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- Ancient Olympic Games (9077 bytes)
2: The '''Ancient Olympic Games''' were an athletic and religious celebration hel...
6: The historical origins of the Ancient Olympic Games are lost in the fog of time, but several legends ...
10: ...Iphitos then decided to stop the war during these games, which were called Olympic, after [[Mount Olympus...
12: Other Greeks claimed the games were held in honor of [[Pelops]], king of Olympia...
14: Whatever the origin, the games were held to be one of the two central rituals in... - Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
1: ...ight|thumb|right|For months before the '''Olympic Games''', runners relay the [[Olympic Flame]] from [[Ol...
3: ... Coubertin]] in the late [[19th century]]. The '''Games of the Olympiad''', better known as the [[Summer ...
5: ...2004 Summer Olympics|XXVIII Olympiad]]. The next games, the [[2006 Winter Olympics]], will be held in [[...
7: ... Winter Games are in between, two years after the Games of the Olympiad.
11: ''In detail: [[Ancient Olympic Games]]''
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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
15: ... of Portugal]]. For centuries, the settlement was commonly called S㯠Sebasti㯠- or even St. Sebastian...
21: ...re was no physical space nor urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arrived suddenly, ...
31: The city is commonly divided into the historic downtown (Centro);...
35: .... Centro remains the heart of the city's business community. The "Bondinho", a [[trolley car]], leaves ...
40: ...]], [[Leme]], [[Botafogo]] and [[Flamengo]] which composes Rio's famous [[beach]] coastline. - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
8: ...k in the hillside, the facades, one of which is incomplete, being richly ornamented with reliefs. About...
12: ...d the usurper [[Sogdianus]] (Secydianus). The two completed graves behind Takhti Jamshid would then bel...
18: ...rom the inscriptions, the buildings of Persepolis commenced with [[Darius I of Persia|Darius I]], it wa...
25: ...he residences; many of the houses belonged to the common people and were abundantly supplied with furni...
26: ...men's hands in a minute to extinguish the famed accomplishments of the Persians. (3) This was said to ... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
5: ...ales]], [[Cornwall]], or the west of what would become [[England]], but controversy over the centre of ...
9: ...there seems to be little reason for him to have become a major legendary figure.
21: ... than as a king. Two separate sources within this compilation list twelve battles that he fought, culmi...
29: ...enet.org/~almahu/hunt.htm]), and that he with his company of riders may be seen by moonlight in the for...
37: ...a prince who had triumphed over the Saxons, their common enemies. [Chapter 38, Footnote 138]</blockquot... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
8: ...an undisclosed medical problem [http://www.snopes.com/military/limbaugh.htm]. Limbaugh stated that he w...
16: ...became syndicated on [[August 1]], [[1988]] via a company called Premiere Broadcasting. Limbaugh refers...
20: ...ing out his dramatic pauses to make room for more commercials.
22: ... much a political symbol as he was a broadcaster, comedian, and political satirist. In [[1992]], Presi...
30: ...dmitted that the changes in his voice were due to complete [[post-lingual hearing impairment|deafness]]... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ... official described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
6: Maria-Antonia was brought up in the company of her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two ye...
13: ...xt child to be involved in her mother's political games.
30: .... Marie-Antoinette loathed this spectacle and she complained bitterly to her mother, "I put on my rouge...
32: ...ungest brother [[Charles X of France|Charles, the Comte d'Artois]]. - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
10: ... poetic inclination. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor.
12: ...imb cliffs, and vent her imagination in childhood games. It should be noted that there were many Russian ...
16: ...khmatova until the 1940s. Describing the Koktebel community, the ''魩gr駧 [[Viktoria Schweitzer]] wro...
20: ...nce. She wrote in her journal: "In the air of the compartment hung only three axe-like words: ''bourgeo...
22: ... March 1917, and ends late in 1920, when the anti-communist White Army was finally defeated. The 'swans... - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: '''Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench''', [[Companion of Honour|CH]], [[Order of the British Empi...
4: ...he was made a [[Order of the Companions of Honour|Companion of Honour]]. She has also occasionally dire...
11: ... Company]] and made numerous appearances with the company in [[Stratford]] and [[London]] over the next...
15: ...he biggest draw on the London stage. She is often compared and contrasted with [[Maggie Smith|Dame Magg...
38: ...he role of M in two James Bond [[video game|video games]], ''[[Everything or Nothing (video game)|Everyth... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
5: ...de millionaire and a gold-medal-winning [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Sport rowing|sculler]], and her broth...
7: Though her family had opposed her becoming an actress, Kelly became a [[fashion]] model a...
15: The musical comedy ''[[High Society]]'' ([[1956]]) was her last f...
17: ...legitimate daughter Charlotte Louvet, who would become Rainier's mother and made her his heir [[Princes...
48: *[http://www.familyforest.com/Prince_Albert_2.html Chart of Princess Grace Patr... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
5: ...r Olympics]] a year later. Although international competition was hampered by [[World War II]], Blanker...
13: ...st appearance in the sport was in 1935. Her first competition was a disappointment, but in her third ra...
17: ...nd Koen herself, expected her to do well at the upcoming Olympics, which were to be held in [[Helsinki]...
23: ...ven though he originally thought women should not compete in sports – not an unusual opinion at t...
27: ... but this was never recognised officially, as she competed against men when setting the record. The clo... - Nadia Comaneci (5337 bytes)
1: [[Image:Nadia Comaneci.jpg|framed|Comaneci at the 1976 Montreal Olympics]]
3: ... [[gymnastics|gymnast]], winner of five [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medals, and the first to be awarded a p...
5: Comaneci was born in [[Onesti]], Romania, the daughte...
7: ... gold medals and one silver. At the Pre-Olympics competition in Montr顬 in 1975 Nadia won the All-Ar...
9: ...lympics]] in Montr顬, Qu颥c. Not only did she become the first gymnast at the Olympics to receive the... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
2: ...[Olympic Games|Olympic]] and eight [[Commonwealth Games]] medals. In [[October]] [[1962]] she became the...
4: ...suit (which angered sponsors) because it was more comfortable, and, it was alleged, she climbed a flagp...
10: *[[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne Olympic Games]]
15: ... and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games]]
19: *[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome Olympic Games]] - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
2: ...ring all four Grand Slam titles and the [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] Gold Medal in the same year. She was ra...
10: .... Open (tennis)|US Open]]; whereas another up-and-coming star, [[Gabriela Sabatini]] of [[Argentina]],...
22: ...s becoming a full medal sport at the 1988 Olympic Games in [[Seoul]], there was one more feat which Graf ...
26: ...txa Sᮣhez Vicario]] beat her in three sets to become the French Open's youngest-ever winner. However ...
28: ...ontinue to dominate the women's game for years to come when she beat [[Mary Joe Fernᮤez]] at the star... - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
6: ...]] at the age of fifteen, and her first [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medal the following year. She also...
8: ...[choreographer|choreography]]. She was also an accomplished tennis player. - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (2098 bytes)
2: ...n three gold, one silver and one bronze [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medals. She was named after [[Jackie Ke...
4: ...the 1986 [[Goodwill Games]]). She was inspired to compete in multi-discipline events after seeing a 197...
8: ...s]]. By the time she arrived, her mother was in a coma and brain dead. Since her father could not bring... - Larisa Latynina (2531 bytes)
3: ...ymnast]]. She holds the record for most [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medals at 18 (9 gold medals, 5 silver m...
7: ... battled with [[?nes Keleti]] of [[Hungary]] to become the most successful gymnast of the Olympics. Lat...
9: ...t. Finally, she won the bronze in the horse vault competition.
11: - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...f tennis, was the first female tennis player to become an international celebrity.]]
8: ...company, decided that it would be good for her to compete in tennis and gain strength. Her first try at...
10: ...ar stopped most national and international tennis competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was put...
16: ... cut just above the calf, while all other players competed in outfits covering nearly all of the body. ...
18: ...her path to the gold medal, she gave up only four games, three of them in the final against [[Dorothy Hol... - Rebecca Lobo (1887 bytes)
7: ... with New York. Lobo was traded to the [[Houston Comets]] from the New York Liberty in exchange for Ho...
9: ... commentates women's and men's college basketball games as well, primarily for her alma mater, the [[Univ...
16: * [http://www.nba.com/blog/blog6.html Rebecca Lobo's blog]
17: * [http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Pressbox/7750/ Lobo Land - unofficial f... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
1: ...|right|Babe Didrikson in the 1932 Olympic javelin competition]]
5: ...d declared Shiley the Olympic champion. After the Games, Shiley and Didrikson split their medals.
9: ...the sport of golf, the sport by which she would become most famous. She became America's first female g...
11: ...she managed two wins which were her final ones in competitive golf. Cancer took its toll and Zaharias d... - Lotus (1302 bytes)
8: *"Lotus" also occurs in the common names or [[cultivar]] names of numerous unrela...
11: ...eries of [[Lotus (computer games)|computer racing games]] based on the cars.
12: *[[Lotus Software]], a Cambridge, MA, software company now owned by IBM. Developer of [[Lotus 1-2-3]... - Back (949 bytes)
8: ...m]]. At [[Soccer]] and [[Hockey]] and many other games it means a player who is defending the [[goal]]. ...
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