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  1. History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
    3: ...in [[1963]] changed the political mood of the country. The new president, [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], capi...
    5: ... federal examiners. Within four years, voter registration in the South had more than doubled. In [[196...
    11: ...ldwater]], who the campaign characterized as an extremist. Most famously, the Johnson campaign issued...
    13: ...ep Southern states signified an ominous electoral trends for Democrats, who had depended on the "solid...
    15: ...New Deal Coalition]]) allowed the Democrats to control the government for much of the next 30 years, u...
  2. History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
    4: ...phic shifts to the "frontiers" from the more industrialized states in the Northeast and Midwest.
    6: ... sprawling areas of the South and West. Electoral trends in the regions reflect this divergence -- the...
    8: ...and looser regulatory environments, many saw a contraction of their economic base as municipalities lo...
    10: ...ed the U.S. House after 40 years of Democratic control.
    12: ...ive urban politicians in the 1970s across the country, such as New York Mayor [[Ed Koch]], a conservat...

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  1. 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]].
  2. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
    46: ...ngeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
    56: ...n Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
    58: *[[John Adams (Pitcairn)|Adams, John]], Patriarch Of Pitcairn
    65: ...el Adams|Adams, Samuel]], (1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
    67: ...1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip
  3. 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
    24: ...elli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist
  4. 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...
  5. Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
    39: | [[January 14]], [[1980]]
    51: ...[March 24]], [[1977]], and from [[January 14]], [[1980]] until her [[assassination]] in [[1984]].
    57: ...of government in, what was at that time, a very patriarchal society, Indira was expected to be a passi...
    59: ...d them all wrong as she emerged to be one of the strongest leaders in the history of independent India...
    63: ..., she created "notoriously weak" [[cabinet]]s, centralizing her own personal authority in a way her pr...
  6. Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
    18: ...the lawyer of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions for the years [[1970]]–[[1974]]. ...
    20: ...d. In the parliament her first actual position of trust was working as a chairman of the social commit...
    28: ...rime minister]] [[Esko Aho]] of the [[Keskusta|Centre Party]], becoming Finland's first female preside...
    32: ...ld still take an active role in governing the country. This was evident in e.g. the nomination of her ...
  7. Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
    3: ...e briefly serving as Prime Minister in [[1979]]-[[1980]]. Afterward she [[Portuguese presidential electi...
  8. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    27: ...mme of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed...
    31: ...creased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic growth occured th...
    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]].
  9. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
    7: ...algamated with the similar ''[[Abington School District v. Schempp]]'') reached the [[United States Su...
    11: ...[[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. In [[1980]] her son William converted to [[Christianity]] a...
    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.
  10. 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 ===
  11. Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
    1: ...]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
    8: ...ings''," she flew her own airplane around the country promoting her products. Years later, her husband...
    10: ...dopted to avoid dealing with the reality of her estranged and impoverished family.
    12: ...rforce Service Pilots]] (WASP) she supervised the training of more than a thousand women pilots. For h...
    14: ...apan]] after the War and attended the [[Nuremberg Trials]] in [[Germany]]. Following the end of the Wa...
  12. Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
    13: ... scientific author of the [[19th century]], who introduced her in turn to [[Charles Babbage]] on [[Jun...
    15: ...he programs in the notes appended to the Menebrea translation. Her prose acknowledged some possibilit...
    17: ...ady Anne Blunt]], is famous in her own right as a traveller in the [[Middle East]] and a breeder of [[...
    21: ==Controversy over attribution==
    23: Biographers have noted that Lovelace struggled with mathematics, and there is some debate ...
  13. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
    6: ... hire her. She started singing with Webb's Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. She...
    8: ...e new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
    10: ...oice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
    12: ...s with the famous Ellington's hit "[[Take the 'A' train]]", of which she was one of the few to sing - ...
    14: ..., [[Dizzy Gillespie]], and the [[Tommy Flanagan]] Trio, she also sang together with the "other voice" ...
  14. Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
    2: ...as the greatest female vocalist ever by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] ...
    6: ...rma]], sang at her father's [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at...
    10: ...("[[Bridge Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"), [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters...
    12: ...ded three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]].
    14: ...973 ''''You.'''' But it still produced a standout track ''"Angel",'' written by her sister Carolyn whi...
  15. Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
    5: ...ng|tunings]]. She was supported, however, by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], who in evaluating her final exam...
    7: ... mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Vi...
    9: In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through [...
    11: ...ommemoration of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. Her contribution was the [[Johannes-Passion (Gubaidulina)|J...
    21: *''Vivente - Non Vivente'' for electronics (1970)
  16. Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
    1: ...i Mitchell-Both Sides Now.jpg|frame|right|Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''...
    5: ...]]s) and unique [[guitar]] playing, tuning the instrument in unorthodox manners to produce a distincti...
    7: ...e charts, "Urge for Going", was a success for country singer [[George Hamilton IV]] and for folk singe...
    11: ...sylum. ''[[For the Roses]]'' (1972), whose title track continued her exploration of the themes of "Fo...
    13: ...ite the commercial success of the more mainstream tracks, she would spend the rest of the decade produ...
  17. Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
    4: ...t]], who recorded several songs to which Smith contributed, including "Career of Evil", "Fire of Unkno...
    8: ...h a rawer sound, although the murky production contributed to its poor reviews.
    10: ... Florida]], falling 15 feet into a concrete orchestra pit and severely damaging a number of neck verte...
    15: In the [[1980s]] she appeared to be in semi-retirement from mus...
    17: ...other Teresa]] and Smith's father) in 2000, and ''Trampin''' (featuring a song about [[Gandhi]]) in 20...
  18. Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
    2: ...rock music|rock]], [[folk music|folk]], and [[country music]] singer and songwriter. A three-time [[Gr...
    6: ...untry and [[blues]] covers. She followed it up in 1980 with ''Happy Woman Blues'', which consisted of he...
    8: ... relationship, received radio play around the country and gained fans among music insiders, including ...
    10: ...h Williams received the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994.
    12: ... of the loop. And I feel strongly that that's country music's loss."
  19. Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
    4: ... [[1997]]) was an internationally renowned and controversial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [...
    6: ...highest civilian award, the [[Bharat Ratna]] in [[1980]]. She was made an [[Honorary Citizen of the Unit...
    11: ... help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She was a me...
    13: ...o provide education for girls. After a few months training at the Institute of the [[Blessed Virgin Ma...
    24: ...ace), and an orphanage. The order soon began to attract both recruits and charitable donations, and by...
  20. Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
    2: ...[[October 22]] [[1943]]) is a [[France|French]] actress, born in [[Paris]], [[France]].
    4: ...Françoise Dorléac]], 1942-1967, was a popular actress before dying in a car crash). Her breakthrough...
    6: ...d was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the same performance.
    8: ... by her four-year relationship with [[Marcello Mastroianni]]. She has been married once, from 1965 to ...
    15: *1989 - ''Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre''

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