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- Theodora (6th century) (3433 bytes)
4: ...et History'' of [[Procopius]], published posthumously.
8: ...sion. A strong-willed woman, she showed a notable talent for governance. In the [[Nika riots]] of [[532]]... - Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
22: Wu Zetian soon revealed her talent at manipulation and intrigue. She first had the c...
26: ...ar support by advocacy of [[Buddhism]] but ruthlessly persecuted her opponents within the royal family...
32: ...sy]] of preaching [[compassion]] while simultaneously engaging in a pattern of [[corruption|corrupt]] ... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
20: ..., glamorous, flirtatious, charismatic and religiously tolerant. Elizabeth also inherited her mother's ...
33: ...unimportant [[Owen Oglethorpe]], [[Bishop of Carlisle]] had to crown her. The [[communion]] was celebr...
72: ...the [[Speech to the Troops at Tilbury]]. She famously declared, "I know I have the body but of a weak ...
74: ...s forced to return to Spain; the victory tremendously increased Elizabeth's popularity. The battle, ho...
82: ... Earl of Salisbury|Robert Cecil]], who had previously become Secretary of State in [[1590]]. Elizabeth... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
7: While her first novel, the posthumously published ''[[Northanger Abbey]]'', pokes fun at...
10: :''That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements of feelings and c...
12: ...of gentle but keen satire: she appeals rarely and slightly to the deeper feelings; and the enforcement... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
7: ...nting in her father's workshop, showing much more talent than her brothers, who worked along side her. She...
12: In [[1612]], despite her early talent, Artemisia was denied access to the all-male prof...
20: .... After her mother's death in [[1651]], Prudenzia slipped into obscurity and little is known of her su...
26: ...ne]] (''"Allegory of the Inclination"'') (natural talent), presented under the form of a young nude woman ...
42: ...o famous in Rome); the "Venere Dormiente" (''"The Sleeping Venus"''), today at [[Princeton]]; the [[Es... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
31: ...oism and individualism. Rand also had a strong dislike for [[mysticism]], [[religion]], and compulsor...
33: ...ong of Russia]]''. Rand argued that the movie grossly misrepresented the socioeconomic conditions in t...
68: ...ll of uncertainty, and lacking in imagination and talent (though Ellsworth Toohey is represented as being ... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
26: ...e occasions himself. It was bound to end disastrously and it did. Her break-up with Rozdevitch in [[19...
28: ...t to artists and writers who had lived in [[Czechoslovakia]]. In addition, she tried to make whatever ...
34: ...estions and ended up reading them some French translations of her poetry. The police concluded that sh...
39: ...o her. Boris Pasternak found her bits of work translating poetry, but otherwise the established Soviet...
54: The full range of Tsvetaeva's talent developed quickly, and was undoubtedly influenced... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ... of song writing. Personal and often self-consciously "poetic", her songs were strengthened by Mitchel...
19: ...1988) saw Mitchell collaborating with a wealth of talent, including [[Willie Nelson]], [[Tom Petty]] and [...
21: ...bum)|Both Sides Now]] (2000) was received rapturously by critics and remains a strong seller. The alb...
25: ..., describing it as a "cesspool". She stated her dislike of the [[record industry]]'s dominance, and he...
40: *[[1974]] Miles of Aisles (live) - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
21: With the help of her childhood mentor [[Leslie Howe]], Morissette released "Fate Stay With Me"...
32: ...', a popular televised [[United States|American]] talent competition. Morissette flew to [[Los Angeles, Ca...
72: ...dshake, which was not warm and firm, but cold and slippery. All was well, however, by the spring of [[...
138: ...ve been the commercially savvy thing to do. Obviously, Morissette was no longer pursuing commercial su...
189: ...ch included live concert footage and eight previously unreleased songs from the ''[[Under Rug Swept]]'... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
7: ...s "Down Hearted Blues", a song written and previously recorded by [[Alberta Hunter]]. Working a heavy ...
21: ...o maintained that she had died en route, bleeding slowly to death on a stretcher while waiting to be a...
27: ...career to Bessie Smith. "I was a little girl in a talent contest at the Standard Theatre," Mrs. Green told... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
7: ...ng Queen]], Most Likely to Succeed (female), Most Talented (female), and Best All-Around (female) and beca...
36: ...ings of [[Eminem]]'s "97' Bonnie and Clyde" and [[Slayer]]'s "Raining Blood", but panning the sprawlin...
51: ...rlet's Walk" tour; the CD compiled several previously Internet-exclusive B-sides from ''Scarlet's Walk...
54: ...four songs and Amos' whirring B-3 Hammond organ. "Sleeps with Butterflies" was the first single releas...
66: ... ''[[To Venus and Back]]''. In place of a previously planned album of B-sides, Amos released a double... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
7: ...d for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own pratfalls in films such as ''[...
32: Though she was headstrong, her work ethic and talent were undeniable, and the following year ([[1933]]...
38: ...suits and disdaining makeup. She also had a famously difficult relationship with the press, turning d...
54: ... back entrances to studios and hotels and assiduously avoiding the press. They were undeniably a coup...
66: ...that even months after she returned home the famously-vigorous actress was still ill. The trip and th... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
7: ...tress]]. The much-coveted role had an exhausting "talent search" in which many popular actresses were cons... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
17: After becoming a mother of two sons her career slowed down and Loren moved into her 40s and 50s gra...
39: ... go much further than people with vastly superior talent." - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
8: ...s death, Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not ha...
18: ...the attention of [[20th Century Fox]] by way of [[talent]] scout Ben Lyon who arranged a [[screen test]]. ...
20: ...t convinced of her potential to become a star she slowly began to change his mind with scene stealing ...
34: ...," Dougherty *[http://www.familyforest.com/captainslog/64.html ]confirms that they were in love and wo...
40: ...was also said to have been disgusted by Marilyn's sloppiness and poor hygiene. DiMaggio biographer Ri... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
5: ...ized her rare, four octave [[coloratura soprano]] talent and enrolled her in voice lessons to develop her ...
17: ...retending to be a male, and, perhaps most notoriously, in ''S.O.B.'' she plays a character very simila... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
11: ...[running]]. It soon became clear she was a sports talent, but she could not decide which sport to pick. A ...
17: ...100 and 200 m, which were both won by [[Stanislawa Walasiewicz|Stanisława Walasiewicz]]. Man...
29: ...erman press was excited, as the record had previously been owned by an English team. Months later, she...
35: ...ning shortly afterwards. The Championships were a slight disappointment. In the 100 m semi-finals...
37: ...lympics]] in [[London]]. After her experience in Oslo, she decided not to take part in all events, but... - Laura Serrano (2835 bytes)
1: ...efault, but soon she showed she was born with the talent to become a champion. - Iconography (7643 bytes)
8: ...]]s as they are most suited to the task. Artistic talent is secondary to spiritual training. [[Fasting]] ...
11: ...]] and [[Saint Demetrius|St Demetrios]] are shown slaying [[dragon]]s, a symbol for sin and temptation... - Recorder (12954 bytes)
5: ...larly easy -- like other instruments, it requires talent and study to play it at an advanced level.
29: ...baroque period or on baroque recorders. As previously discussed this latter system is correctly termed...
34: ...rinet, and saxophone. The impetus was quite obviously a pedagogical one: it made the transition from r...
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