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- Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ...rom 5 to 13 meters on the west side a magnificent double stair, of very easy steps, leads to the top. On t...
8: ...ttom of the valley. The modern Persians call this place ''[[Naksh-i Rustam]]'' ("the picture of Rustam...
12: ...he usurper [[Sogdianus]] (Secydianus). The two completed graves behind Takhti Jamshid would then belon...
18: ...t acquainted with the city until it was taken and plundered by Alexander the Great.
20: ...mportant particulars with Takhti Jamshid, for example, in being supported by the mountain on the east. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: .... The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes...
16: ...ch is tied into the bag and which the pipe itself plugs into. The bag usually consists of leather, but...
18: ... varieties of Scottish Small Pipes which all have double reeds (in conical bores for the Zampogna, and cyl...
23: ...s. [[Nero]] is generally accepted to have been a player; there are Greek depictions of pipers, and th...
25: ...iti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Robert the Bruce]]'s troops marched to [... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
26: ...[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped the heav...
28: ... the prelates and peers who knelt before her and, placing their hands on her crown, swore allegiance t...
31: ...nce with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[Scottish Parliament]] broke off the treat...
40: ...omising childhood. With her marriage agreement in place, she was sent to [[France]] in [[1548]], at th...
42: ...[[Scots Language|Scots]]. She also learned how to play two instruments and learned prose, horsemanship... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...f Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 M...
18: ...tch, but his objections failed to dissuade the couple. Many scholars have suggested that Prince Albert...
20: ...merged the Royal House name and family surname, replacing both with one deliberately English sounding ...
29: ...wives of Whigs, but Sir Robert Peel expected to replace them with wives of Tories. Victoria strongly o...
37: ... the assassination attempt; others attributed the plot to supporters of the heir-presumptive, the King... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...College]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various places in North America and around the world, she re...
4: ...ues and concerns, which she examines through multiple genres such as [[science fiction]], [[Southern O...
6: ...ell as [[alliteration]] or [[assonance]] that is split up and put in separate lines to produce an echo...
32: :''[[Double Persephone]]'' ([[1961]])
53: :''[[Good Bones and Simple Murders]]'' ([[1994]]) - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...[1653]]) is today considered one of the most accomplished Early [[Baroque]] painters in the generation...
14: ..., had committed incest with his sister-in-law and planned to steal some of Orazio?s paintings. During ...
16: ...12]]-13), stored in the [[Capodimonte Museum of Naples]], is impressive for the violence portrayed, an...
18: ...tist from [[Florence]]. Shortly afterwards the couple moved to [[Florence]], where Artemisia received ...
20: ...urn to [[Rome]] in [[1621]] and later move to [[Naples]]. After her mother's death in [[1651]], Pruden... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
8: ...ere not accepted as members of the University, simply as 'students of Girton and Newnham Colleges', t...
12: ...o similar research). Unfortunately, Randall had implied that Franklin alone would be working on DNA, a...
15: ...]] on April 25, 1953 in an article describing the double-helical structure of DNA. Upon seeing the Crick a...
18: ...pared a draft paper describing the structure as a double helix when Crick and Watson produced theirs. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
20: ...econd husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] player [[Ray Brown]]. Together they adopted a child,...
68: *1965 ''[[Ella at Duke's Place]]''
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112: *[[Media:How High The Moon.ogg|Download sample]] of "How High the Moon"
113: *[[Media:April In Paris.ogg|Download sample]] of "April in Paris" by Fitzgerald with [[Louis... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
10: ...st influential full-length releases, the latter a double LP of live gospel music recorded in a Los Angeles...
53: *[[1970]] ''[[Don't Play That Song]]'' - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
5: ..., her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[musical tuning|tunings]]. S...
59: *''Ein Engel'' for alto and double bass (1994)
81: ...)'' for trombone, saxaphone quartet, violoncello, double bass, and tam-tam (2004) - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...garette smoker since the age of nine, which may explain the unique texture to her voice, which was esp...
11: ...ses]]'' (1972), whose title track continued her exploration of the themes of "For Free", sold well, su...
13: ..."). The album was stylistically diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the ...
15: ...dominated by the lengthy part-improvised "Paprika Plains". The album received mixed reviews: some enj...
17: ...rles Mingus]], who died before the project was completed. Mitchell finished the tracks with a band fe... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
29: ...'You said, "Yes, I'd like to know what kind of people''
36: ...sequent singles "Feel Your Love", "Walkaway" and "Plastic" were also modest hits.
61: ...ics completely from personal experiences. For example, as Morissette began meeting with record labels,...
66: :''And then played golf for awhile''
84: ...ation]] stumbled onto "You Oughta Know" and began playing it non-stop: - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
7: ...gan studying at [[Montgomery College]] and began playing at piano bars, many of them gay, chaperoned ...
10: ...playing by ear at Peabody and her difficulty with playing from sheet music – with Caton, [[Matt ...
20: ...center. In [[1995]], Amos, duetting with [[Robert Plant]], contributed the song "Down by the Seaside"...
30: ..., Amos' first with a full band, was known as the "Plugged '98" tour. Another tour followed in 1999, th...
33: ...ome releases; ultimately, however, she produced a double album's worth of material which was released in 1... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: She was awarded the [[Templeton Prize]] in [[1973]] , the [[Nobel Peace Prize...
22: ...nted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are...
24: ... she converted an abandoned [[Hinduism|Hindu]] temple into the [[Kalighat Home for the Dying]], a free...
29: ...ity Brothers was founded in [[1963]], and a contemplative branch of the Sisters followed in [[1976]]. ...
35: ... we do to promote world peace?" Her answer was simple: "Go home and love your family." In the same yea... - Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
7: ...France]], accused of [[espionage|spying]], as a [[double agent]], for [[Germany]] and France and causing t...
11: ...nk]]s. The execution would be faked. However, the plot was a failure, and the guns were loaded properl... - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
5: ...quested all French-born residents of London to supply them with photographs of their home towns, Odett...
9: Churchill's operation in France was betrayed by a double agent, and Odette and Churchill were imprisoned. ... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
15: ...k Jagger]] and his wife [[Bianca Jagger]] as a couple holding each other's hands after they got maried...
21: ... the propaganda in her early films repels many people, their aesthetics are nonetheless outstanding an...
23: ...aiming that "each and every one" of the [[Roma people]] which had been drawn from a [[concentration ca...
51: * ''[[The People of Kau]]'' (Harper, 1976; St. Martin's Press rep...
61: ...ymanek]]) [[record label]] released a [[tribute]] double CD titled ''[[Riefenstahl (compilation)|Riefensta... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...am doubles titles (31 women's doubles and 9 mixed doubles). She won the women's singles title at [[Wimbled...
21: ...(Navrátilová was ranked the World No. 1 doubles player for a period of over three years in the 1980s...
25: ...ks and 331 total weeks as the World No. 1 singles player.) In [[1988]], Graf truly eclipsed Navratilo...
31: ...ged 47 years and 8 months, to make her the oldest player to win a professional singles match in the Op...
33: ...s Cup]] in [[Toronto]], where she won the women's doubles event partnering [[Anna-Lena Groenefeld]]. - African Lily (1955 bytes)
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