Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- 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]] ... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...ntwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...der command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
12: ...bard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
16: ...ound|tube]] railway opens between [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
18: * [[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Austria-Hungary]] surrenders to [[Italy]]. - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...ba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
4: ...iarch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
14: ...illas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
52: *[[Milton Acorn|Acorn, Milton]], (1923-1986), poet
62: *[[Loren Acton|Acton, Loren]], (born 1936), US astronaut - 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... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><...
9: ...r]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[Briti...
16: ...treason (adultery against the King was considered treason), incest with her elder brother, and witchcr...
18: ...ll-being, particularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker b...
20: ...zabeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. Luckily, she... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ictoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] Museum]]
9: ...absburgs]], the once powerful ruling family of Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[...
11: ... avoid their [[creditor]]s in [[1883]]. The Tecks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various ...
13: ...se to her aunt, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (n饠[[Princess Augusta of Cambridge]]). May...
17: ...een Victoria]]'s fondness of May, as well as her strong character and sense of duty. Albert Victor was... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
7: ...mmit]] / [[UNCED]], that was headed by [[Maurice Strong]], who had been a prominent member of the Brun...
9: ...Minister for two subsequent terms - from May 9, [[1986]] until October 16, [[1989]] and from November 3,...
21: ...rime Ministers|Prime Minister of Norway]] | years=1986–1989 | after=[[Jan P. Syse]]}} - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[M...
35: ...1983]], and Campbell married [[Howard Eddy]] in [[1986]].
39: ...ia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] party in [[1986]] and later unsuccessfully ran for the leadership...
45: ...n in government, and if not, would at least be a strong [[parliamentary opposition|opposition]] to a L...
47: ...oon wore off. The prime minister appeared to have troubles relating to "regular" Canadians, and many f... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
7: ...Andrew Jacobs]]. Her mother, Rose, was an administrative assistant.
9: ...rned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration. After earning her degree, she moved to [[Se...
13: ...ge of 28. She had knocked on every door in her district. As a state representative, she helped write t...
15: ...term, she got the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] Administration to drop its support of the [[Clipper Chip]],...
21: ...resses, and [[GUID]]s to RealNetworks servers, contrary to the company's public claims. [http://search... - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
3: ...sidential election, 1986|ran]] for President in [[1986]] and served in the [[European Parliament]] from ... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...[United States Secretary of State]] in the administration of [[President of the United States|Presiden...
35: .../www.wnyc.org/legacy/shows/madaboutmusic/madabout_transcript090701.html]
37: ...n [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing|Sixteenth Street Baptist Church]] by [[white supremacy|white su...
41: ...] and led her to call Korbel, "one of the most central figures in my life" [http://www.rider.edu/phanc...
43: ...artment]] in [[1977]], during the [[Carter administration]], as an intern in the Bureau of Educational... - 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: ...hen the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] won control of Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was no...
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]]. - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ...lesman. With his family in tow, he traveled in a trailer all around the United States, buying and sel...
12: ...e foreground. During this time she toured the country with the brilliant lawyer [[Florynce Rae Kennedy...
23: ...and personal set backs. In 1994, she contracted [[trigeminal neuralgia]]. She became a newlywed at an ...
25: She made famous a phrase that was coined by Australian author [[Irina Dunn]]: "A woman without a ma...
31: * ''Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions'' (1983) - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...[November 18]], [[1939]]) is a [[novelist]], [[poetry|poet]], [[literary criticism|literary critic]], ...
6: ...ffect. She ranks as a key figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices...
10: ...05]]. In addition, the [[French language|French]] translation of ''The Handmaid's Tale'', ''La servant...
12: ...[Toronto]], [[Unotchit]] Inc., her company, demonstrated a "remote book-signing device" at an invitati...
31: === Poetry collections === - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...ment that valued education. Her parents believed travel was a way to learn, and before she was 10 yea...
6: ...nnsylvania]] (1861-1865). Tired of patronizing instructors and fellow male students, and the slow pace...
8: ...int copies of paintings in Italy, after which she traveled about Europe.
12: ...d that her colors were too bright and that her portraits too accurate to be flattering to the subject.
18: Shortly after her triumphs with the [[impressionism|impressionists]], ... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
11: ... had suffered for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband.
18: * ''The Revenge of Truth'' (1926, published in Denmark)
29: ...ern Marriage and Other Observations'' (posthumous 1986, USA) - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
5: ...頧'La Rotond'' where the man at the next table introduced himself as "Modigliani, painter and Jew". I...
9: ...<center>'''- ''Nina Hamnett'' -'''</center></td></tr></table>
11: ...d the like. The photo shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted by Fry.
13: ...and Windmill Streets that formed the area's epicentre. Home of the caf頬ife in Montparnasse, it was N...
17: ...t of the last few decades of her life at the bar, trading anecdotes for drinks. - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
8: ...e of the renunciation of [[materialism]] and the strength of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [...
12: ...president", saying "Clinton displays almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born po...
29: *[[Dreaming Emmet]] (performed 1986) - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
2: ... ([[November 15]], [[1887]] – [[March 6]],[[1986]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[art]]ist b...
4: ... often transformed the subject into a powerful abstract image.
12: ...in ill health, was uncomfortable with travel. Her trips west gave her the solitude she required to pur...
14: ...anta Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] until her death in 1986. Her home was in [[Abiquiu, New Mexico]]. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ...ce" Zinovievna Rosenbaum''', was a popular and controversial [[United States|American]] [[philosopher]...
19: ... Party of the Soviet Union|Communist]] message, attracting the attention of Soviet officials). There i...
22: ...er basic living-expenses. While working as an [[extra]] on [[Cecil B. DeMille]]'s ''[[King of Kings]]'...
24: ...by Rand and re-released as ''We the Living'' in [[1986]].
26: ...mpany]] publishing house. Despite these initial struggles ''The Fountainhead'' was successful, bringi...
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).