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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ces from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigration merged to create...
7: ...d; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...d during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|Sha...
18: ...e, where a bronze smelter from around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, foun...
28: ...122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] king until [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
71: *[[George Ogden Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
8: *[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
33: *[[Jose Miguel Agrelot|Agrelot, Jose Miguel]], (1927-2004), Puerto Rican entertainer - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...eorgine Markiewicz''' ([[1868]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalis...
8: ...ntence was commuted to life imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of [[1917]].
10: ...of [[Dᩬ ɩreann]], a new Irish Parliament. She was re-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House...
12: ... record until 1979 when [[Mᩲe Geoghegan-Quinn]] was apointed to the then junior cabinet post of [[Ir...
14: ...e 1923 and June 1927 elections. She died in July 1927 after a short illness. - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...''' were five [[Canada|Canadian]] women who, in [[1927]] asked the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] to answer...
9: *[[Henrietta Muir Edwards]] (an advocate for working women and founder o...
11: Specifically the question was whether Section 24 of the [[British North Americ...
15: In ''Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)'' <nowiki>[</nowi...
20: ...peals from within the British Isles, the decision was non-precedental for the British House of Lords. ... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]].
5: ...ing, New York|Corning]], [[New York]]. Her mother was a devout [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]...
9: ...ed States. It was raided by the police and Sanger was arrested for violating the post office's obsceni...
11: ...hat Every Mother Should Know''. That year, Sanger was sent to the workhouse for "creating a [[public n...
13: ...ical supervision was legalized in many states. In 1927, Sanger helped organize the first World Populatio... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...April 8]], [[1892]] – [[May 29]], [[1979]]) was a [[film|motion picture]] [[actor|star]], known ...
5: ... through one of these lodgers Gladys, aged seven, was cast in Toronto's Princess Theatre production of...
7: ...B. DeMille]], who was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that...
9: ...era and the sound film era. She won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retired fro...
11: ...eir love; as the couple was driving and Fairbanks was discussing the recent death of his mother, the c... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...er 9]], [[1892]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ... poetry|Symbolist]] movements in Russia. Her work was not looked kindly upon by [[Stalin]] and the the...
8: ... ancestry on her mother's side. (This latter fact was to play on Marina's imagination, and to cause he...
10: ...er to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor.
12: ...lowed to continue until June [[1904]] when Marina was despatched to school in [[Lausanne]]. Changes in... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...d [[feminist]]. Between the [[world war]]s, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society ...
7: ...ency (informed by [[G.E. Moore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: ...th critical and popular success. Much of her work was self-published through the [[Hogarth Press]]. Sh...
13: ... than to the interior monologues proper) create a wave-like atmosphere closer to the prose poem than t...
20: ...o studied for its insight into [[shell shock]], [[war]], [[social class|class]], and modern British so... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ... [[1975]]), born '''Freda Josephine McDonald''', was an [[African American]] dancer, actress and sing...
5: ...red [[vaudeville]] as a teen, gradually heading toward [[New York City]] during the [[Harlem Renaissan...
7: ...accompanied by her pet [[leopard]], Chiquita, who was adorned with a [[diamond]] collar. The leopard f...
9: ...ices common to the era. The writer [[Ernest Hemingway]] called her "the most sensational woman anyone ...
11: ...to a sophisticated cultural figure. (The marriage was reportedly a publicity stunt and not legally bin... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...[Baptist]] church. She moved to [[Chicago]] in [[1927]] where she sang with [[The Johnson Brothers]], o...
3: ...ble backlash from gospel purists who felt she had watered down her sound for popular accessibility.
7: She was posthumously inducted into the [[Gospel Music As... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
9: ...ortly thereafter, they never divorced, and Bonnie was wearing Thornton's wedding ring when she died.
11: ...ed the violent deaths they viewed as certain. She was fond of creative writing and the arts. Her poem ...
15: ...pite holding down "square" jobs during the period 1927 through 1929, he also cracked safes, burgled stor...
19: ... meets a charming young fellow. Nobody thought it was anything special. Nobody guessed where it would ...
23: ...lling. Fellow inmate [[Ralph Fults]] said that it was Eastham where Clyde turned "from a schoolboy to ... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ...known as '''"Sister Aimee"''' or simply "Sister," was an [[evangelist]] and media sensation in the [[1...
7: ...d, Ontario|Salford]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] she was the daughter of James Morgan Kennedy, a widower ...
9: ...d with the [[Salvation Army]]. As a result, Aimee was raised in an atmosphere of strong [[Christianity...
15: ...New York]], she met her second husband, Harold Stewart McPherson, an accountant. They were married on...
19: ... and the U.S. By June 1915 she had left home and was on the road preaching full-time. - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: ...out of the film industry after [[World War II|the war]], she later became a [[photographer]].
5: ...The Blue Light]]'' she took it; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
7: ...e a film about the German [[Wehrmacht]]: the film was released in [[1935]] as ''[[Tag der Freiheit]]''...
9: ...thetic achievements. She was the first to put railways on the stadium to shoot the stadium crowd.
13: ...later interviews, Riefenstahl maintained that she was fascinated by the Nazis but politically naﶥ an... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...nuary 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show...
4: She was the daughter of [[United States House of Represe...
8: ...oos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid."
10: ...with men and women. By the end of the decade, she was one of the [[West End (of London)|West End]]'s -...
12: ...was unable to dominate the camera -- and that she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lomba... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: ...er 18]], [[1905]] – [[April 15]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]].
5: She was born '''Greta Lovisa Gustafsson''' in [[Stockhol...
8: ...he worked. That led to another short movie, which was seen by comedy director Eric Petscher. He cast h...
10: ...al Dramatic Theatre]] in [[Stockholm]]. While she was there, she met the [[Sweden|Swedish]] director [...
12: ... relationship came to an end as her fame grew. He was fired by MGM and returned to [[Sweden]] in [[192... - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
1: ...]], [[1912]]-[[October 12]], [[1969]]) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[figure skating|figure skater]] and...
6: ...nsecutive World Figure Skating Championships in [[1927]] at the age of fifteen, and her first [[Olympic ...
8: ...use of dance [[choreographer|choreography]]. She was also an accomplished tennis player.
10: ...n [[1938]] she published her autobiography, which was republished in a revised edition in [[1954]]. S...
12: Henie was married three times, with [[Dan Topping]], [[Win... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...he ''[[diva]]'' or ''[[prima donna]]'' of tennis, was the first female tennis player to become an inte...
3: ...] titles. A flamboyant, trendsetting athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and one of the...
8: ...nnis and gain strength. Her first try at the game was in 1910, when she played on the tennis court at ...
10: ...nis competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was put on hold.
18: ... win another gold medal in the mixed doubles. She was eliminated in the women's doubles semi-final (pl... - Pansy (10101 bytes)
28: ... north of the [[United States]], and in winter in warm climes. They are often cultivated with [[sweet...
34: ...nd seeds in their second year of growth, and afterwards die like [[Annual plant|annual]]s. Most garde...
42: The plant may collapse without warning in the middle of season. The foliage will f...
54: ...ittle hot water and add this to 2 gallons of cold water and use immediately.
110: *Water Colours Mixed F<sub>1</sub> Hybrid - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ... all of Europe, where they were primarily hung on walls or used on tables. Only with the opening of t...
3: ...peting'''. In this usage, the latter are wall-to-wall and are often woven in strips. In the real est...
8: [[Image:Swatches of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
10: ...'flatweave''' carpet is created by interlocking [[warp]] (vertical) and [[weft]] (horizontal) threads....
14: ...ngle. This supplementary weft is attached to the warp by one of three knot types (see below) to form ...
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