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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ... [[Ipanema]], for the giant statue of [[Jesus]], known as [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Re...
13: The area where Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedi...
15: ...eiro'' (San Sebastian of the January River), in honor of then King [[Sebastian I of Portugal]]. For ce...
17: ...en westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ...[[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Nicolas de Villegaignon]]. After [[1720]], when the Portuguese found gol... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...s. Gifted with a three-octave vocal range, she is noted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvi...
6: ...ding fame to both the Apollo and herself. She was noticed by [[Bardu Ali]] of [[Chick Webb]]'s band, w...
10: ...[[bebop]], scat, and performed [[blues]], [[bossa nova]], [[samba (music)|samba]], [[gospel]], [[calyp...
12: ...the few to sing - in her unique way - the little known lyrics.
16: ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' is the most notable of her many recordings with jazz legend [[Lo... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
6: .... She quickly won bit parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab Farm.
8: ...lthough as screenwriter [[Anita Loos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "She was so pretty that ...
10: ...ondon)|West End]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities.
20: ... (movie)|Lifeboat]]. The performance is widely acknowledged as her best on film, and won her the New Y...
36: ... her through gauze. You should shoot me through linoleum. (Referring to Shirley Temple) - Eliska Junkova (2642 bytes)
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4: ...e immediately began winning and by 1926 was good enough to compete in races around Europe against the ...
10: ...orgotten by the motor racing world. Like [[Hellé Nice]], her great female counterpart from France, only... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
8: ...rtment of the [[Oise]]), some 70 [[kilometre|km]] north of [[Paris]]. During her youth, she suffered f...
14: ...s Chambers]] in the final. The close match, later noted to be one of the hallmarks in tennis history, ...
16: Not only her performances on the court were noted, however. She garnered much attention in the m...
18: ...hen teamed up with [[Max Décugis]] to win another gold medal in the mixed doubles. She was elim...
24: ...y several exhibition matches against the [[Norway|Norwegian-born]] US Open champion, [[Molla Bjurstedt... - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
2: ...iristas move in the ''roda''. The instrument is known for being the subject matter of a popular song ...
26: ...o sound, not to size. The berimbau's quality does not depend on the length of the verga or the size of...
32: *Even beginners will have no difficulty in playing the buzz sound, as one hold...
36: ...rval from C to D). One can press the dobr㯠away enough from the gourd for this only if the bow is abo...
40: ..., and most students, worry more about producing a nice sound than about naming the individual sounds. - Tanzania (17411 bytes)
1: ...It is bordered by [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]] on the north, [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]] and the [[Democratic ...
7: native_name = Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania |
44: time_zone_DST = not observed |
48: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> Data refers to m...
59: ...ch emphasized justice and equality, but proved economically disastrous, leading to [[food shortage]]s ... - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
8: Nickname = North Star State |
10: OfficialLang = None |
12: Governor = [[Tim Pawlenty]] |
39: .... The most significant [[metropolitan area]] is known as the [[Minneapolis-St. Paul|Twin Cities]], co...
43: ... state include ''Land of 10,000 Lakes'' and the ''North Star State''. - Agathon (3124 bytes)
1: ...e Agathon probably died. He introduced certain innovations, and [[Aristotle]] (''Poetica,'' 9) tells ...
2: original, not, as usually, borrowed from mythological subjects...
4: ...ing on his name that he makes Dionysus call him a noble poet.
6: ...d flowing softly along, with harmonious words and nice construction, but lacking in the element of truly... - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
2: ...Ionian]] [[mathematician]] and [[philosopher]], known best for formulating the [[Pythagorean theorem]...
6: Known as "the father of numbers", he made influential...
9: ...he island of [[Samos]], off the coast of [[Asia Minor]]. He was born to the parents of Pythais (a nati...
19: ...ndeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love" (excerpt from the book ''The ...
21: ... to refer to a measure of practical prudence, and not to a dietary restriction. Beans, black and white... - Morse code (33777 bytes)
2: ...unications technologies, the use of Morse code is now largely obsolete, although it is still employed ...
13: ...wn as Railroad or [[American Morse code]], and is now very rarely used.
17: ...e receiving end of the transmission wire. The technological limits of the time made it impossible to p...
21: ...g and end of dots and dashes, meaning that it was no longer necessary to use the tape.
23: ... dash as "dah", and a dot as "dit". When a dit is not the final element of a character, its sound is s... - Labour Day (7088 bytes)
1: ... [[labour union]] movement, to celebrate the [[economic]] and [[social]] achievements of [[worker]]s. ...
3: ...direct action protest was a success, and they are noted as the first organised workers in the world to...
5: ==North American Labor/Labour Day==
7: ...r labour organizations (and there were many), but notably the affiliates of the [[International Workin...
9: ... Moving the holiday, in addition to breaking with North American tradition, could have been viewed as ... - Pope Hilarius (5932 bytes)
1: ...om [[461]] to [[February 28]], [[468]]). He was canonized as Saint Hilarius after his death.
3: ...y [[November 17]], [[461]], and was consecrated [[November 19]], [[461]] and died on [[February 28]] (...
6: ...to hinder his going either to Rome or to Constantinople, he had great difficulty in making his escape ...
8: ... Church property could not be alienated until a synod had examined into the cause of sale.
10: ...rticularly in connection with the two Churches of Nice and Cimiez. - Cerebellum (7954 bytes)
8: ...to the cerebellar cortex via the pontine nuclei. Another major and important input is from the inferio...
16: ...al fissure runs between the posterior and flocculonodular lobes.
17: ...e. The most lateral region is called, logically enough, the lateral zone.
18: ...net and in textbooks, if someone wanted to make a non-copyrighted one.-->sxdasd
30: ...um which leads to a wide staggering gait but does not affect arm movements or speech. The anterior and... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
5: :'''Formerly known as:''' ''White Stockings'', in the [[1870s]]. ...
18: ...ball's first openly professional team, led to a minor explosion of openly professional teams in [[1870...
24: ...pective to note that a similar winning percentage nowadays would yield 129 wins.
26: ...cade, and were replaced by other strong pitchers, notably [[John Clarkson]]. Much has been written abo...
35: ... victories in [[1906]] (in a 154-game season) has not been broken, though it was tied by the [[Seattle... - Photography (18493 bytes)
2: ...]], [[chemical]] or [[digital]] devices commonly known as [[camera]]s.
20: Photography can be classified under [[imaging technology]] and has gained the interest of scientists a...
30: ... as the [[16th century]]. These early cameras did not fix an image in time; they only projected what w...
34: ...hotographic fixer|fixed]]. In [[1839]] Daguerre announced that he had invented a process using silver ...
36: ...photography, but delayed announcing it and so was not recognized as its inventor. - Monaco (12001 bytes)
1: ...e most densely populated country because Macau is now part of China. -->
53: ...ucted there by Phoceans, the temple of Hercules Monoikos (Μόνοικο&#...
55: ...aco was re-founded in [[1215]] as a colony of [[Genoa]]. Monaco has been ruled by the House of [[Grima...
57: ...e aligned with French political, military, and economic interests.
61: ...een France and Monaco clarifies that if there are no heirs to carry on the dynasty, the Principality w... - Apache (7848 bytes)
3: ...n Plains into the Southwest relatively recently. Noted leaders have included [[Cochise]], [[Mangas Co...
8: ... the American Southwest, with substantial numbers not present until the early 1500s.
10: ...[Spain|Spanish]] accounts identified them as ?dog nomads.? These mobile groups lived in tents, hunted...
12: ...n). These natives are called Querechos. They do not cultivate the land, but eat raw meat and drink t...
14: ...aller than those used for hauling loads by modern northern Canadian peoples. Recent experiments show ... - Guitar (36953 bytes)
12: Guitars are widely known as the primary instrument in [[rock music]].
16: Instruments almost identical to what we know as the "guitar" have been popular for at least 5...
17: ...th century]]. ([http://www.iranian.com/Music/2002/November/Guitar/index.html See related article]).
22: ...tuning]] and a small guitar-style body, but it is not clear whether this represents a transitional for...
24: ...ublic. Danelectro also pioneered [[Tube Amp]] technology. - Native American (42651 bytes)
3: ...a''') are those peoples [[indigenous people|indigenous]] to the [[Americas]], living there prior to [[...
5: ...and genetic commonality with other arctic peoples not native to the American continent, such as those ...
7: ...y exclude the [[Inuit]] and [[Inuvialuit]] in the north, although these are included in the terms "[[F...
11: ...slanders]] including: [[Native Hawaiians]] (also known as Kanaka Māoli and Kanaka 'Oiwi) in the [...
21: ...ter53/luzia/luzia.htm]. Thus other possibilities, not necessarily exclusive, have been suggested:
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