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- Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ...to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store.
6: ... education, Ms. Cochran had a quick mind and an affinity for business and the investment proved a lucr...
8: ... married in 1936 after his divorce, was an astute financier and savvy marketer who recognized the valu...
10: ...ts to men only. Cochran pressed the issue until officials relented and allowed her and fellow aviatrix...
12: ... British Air Transport Auxiliary, recruiting qualified women pilots in the United States and taking th... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...he [[Mark I Calculator]] and the developer of the first [[compiler]] for a computer programming langua...
3: ...o subjects in [[1930]] and in [[1934]] became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. Her d...
5: ...Aiken]] on the [[Mark I Calculator]]. She was the first person to write a program for it. At the end ...
7: ... The compiler was known as the A compiler and its first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were rele...
9: ... language [[COBOL]] and its compiler. COBOL was defined by the [[CODASYL]] committee which extended he... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
5: ...he baton of [[Tullio Serafin]]. Together with Serafin, Callas subsequently recorded and performed many...
9: From October [[1971]] to March [[1972]], Callas gave a series of mast...
13: ...artbroken ("First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis," she once said), Cal...
15: ...ate [[2004]], opera and film director [[Franco Zeffirelli]] made a bizarre claim that Callas may have ...
16: ...w.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/zeffirelli.%20.callas%20was%20murdered.] - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 194...
2: '''Ella Fitzgerald''' ([[April 25]], [[1917]] – [[June...
8: ... band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
18: ...[Pete Kelly's Blues]]''. She also appeared in the films ''[[Ride 'Em Cowboy]]'', ''[[St. Louis Blues]]...
24: Ella Fitzgerald is referred to on the 1980' s hit "Ella ,... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...gan]]. On [[January 3]], [[1987]] she became the first woman to be inducted into the [[Rock and Roll ...
6: ...roit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at the age 14. She signed with [[C...
10: ... [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters]]. ''''Live at Fillmore West'''' and ''''Amazing Grace'''' were two...
16: ... working with artists of the stature of Curtis Mayfield, popularity and critical success waned during ...
26: ==Vocal Profile== - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...;на''', [[Tatar language|Tatar]] '''Sofia ijğ䴠qızı Ğ?dullina''') (bo...
5: ...by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to continue down he...
11: In 2000 Sofia Gubaidulina, along with [[Tan Dun]], [[Osvaldo G...
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
23: *String Quartet No. 1 (1971) - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
5: ... [[1971]]; when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson ... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ... bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
14: ...career and featured her biggest hit single, the definitive cover version of [[Kris Kristofferson]]'s "...
20: ...ia]], and her ashes were scattered into the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The album ''Pearl'', released six weeks...
24: ...sh; her rasping, [[overtone]]-rich sound was significantly divergent from the soft folk and jazz-influ...
26: ... grow after his death, Janis did not enjoy a significant revival of public interest until the late [[1... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
7: ...sented a commercial breakthrough, containing her first two songs widely adopted by other artists, "Ch...
9: ...y songs focusing on the dichotomy between the benefits of her stardom and its costs, both in terms of ...
11: ...roach was continued on ''[[Blue (album)|Blue]]'' (1971), widely considered the best of this period. Exp...
13: ...ecade producing largely jazz inflected music. The first such album, ''[[The Hissing of Summer Lawns]]'...
17: ... died before the project was completed. Mitchell finished the tracks with a band featuring Pastorius,... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: ...] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[October 2003]],...
9: ...lbanian]]. Her parents, Nikolla ( Kol렩 and Dranafile Bojaxhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emig...
13: ... Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]], acquiring the religious ...
17: ...was joined by voluntary helpers, and she received financial support from church organizations and the ...
24: With the help of Indian officials she converted an abandoned [[Hinduism|Hindu]... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
1: ...hild.jpg|frame|right|Julia Child holds up a [[Monkfish]].]]
6: ...mbing of [[Pearl Harbor]] in 1941, joined the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) after being turne...
8: ...n in [[Washington, D.C.]], where she was mostly a file clerk but helped in the development of a [[shar...
10: ... Department]] assigned Mr. Child as an exhibits officer with the [[United States Information Agency | ...
14: ...[[oyster]]s, [[sole (fish) | sole]] meuni貥, and fine wine as a culinary revelation. She described th... - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
5: ...y]]'' from ([[1976 in television|1976]]-[[1983 in film|1983]]).
7: ...s married to actor and director [[Rob Reiner]] ([[1971]]-[[1979]]).
9: She has directed several successful feature [[film|motion pictures]] since the mid-[[1980s]], incl...
11: ==Filmography==
16: *''[[The Christian Licorice Store]]'' (1971) (scenes deleted) - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: ...) is a renowned [[United Kingdom|British]] stage, film and television actress.
4: ...y starred together in a [[British sitcom]], ''[[A Fine Romance]]''. In [[1988]], she was made a [[Orde...
6: ...'[[As Time Goes By]]'' and the aforementioned ''A Fine Romance''.
17: ===Selected Filmography===
30: ...the [[James Bond]] series and has appeared in the films: - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
1: ...Farrow on the cover of ''[[Glamour]]'', [[1968 in film|1968]]]]
2: ...een known as '''Mia'''. She is the daughter of [[film director|director]] [[John Farrow]] and his wif...
5: ...a]] on [[July 19]] [[1966]]. While working on the film ''[[Rosemary's Baby]]'' with director [[Roman P...
9: ... tainted for a time afterward, having somewhat confirmed Farrow's accusations by his open relationship...
16: * Farrow made her film debut in a [[1947]] short subject with her famo... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...0-year acting career. In [[1999]], the [[American Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress...
7: ...sh; she fearlessly performed her own pratfalls in films such as ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', which is now...
12: ...ed in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star.
19: ...ly that she was almost incomprehensible. She was fired from the play, but continued to work in small ...
21: ...s eventually re-hired when the director could not find anyone to replace her. After another summer of... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: She was born '''Sofia Villani Scicolone''' in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], the...
7: ... prizes and was discovered by her future husband, film producer [[Carlo Ponti]].
9: ...ptuous physique (she even appeared topless in the films ''[[Two Nights with Cleopatra]]'' and ''[[It's...
11: ... Tights]]'' (in which she appeared blonde for the first time in her career).
13: ... performance prizes, the distinction of being the first actor to win a major category [[Academy Award]... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: ...est known for her starring roles in the [[musical film]]s ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' ([[1964]]) and ''[[The ...
9: When she lost the starring role in the film of ''My Fair Lady'' to [[Audrey Hepburn]], she ...
11: ...several starring roles in musical and non-musical films - including some directed by her second husban...
13: ...ts sequel, both of which proved to be major box office hits. She has also starred in two made-for-tel...
17: ...how my boobies" in a scene in the film-within-the-film. For this last performance, late night king [[J... - Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
1: '''Billie Jean King''' ([[n饝] Moffit) is a professional [[tennis]] player. Born on [[...
5: ...award. She is also credited with being one of the first female athletes to speak out against [[sexual ...
9: ... in New York and Seattle. Her brother, [[Randy Moffitt]], was a pitcher for the [[San Francisco Giants... - Furniture (1728 bytes)
42: ...Making of Old Furniture. London: Evans Brothers, 1971. - Egypt (18830 bytes)
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
67: ...ṣr''', the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and official name for Egypt, is of [[Semitic]] origin, and...
69: ...t of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom was founded circa [[3200 BC]] by King [...
75: ...ne]] [[1953]] with Gen. [[Mohamed Naguib]] as the first President of the Republic. After Naguib resign...
82: ... the resignation of Dr. [[Atef Ebeid]] from his office.
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