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- Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
4: ...s and driving personality to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department ...
6: ...ed Press]] named her "''Woman of the Year in Business''."
8: ...ho recognized the value of publicity for her business. Calling her line of cosmetics "''Wings''," she ...
10: ... adopted to avoid dealing with the reality of her estranged and impoverished family. - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...r in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
5: In [[1943]] she joined the [[U.S. Naval Reserve]] and was assigned to work with [[Howard Aike...
7: ...[[1949]], Hopper became an employee of the [[J. Presper Eckert|Eckert]]-[[John Mauchly|Mauchly]] Compu...
9: ...lish rather than in [[machine code]] or in languages close to machine code, such as the [[assembler]]s...
12: Hopper retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Commander at the end of [[19... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: ..., such as [[Gaspare Spontini|Spontini]]'s ''[[La Vestale]]'' to late [[Verdi]] and the [[verismo]] ope...
5: ... student and in secondary roles, she made her professional debut at the [[Athens Opera]] on [[July 4]]...
7: ...higher register that wobbled uncontrollably at times.
9: ...was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice.
11: ...|Jacqueline Kennedy]], widow of assassinated US president [[John F. Kennedy]]. - 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]]. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: ...in 1954. In [[Moscow]] she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959...
5: ...s in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[music...
7: ...roup with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
11: ... on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
15: ...he legato of life. Life divides man into many pieces...There is no weightier occupation than the recom... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...[[The Johnson Brothers]], one of the earliest professional gospel groups.
3: ...elt she had watered down her sound for popular accessibility.
5: ...ed, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]''. Jackson died the... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ... bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
4: ...r completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and [[folk music]] with friends.
6: ...yled herself in part after her female blues heroines, and in part after the [[beat poet]]s. She left T...
8: ...m being withheld until after their subsequent success.
10: ...one of the leading musical stars of the late Sixties. - 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]].... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...he Art of French Cooking'' and the television series ''[[The French Chef]]'', which premiered in 1963.
6: ...(OSS) after being turned down by the [[United States Navy | Navy]] for being too tall.
8: For a year, she worked at the OSS Emergency Sea Rescue Equipment Section in [[Washington, D.C.]], whe...
10: ...hild as an exhibits officer with the [[United States Information Agency | U.S. Information Agency]] in...
14: ...ned the women's cooking club [[Cercle des Gourmettes]] where she met [[Simone Beck]] who, with her fri... - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
1: ...], [[1942]]) is an [[United States|American]] actress, producer and director.
7: ...s married to actor and director [[Rob Reiner]] ([[1971]]-[[1979]]).
9: ...ed several successful feature [[film|motion pictures]] since the mid-[[1980s]], including ''[[Big]]'',...
12: As Actress:
16: *''[[The Christian Licorice Store]]'' (1971) (scenes deleted) - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: ... Kingdom|British]] stage, film and television actress.
4: Dench was born in [[York]]. In [[1971]], she married British [[actor]] [[Michael Willia...
6: ...ion appearances include the series ''[[As Time Goes By]]'' and the aforementioned ''A Fine Romance''.
9: ...r reputation as arguably the greatest British actress of the post-[[1945]] period primarily through he...
11: ...er the next two decades, winning several best actress awards. - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
2: ...ctor|director]] [[John Farrow]] and his wife, actress [[Maureen O'Sullivan]].
9: ... having witnessed Allen abusing one of their youngest adopted children. Allen became infamously tainte...
11: ...courage adoptions and is a [[UNICEF]] Special Representative. By [[1994]], Farrow had 14 children, 9 ...
16: ...r children modeling the latest fashions for families.
17: * Screen-tested for the role of Liesel Von Trapp in ''[[The Sound of Music]]''. - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ... Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress of all time.
5: ...heir parents' encouragement, were unafraid of expressing their frank views on various topics, includin...
7: ...zed for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own pratfalls in films such as '...
10: ...adway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess]]''.
12: ...nds. They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star. - 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: ...], and [[author]], best known for her starring roles in the [[musical film]]s ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' ([[...
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... - Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
1: ...e of the greatest tennis players and female athletes in history.
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...
14: *[[Australian Open]] - 1 singles title - Furniture (1728 bytes)
1: ...to create comfortable and convenient interior spaces.
10: *[[chest (furniture)|chest ]]
15: *[[desk]]
42: ...Making of Old Furniture. London: Evans Brothers, 1971. - Egypt (18830 bytes)
21: | '''Other widely spoken languages'''
24: | '''[[Capital]] and Largest City'''
27: | '''[[President of Egypt|President]]'''
34: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 29th]] <br /> [[1 E12 m2|1,001,450...
37: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 15th]] <br /> 74,718,797 <br...
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