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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ... bellorum'' ("war leader") and High [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]...
2: ...ate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield]]
5: ...f his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...of the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Anthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom we know l...
9: ...career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for him to h... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ... nonetheless divorced Roths and began calling herself Madalyn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law d...
7: ...eme Court]] which voted 8-1 in her favor, effectively banning 'coercive' public prayer and Bible-readi...
9: ...ovement which defends the [[civil rights]] of nonbelievers, works for the separation of church and sta...
11: ...She filed lawsuits on many issues over which she felt there was a collusion of church and state in vio...
13: ...might have characterized as [[self-actualization|self-actualizing]]. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...y Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Cana...
7: ...o in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage nam...
9: ...d her for a part in a one-reel thriller, ''The Lonely Villa'' in 1909. Pickford would go on to become ...
11: ... Pickford became secretly involved in a romantic relationship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Dou...
22: * [[1913]]: Appears (with [[Lillian Gish]]) in Belasco's Broadway production ''A Good Little Devil'' - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
4: ..., she quit her work as a lawyer to consecrate herself to literature.
6: She became, with [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]], [[Michel Butor]] and [[Claude Simon]], one of the figures ... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...eminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent mos...
13: ... was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
19: ...rge circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature and art were highly...
21: ...ving the two "wives" to chat. Alice was four foot eleven inches tall, and Gertrude was five foot one i...
23: ...rian, socially was more liberal than not, with developed individualism coupled with democratic values ... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
2: ...'' ([[July 1]], [[1903]] – [[January 5]], [[1941]]) was a famous English [[aviatrix]] who was born...
4: ...ith a BA Economics from the [[University of Sheffield]], Johnson went to work in [[London]] as secreta...
8: She became well-known in [[1930]] when she was the first woman t...
16: ...ited States|USA]] in 1933. The plane ran out of fuel and crashed in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]].
20: ...pilot with Transport Auxiliary and, on January 5, 1941, whilst flying an [[Airspeed Oxford]] to RAF Kidl... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...([[October 9]], [[1892]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
8: ...a's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...ly full sister, Anastasia, was born in 1894. Quarrels between the children were frequent and occasiona...
12: ...anges in school, and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German language...
14: ...irst collection of poems, ''Evening Album'', was self-published in [[1910]]. It attracted the attentio... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...([[January 25]], [[1882]] – [[March 28]], [[1941]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[author]] an...
7: ...oomsbury]], forming the initial kernel for the intellectual circle known as the [[Bloomsbury group]]. ...
9: ... Press]]. She is hailed as one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century and one of the forem...
11: ...consciousness]], the underlying psychological as well as emotional motives of characters, and the vari...
13: ...ser to the prose poem than to the plot-centred novel. Her last and most ambitious work, "Between the A... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: '''Rosalind Elsie Franklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 1...
5: ...re her father taught in the evenings. Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had esc...
8: ...ficiently, a problem affecting the war. Her work helped spark the idea of high-strength carbon fibres ...
9: ...nsidered changing her mind and staying. Unfortunately, Jacques Mering, her mentor, had been unhappy ab...
12: ...od start to the relationship which went progressively downhill. - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...rammer]] for the [[Mark I Calculator]] and the developer of the first [[compiler]] for a computer prog...
3: ...egan teaching mathematics at Vassar in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
5: ...rom the Navy, but she continued to work on the development of the Mark II and the Mark III Calculators...
7: ... first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercially as the [[ARITH-MATIC]], [[MATH-...
12: ... was promoted to Captain in [[1973]] by Admiral [[Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.]]. - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
3: '''Martha Argerich''' (born [[June 5]], [[1941]]) is a [[pianist]] of [[Argentina|Argentinian]] ...
5: ...he later studied with [[Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli]] and [[Stefan Askenase]]. In [[1957]], she won ...
7:
9: ...h has often remarked in interviews of feeling "lonely" on stage during solo performances. As of the [[...
11: Argerich has been tireless in promoting younger pianists, through her ann... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
7: ...e it terrorized the musicians, adding yet another element of excitement to the show.
11: ...batino—a Sicilian stonemason who passed himself off successfully as a Sicilian [[count]]—B...
13: ... to drink was poisoned, she managed to excuse herself and escaped from the chalet through a laundry ch...
15: ...6]], she starred in a failed show with the [[Ziegfeld Follies]]; her personal life similarly suffered,...
17: ... given an apartment by her close friend, [[Grace Kelly|Princess Grace]] of [[Monaco]], another expatri... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: ... most famous singing actress of the era. An extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from cla...
5: ...ny bel canto operas, contributing greatly to the bel canto revival of the 1950s.
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9: ...t it was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice.
11: ...hen Onassis left Callas for [[Jackie Onassis|Jacqueline Kennedy]], widow of assassinated US president ... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]]...
2: ...[[1996]]), also known as '''[[Jazz Royalty|Lady]] Ella''', was one of the most important [[jazz]] [[si...
6: ...h she won, adding fame to both the Apollo and herself. She was noticed by [[Bardu Ali]] of [[Chick Web...
8: ..., the band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ...arilyn Monroe]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s. - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
3: ...reatest [[jazz]] [[singer]]s of all time. Born '''Eleanora Fagan''', she had a difficult childhood whi...
7: ...her to be raised largely by her mother and other relatives. A hardened and angry child, she dropped ou...
9: ...would shake him down for money by threatening to tell his then-girlfriend that Holiday was his daughte...
20: ... that era to perform with white musicians. Nevertheless, she was still forced to use the back entrance...
24: ...ng [[marijuana]], in some accounts, as early as twelve or thirteen years of age. However, it was [[he... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
5: ...ped her develop a stage presence. Smith began developing her own act around [[1913]], at [[Atlanta]]'...
7: ...nd doing tent tours for the rest of the year (traveling in her own railroad car), Bessie Smith became ...
9: ...ade her only film appearance, starring in a two-reeler based on [[W. C. Handy]]'s "[[St. Louis Blues]]...
11: ...]] asked her to record four sides for the Okeh label. These were her final recordings and they are of ...
13: ...rgan. They were in an accident and Smith was severely injured. A doctor soon arrived at the scene and ... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ... ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking'' and the television series ''[[The French Chef]]'', which prem...
6: ...s]] and, after the bombing of [[Pearl Harbor]] in 1941, joined the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS...
8: ...k but helped in the development of a [[shark]] repellant. She was posted to [[Kandy]], Ceylon (now [[S...
14: ...don Bleu]] cooking school and later studied privately with master chefs like [[Max Bugnard]]. She not...
18: == Fame, books, and television series == - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
9: ...icism|Catholics]] and Jews. However, when she was elected to the school's literary society, she could ...
11: ...Nahalal]] in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]. In 1941 she joined a [[kibbutz]] called ''Sedot Yam'' and...
13: ...re her mother as well. The mother was eventually released.
17: ...vember 7, 1944. Her remains were brought to [[Israel]] in 1950 and buried in the cemetery on [[Mount H...
21: ...y court officially exonerated her. Her kin in Israel were informed November 5, 1993. - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...erre]]'', '''Christine Granville'''. She became celebrated especially for her exploits in [[Germany|G...
11:
13: ...icion due to Krystyna's contacts with a Polish intelligence organization called the "[[Musketeers]]." ...
15: ...]] [[consul]]. Only German spies, some Polish intelligence officers thought, could have gotten the vi...
17: ... of [[SOE]] — in a letter of [[June 17]], [[1941]], to Polish Commander-in-Chief and Premier [[Wla... - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
3: She was born '''Carole Penelope Masciarelli''' in [[The Bronx]], [[New York City|New York]]...
5: ...om]] ''[[Laverne and Shirley]]'' from ([[1976 in television|1976]]-[[1983 in film|1983]]).
16: ...[The Christian Licorice Store]]'' (1971) (scenes deleted)
18: *''[[1941]]'' (1979)
24: *''[[Special Delivery (1999 film)|Special Delivery]]'' (1999)
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