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Brown, Gayleatha Beatrice (1947-2013)
On July 2, 2009 President Barack Obama appointed Gayleatha Beatrice Brown to be the United States ambassador to Burkina Faso, a nation in West Africa.  This was her second ambassadorial appointment. Previously, Brown had been appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as U.S. Ambassador to
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List of Uncle Remus characters
This is a list of fictional characters in the book The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus. Uncle Remus himself, and a couple boys to whom he tells the tales, appear as framing devices & narrators in all the stories. The stories of Uncle Remus visitor Daddy Jack often also include unnamed stock roles
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Shirley Elizabeth Barnes is a former United States Ambassador to the African country of Madagascar, 1998-2001.  Barnes was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 29, 1998 and after confirmation by the U.S. Senate, arrived in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, and presented her
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Lomé, Togo (1880 -)
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Davis, Ruth A. (1943 - )
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