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		15 Ancient Greek Heroes from Plutarch's Lives ^Votes:0 From Plutarch's Lives , still inspirational after 19 centuries: 15 Ancient Greek Heroes from Plutarch's Lives P L O U T A R C O U A modern English edition, abridged and annotated by Wilmot H. McCutchen This site and all contents copyrighted ? 1998, 1999 by Wilmot H. McCutchen. All Rights Reserved. PREFACE by the author. It's brief, so start here, then read the following biographies in order: Theseus The Athenian Adventurer ( circa 1300 B.C.) Theseus suppressed crime and brought the natives of Attica together into the first democracy. He saved the Athenian children from the Minotaur, but his kidnap of the queen of the Amazons brought trouble, and he ended his days in disgrace. Lycurgus T he Father of Sparta ( circa 800 B.C.) Lycurgus established harmony, simplicity, and strength in Sparta. Read More Go to Site


		Academy of Achievement Main Menu ^Votes:0 This page has moved. Please update your bookmarks. Click here to go to new page ?2005 Academy of Achievement. All Rights Reserved Read More Go to Site

		Biographical Dictionary - S9.com ^Votes:0 Welcome, guest! ~ Login ~ Register Home Browse Search Challenge Quick Search: Welcome to the Biographical Dictionary! S9.com was established in 1997. The dictionary covers more than 33,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary can be searched by birth and death dates, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords. S9.com is a Wikipedia type system and everyone can edit biographies or even make their own . Whether you have a passion for history or simply know an interesting fact about the life of your current idol we invite you to contribute to our free project. Latest Biographies Phair, Elizabeth Clark 1967 - Born on April 16th in New Haven, Connecticut. 1985 -... Kroc, Raymond Albe Read More Go to Site

		Biography, Videos and Interviews - Biography.com ^Votes:0 Send to friend I Biography - Bookmark this page Bio Email Updates Videos Actors/Actresses Bio4Kids Black History Celebrity Fact or Fiction Weekly Highlights People Browse Alphabetical Index Browse By Category BIO's Best Animalographies Black History Boo-ography Deathiversary Profiles of 9/11 TV Moms Women's History U.S. Presidents Games TV ALL SHOWS SCHEDULE Biography Bio4Kids Final 24 Notorious Mystery Programs Born On This Day Shop Holiday Gift Finder Gift Certificates Biography DVDs Mystery DVDs Photo Galleries Discuss SEARCH: In The Headlines Actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins nearly died after suffering an accidental overdose. Read his bio . Today's Video Picks 1. JFK: His Last Day 2. Psychic Investigators: Finding Amy 3. The History of Thanksgiving 4. JFK: Capturing Oswald 5. Enchant Read More Go to Site

		Boris Yeltsin ^Votes:0 Boris Yeltsin We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it. Boris Yeltsin , 1995 Part I. Construction In 1930, Ignaty Yeltsin , a well-off peasant of Butka village, Sverdlovsk region, was declared kulak . His house, his mill, and other valuables were confiscated. According to different sources, Ignaty Yeltsin either fled the village to avoid further persecution, or was sent to internal Northern exile. On February 1, 1931, Ignaty 's grandson, Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin , was born in Butka. Soon afterwards, Boris Yeltsin 's family moved to the city of Kazan, where his father, Nikolai , worked at a construction site of a machine-building plant. On May 23, 1934, Nikolai Yeltsin was convicted of anti-Soviet agitatio Read More Go to Site

		Children's Encyclopedia of Women ^Votes:0 Children's Encyclopedia of Women This encyclopedia was begun in March 1998 by third and fourth grade students at Pocantico Hills School in Sleepy Hollow, NY. We have added to it during March and April of each year since then. We are currently in the process of adding to the collection with this student work. The children choose a woman based on a topic they are interested in. This is by no means a complete collection. We hope you enjoy your visit and come back soon to see our new addition! updated 05/15/07 Visit our timeline Important Dates in Women's History Research Sources Women's Cyberhunt from Scholastic -- Search by Subject -- or by Last Name A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z - A - Bella Abzug Abigail Adams Agnodice Michelle Akers Madeleine Albright Amy Alcott Louis Read More Go to Site

		CNN - Cold War: Knowledge Bank ^Votes:0 This site is best viewed with a 4.0 browser and requires javascript Click on our interactive who's who ------------------- Adenauer, Konrad Allende, Salvador Andropov, Yuri Attlee, Clement Bevin, Ernest Brandt, Willy Brezhnev, Leonid Brzezinski, Zbignew Bush, George Byrnes, James Carter, Jimmy Castro, Fidel Churchill, Winston Chou En-lai Duarte, Jose Napoleon Dubcek, Alexander Dulles, Allen Dulles, John Foster Eisenhower, Dwight D. Gorbachev, Mikhail Gromyko, Andrei Havel, Vaclav Ho Chi Minh Honecker, Erich Hoover, J. Edgar Jaruzelski, Gen. Wojciech Johnson, Lyndon Kennan, George Kennedy, John Khrushchev, Nikita Kim Il Sung Kissinger, Henry MacArthur, Douglas McCarthy, Joseph McNamara, Robert Mao Tse-tung Marshall Jr., George Marshall Plan Masaryk, Jan Meir, Golda Molotov, Vyacheslav Nagy, Read More Go to Site

		Cowgals Home On The Web! ^Votes:0 Let's see some o' them dad-gum cowgirls! Rose Maddox Fox Hastings Dale Evans Patsy Montana Annie Oakley Calamity Jane Pauline Cushman Girls of the Golden West Lucille Mulhall Other Oldtime Cowgirl Sites Liz Masterson PatsyMontana.com Pendleton Cowgirl Company Cowgirls of the 1900s National Cowgirl Hall of Fame Many thanks to my good cowgal friend, Edith Frost , for sending her cowgal pages this-a-way when she decided to redesign her site. I have lots of books on oldtime cowgirls and will try to keep adding to this section. I hope you will enjoy the results of our cowgirl teamwork! Next Site in the Cowgirls Loop WebRing Read More Go to Site

		Evita Peron Historical Research Foundation ^Votes:0 HOME ORIGINS OBJECTIVES U.S. REPRESENTATIVE BIOGRAPHY FUNDACION EVA PERON LEGACY PHOTO ALBUM INIHEP MUSEUM < The goal of the FIHEP is the recovery, historical investigation, and diffusion of the life and works of SeÑora MarÍa Eva Duarte de PerÓn and of her relevant contemporaries. It is time to rescue the woman buried beneath the myth and to contribute to the historical knowledge of the figure of Eva PerÓn from a scientific perspective. The seed for the Evita PerÓn Historical Research Foundation was planted in 1995 when her sisters gathered together a group of professionals from diverse areas of Argentine culture. This site is developed and maintained by the family of Evita PerÓn. - Our purpose is to make known the life and legacy of Evita PerÓn. Except where otherwise noted, all conten Read More Go to Site

		Gale - Free Resources - Women's History - Biographies - Joan of Arc ^Votes:0 Select Search Type Products (e.g. InfoTrac) Site (e.g. Customer Service) Order Center Login \| Register About Us \| Contact Us \| Careers \| Press Room \| Site Map United States \| Change Your Region About Gale Home Locations Executive Bios Trade Shows Title List Changes Home Alacritude Dialog Factiva Lexis-Nexis Profound OneSource Yahoo YellowBrix Business Development Home Who We Are What We Do How We Do It Content Solutions Current Partners Testimonials Contact Us Press Room Home Awards Library of the Year Images for Media Media Contact Need a Speaker? Outside U.S. and Canada Home International Support Product Information: Catalog Catalog Help Cataloging Service Core-Reference Titles How to Order New Products Product Fact Sheets Product Reviews View Wish List Database Title Lists CD-ROM Databa Read More Go to Site

		Gale - Free Resources - Women's History - Biographies - Mother Teresa ^Votes:0 Select Search Type Products (e.g. InfoTrac) Site (e.g. Customer Service) Order Center Login \| Register About Us \| Contact Us \| Careers \| Press Room \| Site Map United States \| Change Your Region About Gale Home Locations Executive Bios Trade Shows Title List Changes Home Alacritude Dialog Factiva Lexis-Nexis Profound OneSource Yahoo YellowBrix Business Development Home Who We Are What We Do How We Do It Content Solutions Current Partners Testimonials Contact Us Press Room Home Awards Library of the Year Images for Media Media Contact Need a Speaker? Outside U.S. and Canada Home International Support Product Information: Catalog Catalog Help Cataloging Service Core-Reference Titles How to Order New Products Product Fact Sheets Product Reviews View Wish List Database Title Lists CD-ROM Databa Read More Go to Site

		Great Leaders of Rome ^Votes:0 In the last three month, I have received 3 notices that this site has been closed down by Geocities due to high bandwidth. As a result, I have decided to move this webpage to a new site. Please update your bookmarks, etc., to access the following webpage: http://www.fenrir.dk/history/ Thanks. Michael A. January 1, 2002 Counter Reset : February 14th, 2000. Great Leaders of Rome by Michael Akinde Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Maior (236 - 184 BCE) - A Biography (Under development) The greatest Roman General, and perhaps the greatest general of the ancient world. During the Second Punic Wars, he led the Roman armies to success, first in Spain and later against the great punic general Hannibal. The most famous person of his age, he was instrumental in shaping the policies that made Rome t Read More Go to Site

		Holocaust and Oscar Schindler ^Votes:0 This site is moving - new address: The Oskar Schindler Story Please update your links and bookmarks in time A few years ago, the world-wide American periodical Life Magazine could announce that Oscar Schindler - famous as the central figure in Spielberg`s film "Schindler`s List", which received 7 Oscars - had been acclaimed a hero and elevated to the "Heroes`Hall of Fame". Side by side with famous historical figures like George Washington, Gandhi, Churchill and Martin Luther King ... This Oscar Schindler has been described as a cynical, greedy exploiter of slave workers during the Second World War, a black-marketeer, gambler, member of the Nazi party eternally on the lookout for profit, alcoholic playboy and shameless womanizer of the worst sort. In the beginning of the Read More Go to Site

		Ibis Communications, Inc. ^Votes:0 Devoted to the development of computer-based educational, informational and training programming Digital Publishing... Ibis Communications is a publisher of award-winning educational websites and CD-ROMs. EyeWitnesstoHistory.com (Website) An award-winning website presenting history through the perspective of those who actually lived it - from the ancient world through the 20th century. Awards include: Yahoo! Pick of the Week, USA Today Outstanding Website, Best of History Website, Innovative Teaching Award and Kim Komando Cool Site of the Day. American Journey 1896-1945 (CD-ROM) Explores American history from the Klondike Goldrush to the Atomic bomb. Sold in 5,000 retail outlets across the country. King Arthur Through the Ages (CD-ROM) An introduction to one of the most enduring legends in Read More Go to Site

		Lawyers Hall of Fame ^Votes:0 Leslie Abramson Gloria Allred F. Lee Bailey Melvin Belli David Boies Raymond Brown Vincent Bugliosi Johnnie Cochran David Conn Clarence Darrow Alan Dershowitz Geoffrey Fieger Percy Foreman Willie Gary Racehorse Haynes William Kunstler Abraham Lincoln Thurgood Marshall Thomas Moore Gladys Root Barry Scheck Mickey Sherman Gerry Spence Sarah Weddington View Personal Nominations here Would you like to nominate a lawyer for the Hall of Fame? Send your nominations to LawyersHallOfFame@yahoo.com We will research the lawyer you nominate, and take them under consideration. This site brought to you by the Fans of Fieger Read More Go to Site

		Mother Teresa: A Remembrance ^Votes:0 By state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Front page , News , Sports , Money , Life , Weather , Marketplace Error processing SSI file Inside News Nationline Washington World Politics Opinion Columnists Snapshot Science States Weird news Search Newspaper Archives Our site Resources Index Feedback What's hot About us Jobs at USA TODAY 09/03/98- Updated 09:58 PM ET The Nation's Homepage Mother Teresa: A Remembrance Latest news: Church offers every tribute to Mother Teresa on anniversary of death - except speeded-up sainthood The funeral: Nuns pray at Mother Read More Go to Site

		Orange ^Votes:0 Page introuvable Vous venez d'Être redirigÉ vers une page d'erreur. L'adresse URL que vous avez saisie ou le lien que vous avez cliquÉ sont erronÉs . Vous pouvez poursuivre votre navigation en lanÇant une nouvelle recherche: Vous pouvez Également cliquer sur l'un des thÈmes ci-dessous pour accÉder au moteur de recherche : Voyages/Vacances > Vol DÉgriffÉ > HÔtel > Vacances Famille > Voiture de location > Agences de voyages > Week-end > Location Vacances > CroisiÈre Finances > Bourse > Loi Robien > Mutuelle > Assurance Vie Multisupport > Épargne > DÉfiscalisation > Placement > Rachat CrÉdit SantÉ > Cheveux > Produit Minceur > Spa > Mincir > Thalasso > Épilation > Parfum > Produit Bio Shopping > Pc Portable > IdÉe C Read More Go to Site

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