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- Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...he [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]]. She was a [[First-wave f...
5: ...Rights|Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First L...
9: ...s hand to her husband to be. Their marriage was blessed with six childeren, of which five survived inf...
11: ...scended from the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ...s an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President. - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
2: ...ndash; [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
4: ...urgh]], she was the daughter of a well-do-to businessman. Cassatt grew up in an environment that value...
6: ...llow male students, and the slow pace of her courses, she decided to study the [[Old Masters|old maste...
8: ...ishop of Pittsburgh commissioned her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, after which she traveled a...
16: ...] impressionist show. An active member of the impressionist circle until [[1886]], she remained friend... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
2: ... [[singer-songwriter]] and occasional [[actor|actress]].
6: ... anger or resentment. Since the extraordinary success of ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'', Morissette's popu...
12: ...idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you one day an...
21: With the help of her childhood mentor [[Leslie Howe]], Morissette released "Fate Stay With Me...
23: ... to [[New York City]] to meet with record executives, an experience that she would later write about i... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
2: ...[Grammy Award]] winner, she was named "America's best songwriter" by ''Time'' magazine in 2002.
4: ...r Williams]]. Her father worked as a visiting professor in [[Mexico]] and [[Chile]] as well as differe...
6: ... She followed it up in 1980 with ''Happy Woman Blues'', which consisted of her own material. Neither a...
8: ...d a following and a critical reputation. Nevertheless, it was not until 1988 that [[Rough Trade Record...
10: ...for which Williams received the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ..., [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a ...
4: ... a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]]...
7: ...the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making t...
10: ...[Image:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-Lepage]]'s [[1879]] portrayal of Joan of ... - Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
1: ...ari, [[striptease|exotic dancer]] and convicted [[espionage|spy]], made her name synonymous with ''[[f...
5: ...sian language|Indonesian]]. She was also a [[courtesan]] who may have had affairs with many military o...
7: ...the stories about the fortunes of entire nations resting on Mata Hari should be regarded as myths.
9: ...A third tale claims that not only did she fling a kiss to her killers, she flung open her long coat and ...
11: ...ly unlikely to be true, as it bears a suspicious resemblance to [[Puccini]]'s popular opera, ''[[Tosca... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: ...], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ...tafsson''' in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], the youngest of three children born to Karl Alfred Gustafsson...
7: ==Becoming an actress==
10: ...[stage name]] Greta Garbo. She starred in two movies in [[Sweden]] and one in [[Germany]].
12: When Stiller went to the [[United States]] in [[1925]] to work for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]... - Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
3: ...]] [[actor|actress]]. She was born in [[Los Angeles, California]], the daughter of an acting coach.
7: ...for which she won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1998]].
9: In 1998, Hunt became the first actress to win both an [[Emmy]] and an [[Academy Award]]...
28: *''[[Kiss of Death (1995 movie)|Kiss of Death]]'' (1995)
29: *''[[In the Company of Darkness]]'' (Made for TV) (1993) - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
1: ... [[New York City]], [[United States]], was an actress, singer and major star of [[vaudeville]].
4: ... 1874. By the fall of 1877, their career had progressed to where they were booked to appear at New Yor...
6: ...earance on the theatrical stage. An immediate success she went on to make her [[London]] stage debut a...
8: ... (film, 1896)|The Kiss]], became the first screen kiss in cinematic history.
14: A highly paid performer, Irwin was a shrewd investor and became a very wealthy women. She spent a ... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...]] of the [[20th century]]. Her sizzling screen presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]]...
6: ... seemed to be [[Charles Stanley Gifford]], a [[salesman]] for the studio where Marilyn's mother, Glady...
8: ...nia|Hawthorne]], southwest of [[Downtown Los Angeles]], where she lived until she was seven. The Bolen...
10: ...d Norma Jeane every Saturday, but never hugged or kissed her, or even smiled. One day, Gladys announced ...
12: ...ligent and more unhappy than her screen image suggested. - Mouth (2182 bytes)
8: ...hrough which an [[animal]] or [[human]] [[meal|takes in]] [[food]]. It is usually located in the [[hea...
10: Most animals have a complete [[digestive system]], with a mouth at one end and an [[an...
12: ... do [[brachiopod]]s, which have very efficient digestive systems, roll it around in the [[stomach]] un...
14: ...e digestive system, so it doesn't need its own digestive system.
18: The horny structures covering the mouth of a bird compose its '''[[bea... - Iconography (7643 bytes)
1: ...ting [[Christ]] with his right hand raised in [[blessing]] and his left hand holding an [[orb]].]]
2: ...aphy''' is the traditional art of portraying figures in pigment that [[symbolism|symbolically]] mean m...
4: ...the fire of destruction, etc.). The many heads, eyes, feet, and arms do not have to be taken literally...
6: ...od]] takes material flesh in the form of [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]].
8: ...archetype]], [[icon]]s are kissed, carried in procession, and venerated. - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ... ([[336 BC]]-[[323 BC]]), was one of the most successful military commanders of the ancient world. He ...
6: ...ng legendary [[hero]] in the tradition of [[Achilles]].
9: ...n rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, medicine, and philosophy.
11: ...om [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Achilles]].
14: ...d been bragging to the rest of the Greek city states how he managed to have Philip assassinated. - Morse code (33777 bytes)
2: ...rse code is the only digital [[modulation]] mode designed to be easily read by humans without a comput...
4: ...ause Morse code is transmitted using just two states — on and off — it was an early form of a digi...
7: # intra-character gap (between the dots and dashes within a character)
10: # long gap (between sentences)
13: ...ication, largely limited to use in the United States, became known as Railroad or [[American Morse cod... - Bird (20345 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = '''Aves'''}}
13: ...s, forelimbs modified as [[wing]]s, and hollow bones.
15: ... world, making them the most diverse class of terrestrial [[vertebrate]]s.
17: ...Many birds [[bird migration|migrate]] long distances to utilise optimum habitats (e.g., [[Arctic Tern]...
19: ...ir habitat, for example the [[Great Auk]], flightless [[Rallidae|rail]]s, and the [[moa]] of New Zeala... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
4: :'''Founded:''' [[1870]], as an independent professional club. Joined the National Association in [...
5: ...mnants'', in [[1901]], after a number of players deserted the team for the [[American League]]. The n...
8: ...A red "C" circumscribed by a blue circle. Sometimes a smaller "ubs" will follow the large "C", or the...
9: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (1): [[1998]]
10: :'''Division titles won''' (3): [[1984]], [[1989]], [[2003]] - Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Warren Gamaliel Harding
4: | order=29th President
16: | vicepresident=[[Calvin Coolidge]]
18: ... sixth president to die in office. A [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] from the [[U.S. sta...
20: ...d by [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Calvin Coolidge]]. - Information (13474 bytes)
2: ...edge]], [[instruction]], [[communication]], [[representation]], and [[mental stimulus]].
4: ...nd [[information technology|information technologies]], and even though [[information science]] and [[...
6: ...the bee detects it and the bee's nervous system uses the information to guide the bee to the flower, w...
8: ...ng sections roughly in order of narrowest to broadest.
10: ==Information as a message== - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
4: ... area]] in the state of [[Arizona]], [[United States]]. Phoenix ranked:
5: ...S Census estimation, Phoenix is now the fifth-largest city, surpassing [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] ...
6: ... 14th largest metropolitan area of the United States, with a population of 3,251,876 (2000 census)
7: * the largest capital city by area and population in the U.S. ...
8: * the eighth-fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S. (2000 cens... - Des Moines, Iowa (13222 bytes)
4: ...ted on [[September 22]], [[1851]] as Fort Des Moines.
5: ... "Des Moines" in [[1857]]. [http://www.ci.des-moines.ia.us/departments/AC/Information/AChistoricalinfo...
8: ...from [[French language|French]] ''Rivi貥 des Moines'', i.e. "River of the Monks") and [[Raccoon River...
10: ... insurance companies are headquartered in Des Moines, including the [[Principal Financial Group]], Equ...
14: Downtown Des Moines features a 3.5 mile-long (5.6 km) [[skyway|skywalk]] syste...
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