Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
5: ! State !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
20: | [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
81: ...1832]], [[1889]] — [[1891]] (wing added), [[1909]] — [[1911]] (wings added)
104: | [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]] - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...n [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
7: ...[[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...nder command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
10: ...dinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
11: ...attle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: ...] – [[May 2]], [[1964]]) was a socialite politician and a member of the prominent [[Astor family...
4: ...ury tastemaker and the owner of the influential British decorating firm [[Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler]...
8: ...] as MP for [[Plymouth Sutton (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Sutton]]. Nancy Astor then became ...
10: ...eplacement. Her son [[David Astor]], who became editor/owner of ''The Observer'' newspaper, would neve...
12: ...e and the future invasion. The allied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, they composed a sarcastic so... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...8]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalist]].
4: ...house, and were influenced by his artistic and political ideas.
6: ...ist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in [[1909]].
8: ...ster Rising]] and was sentenced to death by the British government. The sentence was commuted to life ...
10: ...d to the [[House of Commons]]. However, in line with Sinn F驮 policy, she declined to take her seat ... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
2: ...eosophist]], [[women's rights]] [[activist]], [[writer]] and [[orator]].
4: ...m]] and [[workers' rights]]. She was a prolific writer and a powerful orator.
5: ...trine]]'' by [[H.P. Blavatsky]] in [[1889]] and writing a review on this book.
9: Together with [[Charles Webster Leadbeater]] she investigated ...
11: ...lon, and their promotion of Buddhist revival activities on the subcontinent (see also: [[Maha Bodhi So... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ... and was later deported to [[Russia]], where she witnessed events of the [[Russian Revolution of 1917|...
6: ...ds for her anarchist ideas and her independent attitude.
9: ...lly married, allowing her to retain her American citizenship.
12: ==New York City==
13: ... Frick]] made her highly unpopular with the authorities. Berkman (or Sasha as she fondly referred to h... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ...s]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First Worl...
7: ...ed a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated in...
9: ...tions of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitled ''The Angelic Avengers'', under the pseudonym ...
11: She died in Rungsted, apparently from malnutrition. She had suffered for many years from [[syphi...
15: * ''The Hermits'' (1907, published in a Danish journal under the... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...], known as "America's Sweetheart" and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pion...
5: ...oduction of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and...
7: ...]] play, ''The Warrens of Virginia'', which was written by William C. DeMille, brother of [[Cecil B. D...
9: ...ies of disappointing roles and the public's inability to accept Pickford in roles that reflected her o...
11: ...ame secretly involved in a romantic relationship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbank... - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
2: ...s, France]], was a lawyer and a [[Francophone]] writer of [[Russia]]n origin.
4: ...it her work as a lawyer to consecrate herself to literature.
6: ...aude Simon]], one of the figures most associated with the trend of the [[nouveau roman]].
11: * ''Portrait of an Unknown'', [[1948]]
13: * ''The Golden Fruit'', [[1963]] - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...nd catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in [[France]].
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her love...
7: ...legheny, Pennsylvania]] (now the North Side of [[Pittsburgh]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]] and the...
9: ...image:Stein_by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
11: ...o [[France]] during the height of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]]. - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
8: ...[1889]] Toulouse-Lautrec painted her in the portrait ''The Hangover''.
10: Degas impressed with her bold line drawings and fine paintings, encou...
12: ...ws of her artist son born in [[1883]] whose paternity she never divulged. Named Maurice Valadon at bir...
14: ... landscapes that are noted for their strong composition and vibrant colors. She was, however, best kno...
18: ...that fills the head with emptiness and the heart with sadness." - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
3: ...[[1887]] - [[September 17]], [[1948]]) was an [[United States|American]] anthropologist.
5: ...]. She attended [[Vassar College]], graduating in 1909.
7: She entered graduate studies at [[Columbia University]] in [[1919]], studying under [[Franz Boas]], re...
11: ...ors said to appear in every human society. (Her critics dismiss these patterns as a "tiny subset" of t...
15: ... the leading social anthropologists who were recruited by the U.S. Government for war-related research... - Virginia Apgar (394 bytes)
1: ... childbirth. She graduated from [[Columbia University]] in 1933.
3: ...he health of [[neonate|newborn]] [[baby|babies]]. It is administered one minute and five minutes after... - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
1: ...2]], [[1862]] in [[Montour Falls, New York]], [[United States]] ? died [[April 15]], [[1919]] in [[Sav...
4: ...as the Superintendent of Nurses at University Hospital in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].
6: ... Nurses Association and chair of the National Committee of the Red Cross Nursing Service.
8: ...rses played vital roles with the United States military.
10: ... her death her remains were brought back to the United States by the Army Quartermaster Corps and re-i... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
3: ... States]] during the [[Great Depression]], often with various members of the [[Barrow gang]].
5: ...vated the attention of the [[American]] press and its readership during what is sometimes referred to ...
11: ...hey viewed as certain. She was fond of creative writing and the arts. Her poem "The Story of Bonnie an...
15: ...Clyde acted without criminal intent. However, despite holding down "square" jobs during the period 192...
19: ...ght it was anything special. Nobody guessed where it would lead."{{ref|knight}} - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ... of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
4: Joan of Arc's campaigns were responsible for a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]...
7: ...]] granted the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), a...
10: ...els. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]].]]
12: ...rations were being made to bring supplies to the city of [[Orl顮s]], which had been under siege by th... - Relic (11473 bytes)
1: ... especially a piece of the [[body]] or a personal item of a [[saint]]. A [[shrine]] that houses a rel...
7: ...ning how Paul's handkerchiefs were imbued by God with healing power (19:11-12).
11: ...Shroud of Turin]] is another relic whose authenticity is questionable. The [[abbey]] church of [[Coul...
14: ...f ''"sanctus"'' and ''"virtus"'', the first with its familiar meaning of "sacred" or "holy", and the ...
15: ...d by spirits, acquired by the faithful, and transmitted to objects." - Matthew Henson (1087 bytes)
2: ...eographic North Pole]] with [[Robert Peary]] in [[1909]]. However, some have estimated that Peary's part...
4: ...h Pole'') in [[1912]] and later in collaboration with [[Bradley Robinson]] his biography ''Dark Compan...
6: ...d by [[S. Allen Counter]] in a [[Greenland]] expedition when they were in their eighties.
10: ...at-grand nephew of [[Josiah Henson]], a famous fugitive slave. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ....jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ...overnment]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
5: Because of the superpower status of the United States, the American President is considered by...
7: ...is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
2: ...ed as the twenty-eighth [[Vice President of the United States of America]] under [[Woodrow Wilson]] fr...
5: ...] and began his career as a lawyer in [[Columbia City, Indiana]].
7: ...in raising a convention to rewrite the state constitution.
11: ...ident until [[1921]]. It is said that Marshall initially turned down the nomination, assuming the job...
13: ...dents have rarely relied on their VPs in dealing with the Senate.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).