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In 1999 he was elected to his (Wow!) fourth 6-year term as president of Egypt

Eduard Shevardnadze had this former Soviet republic on his mind when he was reelected president in 1995

Dragon King, or as they say in Thimphu, druk gyalpo, Jigme Singye Wangchuck is its head of state

It's the mountain pass featured in the following:It was the time & the place that would forever crystalize the essence of Sparta in a single event that future generations will turn to again & again

The Spartans' region, Laconia, & their dislike of wasting words gave us this English adjective

Sparta provided Greece's toughest men & its most gorgeous woman, this one who later lived elsewhere

For a Spartan name to appear on a tombstone, a man had to die in battle; a woman had to die this way

The sight of this Greek letter emblazoned on Spartan shields terrified other warriors, even illiterate ones

Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" influenced Teddy Roosevelt to help pass this act abbreviated the PFDA

This bacterial product was dubbed "milk of eternal life" when it rejuvenated French king Francis I