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- Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ... Wales|HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]]. From her marriage in [[1981]] to her divorce in [[19...
15: From the time of her [[engagement]] to the Prince of...
22: ...h; a great-grandmother was the American heiress [[Frances Work]] — she was also a descendant of ...
24: ...ugemont]], [[Switzerland]]. Diana was a talented amateur [[pianist]], excelled in [[sports]] and reportedl... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
6: ...ew York]], in one of the earliest of its famous "Amateur Nights", which she won, adding fame to both the ...
22: Already blinded because she suffered from [[diabetes]], she lost her [[leg]]s in [[1993]]...
24: ...1980' s hit "Ella , elle l' a" by French singer [[France Gall]].
33: *1955 ''[[Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues]]''
54: *1960 ''[[Sings Songs from Let No Man Write My Epitaph]]'' - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
1: ...nsel''', was a [[Germany|German]] [[pianist]] and amateur [[composer]]. She is perhaps best known as the si...
3: Born in [[Hamburg]], Fanny benefited from the same [[music]]al education and upbringing a... - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
10: ...ed in a revised edition in [[1954]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the film ''Hello, Londo...
14: She died in [[1969]] of [[leukemia]], on a flight from [[Paris]] to Oslo. Considered by most as the gr... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
3: ...tars, named ''La Divine'' (the divine one) by the French press.
8: ...d her at a later age. Because his daughter was so frail and sickly, Charles Lenglen, the owner of a ca...
10: ... the [[French Open]], was only open to members of French clubs until 1925.) She lost to reigning champ...
14: The French championships were not held again until [[192...
16: ...d Brits also were in shock at the boldness of the French woman who also casually sipped [[brandy]] bet... - Rebecca Rodriguez (483 bytes)
1: ... expected to win many medals and championships in amateur boxing and world championships in professional [[...
3: ...omen's Texas Title Invitational'', which began on Friday, [[April 4]], [[2003]]. She made it all the w... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
1: [[Image:BabeDidrikson.png|framed|right|Babe Didrikson in the 1932 Olympic jave...
9: ... U.S. Women's Amateur as well as the 1947 British Amateur and three [[Western Open (women's golf)|Western O...
11: ...a Titleholders victory, but illness prevented her from playing a full schedule in 1952-53. She made a ... - Pansy (10101 bytes)
17: ... is a cultivated garden [[flower]]. It is derived from the wildflower called the [[Heartsease]] or Joh...
20: ...r native violet (''V. lutea'') and eventually one from the Near East (''V. altaica''), to produce a ho...
34: ... gardeners buy biennials as packs of young plants from the garden center and plant them directly into ...
52: 11 parts fresh ammonium carbonate
63: ...Oidium'' fungal infection. Violet-gray powder on fringes and underside of leaves. Caused by stagnant... - Music (16462 bytes)
20: ...ere exist solo vocal and instrumental genres with free, improvisational rhythms with no regular pulse;...
31: ...tes music. A great deal of music is produced by [[amateur]]s.
38: ...lude a mixture of both, and performance may range from improvised solo playing for one's enjoyment to ...
43: ... is produced as [[sheet music]]. To perform music from notation requires an understanding of both the ...
49: ...nventions and even "fully composed" includes some freely chosen material. See also, [[precompositional... - Science (19868 bytes)
15: ...ions, rules, practices, etc. and that transitions from one paradigm to another generally does not invo...
30: An especially fruitful theory that has withstood the test of time ...
39: ...ic method]] that can serve to distinguish science from non-science.
56: ...s to desire or which is 'best'. What one projects from the currently most reasonable scientific hypoth...
58: ...eme cases relativity allow us to predict anything from the effect one moving billiard ball will have o... - Oboe (5230 bytes)
3: ...he [[shawm]]. The word "oboe" is derived from the French word ''hautbois'', meaning "high wood". It is...
7: ...t to play and produce a good sound ([[tone]]) on. Amateur players often produce a nasal (often out-of-tune)...
11: The oboe first appeared in French courts around [[1650]]. In the [[17th century...
13: ... The commonly accepted range for the oboe extends from B♭3 to A6, nearly three octaves. In the ...
17: ...anesby]]. The range for the Baroque oboe extends from C4 to E♭6. - Musician (3042 bytes)
10: ...professional]]. Professional musicians may work [[freelance]], contract with a studio or [[Record labe...
12: ...music and more to [[animal communication]]). The freestyle chatter of even common birds, although lac...
50: ...ough in many cases the name of the player is made from the name of the instrument + ''"ist"'', it does... - Australia (39438 bytes)
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January]] [[1...
44: ...notes=<sup>1</sup>There are some minor variations from these three timezones, see [[Australian States ...
50: ...island]], [[Boigu Island]], is about 5 kilometres from Papua New Guinea. This has led to a complicated...
54: The name Australia derives from the [[Latin]] ''australis'', meaning ''southern...
55: ...w of [[Port Jackson]], taken from the South Head, from ''A Voyage to Terra Australis''. [[Sydney]] was... - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
11: ...afre's successor, which is about half as tall. Khafre's pyramid appears the tallest on some photograph...
17: ...length, and 12 [[arcsecond|seconds]] in [[angle]] from a perfect square. The sides of the square are a...
19: [[Image:Giza_4.jpg|thumbnail|300px|left|[[Khafre's Pyramid]]. Image courtesy of
22: ...[[limestone]], [[basalt]], and [[granite]] blocks from two to four [[tonne]]s in weight each with ston...
26: ...rrow shafts, about 20 centimeters wide, extending from the chamber to the outer surface of the pyramid... - Football (soccer) (22343 bytes)
7: ...These names are also used to distinguish the game from other sports known as "[[football]]". <!-- Plea...
9: ...y large number of people also play football at an amateur level.
11: ...rope]], [[Latin America]], and increasingly in [[Africa]] — football evokes great passions and p...
17: ...g|thumb|250px|A goalkeeper dives to stop the ball from entering his goal.]]
19: ...he ball close to their feet); by passing the ball from team-mate to team-mate; and by taking shots at ... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
45: *French explorers [[Louis Joliet]] and [[Jacques Marq...
47: ... in June [[1833]]. Primarily, they were families from [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[New York]], [[Ind...
51: ...e [[Iowa General Assembly]] passed a [[women's suffrage]] amendment in [[1870]].
55: ...ary industry is agriculture, it also produces [[refrigerator]]s, [[washing machine]]s, [[fountain pen]...
128: *2.1% [[African American|Black]] - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
41: ...]] (the land that would become New Jersey) to two friends who had been loyal through the [[English Civ...
43: ...lish Crown and gave sanctuary to the King. It was from the Royal Square in St. Helier that [[Charles I...
45: ...was in the Hudson River region and came primarily from New England. The first permanent English settl...
63: ... However, by the close of the Civil War, several African-Americans in New Jersey were still in bondage...
70: ... two [[United States Senate|U.S. Senators]] are [[Frank R. Lautenberg]] (Democrat) and [[Jon Corzine]]... - List of sports (7304 bytes)
67: * [[amateur wrestling|Wrestling]]
209: * [[Freestyle skiing]]
222: * [[Freestyle snowboarding]]
321: * [[Ultimate frisbee]] - Astronomy (13970 bytes)
5: ...one of the few sciences where [[amateur astronomy|amateurs]] can still play an active role, especially in t...
31: ... evolution]]: the study of the evolution of stars from their formation to their end as a stellar remna...
49: In astronomy, [[information]] is mainly received from the detection and analysis of [[electromagnetic...
56: ...to eliminate noise (electromagnetic interference) from the atmosphere.
64: ...ight is heavily absorbed by [[water vapor]], so infrared observatories have to be located in high, dry... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ..."dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]]...
5: ...ances from the sun consisting of debris left over from the [[condensation]] of the [[solar nebula]]; t...
9: ... the ion tail (gas) always pointing directly away from the Sun, since the gas is more strongly affecte...
11: ...hs of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, ...
21: ...ncke]] has an orbit which never places it farther from the Sun than [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. Shor...
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