Rebels") maintain that it was due to pressure from mining interests to keep land out of the hands ...
  13. New Jersey (35646 bytes)
    41: ...]] (the land that would become New Jersey) to two friends who had been loyal through the [[English Civ...
    43: ...lish Crown and gave sanctuary to the King. It was from the Royal Square in St. Helier that [[Charles I...
    45: ...was in the Hudson River region and came primarily from New England. The first permanent English settl...
    63: ... However, by the close of the Civil War, several African-Americans in New Jersey were still in bondage...
    70: ... two [[United States Senate|U.S. Senators]] are [[Frank R. Lautenberg]] (Democrat) and [[Jon Corzine]]...
  14. American Revolution (17069 bytes)
    1: ...ink area was claimed by Great Britain after the [[French and Indian War]], and the orange region was c...
    2: ...ion of [[thirteen colonies]] in [[North America]] from the [[British Empire]] and the creation of the ...
    4: ...he revolution originated around the time of the [[French and Indian War]] ([[1754]]&ndash;[[1763]]), a...
    10: ..., if not conquered, at least pacified the western frontier. Most white colonists in America considered...
    19: ...vent that swept through all the British colonies, from New England to the Carolinas, as a common exper...
  15. History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
    7: ...concerning the [[United States]] troops returning from [[World War I]], "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down O...
    27: ... sale or use of a substance was considered so far from the accepted powers of the U.S. Federal Governm...
    36: ...he [[U.S. presidential election, 1924]] under the slogan "Keep Cool With Coolidge."
    42: ...ase in sustained demand. Fixed exchange rates and free convertibility gave way to a compromise&mdash;t...
    46: ...st); and other signposts of economic health&mdash;freight carloads, industrial production, wholesale p...
  16. Illinois (27007 bytes)
    37: ...ry]]. Its name was given by the state's [[France|French explorers]] after the indigenous [[Illiniwek]...
    39: ...e its largest city is [[Chicago]], along the waterfront of [[Lake Michigan]]. Most of the state's pop...
    48: ...lt of their exploration, Illinois was part of the French empire until [[1763]], when it passed to the ...
    56: ...Illinois in the Civil War]]), which were numbered from the 7th IL to the 156th IL. Seventeen cavalry r...
    60: ...ing from traditions cultivated during the state's frontier era. As codified in the state constitution...
  17. Kangaroo Facts (16137 bytes)
    21: The word ''kangaroo'' is said to derive from the [[Guugu Yimidhirr language|Guugu Yimidhirr]...
    39: ...several very small kangaroo-like marsupials, some from the family [[Macropodidae]], some not.
    46: ... dog can set a full-grown male boomer into a wild frenzy. In extreme circumstances, one or more [[Wedg...
    57: ...he gives birth; however, she has the ability to ''freeze'' the development of an embryo until the prev...
    59: ...g distances at moderately high speed in search of fresh pastures is crucial.
  18. Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
    1: {{MLB White Sox franchise}}
    5: ...893 in sports|1893]], as the [[Sioux City, Iowa]] franchise in the minor [[Western League (U.S. baseba...
    7: ...n 1991; the original [[Comiskey Park]] was in use from 1910 to 1990.)
    16: ==Franchise history==
    17: ...before claiming major league status, the St. Paul franchise was relocated to Chicago, to compete direc...
  19. Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
    1: {{MLB Dodgers franchise}}
    7: ..., the ''Robins'' (after Wilbert Robinson, manager from [[1914]] through [[1931]]) and the ''[[Trolley ...
    18: :'''Owner''': [[Frank McCourt (executive)|Frank McCourt]]
    21: == Franchise history ==
    23: ...ching to the [[National League]] in [[1890]], the franchise became the only one in MLB history to win ...
  20. John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
    22: ...arty (United States)|Democratic Party]] candidate from the North to be elected president, and the last...
    24: ...h most of his [[civil rights]] policies coming to fruition through his successor, [[Lyndon B. Johnson]...
    30: ...e history course. He graduated ''[[cum laude]]'' from Harvard with a degree in international affairs ...
    45: ...s, but had a mixed voting record, often diverging from President [[Harry S. Truman]] and the rest of t...
    47: ...ged marriage; he interviewed several of Kennedy's friends who reported the marriage as fact, and addit...

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