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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...inese civilization. Politically, China alternated between periods of political union and disunion, and...
7: ...late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, wher...
14: ...pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear.
18: ...found on pottery and shells, have been alleged to be ancestors of modern [[Chinese character]]s, but s...
22: ...bone writings. [[Anyang]] in modern day Henan has been confirmed as the last of the six capitals of th... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
67: ...cott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip
97: *[[Cl魥nt Ader|Ader, Cl魥nt]], (1841-1925), French engineer and inventor
98: *[[Isabelle Adjani|Adjani, Isabelle]], (born 1955), French actress - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
1: '''Elisabeth Domitien''' (born [[1925]] – died [[26 April]] [[2005]]) was prime m...
3: ...country's only legal political party at the time, being appointed vice president of the party in [[197...
5: ...th the overthrow of the Bokassa monarchy in September, [[1979]], Domitien was arrested and brought to ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
16: |[[13 October]] [[1925]]
27: ...on Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), a...
29: ...eral election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[2...
33: ...cher'''; since then her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of th... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ...biography]], [[Living my Life]], and other works, before taking part in the [[Spanish Civil War]] in [...
6: ...ai Chernyshevsky|Chernyshevsky]]'s ''[[What Is To Be Done]],'' which sowed the seeds for her anarchist...
9: ...dman to the anarchist movement, and at twenty she became a [[revolution]]ary. Following the uproar ove...
10: ...rkman.jpe|thumb|240px|right|Goldman and Alexander Berkman]]
13: ...] made her highly unpopular with the authorities. Berkman (or Sasha as she fondly referred to him) was... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
5: ...[[Odessa]]. Her childhood does not appear to have been happy; her parents separated in [[1905]].
9: ...veral poems written in the form of correspondence between the two.
11: ...ry, between 1925 and 1952 (except for an interval between [[1940]] and [[1946]]). She died in [[Lening... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...sh]] and in [[English language|English]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of ...
5: ... at [[Copenhagen]], [[Paris]], and [[Rome]]. She began publishing fiction in various Danish periodica...
7: ...returned to Denmark. The divorce was finalized in 1925. Karen Blixen remained in Kenya and continued to ...
9: She returned to Denmark and began writing in earnest, publishing ''Seven Gothic ... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist p...
11: ...al of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
19: ...ion from Ayn's cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typ...
22: ...e two were married in [[1929]]. In [[1931]], Rand became a [[naturalized citizen]] of the United State...
24: ...nce from the [[Italy|Italian]] government under [[Benito Mussolini]]. These films were re-edited into ... - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
2: ... [[1900]] in [[Ivanovo]], [[Russia]] - died [[October 19]], [[1999]] in [[Paris, France]], was a lawye...
4: ...reatly affected her conception of the novel. In [[1925]], she married Raymond Sarraute, a fellow lawyer....
6: She became, with [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]], [[Michel Butor]] and [[Claude Simon]],... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
12: ... she lived in [[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
15: .... She owned early works of [[Pablo Picasso]] (who became a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri M...
21: Ernest Hemingway describes how Alice was Gertrude's 'wife' in that Stein ra...
23: ... of speech she was Victorian, socially was more liberal than not, with developed individualism coupled...
26: ...ecution probably because of their friendship to [[Bernard Faÿ]], a gay collaborator with the Vich... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...#1123;таева) ([[October 9]], [[1892]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) w...
5:
8: ...ts roots in the depths of her displaced and disturbed childhood. Her father was Ivan Vladimirovich Tsv...
10: ...'s poetic inclination. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor...
12: ...luence on the impressionable Marina. The children began to run wild. This state of affairs was allowed... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...ficant figure in London literary society and a member of the [[Bloomsbury group|Bloomsbury Group]].
7: ...ulation of the coterie's ideals, Woolf's work can be understood as consistently in dialogue with Bloom...
9: She began writing professionally in [[1905]], initially ...
13: ...centred novel. Her last and most ambitious work, "Between the Acts" sums and magnifies Woolf's chief p...
15: ...d can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest pos... - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
3: ...Mead''' ([[December 16]], [[1901]] – [[November 15]], [[1978]]) was an [[United States|American]...
5: .... Following the example of her instructor [[Ruth Benedict]], Mead concentrated her studies on problem...
7: There has been controversy surrounding her work, especially he...
9: She died in [[New York]] on [[15 November]] [[1978]], aged 76.
14: ...ems faced by adolescents in another culture would be illuminating. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ...singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France|French]] [[citizen]] in [[1937]].
7: ... to [[France]], where she starred at the [[Folies Berg貥]], setting the standard for her future acts....
9: ...ensational woman anyone ever saw." In addition to being a musical star, Baker also starred in several ...
11: ...eatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and became a muse for contemporary painters and sculptor...
17: ...-ethnic orphans, which she called her "Rainbow Tribe." For some time she lived with all of her childre... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ...herson''' ([[October 9]], [[1890]] – [[September 27]], [[1944]]), also known as '''"Sister Aimee"...
7: ... Mildred Ona Pearce, 36 years his junior, who had been hired to nurse his wife during her terminal ill...
9: ...er, she became an avowed [[Atheism|atheist]], and began her public speaking career at the age of 13 in...
11: ...-align:center">[[Image:Semples.jpeg]]<small><br>Robert and Aimee Semple, 1910</small></div>
13: ...irth to a daughter, Roberta Star Semple, on September 17, after which she returned to the [[United Sta... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ...ie star]] of the [[1940s]], she became one of the best and most popular stars in American history.
4: ...ised by her working mother and grandparents. In [[1925]], after a romance with a local bad boy (Johnny),...
5: ... shot, severing the spinal cord, due to a .22 caliber rifle firing with Warner in the rifle's path. He...
7: ...he moved back to [[New York City]] in [[1930]] to become an actress and had some success as a fashion ...
11: ...isted on working with Arnaz. This show eventually became ''I Love Lucy''. CBS was initially not impres... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...an Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|...
6: At 15, Tallulah Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest & convinced her family to let her mov...
8: ...said: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid."
10: ... (of London)|West End]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities.
12: She returned to US in 1931 to be [[Paramount Picture]]'s "next [[Marlene Dietrich]... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: '''Greta Garbo''' ([[September 18]], [[1905]] – [[April 15]], [[1990]]) w...
7: ==Becoming an actress==
8: ...ob was as a lather girl in a barbershop. She then became a clerk in a department store, where she woul...
10: ...[1924 in film|1924]]) (English: ''The Story of G? Berling''). He also gave her the [[stage name]] Gret...
12: ...r [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], he insisted that Garbo be given a contract as well. But their relationship ... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ... of tennis, was the first female tennis player to become an international celebrity.]]
8: ...wner of a carriage company, decided that it would be good for her to compete in tennis and gain streng...
10: ...], was only open to members of French clubs until 1925.) She lost to reigning champion [[Marguerite Broq...
14: ...s]] in the final. The close match, later noted to be one of the hallmarks in tennis history, saw Lengl...
16: ... French woman who also casually sipped [[brandy]] between sets. - Parathyroid gland (1913 bytes)
3: ...four parathyroid glands but have been known to number six or eight.
9: ...s bone physiology. When blood calcium levels drop below a certain point, calcium-sensing [[receptor]]s...
12: ...isorders of the parathyroid hormone receptor have been associated with [[Jansen's metaphyseal chondrop...
14: ...s disease is the surgical removal of the faulty lobe.
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