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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: ...stuart.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots]]
7: ...; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of th...
15: ... 1536. Had he not died before James V, Mary would not necessarily have inherited. In this sort of [[Se...
24: ...eeves, enveloped the infant, who could sit up but not walk. She was carried by Lord Livingston in sole...
26: ...ir struck her, she began to cry. The [[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in h... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
1: [[Image:SValadon.jpg|150px|none|right]]
8: ...that she posed for ''City Dance.'' In [[1885]] Renoir painted her portrait again as ''Girl Braiding H...
12: ...ce Utrillo]], he became one of Montmartre's well known artists.
14: ...ition and vibrant colors. She was, however, best known for her candid female nudes.
16: ...908]]). [[Suzanne Valadon]]. Pastel. 60x49 cm. Grenoble: [[Mus饠des Beaux Arts]].]] - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
2: ...]] and the only woman to receive the [[Medal of Honor]].
6: ...cluded such binding clothing as [[corsets]], were not healthy and advocated looser fitting clothing.
8: ...id not flourish, as female doctors were generally not trusted or respected at that time.
10: ...g the [[Battle of Fredericksburg]] and in [[Chattanooga]] after the [[Battle of Chickamauga]]. Finall...
12: ...m T. Sherman]] and [[George Henry Thomas]]. On [[November 11]], [[1865]], President [[Andrew Johnson]... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
6: ...xas for [[San Francisco]] in [[1963]], lived in [[North Beach]] and in [[Haight-Ashbury]]. For a while...
8: ...Holding Company]], a band that was gaining some renown among the nascent [[hippie]] community in [[Hai...
16: ...[[The Dick Cavett Show]] in [[1970]], where she announced that she would attend her 10-year high schoo...
24: Janis Joplin is now remembered best for her powerful, distinctive vo...
26: ...fame continued to grow after his death, Janis did not enjoy a significant revival of public interest u... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: ...inger/songwriters. The influence of "You Oughta Know" is readily seen almost a decade later in the so...
16: :''What did you think I'd be doing now''
18: :''Would there be no end to my sorrow''
28: :''You'd like to know, young lady?"''
29: :''You said, "Yes, I'd like to know what kind of people'' - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
7: ... her name to "Shirley". She has said that she was not allowed to make eye contact with the singer exce...
9: ...ase her debut album in [[1991]]. However, she did not like the slick and well-produced [[popular music...
11: ...io hit. The singles "Run, Baby, Run" and "Strong Enough" were also released. Crow received several [[G...
15: ...ow Never Dies]]''. The song of the same title was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Song Written S...
23: Crow opposed the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], wearing a shirt that read "I don't believe in your war... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
7: ...and making the infant [[Henry VI of England]] the nominal king after [[1422]].
10: [[Image:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-L...
12: ... private prayer that he had made the previous [[1 November]], although he additionally insisted on hav...
14: ...iers, [[Jean de Dunois|Jean d'Orleans (Count of Dunois)]],[[La Hire]], and [[Poton de Xaintrailles]]. - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...uins (TV movie)|Love Among the Ruins]]'', and was nominated for four other Emmys and two [[Tony Award]...
5: ...enereal disease]] in a time when such things were not discussed, and her mother campaigned for birth c...
7: ... films such as ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
12: ... change his name to S. Ogden Ludlow, so she would not have to adopt the "too ordinary" name of "Mrs. S...
21: ...came the talk of New York City, and began getting noticed by [[Hollywood]]. - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ... illegitimate daughter of aspiring actress and piano teacher Romilda Villani and married engineer Ricc...
7: ... in the early 1950s playing bit parts in mostly minor Italian films, but she had an early brush with [...
13: ...r category [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English language performance.
15: ...r best-known films of this period are [[Peter Ustinov]]'s ''[[Lady L]]'' with [[Paul Newman]], [[Charl...
21: ...d appearances in [[Robert Altman]]'s ''[[Ready to Wear]]'' and the [[1994]] comedy ''[[Grumpier Old Men]... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
6: ...rway|Norwegian]] [[Martin Edward Mortensen]], was not her true biological father. The most likely cand...
8: ...riously considered adopting her, which they could not have done without Gladys's consent.
10: ...tal near [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]].
12: ...rwise she would have had to return the orphanage. Norma Jeane had come to think little of herself, yet...
16: No other actor has reached the spectacular heights o... - Ear (6659 bytes)
3: ...system]]), or merely the externally-visible part. Not all animals have ears in the same part of the bo...
23: ... Eustachian tubes are normally pinched off at the nose end, to prevent being clogged with [[phlegm]], ...
30: ... top of the basilar membrane is a cellular layer known as the [[Organ of Corti]], which is lined with ...
32: ...strong movement of the endolymph due to very loud noise may cause hair cells to die.
33: ...on why anyone near guns or heavy machinery should wear [[earmuff]]s or [[earplug]]s. - Lubricant (1488 bytes)
1: ...wo moving surfaces to reduce the [[friction]] and wear between them. Worldwide, more than 50 million to...
3: ...ase oils. Additives deliver reduced friction and wear, increased viscosity, resistance to corrosion, ag...
5: ...others. An alternative way to reduce friction and wear is to use bearings such as [[ball bearing]]s, [[r... - Tooth (14790 bytes)
33: ...mals grow just one set. [[Rodent]] teeth grow and wear away continually through the animal's gnawing, ma...
35: ...ppears at about six months of age. This stage is known as [[teething]] and can be quite painful for an...
42: ... one, pushing it out of the jaw. Apart from this another 8-12 teeth grow. This set can last for life i...
53: ...monly referred to as [[wisdom teeth]]) may or may not erupt.
55: ... 1 being the upper right wisdom tooth (whether or not it is present) and 32 being the lower right wisd... - Silk (8683 bytes)
2: ...]] of the [[silkworm]] [[larva]], in the process known as ''[[sericulture]]'', which kills the larvae....
8: ... trade routes between Europe and Asia has become known as the [[Silk Road]].
11: ...e located inside the Palace complex in [[Constantinople]] and the cloth produced was used in imperial ...
17: A variety of wild silks have been known and used in China, India and Europe from early ...
19: ... The term "wild" implies that these silkworms are not capable of being domesticated and artificially c... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...pean interiors until the 18th century. The hand-knotted pile carpet probably originated in [[Mongolia...
12: ...sturdy fabric such as burlap. This type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]].
14: ...ary weft is attached to the warp by one of three knot types (see below) to form the pile or nap of the...
16: ...nder the weft and are attached without forming a knot. Because of the loom structure only five colors ...
19: ...nen weaving. [[Mary Stewart]] Queen of Scots is known to have been an avid embroiderer. 16th century... - Music (16462 bytes)
16: ...imbre]], [[intensity]], and [[duration]]. <sup>[[#Notes|4]]</sup> These aspects combine to create seco...
18: As mentioned above, not only do the aspects included as music vary, thei...
20: ...usic is heard, understood, even learned." <sup>[[#Notes|6]]</sup>
25: ...d (music)|chord]], which is a [[simultaneity]] of notes heard as some sort of unit; [[chord progressio...
40: ===Oral tradition and notation=== - Cartography (10500 bytes)
1: ...zed cartography. Most commercial quality maps are now made with map making [[software]] that falls int...
7: The oldest known map dates from the [[5th millennium BCE]]. The ...
11: ...(most of whom would not be known today had Strabo not mentioned them). [[Thales]] of Miletus (c. [[6th...
13: ...ecame the basis of [[mathematics]], was the first notable person to say that the earth was a sphere. [...
14: ...umb|[[Muhammad al-Idrisi]]'s world map from 1154. Note that south is at the top of the map.]] - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
22: ...ree, Massachusetts]], (in a part of town which is now [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]), and acquired his ear...
30: ...[Monroe Doctrine]], which warned European nations not to meddle in affairs of the Western Hemisphere.
32: ...tates|President]] [[James Monroe]] ran virtually unopposed for re-election, but one elector cast his b...
37: ...l election, 1824|Presidential election of 1824]], none of the candidates were able to secure a majorit...
74: ''None'' - Qatar (10610 bytes)
59: ...quently forming and breaking coalitions with one another in efforts for territorial supremacy.
61: ... newfound sense of political self although it did not gain official standing as a British [[protectora...
63: ...nced that it would disengage (politically, not economically) from the Gulf in three years, Qatar joine...
65: ...zerland. Under Emir Hamad Qatar has experienced a notable amount of sociopolitical liberalisation, inc...
67: == Economy == - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
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62: ...s conquered by various Central Asian groups, most notably the [[Tocharian]] [[Kushan]]s.
64: ...Kadphises' son [[Vima Takto]] conquered territory now in India, but lost much of the western parts of ...
72: ...hal Empire completely vulnerable. The British did not gain strong footholds in the Pakistani region un...
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