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- Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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11: ...at title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] rather than by marriage.
13: ...biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
15: ...he world. To her admirers, Diana, Princess of Wales was a [[role model]] — after her death, the... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...74]] - [[July 27]], [[1946]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|femin...
13: ...rted by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
17: ...returned to France and volunteered to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by t...
19: ...eight, she had a large circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature ...
21: ...o "wives" to chat. Alice was four foot eleven inches tall, and Gertrude was five foot one inch (Grahn ... - 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 ... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
1: ...''This article is about '''Bette Davis''' the actress; there is also singer named [[Betty Davis]].''
3: ...]] winning [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ... raised by their mother, who aspired to be an actress. Davis was denied admission to [[Eva LeGallienne...
7: ...as the outrage that she received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members.
9: ...rved from October to December [[1941]], when she resigned. Her career began to stagnate through the [... - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
1: [[Image:Woodcarvings of cranes.jpg|right|thumb|Artists can use woodworking to cr...
2: '''Woodworking''' is the process of building, making or carving something using [...
7: ...ncreasingly greater degrees of skill in working these materials.
9: ... has provided fine examples of wooden animal statues from the [[Iron Age]]. Wooden [[idol]]s from the ...
11: ...gyptian [[furniture]] (such as chairs) has been preserved in tombs. The metal used by the Egyptians fo... - Claude Monet (4533 bytes)
2: ...r 5]], [[1926]]) was a French [[impressionism|impressionist]] painter.
4: ...who taught him [[en plein air]] (outdoor) techniques for painting, rather than painting in a studio.
8: ...pen spaces and light painted with thick brushstrokes.
10: Monet's [[1866]] ''The Woman in the Green Dress'' ''(Camille, ou la femme � la robe verte)'', ...
14: ...t.jpg|thumb|left|275px|''Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant)'' ([[1872]]/[[1873]])]] - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...contained [[fortress]], usually of the [[Middle Ages]], though traditionally in Britain it has also re...
2: ...he dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles and ''[[chaux]]''.
4: ...lso figure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited...
6: ==Purpose of castles==
8: ... for specific purposes, or evolved into new purposes over time: - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
6: ...red ships and submarines use steam to drive turbines, but are not referred to as steamships or steambo...
8: ...d, out of nostalgia, for [[diesel]] motor driven vessels, prefix "'''MV'''".
15: ...ist [[Denis Papin]] who was developing steam engines. In [[1707]] he constructed a paddle-powered boat...
17: ...roved model he does not seem to have had much success, though he may have inspired others.
19: ...ine failed, but bureaucracy thwarted further progress. - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
13: ... The [[Racial policy of Nazi Germany|racial policies]] that Hitler directed culminated in the systemat...
15: ...'s most powerful nations. Nevertheless, the [[Allies]] ultimately defeated Germany. In the final days ...
20: ...f]]'', his [[autobiography]], Adolf Hitler describes his father as an "irascible tyrant"; however, the...
22: ...il Schicklgruber" were airdropped over German cities. He was legally born a Hitler, however, and was i...
24: ...ish the probability Hitler had Jewish or Czech ancestors. Historians such as [[Werner Maser]] and [[Ia... - Pierre Abelard (18114 bytes)
7: ...ominalist [[Roscellinus]], the famous [[canon (priest)|canon]] of [[Compiegne]], claims to have been h...
11: ...ism]], till then dominant in the early [[Middle Ages]] (to be replaced by Abélard's [[Conceptualism]]...
13: ...ph was complete; the pupil was able to give lectures, without previous training or special study, whic...
15: ...losopher in the world. But a change in his fortunes was at hand. In his devotion to science, he had ...
22: ...astration|castrated]] him. The priesthood and ecclesiastical office were, thereby, canonically closed ... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ...066 in what has become known as the [[Norman Conquest]].
12: William was born the [[Family#Western_kinship_terminology|grandnephew]] of Queen [[...
14: ...n barons at [[Caen]] in the [[Battle of Val-賭Dunes]] in [[1047]].
16: ... married [[Matilda of Flanders]], against the wishes of the [[Pope Leo IX|pope]] in [[1053]] at the [[...
18: ...[Robert, Count of Mortain]] played significant roles in his life. - Viking Age (10637 bytes)
2: ...A.D and [[1066]] A.D in [[Scandinavia]]. This corresponds to the latter half of the early [[Iron Age]]...
6: ... but also along the major river valleys of north-western Europe. [[Rurik]] founded the first [[Russia]...
8: [[France]] was particularly hard-hit by these raiders, who could sail down the [[Seine]] with ...
10: ...into [[England]] in 1066, after the [[Norman Conquest]] of England.
16: ...365px|Scandinavian territories, colonies and voyages]] - River (12397 bytes)
4: ... at its end and forms what is known as a delta or estuary.
7: ... in saline tidal waters may form [[estuary|estuaries]].
9: ...aking]]''). Waterfalls are sometimes used as sources of energy, via [[watermill]]s and [[hydroelectric...
11: ...ly larger) river. In [[arid]] areas rivers sometimes end by losing water to [[evaporation]] and percol...
13: The area drained by a river and its tributaries is called its [[watershed]]. - Spotted Dolphins (5640 bytes)
12: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''S. attenuata'''''}}
17: ...g methods]" in order to save millions of the species in the eastern [[Pacific Ocean]].
20: ...arded as separate. Both the genus and specific names come from [[Latin]] words meaning thin or thinnin...
22: ... Rice's 1998 survey of cetacea taxonomy. Two of these have not been formally named
23: :''S. a. subspecies A'', the off-shore form found in the eastern Paci... - Spinner Dolphins (5175 bytes)
11: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''S. longirostris'''''}}
19: ...John Gray in 1828. There are four named [[subspecies]]:
23: ...t represents a mixed bag of broadly similar subtypes found throughout the world.
26: ...te belly is noted in the eastern Pacific. Other less distinct groupings have been identified in other...
28: The specific name comes from the [[Latin]] for long-beaked. - Woodwork (12397 bytes)
1: [[Image:Woodcarvings of cranes.jpg|right|thumb|Artists can use woodworking to cr...
2: '''Woodworking''' is the process of building, making or carving something using [...
7: ...ncreasingly greater degrees of skill in working these materials.
9: ... has provided fine examples of wooden animal statues from the [[Iron Age]]. Wooden [[idol]]s from the ...
11: ...gyptian [[furniture]] (such as chairs) has been preserved in tombs. The metal used by the Egyptians fo...
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