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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...atazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
9: ...|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
10: ...Adair|Adair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
7: *[[Ron Affif|Affif, Ron]], (born 1965), musician
10: *[[Alphonso I of Portugal|Afonso I Henriques of Portugal]], (1109-1185), first king of Portuga... - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
13: *[[Ahn Eak-tae]], (1906-1965), Korean composer
15: *[[Esko Aho|Aho, Esko]], (born 1954), Finnish prime minister
16: ...Ahtisaari, Martti]], (born 1937), UN diplomat & president of [[Finland]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ... [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[...
9: ...[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, afte...
11: ...]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
14: ...azine-cover-p'incess-lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover...
15: ...ark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary respectively. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ge:Victoria Mary of Teck.jpg|thumb|250px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bon...
3: ...[[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May''...
5: ...ls built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
9: ...]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child an...
11: ...ting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s. - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
5: ... Public Health at the [[Harvard University]] in [[1965]]. She was Norwegian Minister for Environmental A...
7: ...arings that were distinguished by their inclusiveness and published its report ''Our Common Future'' i...
9: ...when she was succeeded by [[Thorbj?agland]]. She resigned as leader of the [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|...
11: ...ide response to stem outbreaks of [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome|SARS]]. Gro Harlem Brundtland wa...
15: In 2004 the British newspaper [[The Financial Times]] listed her the 4th most influental European for... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...[[Margaret Thatcher]]. [[David Ben-Gurion]] once described her as "the only man in the Cabinet." She i...
6: ... left for the United States in [[1903]], and the rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
10: ... time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
12: When she was 14, her mother suggested that she give up school for work and to marry ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
9: |'''PM Predecessor:'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
12: |'''PM Succesor:'''
27: ... of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed th...
29: ... "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...ril 13]] [[1919]] - [[1995]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[atheist]], founder of [[American Ath...
4: ...to divorce his wife to marry Madalyn, who nonetheless divorced Roths and began calling herself Madalyn...
7: ...ble-reading at public schools in the [[United States]]. Public opinion was such that in [[1964]] [[Lif...
9: ...ses issues of [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution | First Amendment]] public policy." ...
11: ...church and state in violation of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. In [[1980]] her son ... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...arrested.jpeg|thumb|right|330px|Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to make room ...
2: ...ey''') is a retired [[African-American]] [[seamstress]] and figure in the [[American Civil Rights Move...
4: ...er; most of her adult life she worked as a seamstress.
8: ...second-class citizen and stood firmly. She was arrested, tried, and convicted for [[disorderly conduct...
10: ...as lifted. This event helped spark many other protests against [[segregation]]. In helping in this boy... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...lion copies and translated in 27 different languages.
6: ...llende, the cousin of [[Salvador Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. ...
8: ...hile in Bolivia, Allende attended an [[United States|American]] private school, and while in Lebanon a...
10: From 1959 to 1965, Allende worked with the [[United Nations]]' [[FA...
12: ...as y Lauchones," as well as a collection of articles, ''Civilice a su troglodita''. She also worked i... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...sm]]. She also has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literature|Canadian...
6: ...try]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]...
10: ...h version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]].
12: ...mote book-signing device" at an invitation-only presentation in Toronto. The device, also called the ... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
3: ...in [[Tenby]], [[Pembrokeshire]], [[Wales|South Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]. From [[1906]] to [[1907]] ...
7: ...' in Paris. Back in England, she taught at the [[Westminster Technical Institute]] from [[1917]] to [[...
11: ...to shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted by Fry.
13: ...e town, [[Augustus John]], and later another [[Wales|Welshman]], the poet [[Dylan Thomas]].
15: ...ted States]]. The poet [[Aleister Crowley]] unsuccessfully sued her and the publisher for libel over a... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...rize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who found freedom, but killed her infant ...
10: ...the [[Robert F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Princeton University]].
12: ...ing "Clinton displays almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born poor, working-cla...
15: *''[[The Bluest Eye]]'' (1970)
25: ==Short Stories== - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
5: ...nufactured synthetically; and also those of [[cholesterol]], [[lactoglobulin]], [[ferritin]], [[tobacc...
7: ...[Copley Medal]] from the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1965]] she was appointed to the [[Order of Merit]], fi...
9: ==References==
11: ...fessor Dorothy Hodgkin''. Oxford: The Clarendon Press.
13: ===Obituary notices=== - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...lzano within a few weeks, and her career as a professional pianist was launched.
7: ...es|Hungarian Rhapsody]]'' remain yardsticks for these works. Although she has been criticised over her...
9: ...ductor]] [[Charles Dutoit]], with whom she continues to record and perform.
11: ...nger pianists, through her annual festival, and does frequently appear as member of the jury of import...
16: '''[[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance]]''': - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
4: ... born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She w...
6: ...to hire her. She started singing with Webb's Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. S...
8: ...the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ...ctly [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...George Gershwin]] (with [[Nelson Riddle]]'s [[orchestra]]), [[Irving Berlin]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Jero... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the greatest female vocalist ever by such industry publicatio...
6: ...r gave full rein to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ...with producers [[Jerry Wexler]] and Arif Mardin, resulting in some of the most influential R&B recordi...
10: ...it to number one in the UK pop charts - the best result being a number four with her version of [[Burt...
12: ...cal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]]. - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ...oni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
3: ...] and [[jazz]], to become one of the most highly respected [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th c...
5: ...xplain the unique texture to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ... by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
9: ...her stardom and its costs, both in terms of its pressure and of the loss of privacy and freedom it ent... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
1: ...-teresa-03.jpg|thumb|Mother Teresa was born '''Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu''']]
2: ...e at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg for rationale -->
4: ...Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[poverty|poor]...
6: ...], hence she may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[Catholic]]s.
9: ...r parents had three children, and Teresa was youngest. The family was ethnically [[Albania|Albanian]].... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Hun...
4: ...House]] [[1936]]-[[1940]]), niece of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John H. Bankhead II]] ([[1872]...
6: ...Tallulah Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest & convinced her family to let her move to New Yo...
8: During these early New York years, she became a peripheral me...
10: ...d]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities. - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
1: ...herine deneuve.jpg|thumb|Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in 2000]]
2: ...October 22]] [[1943]]) is a [[France|French]] actress, born in [[Paris]], [[France]].
4: ...production ''[[Repulsion]]'' ([[Roman Polanski]], 1965).
6: ...was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the same performance.
8: ...lo Mastroianni]]. She has been married once, from 1965 to 1972, to the British photographer [[David Bail... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
3: ...nning [[United States|American]] film [[actor|actress]] who became the wife of [[Prince]] [[Rainier II...
5: ...millionaire and a gold-medal-winning [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Sport rowing|sculler]], and her broth...
7: ...aised but somewhat controversial [[Western movie|western]] starring [[Gary Cooper]].
9: ...d for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]], but the award went to [[Donna Reed]] for her ...
11: ... she was awarded the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for ''[[The Country Girl]]''. While it was bei... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ...in [[Roehampton]], England, along with fellow actress-to-be [[Maureen O'Sullivan]]. She then went on t...
7: ...ting "talent search" in which many popular actresses were considered for the role opposite [[Clark Gab...
9: ...ime, both were married (Olivier to actress [[Jill Esmond]] who was pregnant when the affair began).
11: ... year of Blanche DuBois in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''.
13: ...also been plagued by [[Bipolar Disorder|manic-depression]] for some time, which was believed to be a f... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
3: ...actress of all time and, at the age of 70, continues to be a top sex symbol.
5: ... up in poverty in wartime [[Pozzuoli]] near [[Naples]].
7: ...egional beauty contests, were she won several prizes and was discovered by her future husband, film pr...
9: ...Nights with Cleopatra]]'' and ''[[It's Him, Yes! Yes!]]''), her acting career took off upon meeting [[...
11: ...unt Studios]]. Among her films at this time: ''[[Desire Under the Elms]]'' with [[Anthony Perkins]] (b... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: ...]]'' ([[1964]]) and ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' ([[1965]]).
5: ...but at an early age, appearing in [[London]]'s [[West End]] in [[1947]]. She graduated through radio ...
9: ...e most sought-after stars in [[Hollywood]]. As a result, she appeared in the three-hour epic ''[[Hawai...
11: ...Company|ABC]] in [[1972]]-[[1973]], but the greatest critical acclaim accorded her TV work was for he...
13: ...ice to the role as Queen Lilian to the highly successful animated hit ''[[Shrek 2]]'', the sequel to t... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
2: ...became the first woman to swim the 100 metres in less than a minute. After she retired it was eight ye...
4: ...marched in the opening ceremony against their wishes, wore an old swimsuit (which angered sponsors) be...
6: ...New South Wales]] seat of [[Balmain, New South Wales|Balmain]].
10: *[[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne Olympic Games]]
11: **100 metres [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] - gold medal - Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
1: ...e of the greatest tennis players and female athletes in history.
3: In 1965 she married Lawrence King and since then has been...
5: ...on viewers in 37 countries. She scooped winner-takes-all $100,000 for the match.
7: ...ard.) She is one of only 9 players to hold a singles title in each of the [[Grand Slam in tennis]] eve...
9: ...f several [[AIDS]] charities. King currently resides in New York and Seattle. Her brother, [[Randy Mof... - Katarina Witt (1117 bytes)
1: ...its in her performances. After her Olympic successes, she became the first athlete from East Germany t... - Human brain (15406 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|250px|Illustration of the Human Brain courtesy of [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
7: Human [[encephalization]] is especially pronounced in the [[neocortex]], the most...
9: ...s well as profoundly developed protypical structures of the [[brain stem]]. But the human brain is uni...
13: ...[[infant]]s, it consumes about 60%.) This generates a lot of [[heat]], which must be removed to preve...
15: ... only the [[medulla oblongata]] visible as it merges with the [[spinal cord]]. - Retina (13061 bytes)
1: ...art.com Classroom Clip Art]]] Many animals have eyes different from the human eye.]]
5: ...resulting neural signals then undergo complex processing by other [[neuron]]s of the retina, and are t...
7: ...in Physiology or Medicine]] for their scientific research on the retina.
9: The unique structure of the [[blood vessel]]s in the retina have been used for [[biometri...
12: ...]], a pit that is most sensitive to light and is responsible for our sharp central vision. Around the ... - Furniture (1728 bytes)
1: ...to create comfortable and convenient interior spaces.
10: *[[chest (furniture)|chest ]]
15: *[[desk]]
40: ...rniture. New York: Holt, Rhinehart, and Winston, 1965.
42: *Hayward, Charles H., Antique or Fake?: The Making of Old Furniture... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...c]] word ''al-jazā’ir'', which translates as ''the islands'', referring to the four islands...
23: ...<br><br> - Population:<br> - [[Coordinates]]:||[[Algiers]] الج&...
25: ...tate]]''' || [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]], <small>''President''</small>
31: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 11th]] <br /> 2,381,740 [[square k...
35: ...[Population density|Density]]:|| [[List of countries by population|Ranked 34th]]<br>32,818,500 <small>... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
11: largest_city = [[Istanbul]] |latd=41|latm=1|latNS=N|long...
12: official_languages = [[Turkish language|Turkish]]|
14: leader_titles = [[President of Turkey|President]]<br>[[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Pri...
15: leader_names = [[Ahmet Necdet Sezer]]<br>[[Recep Tayyip Erdoga...
17: established_events = - Formation of Parliament... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ... rich history during which its culture has proven especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [...
19: | '''Largest city''' || [[Athens]]
21: | '''[[List of Presidents of Greece|President]]''' || [[Karolos Papoulias|KᲯlos Papo?]]
25: ...sp;- Total<br> - % water || [[List of countries by area|Ranked 94th]]<br/>[[1 E11 m2|131,940 km&s...
27: ...[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|Ranked 70th]]<br/>10,665,989<br/>82... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
1: ... into the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in its center. In [[1965]], The Gambia became independent from the [[Briti...
14: ...er" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Progress, Peace, Prosperity''</small>
24: | '''Largest city'''
27: | '''[[List of Presidents of The Gambia|President]]'''
31: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 158th]]<br>10,380 [[square kilomet... - Botswana (22276 bytes)
1: ...s dominated by [[cattle]] raising and [[mining]], especially [[diamond|diamonds]]. The capital is [[G...
24: | '''[[President of Botswana|President]]''' || [[Festus Mogae]]
27: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 44th]] <br /> 600,370 [[square kil...
32: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 144th]]
44: | ''[[Fatshe leno la rona]]'' (Blessed Be This Noble Land) - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
1: ...South Africa]] to the south, [[Botswana]] to the west, [[Zambia]] to the north and [[Mozambique]] to t...
22: | '''[[President of Zimbabwe|President]]''' || [[Robert Mugabe]]
24: ...sp;- Total<br> - % water || [[List of countries by area|Ranked 59th]]<br>390,580 [[km²]]<br>...
26: ...[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|Ranked 66th]]<br/>12,576,742<br>32/...
28: ...]<br>''(as Rhodesia)'' [[November 11|Nov. 11]], [[1965]]<br>''(as Zimbabwe)'' [[April 18|Apr. 17]], [[19... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
9: ...anthem = [[Pak sarzamin shad bad]]<br>(Blessed Be The Sacred Land) |
10: official_languages = [[Urdu language|Urdu]], [[English languag...
14: ...der_titles = [[President of Pakistan|President]]<br />[[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Mi...
15: leader_names = [[Pervez Musharraf]]<br />[[Shaukat...
16: largest_city = [[Karachi]] (also [[financial... - Indonesia (12958 bytes)
1: ...oppled General [[Suharto]], who seized power in [[1965]].<!--
7: native_name = Republik Indonesia |
8: common_name = Indonesia |
9: image_flag = Indonesia flag large.png |
10: image_coat = Indonesiacoatofarms.jpg | - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ... [[Chad]] to the west, and [[Libya]] to the northwest.<!--
15: official_languages = [[Arabic language|Arabic]] |
19: ...tles = [[List of Presidents of Sudan|President]] |
20: leader_names = [[Umar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir|U. H. ...
21: largest_city = [[Khartoum]] | - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ... (known also as the African World War), the deadliest conflict since [[World War II]].
16: official_languages = [[French language|French]] |
20: ...sidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|President]] |
21: leader_names = [[Joseph Kabila]] |
22: largest_city = [[Kinshasa]] | - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
3: ...ysia]] (Peninsular Malaysia, Malay Peninsula) shares a land border on the north with [[Thailand]] and ...
5: ... Sultanate of [[Brunei]] on the east, south, and west.
37: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 64th]] <br> 329,750 [[square kilom...
40: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 46th]]<br> 25,720,000 (Q3-20...
45: | '''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]''' (PPP) <br> - Total ([[20... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...cean|Atlantic]], such as the [[Azores Islands|Azores]]and [[Madeira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] ...
5: ...omic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the r...
7: ...cial and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
13: ''Main articles: '''[[Lusitanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitani...
15: ...9, "A Lusit⮩a" paragraph 1}} The [[Conii]] were established in southern Portugal for a long time. Th... - Zambia (24496 bytes)
1: ...on)|Northern Zambezia]], and then, [[Northern Rhodesia]], the country is named after the [[Zambezi Riv...
11: official_languages = [[English language|English]] |
15: ...les = [[List of Presidents of Zambia|President]] |
16: leader_names = [[Levy Mwanawasa]] |
17: largest_city = [[Lusaka]] | - California (63989 bytes)
11: ...tCity = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] |
22: PCForest = 35 |
23: PCDesert = 25 |
25: 2004Pop(est) = 35,893,799 |
37: HighestElev = 4421 | - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport]]...
30: HighestElev = 725 |
32: LowestElev = 0 |
36: ...ticut was one of the [[13 colonies|thirteen colonies]] that revolted against British rule in the [[Ame...
43: ...on]], the third for Connecticut, was adopted in [[1965]]. The traditional abbreviation of the state's na... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] |
30: HighestElev = 3,426 |
32: LowestElev = 0 |
36: ... of the state is notably rainy; east of the Cascades the climate is much more arid. In fact, on avera...
40: ...]] article in ''[[U.S. News and World Report]]'' described Oregon as a - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
9: Motto = Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes) |
11: LargestCity = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]] |
31: HighestElev = Wheeler Peak, 13,161 ft, 4,014 |
33: LowestElev = Red Bluff Reservoir, 2,817 ft, 859 |
38: ...nguage|Spanish]] are officially recognized languages in the state. In [[Spain|European]] [[Spanish la... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...cal form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where there ...
7: ...uage|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
14: * 26 KYA: [[Venus of Dolni Vestonice|Ceramics]] in [[Moravia]]
19: ...iculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
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