Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska (born May 19, 1932), known professionally as Elena Poniatowska (), is a French-born Mexican journalist and author. She began writing for the newspaper "Excélsior", doing interviews and society columns.
She is considered to be “Mexico's grande dame of letters” and is still an active writer.
Xalapa
Xalapa (often spelled Jalapa, ; ; officially Xalapa-Enríquez ) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879.
The municipality has an area of 118.45 km². Xalapa lies near the geographic center of the state and is the second-largest city in the state after the city of Veracruz to the southeast.
Silhouette
A silhouette is an image in outline only, usually filled in as black on a white background.
The inside of a silhouette is featureless.It differs from an outline. That shows the edge of an object in line form, but a silhouette is a solid shape. Silhouette images may be made in any visual artistic medium. The word was first used to describe pieces of cut paper, which were then stuck to a backing in a contrasting colour, and often framed.
Cutting portraits, generally in profile, from black card became popular in the mid-18th century. They were a cheap alternative to the portrait miniature. Skilled specialist artists could cut a high-quality bust portrait in a matter of minutes. Other artists, especially about 1790, drew an outline on paper, then painted it in, which could also be done quickly.
From its original graphic meaning, the term "silhouette" has been extended to describe the sight or representation of a person, object or scene that is backlit, and appears dark against a lighter background. Anything that appears this way, for example, a figure standing backlit in a doorway, may be described as "in silhouette".
Khalifa Haftar
Field Marshal General Khalifa Belqasim Haftar (; born c. 1943) is a Libyan military officer and the head of the Eastern Libyan National Army. He engaged in the Second Libyan Civil War. On March 2, 2015, he was appointed commander of the armed forces loyal to the elected, internationally backed legislative body, the Libyan House of Representatives.
He also has American citizenship.
On 12 April 2018, it was reported that Haftar is in a coma after suffering a stroke and was hospitalized under intensive care in Paris. On 25 April, it was confirmed that Haftar is alive and was transported to Benghazi following treatment in Pairs.
Minka Kelly
Minka Kelly (born Minka Dumont Dufay; June 24, 1980) is an American actress. She is most known for her roles in the television shows "Friday Night Lights" (2006–2009), "Parenthood" (2010–2011), "Charlie's Angels" (2011), and "Almost Human" (2013).
In movies, she starred as Autumn in the 2009 movie "500 Days of Summer" and as Jackie Kennedy in Lee Daniels' 2013 movie "The Butler".
Kempele
Kempele is a municipality in northern Finland. There were 17,499 people living there on 31 August 2017. Kempele borders Liminka, Oulu and Tyrnävä.
Kempele was founded in 1867.
United States National Economic Council
The National Economic Council (NEC) of the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering economic policy matters, separate from matters relating to domestic policy, which are the domain of the Domestic Policy Council.
Robert Rubin
Robert Edward "Bob" Rubin (born August 29, 1938) is an American lawyer, former cabinet member, and retired banking executive. He served as the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury during the Clinton administration. Before his government service, he spent 26 years at Goldman Sachs, eventually serving as a member of the board and co-chairman from 1990 to 1992.
Stephen Friedman
Stephen "Steve" Friedman (born December 21, 1937) is an American intelligence officer and businessman. He was the former chairman of the United States President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. He was nominated on October 27, 2005, to replace Brent Scowcroft in the position. He served as the 5th Director of the National Economic Council from 2002 to 2005.
Mickey Kantor
Michael Kantor (born August 7, 1939) is an American politician and lawyer. After serving as the Clinton-Gore campaign chair in 1992, Kantor was appointed United States Trade Representative, holding that office from 1993 to 1996. He was, in 1996 and 1997, United States Secretary of Commerce.
John Albert Knebel
John Albert Knebel (born October 4, 1936) is an American government official. He served as Secretary of Agriculture under President Gerald Ford serving from November 4, 1976 through January 20, 1977.
His period in this office was brief and ended January 20, 1977, when Jimmy Carter replaced Ford in the White House.
Stratigraphic column
A straticgraphic column is a tool used in geology and related fields: It will show the different layers (or strata) which are present at a site. The oldest layer will be on the bottom, and the newest one on top.
Norman R. Augustine
Norman Ralph Augustine (born July 27, 1935) is an American aerospace businessman. He served as United States Under Secretary of the Army from 1975 to 1977. Augustine served as chairman of the Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee.
Gordon R. England
Gordon Richard England (born September 15, 1937) is an American businessman. He served as the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense and twice as U.S. Secretary of the Navy in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.
Hansford T. Johnson
Hansford Tillman Johnson (born January 3, 1936) is a retired four-star general in the U.S. Air Force. He served as the Acting United States Secretary of the Navy in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. He is the only retired Air Force officer to ever hold that position.
Robert B. Pirie Jr.
Robert B. Pirie Jr. (born September 10, 1933) is a retired United States Navy officer and politician. He was born in San Diego, California. Pirie served as acting United States Secretary of the Navy until the nomination and confirmation of an appointee by President George W. Bush from January to September 2001.
Thomas C. Reed
Thomas Care Reed (born March 1, 1934) was the 11th Secretary of the Air Force from January 2, 1976 – April 6, 1977 under Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.
Shristi Shrestha
Shristi Shrestha ( (born October 18, 1989) in Chitwan, Nepal is a Nepali actress, model and the title winner of Miss Nepal 2012. She won Miss Nepal title, beating 16 other contestants of Miss Nepal 2012 beauty pageant. She also represented Nepal in Miss World 2012 in China. She won Public Choice Award in Miss World 2012 & also selected in Top 10 Dancers. She is famous Nepali celebrity and rose fame from her debut moive Gajalu which was superhit in Nepal.
Edward C. Aldridge Jr.
Edward "Pete" Cleveland Aldridge Jr. (born August 18, 1938) is an American politician. He has served in many top U.S. Defense Department and defense industry jobs, including as Under Secretary of the Air Force from 1981–1986, Director of the National Reconnaissance Office 1981-1988, and as the Secretary of the Air Force from 1986-1988.
Gordon R. Sullivan
Gordon Russell Sullivan (born September 25, 1937) is a retired United States Army general. He served as the 32nd Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Sullivan also served as Acting Secretary of the Army.
Merrill McPeak
Merrill Anthony "Tony" McPeak (born January 9, 1936) is a retired 4-star general in the United States Air Force. His final assignment before retirement was as the 14th Chief of Staff of the Air Force from 1990 to 1994.
In 1993, McPeak served as Acting Secretary of the Air Force, before Sheila E. Widnall was appointed by President Bill Clinton.
Donald Rice