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- History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
7: ...reasingly mechanized with widespread use of the [[tractor]], so fewer farmers were needed to produce a...
14: ...]], who promised a "return to normalcy" after the traumatic years of World War I.
16: ...t]], which rose to record high levels, which in retrospect after the crash were dangerously inflated.
25: ...overseas due to the Great War. Absentee voting by troops overseas was spotty at best.
27: ...he 18th Amendment, then, represented the growing strength of the state in the early 20th century. A fe... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ... Soviet mistrust stemmed from the landing of U.S. troops in Russia in [[1918]], which became involved,...
13: ...5]], Soviet and Western (US, British, and French) troops were located in particular places, essentiall...
15: ... represent two ways of life, each vindicated in [[1945]] by previous disasters. Conflicting models of au...
17: ...he world to emerge intact—and even greatly strengthened from an economic perspective—was t...
24: ...ch argued that the United States would have to contribute 4 billion dollars(2005 currency) to efforts ...
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...g by the Qin emperor ([[2nd century BC|200 BC]]) strengthened the Chinese civilization. Politically, C...
7: ...s, and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In la...
18: ...nnect the Xia to excavations at [[Erlitou]] in central [[Henan]] province, where a bronze smelter from...
28: ...mi-feudal system. Nevertheless, power became decentralized during the [[Spring and Autumn Period]] whe...
30: ...aoning]], and governed under the new local administrative system of [[commandery]] and [[prefecture]] ... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng2.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Great Wall of China]], stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in th...
5: ...]] [[Chinese dynasty|dynastic]] change. The [[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a ...
7: ...orld War II. Since then the ROC has maintained control over Taiwan and the [[Pescadores]], islands off...
14: ...e centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states.
16: ...although being continually redefined while the central political influence expanded territorially, and... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
6: *[[John Agapetus|Agapetus, John]], patriarch of Constantinople
8: *[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
13: *[[Agathangelus I]], patriarch of Constantinople
16: *[[Agathon]] (c. 448-400 BCE), Athenian tragic poet
17: *[[Jack Agazarian|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW ... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her...
7: ...[head of state]] of [[Antigua and Barbuda]], [[Australia]], the [[Bahamas]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]],...
9: ...ate in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving curren...
11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of State. Her reign has s...
15: ...re and Kinghorne]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named after her mother, while her... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
3: ...lign=right><tr><td>[[Image:NancyAstor.jpg]]</td></tr></table>
4: ... Grenfell]] was a noted British monologuist and actress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], bec...
8: ... re-elected many times, serving until 1945. She attracted much attention as she was the first woman me...
10: ...and her husband had protested to Hitler about his treatment of the [[Jew]]s. In 1940 she urged Prime M...
12: ...tic song to the tune of the haunting [[Marlene Dietrich]] song ''Lili Marlene'' that they called "The ... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: '''Daw Aung San Suu Kyi''' (born [[June 19]], [[1945]] in Rangoon, Burma, now known as [[Yang?, [[Myan...
10: ...l [[Ne Win]], stepped down, leading to mass demonstrations for [[democracy|democratisation]], which we...
12: ...he was offered freedom if she would leave the country, but she refused.
14: ...money to establish a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the Burmese people.
16: ... [[1997]], the Burmese government denied him an entry visa. Aung remained in Burma, and never met her ... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
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9: <tr><td>'''Rank:'''</td><td>7th</td></tr>
10: ...mber]] [[1990]] - [[12 September]] [[1997]]</td></tr>
11: <tr><td>'''Number of Terms:'''</td><td>1</td></tr> - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eleanor_Roosevelt.gif|White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ...ted States promoting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]]. Sh...
5: ...st Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
9: ...y cold woman, in an autocratic house. On [[St. Patrick's Day]], [[1905]] she married [[Franklin D. Ro...
16: ...osevelt's sexuality continues to be a topic of controversy. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...mme of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed...
31: ...ge-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial heartlands of [[northern England]], and increa...
36: ...bour Party]] won control of Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was not re-elected as an Alderman, a d...
38: ...|Oxford]] from [[1944]] where she studied [[chemistry]]. She became Chairman of the [[Oxford Universit...
45: ...g and Land. She moved to the Shadow [[HM Treasury|Treasury]] Team after [[1966]]. - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ...she in the [[Women's Auxiliary Army Corps]]. In [[1945]], while posted to a [[cryptography]] staff in [[...
7: ...algamated with the similar ''[[Abington School District v. Schempp]]'') reached the [[United States Su...
18: ...d [[fundamentalist]] Christians had kidnapped the trio. Many of the O'Hair assets were sold to clear u...
21: ... atheists and various efforts have been made to introduce a new term into common use. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...e world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
6: ...t of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated ...
12: ...well as a collection of articles, ''Civilice a su troglodita''. She also worked in Chilean television...
14: ...(whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile ...
16: ...t]]. The movie starred [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn Close]] and [[Ant... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: '''Gertrude Stein''' ([[February 3]], [[1874]] - [[July 27...
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
9: ...in_by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
13: ... Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was supp...
15: ...Picasso]] (who became a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri Matisse]], [[Andre Derain]] plus oth... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...t contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of [[coal]], [[DNA]] and [[viruses]].
8: ...l degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ...re and earned an international reputation on the structure of carbons. Indeed on several occasions aft...
14: ===Discovery of the structure of DNA===
15: ...B form of DNA. Francis Crick has commented that 'Strictly speaking, our model was not finally ''decisi... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ...Donald''', was an [[African American]] dancer, actress and singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venu...
7: ...ar. The leopard frequently escaped into the orchestra pit, where it terrorized the musicians, adding y...
11: ... successfully as a Sicilian [[count]]—Baker transformed her stage and public persona into a soph...
13: ...owed Baker to show her loyalty to her adopted country by participating in the [[French Resistance|Unde...
17: ...Kelly|Princess Grace]] of [[Monaco]], another expatriate American entertainer living in Europe. - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
1: ...Draria]], [[Algeria]] – died [[March 30]],[[1945]], [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a [[Roman Catholi...
3: ...she joined the convent of the medical sisters, "Notre Dame de Compassion" in [[Lyon]]. In 1933 she bec...
5: ...nd starving Mother Elise Rivet, on [[March 30]],[[1945]] only weeks before the war ended.
7: ...people on stamps of France|postage stamp]] and a street bearing her name in [[Brignais]] (Lyon) was in... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
8: This is the last entry in the canonical New Testament regarding Mary of...
12: ...s the [[Third century | 3rd century]] there are Patristic references to the ''Gospel of Mary''. These ...
22: ...n and reject the authority of women to teach." (introduction, ''[[Nag Hammadi|The Nag Hammadi Library]...
26: ==Expansion of the Mary Magdalene tradition==
27: Tradition as early as the 3rd century identified as ... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
3: ...n [[1915]] in [[France]] - died [[February 5]], [[1945]] in [[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a heroine of [[...
7: ...o [[Gibraltar]] and eventually London. There, SOE trained her as a wireless operator in preparation fo...
9: ...ered great hardship from exposure, cold, and malnutrition.
11: ...mp]], sometime between January 25 and February 5, 1945, 29-year-old Denise Madeleine Bloch was executed ... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
7: ... she falteringly entered the worlds of work and matrimony. A first marriage, at eighteen, to business...
9: ...h courier missions was the smuggling across the Tatras of a secret, unique Polish [[anti-tank]] [[rifl...
11: ...ntelligence]]. Krystyna showed her penchant for stratagem when they were arrested by the German [[Ges...
15: ...], during their flight from [[Hungary]], to charm transit visas through French-mandated [[Syria]] from...
20: ...nly been called into question because of these instructions." - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
3: ...([[June 26]], [[1921]] – [[February 5]]?, [[1945]]) was a [[World War II]] secret agent.
7: ...es producing war materials for the Germans were extremely important to establish bombing targets.
9: ... into hard labour and suffered terribly from malnutrition and exhaustion.
11: ...uted by the Germans on or about [[February 5]], [[1945]] and her body disposed of in the [[crematorium]]... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ...and because of her father's sympathies for [[Leon Trotsky]], the family fled to [[Syracuse, New York|S...
8: ... (1944) and "A Study in Choreography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Found...
14: ...Book of Ephraim]]'' (1976), the first book of the trilogy known as ''[[The Changing Light at Sandover]...
21: *''A Study in Choreography for Camera'' (1945) with [[Talley Beatty]]
22: *''Riual in Transfigured Time'' (1946) Choreographic collaborati...
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