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- David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
8: ...t Livingstone made the one convert that he ever made in Africa. Within 6 months, they had rejected Chr...
12: ... In particular, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa.
14: ...rned to England to try to garner support for his ideas, and to publish a book on his travels. At this ...
17: ... sent to central and east Africa at his urgings ended in disaster, with nearly every missionary dying ...
22: ... which feeds the [[Congo River]], Livingstone decided that this river was in fact the "real" [[Nile]]. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ...ddie Carson and Carrie McDonald, she entered [[vaudeville]] as a teen, gradually heading toward [[New ...
7: ... acts. Already a star, she performed in a skirt made only of [[banana]]s, often accompanied by her pet...
11: ...ime she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and became a muse for contempo...
13: ...ker was awarded the [[Croix de Guerre]] for her underground activity.
15: Yet despite her popularity in France, she was never real... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ...dia sensation in the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]], founder of the [[International Church of the Foursquare ...
7: ...e daughter of James Morgan Kennedy, a widower and devout [[Methodism|Methodist]], and Mildred Ona Pear...
9: ...letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution]], debating local clergy, etc.
13: ...ism|Pentecostal]] missionary from [[Ireland]], in December 1907 while attending a revival meeting at t...
19: ...health issues. After what she described as a near-death experience in 1913, she embarked upon a preach... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...en presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] an...
6: ... of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her baptized ''Norm...
8: ...Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done w...
10: ...ospital in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a men...
12: ...elf, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligent... - April (9790 bytes)
7: The name is derived from the [[Latin]] ''aprilis'', either from ...
15: Poets identify April with the end of winter, but they don't...
24: ::Modernized for ''The Norton Anthology of English Liter...
28: :Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
29: :Memory and desire, stirring - Cheerleading (7470 bytes)
1: ...tivity. A cheerleading performer is a '''cheerleader'''.
4: ...[Image:USNA cheerleaders2.jpg|thumb|250px|Cheerleaders in formation.]]
11: ...eerleaders.jpg|thumb|A cheerleader is flipped upside-down during a pep rally routine before a football...
17: ...s in a T motion. This is the most common cheerleader jump.
19: ...ither forward (a front hurdler), or sideways (a side hurdler.) The bent knee points downward. - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
6: ...urtiss JN4|Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny"]], and became a [[stunt pilot]]. In 1924, he started training as a U.S. m...
11: ...[NC-4]] in 1919, with the first non-stop flight made by [[Alcock and Brown]] later that same year.
13: ... voice on behalf of aviation activities until his death. He served on a variety of national and intern...
15: ...onsumption. These innovations are the basis of modern intercontinental air travel.
17: {{multi-video start}} - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
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8: date_of_death = [[30 April]] [[1945]] |
9: place_of_death = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
11: ...[[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[National Socialist German Workers Party...
13: ...eople, including 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as [[the Holocaust]]. - Cheyenne, Wyoming (8059 bytes)
15: founded = [[1867]] |
24: density = 969.6|
35: ...'' were burned down when the paper, which was founded as a public relations vehicle for the moneyed ca...
37: ...some of the largest steam locomotives ever built, designed for hauling freight over the [[Rocky Mounta...
38: ...mage:Wyoming_state_map.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Amusement park (17293 bytes)
3: ...re generic term for a collection of [[amusement ride]]s and other [[entertainment]] attractions assemb...
5: ...orary (often annual) amusement park with mobile rides etc. is called a '''fun fair''' or '''[[carnival...
7: ...well as the more traditional midway arcades and rides at county and state fairs (in the United States)...
9: ...from [[1843]] and still existing, see [[Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen]].
12: ... have a [[Ferris wheel]] and an [[arcade game|arcade]] midway, as well as various concessions. This co... - Kite flying (5612 bytes)
6: ... the string through a solution of ground glass powder and glue. The resulting strings are abrasive and...
8: ... Lower cost kites in quantity production may be made from printed polyester, which will have longer us...
11: ...cs such as silk for the sails. Modern kites are made with synthetic materials: nylon or more exotic fa...
13: ... aerodynamic forms, to modern sparless inflatable designs.:
19: ...ind. In recent years, multi-line kite flying has developed into a [[sport kite|sport]], with competit... - Cherokee (38956 bytes)
14: <small>(f) = federally recognized <br></small>
25: ...250,000 [[Native Americans in the United States|Federally recognized]] Cherokees, have headquarters in...
29: ...ho'' dialect, since [[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|de Soto]] was [[Extremaduran language|Extremaduran]]...
33: ...selves which means approximately this. However, modern Cherokee call themselves Cherokee, or Tsalagi.
39: ...red his great work for the Cherokee people was handed down through the [[Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni]], an ancient ... - Jack Russell Terrier (11452 bytes)
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39: ...ttp://www.akc.org/breeds/parson_russell_terrier/index.cfm AKC], [http://www.ankc.aust.com/pjackrus.htm...
43: |Some kennel clubs consider this <BR>
46: ... are not always considered to be separate breeds, definitions are still evolving and the naming of the...
53: ...ed regularly, may exhibit behaviors that are considered aggressive or unmanageable. In America, sever... - Professional Wrestling (14198 bytes)
1: ...rld Wildlife Fund]] against the World Wrestling Federation over the rights to the initials "WWF" in th...
6: ...nt of five. This strategy is used very often in order to escape from a submission hold, and also, more...
8: Offenses punishable by disqualification include:
10: *Any outside interference involving a person not involved in t...
15: ...arious "motto" in the pro-wrestling world used to describe this situation is: "You can't call what yo... - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
5: ...ver one billion in the world today, bicycles provide the principal means of transportation in many reg...
7: The bicycle has impacted history considerably in both the cultural and industrial realms. ...
13: ...never existed, but were made up by [[Louis Baudry de Saunier]], a 19th century French bicycle historia...
14: ...|280px|Smartly dressed couple seated on an 1886-model bicycle for two.]]
15: ...drive mechanism, in [[1840]], which enabled the rider to lift his feet off the ground while driving th...
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