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- Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
4: ...lspan="2"| [[Image:Condoleezza Rice.jpg|200px|Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice-Bush]]
7: |66th Secretary of State
27: ...14]] [[1954]]), is the second [[United States Secretary of State]] in the administration of [[Presiden...
29: ...4]], Bush nominated Rice to succeed Powell as Secretary of State. On [[January 26]] [[2005]], the [[Un...
35: ...n dolcezza" which is a direction to play "with sweetness". [http://www.wnyc.org/legacy/shows/madaboutm... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
1: ...e name of an English poet, see [[Mary Robinson (poet)]]''
3: ...mmissioner for Human Rights]], from [[1997]] to [[2002]]. She first rose to prominence as an academic, [...
23: ... [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] after a career as a judge in the Colonial S...
25: ..., founded by [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] and once a [[Protestant]], [[Unionist]] bast...
41: ...ttle, Wood Quay was ultimately bulldozed and concreted over, to build the controversial Civic Offices.... - 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]] ... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ...used to divorce his wife to marry Madalyn, who nonetheless divorced Roths and began calling herself Ma...
7: ... [[1960]] she began a lawsuit (''[[Murray v. Curtlett]]'') against the [[Baltimore, Maryland]] School ...
11: ...] she publicly debated religious leaders on a variety of issues and also produced an [[atheism|atheist...
13: .... In a [[1982]] address she criticized a wide variety of atheists as being unacceptable, seemingly all...
18: ...vict who had worked as an office manager and typesetter for American Atheist and had previous convicti... - 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...
29: A scene in the [[2002]] film ''[[Barbershop (movie)|Barbershop]]'', whe... - 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]]. - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...f was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the [[Bloomsbury group|Bloomsbur...
9: ...led as one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century and one of the foremost [[Modernists]], ...
13: ...imultaneously as corrosion and rejuvenation- all set in a highly imaginative and symbolic narrative en...
15: ...ur life, that without me you could work" (<i>The Letters of Virginia Woolf</i>, vol. VI, p. 481).
20: ...anon and the future of women in education and society. - Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq (1019 bytes)
3: ... got her private pilot's license, and went on to get many other required licenses before asking her pa...
5: She graduated in [[2002]], and received the backing of Yemen's president ... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
5: ...father taught in the evenings. Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped th...
9: ...the work. It seemed she had little choice but to return to England.
12: ... was on holiday when Franklin arrived, and so he returned to find that his research project had been t...
15: ... is reported to have commented that it was very pretty 'but how are they going to prove it'. Crick and...
18: ...each other, when they should have been working together. It has been implied by Wilkins himself that t... - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
1: [[Image:Margaret_Mead.jpg|frame|Margaret Mead]]
3: '''Margaret Mead''' ([[December 16]], [[1901]] – [[Nove...
5: ...ant curator, eventually serving as its curator of ethnology from 1946 to 1969. In addition, she taugh...
13: ...tes courtesy, modesty, good manners, and definite ethical standards is not universal. It is instructi...
18: ...ough an interpreter) the sixty-eight young women between the ages of 9 and 20. - 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) - Miriam Makeba (1140 bytes)
3: ...shed her autobiography ''Makeba: My Story''. In [[2002]], she shared the [[Polar Music Prize]] with [[So... - 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]]... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
1: [[Image:alanis.jpg|thumb|Alanis Morissette]]
2: '''Alanis Nadine Morissette''' (born [[June 1]], [[1974]]) is a successful ...
6: ...nary success of ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'', Morissette's popularity has waned as singers such as [[Bri...
10: ...anada]], to schoolteachers Alan and Georgia Morissette. She has an older brother, Chad, and a [[twin]]...
12: ...t the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you one day and I want to be famous, just like yo... - 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'']]
2: ...merica's best songwriter" by ''Time'' magazine in 2002.
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... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
3: ...ebruary 11]], [[1962]] in [[Kennett, Missouri|Kennett]], [[Missouri]], [[United States|USA]]) is an Am...
9: ..."The Tuesday Night Music Club." They would get together and improvise songs until they had finished wo...
13: ... "If It Makes You Happy" became a radio hit, and netted her two Grammy awards for Best Female Pop Voca...
17: ... Crow's cover of the [[Guns N' Roses]] song "[[Sweet Child O' Mine]]", which was included on the [[sou...
21: ...f [[September 11th, 2001]] [[terrorist]] attacks. 2002 also found Crow collaborating with Stevie Nicks o... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
7: ...ng)|Baltimore]]'' with her brother Mike for a competition involving the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. This so...
10: ...t Peabody and her difficulty with playing from sheet music – with Caton, [[Matt Sorum]] (later o...
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 ...
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