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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...bacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-199...
9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara
52: ... Abdo|Abdo, Hussam]], (born 1989), Palestine suicide bomber
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
26: ...s|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
35: *[[Alvin Adams|Adams, Alvin]] (1804-1877), founder of [[Adams Express]] - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...ur. She was nominated for twelve Best Actress Academy Awards, the record for nominations until 2003, ...
5: ...d with giving her a sense of adventure and independence.
7: ...l for figure skating from the [[Madison Square Garden]] skating club, shooting golf in the low eightie...
8: ...and information about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on Hepburn -->
10: ...ay her degree was in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...hile 3rd place finisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on the far left.]]
3: ... two, which was unheard of at a time where female athletes were still frowned upon by many. It earned her t...
7: ...by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF).
11: ...ar she was a sports talent, but she could not decide which sport to pick. A swimming coach advised her...
13: ... Record in the 800 [[metre|m]]. Fanny Koen soon made the Dutch team, although as a sprinter, not a mid... - Nadia Comaneci (5337 bytes)
3: ...e is considered by some to be one of the greatest athletes in the 20th century and one of the world's great...
5: ... and Stefania-Alexandrina; she was named after "Nadezhda" ("Hope"), the heroine of a Russian film.
7: ...me year the [[Associated Press]] named her their "Athlete of the Year."
11: Comaneci successfully defended her European all-around title in 1977, but the R...
13: ...t from her metal grip buckle. Against doctors' orders, she left the hospital and competed on beam whe... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
2: ...], she became the first player to achieve the "Golden Slam" – capturing all four Grand Slam titl...
6: ...e of three he began teaching Steffi to swing a wooden racket in the family's living room. She began pr...
8: ...nament at the age of 13 in October [[1982]] at Filderstadt, Germany, and lost her first professional m...
10: ...ctice courts. This narrow focus meant that Graf made few friends on the tour in her early years, but l...
12: ... [[1986]] at [[Hilton Head]], [[South Carolina]], defeating [[Chris Evert]] in the final. She followed... - Mia Hamm (6476 bytes)
3: ...ordan'' by her peers, in reference to another UNC athlete, [[Michael Jordan]]. She helped take the Tar Heel...
7: ...ayer of the year'' and the other two for ''Female Athlete of the Year''.
11: ...passed the Atlanta Olympic final as the most-attended women's sports event, with over 90,000 filling t...
13: Also in '99, Hamm began the ''Mia Foundation'', dedicated to help with bone marrow research and to h...
15: ...IFA]] as the ''Female Player of The Year'' alongside [[Ronaldo]], who won ''Male Player of The Year'' ... - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (2098 bytes)
2: ... world and the all-time greatest [[heptathlon|heptathlete]]. She has won three gold, one silver and one bro...
6: ...ports Illustrated]] voted her the greatest female athlete of the 20th century.
8: ...e she arrived, her mother was in a coma and brain dead. Since her father could not bring himself to ha... - Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
1: ... be one of the greatest tennis players and female athletes in history.
3: ...rence King and since then has been better known under her husband's family name.
5: ... billed as '''''The Battle of the Sexes''''', she defeated 55-year-old [[Bobby Riggs]] on [[September ...
7: ...ernational Tennis Hall of Fame]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island]] in [[1987]]. In [[1990]], [[Life magazin...
9: ...of several [[AIDS]] charities. King currently resides in New York and Seattle. Her brother, [[Randy Mo... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
3: ...)|Grand Slam]] titles. A flamboyant, trendsetting athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and on...
8: ...r further in the sport. His training methods included an exercise where he would lay down a handkerchi...
10: ...nal Clay Court Championships held at [[Sainte-Claude]], turning 15 during the tournament. The outbreak...
22: == Failed American debut ==
24: ...ion funds for the regions of France that had been devastated by the battles of World War I, she went t... - Katarina Witt (1117 bytes)
1: ...After her Olympic successes, she became the first athlete from East Germany to turn pro. In 1990, she recei...
5: * [http://www.katarina-witt.de/ Official Web Site]
6: ...iwomen/2001/december/playbook/ Sports Illustrated Dec 2001 Interview] - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
3: ...born Mildred Didriksen (her surname was later accidentally changed) in the town of [[Port Arthur, Texa...
5: .... The jury, however, disapproved of her style and declared Shiley the Olympic champion. After the Game...
7: ...>[[Image:BabeStamp.png]]<P>''Babe Zaharias as <BR>depicted on a 1981<BR> US [[postage stamp|stamp]].''...
9: ...reer in the mid-1950s. She won the 1947 [[Titleholders Championship]] and the 1948 [[U.S. Women's Open...
11: ...er from playing a full schedule in 1952-53. She made a comeback in 1954 and took the Vare Trophy and h... - Skin (8340 bytes)
1: ...humb|right|300px|Layers of human skin. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ... is composed of a layer of tissues that protect underlying [[muscle]]s and [[organ (anatomy)|organ]]s....
6: ...ly serves to augment the insulation the skin provides. On some animals, the skin is very hard and thic...
8: ... tissue]], often giving rise to discoloration and depigmentation of the skin.
12: ...r importance, and they often use [[cosmetics]] to deal with the appearance of the face and condition o... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
8: ...Al Qadhafi|Qadhafi, Moammar]], Libyan military leader
20: *[[Dennis Quaid|Quaid, Dennis]], actor
23: ...Quant|Quant, Mary]], (born 1934), British fashion designer
28: ...819 - 1899), German-born, London-based rare books dealer
30: ...Don Quarrie|Quarrie, Don]], (born 1951), Jamaican athlete - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ... which the months are displayed, [[January]] to [[December]]. The first day of the medieval Julian yea...
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
15: ...|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
22: ...[[novel]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first published.
25: ... The first claim under the [[Homestead Act]] is made by [[Daniel Freeman]] for a farm in [[Nebraska]].... - Knee (3925 bytes)
1: ...e_clipart.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Knee Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
6: ... bathed in a viscous fluid which is contained inside the "synovial" membrane, or "joint capsule". The ...
9: ...nversely the LCL protects the outside from an inside bending force. The critically important ACL prev...
11: ...ee.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Diagram of the knee provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
14: ...nes from rubbing on each other and to effectively deepen the tibial sockets into which the femur attac... - Houston Astros (8294 bytes)
5: :'''Founded:''' [[1962]] ([[National League]] expansion)
10: :'''Logo design:''' Red five-pointed star with the word "Astr...
18: ...n Wilson]], [[Larry Dierker]], [[Dave Giusti]], [[Denny LeMaster]])
22: ...an is sent to the [[Texas Rangers]] in 1989, considered too old by then-owner John McMullen. After pit...
28: ...mid-season addition of [[Carlos Beltrᮝ] in a trade with the [[Kansas City Royals]] (on January 9, 20... - Apple Macintosh (24250 bytes)
7: ...29, 2005. The next version, [[Mac OS X 10.5]], codenamed "Leopard", is scheduled to be released at th...
12: ...etc. This metaphor is sometimes called the WIMP model for '''W'''indows, '''I'''cons, '''M'''enus, '''...
13: ...e of a [[Computer mouse|mouse]] or other pointing device in personal computing.
14: ...rag" behaviors to perform actions with a pointing device.
19: * Aesthetic and ergonomic industrial "All in One" design that reduced clutter. - Swimming (22854 bytes)
1: ...sic swimming skills and safety precautions are needed to participate in water activities.
5: ...g composed mostly of water, has nearly the same [[density]] as water. Thus, staying afloat requires on...
7: ...convert a slow or average swimmer to at least a moderately fast swimmer. Since speed converts directly...
11: ...easing speed. This is an effect long used by boat designers, and unconsciously used by "naturally good...
13: ...the torso is smaller front-to-back than side-to-side on most swimmers. This reduces the frontal cross-... - Ostrich (8135 bytes)
18: == Physical description ==
22: ...d by males in mating displays. They can also provide shadow to the chicks. The [[feather]]s are soft a...
30: ...the [[ratite]]s; other members of this group include [[rhea (bird)|rheas]], [[emu|emus]], [[cassowary|...
34: ...es occur naturally on the [[savanna]]s and semi-[[desert]]s of [[Africa]], both north and south of the...
39: ...ia, Syria, Iraq, by the 20th century, it was considered extinct)
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