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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...led Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: ...eiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Ipanema beach]]
4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
5: ...o_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]]. - Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
2: ...atronymically]], Erik Torvaldsson (or Eiríkr Þorvaldsson).
4: ...and Erik the Red has been dubbed the genuine discoverer.
6: ..., ivory from tusks, and beached whales if they happened to be so lucky.
8: ... the journey successfully; of the other eleven, some turned back, while others were lost at sea.
10: ...entury]], shortly before [[Christopher Columbus]] made his fateful journey. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
1: ...ight|thumb|150px|A bagpipe performer in [[Amsterdam]].]]
3: ...ipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
5: ==Overview==
6: ...right|thumb|A set of Scottish Great Highland bagpipes.<br>
10: 4) Blowstick or blowpipe<br> - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...b|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
3:
5: ...any an article and sermon about consumer desire have been based.
7: ...ve of the daily life of the philosophic circle in Paris.
10: ...46), and he presently added to this a short complementary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural relig... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
2: [[Image:Aung_San_Suu_Kyi.jpg|thumb|Aung San Suu Kyi]]
4: ... Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
6: ...[[assassination|assassinated]] by rivals in the same year.
8: ...an]] culture. They had two sons, Alexander and Kim.
10: ...e violently suppressed. A new military junta took power. - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...ing to give up her seat to make room for white people.]]
2: ... in [[1955]] to give up a [[bus]] seat to a white man who was getting on the bus.
3: ==Civil rights and political activity==
4: ...rother; most of her adult life she worked as a seamstress.
6: ...ama|Montgomery]], [[Alabama]] branch of the [[NAACP]]. She also attended the [[Highlander Folk School... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
2: ... of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
4: ...ers, New York]]. She was left on her own as an orphan at age 14.
6: ...[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
8: ...ng under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra." - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
1: [[Image:aretha_franklin.jpg|thumb|200px|Aretha Franklin]]
2: ...ications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1]].
4: ==Biography==
6: ...er greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ...t sat me down at the piano and the hits started coming." - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
1: ...iday photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1949</small>]]
3: ...one of the greatest [[jazz]] [[singer]]s of all time. Born '''Eleanora Fagan''', she had a difficult ...
7: ...ed her move to [[New York]] with her mother sometime in the early [[1930s]].
9: ... Billie did see him, she would shake him down for money by threatening to tell his then-girlfriend th...
14: ...nny Goodman]]; her first-ever recording was "Your Mother's Son-In-Law" ([[1933]]). - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
1: ...n the cover of her posthumously-released live album ''In Concert'']]
2: ...twoman for several bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
4: ...degree. There, she began singing blues and [[folk music]] with friends.
6: ...reer, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
8: ... of success of their early singles led to the album being withheld until after their subsequent succe... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ...ortrait by Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
3: ...and [[jazz]], to become one of the most highly respected [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th ce...
5: ..., which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ...o songs widely adopted by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
9: ...its pressure and of the loss of privacy and freedom it entails. - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
1: ...thumb|250px|Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten]]
2: ...[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], [[USA]] was the most popular and successful [[blues]] singer of [[1920s]] ...
4: ==Biography==
5: ...s "81" Theatre and by [[1920]] she had gained a reputation in the South and along the Eastern Seaboar...
7: ...[[Louis Armstrong]], [[James P. Johnson]], [[Joe Smith]], [[Charlie Green]], and [[Fletcher Henderson... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
1: ...um)|Horses]]'', was a photo by [[Robert Mapplethorpe]].]]
2: ...ther, and these opposing influences have informed much of her work since.
4: ... "Fire of Unknown Origin", "The Revenge of Vera Gemini", and "Shooting Shark".
6: ...dition of a spoken piece about fugitive heiress [[Patty Hearst]].
8: ...gh the murky production contributed to its poor reviews. - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
1: ...me|right|Lucinda Williams on the cover of her album ''Sweet Old World'']]
2: ...was named "America's best songwriter" by ''Time'' magazine in 2002.
4: ...ed an affinity for music at an early age, and was playing guitar at 12.
6: ...isted of her own material. Neither album received much attention.
8: ...iders, including [[Tom Petty]], who would later cover the song. - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
1: [[Image:Toriamos-dent.jpg|right|thumb|Tori Amos]]
3: ...pared to that of [[Kate Bush]], [[Bj?] and [[Joni Mitchell]].
5: ==Biography==
7: ... told her that she looked more like a Tori than a Myra Ellen.
10: ...ess Makes Good" with "additional vocals by Ellen Amos". - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...0]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...e regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
4: ...revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
5: ==Biography==
7: ...d making the infant [[Henry VI of England]] the nominal king after [[1422]]. - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leni_Riefenstahl.jpg|frame|Riefenstahl circa 1930]]
2: ...ld War II|the war]], she later became a [[photographer]].
4: ==Biography==
5: ...; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
7: ... documented that she would ever have a relationship with Hitler. - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ava Gardner05.jpg|thumb|Ava Gardner]]
2: ...[[January 25]], [[1990]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
4: ...the last of seven children of poor [[tobacco]] farmers.
6: ...ed to have beaten Gardner during their relationship.)
8: ...es, however, was nominated, albeit in the best supporting actress category. - Pansy (10101 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox begin | color = lightgreen | name = Pansy}}
2: ...white, and yellow pansies]] | caption = 5-petaled pansies}}
3: {{Taxobox begin placement | color = lightgreen}}
4: {{Taxobox regnum entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}}
5: ...divisio entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}} - Tibia (10700 bytes)
1: ...bliquity of the femur. It has a body and two extremities.
3: ...ly Human) shinbone, such as that of a defeated enemy.
5: == The upper extremity ==
6: (''''proximal extremity'''')
7: ...origin and a slip from the tendon of the Biceps femoris is inserted.
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