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- Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
23: *''[[Gentleman's Agreement]]'' ([[1935]]) - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
20: ...y-conscious presidents, earning the nickname "the Gentleman Boss" for his style of dress and courtly manner, ... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...ythology)|Icarus]]. Daedalus was trapped on the island of Minos, and so built wings out of feathers a...
15: ...Leonardo da Vinci]] was the first person to seriously design an aircraft, designing a glider in the [[...
27: Another person who continually but slowly advanced the state of the art was [[Frank We...
29: ... period of "intense" study, characterized by the "gentleman scientists" that represented most research effort...
31: ...ights of 25 meters or more "routinely". He rigorously documented his work, including [[photograph]]s, ... - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
35: *[[1907]] - [[Gentleman's Agreement]]
68: *[[1916]] - US acquires [[Virgin Islands]]
77: *[[1917]] - [[U.S. Virgin Islands]] purchased from [[Denmark]]
107: ...izenship granted to inhabitants of [[U.S. Virgin Islands]] - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
24: On the other side, quite outrageously, Alonso de Valdes (brother of Juan de Valdes and...
30: ...d in the classics as well. The book was soon translated into Spanish, German, French, and English, an... - Jean Lafitte (3700 bytes)
2: ...)]]. Following this, Lafitte was engaged in the [[slave trade]] after it was banned.
6: ... for 100 years. In the 1950's the journal was translated from the [[French language]] and published. T...
8: ...n vessel, and though he engaged in the contraband slave trade, he is accounted a great [[romantic]] fi...
26: ...rary.com/americana/lafitte/main.htm Jean Lafitte: Gentleman Pirate of New Orleans] - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
15: ...a'': truth, and ''graha'': grasp/hold), often translated as "way of truth" or "pursuit of truth", has ...
31: ...irculated several petitions to both the Natal Legislature and the British government in opposition to ...
35: ...sonal form of [[Christian anarchism]]. Gandhi translated Tolstoy's "[http://wikisource.org/wiki/A_Lett...
44: ...ove. Furthermore, cooperation among Hindus and Muslims, which had been strong at the height of the no...
55: ...ey began fomenting tension between Hindus and [[Muslim]]s. As the war progressed, Gandhi increased hi... - Fashion (7767 bytes)
21: ...are galvanized in theatres of European war, where gentleman officers had opportunities to make notes of forei...
27: .... The term "fashion victim" refers to someone who slavishly follows the current fashions (implementati... - United States House of Representatives (41197 bytes)
4: ...f both houses is necessary for the passage of legislation. However, some powers (such as the power to ...
9: ...vention]] in [[1787]]; all states except [[Rhode Island]] agreed to send delegates. The issue of how C...
11: ...ted in the South's defeat and in the abolition of slavery.
23: ...responsible for the process; in others, state legislatures perform the task. As the Supreme Court rule...
25: ...merican Samoa]], [[Guam]], and the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]] are represented by a delegate each. Only [[... - Sword (24928 bytes)
10: ... allowed a firm grip, and prevented the hand from slipping onto the blade when executing a stab. [[Bro...
18: ...ng existed in ancient times, including, most famously, [[pattern welding]]. Over time, different metho...
22:
34: ...a sword of the hand and to prevent the sword from slipping out.
44: ...l out of fashion, [[cane]]s took their place in a gentleman's wardrobe. Some examples of canes—those known... - Leone Battista Alberti (5967 bytes)
10: ...erspective]]. An [[Italian language|Italian]] translation of ''De pictura'' (''Della pittura'') was pu...
14: ...e [[18th century]]. The most accurate English translation was by [[Giacomo Leoni]] in the early 18th c...
16: ... orator, a man of alert but sober intelligence, a gentleman of refinement and courtesy... Like Leonardo half ...
32: *''Momus,'' Latin text and English translation, 2003 ISBN 0-674-00754-9 - Staffordshire Bull Terrier (6063 bytes)
56: ... eventually became popular as a family animal and gentleman's dog and even had its own breeders club in Birm...
60: The idea was to develop a stylish gentleman's dog breed for its good looks. The "down face" s... - Boxing (29727 bytes)
19: ...d title under these rules was [[James J. Corbett|"Gentleman Jim" Corbett]], who defeated [[John L. Sullivan]]...
23: ...ney came into the sport and bare-knuckle pugilism slowly died out.
58: ...e referee to decide the result of a fight. Previously, all fights ended with a knock-out or, more usua...
87: ...oved slightly to one side, allowing the punch to "slip" by. The less the boxer has to move his or her ...
92: ...anded fighter, the right foot for a [[southpaw]]) slighty more forward than the back foot, twisting th... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
20: ...e II of Orl�ans|the regent]] and treated graciously, he was not trusted. ''Oedipe'' was performed at...
28: ... In November he caught [[smallpox]] and was seriously ill, so that the book was not given to the world...
44: ...t to [[Rouen]] to get ''Charles XII'' surreptitiously printed. In [[1732]] two more [[tragedy|tragedie...
62: ... Frederick which nobody seems to have taken seriously, and after his return the oscillation between Br...
70: ...d established herself at the court of King [[Stanislaus I of Poland]], and carried on a liaison with t... - First Lady (3279 bytes)
52: ...r's spouse is a male, he may be called the "First Gentleman" though some male spouses of elected heads of sta... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
24: ...esign]] in nature. He got private tuition from Henslow whose subjects were maths and theology, and in ...
26: ...pt Darwin at Cambridge till June and following Henslow's example and advice he was in no rush to take ...
27: ...ation. Knowing the need for geological skills, Henslow introduced Charles to the great [[geology|geolo...
29: ...enslow had recommended Darwin for the position of gentleman's companion to [[Robert FitzRoy]], the captain of...
37: ...ter confirmed by survey in the [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]. - Potato (22889 bytes)
26: ...ore returning to England he stopped at [[Roanoke Island]], where the first English settlers had attemp...
57: ...Jersey Royal'', a salad new potato, grown on the island of [[Jersey]] and in [[Spain]]
80: ...of several traditional dishes from the [[British Isles]] such as [[shepherd's pie]], [[bubble and sque...
82: ...to cubes and [[roast potatoes|roasted]]; diced or sliced and fried (home fries); grated into small thi...
93: ...from the fruits by putting them in a blender on a slow speed with some water, then leaving them in wat... - Architecture (13950 bytes)
12: ...the architecture characteristic of predominantly Islamic societies as well as similar architecture els...
14: ... be found in areas where Muslims are a minority. Islamic architecture includes mosques, madrasas, cara...
18: ...hat of [[aesthetics]]. There was the rise of the "gentleman architect" who usually dealt with wealthy clients...
23: ...] school, founded in [[Germany]] in 1919, consciously rejected [[history]] and looked at architecture ... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
5: ...a|reconquest]] of the [[Iberian peninsula]] from Islamic forces. Spain and [[Portugal]] were filled wi...
38: ...e in 1540 and treated better than the rest of the slaves, due to his value to the Spaniards.
67: ... has spent many hours pouring over documents, translating from the original Spanish, and actually visi...
71: ...a Portuguese office who identified himself as ''A Gentleman of Elvas'' and on the published interviews with D...
87: =====A Slight Variation In Texas===== - First Lady of the United States (9641 bytes)
15: ...e, or have her husband act as an analogous "First Gentleman".
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