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- Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: ...nuary 25]], [[1990]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
4: ...rth Carolina|Grabtown]], [[Johnston County, North Carolina]], the last of seven children of poor [[tob...
6: ...bullfighter [[Luis Miguel Dominguin]] and [[Mario Cabr靝, industrialist [[Howard Hughes]], and actor ...
8: ... nominated, albeit in the best supporting actress category.
12: ...and bedridden, [[Frank Sinatra]] paid all her medical expenses. She died of [[pneumonia]] in [[London]... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...an 70-year acting career. In [[1999]], the [[American Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest act...
5: ...n children became well-versed in social and political issues. Once a very young Katharine Hepburn eve...
7: ...e would later be recognized for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own prat...
10: ...r got a degree from BM in history and philosophy; can this be a mistake? other sources say her degree ...
12: ...e married, the couple separated. They decided to carry on their marriage in a platonic fashion, and t... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...August 5]], [[1962]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] of the [[20th century]]. Her...
6: ...s not her true biological father. The most likely candidate for a while seemed to be [[Charles Stanley...
8: ...eane with Albert and Ida Bolender of [[Hawthorne, California|Hawthorne]], southwest of [[Downtown Los ...
10: ... died in a mental hospital near [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]].
12: ...adys's best friend, Grace McKee, later Goddard, became her guardian. After Grace married in [[1935]], ... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: ...], best known for her starring roles in the [[musical film]]s ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' ([[1964]]) and ''[[...
5: ...ws her American debut). During her run in the musical, she starred in [[Rodgers & Hammerstein]]'s tele...
7: ... her in a period musical: as [[Guenevere]] in ''[[Camelot]]'' opposite [[Richard Burton]] and newcomer...
9: ...e]]'' ([[1967]]), with [[Mary Tyler Moore]] and [[Carol Channing]].
11: ...f the Year]] by the [[Harvard University]] theatrical society. - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
7: ...retired from athletics in 1955, after which she became leader of the Dutch female track and field team...
11: ...k. A swimming coach advised her to do athletics because there were already several top swimmers in the...
15: ...ith two other jumpers) while the Dutch relay team came fifth in the final (the sixth team in the final...
17: ...p to the preparations. The Olympics were formally cancelled on May 2, 1940, a week before the Netherla...
25: ...n 1941, Dutch media automatically "concluded" her career would be over. Top female athletes who were m... - Laura Serrano (2835 bytes)
1: ...a Serrano''' (born October 30, [[1967]]) almost became a boxer by default, but soon she showed she was...
3: ... went to [[Las Vegas]], and on a [[Pay Per View]] card she challenged [[Christy Martin]] for the world...
5: ...]] undercard ever held at the [[Aladdin Hotel and Casino]] in [[Las Vegas]].
7: ...ty between the sexes in [[1992]] (sort of a [[Mexican]] version of [[Title IX]]) for sports and work r...
9: ...and the subsequent surgery, but in [[1999]], she came back and won a decision in her comeback bout. - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
3: ...ember 27]], [[1956]]) was an [[United States|American]] athlete, who excelled in many sports. She achi...
5: ...in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. She entered three events t...
9: ...hortened her career in the mid-1950s. She won the 1947 [[Titleholders Championship]] and the 1948 [[U.S....
11: ...n 1956 while still in the top rank of female American golfers.
13: On six occasions, she was named [[Associated Press Female Ath... - Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
2: ...Clinton''' (born [[October 26]], [[1947]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]] as '''Hillary Diane Rodham''') has ...
4: ==Early life, education, and career==
8: ...|Democratic Party]] and writing her thesis on radical organizer Saul Alinsky.
10: ...ation, she advised the Children's Defense Fund in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She joined the staff advi...
17: ... as governor. In 1982, as part of his successful campaign to regain the office, Hillary Rodham change... - Matthew Henson (1087 bytes)
2: ...e never reached the same fame as Peary in an America where [[racism|racist]] views were still common.
4: ... Robinson]] his biography ''Dark Companion'' in [[1947]]. - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...of countries|countries]] are members. Other political entities, notably the [[Republic of China| Repu...
7: ...ix principal organs, part of what is collectively called the [[United Nations System]]:
24: ...g the total of original signatories to 51. The UN came into existence on [[October 24]], [[1945]], aft...
26: ...N are in [[New York]], there are major agencies located in [[Geneva]], [[The Hague]], [[Vienna]], and ...
30: ...owing the end of the Cold War, there were renewed calls for the UN to become the agency for achieving ... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: | party=[[Democratic-Republican]]
18: ...dor]] to [[France]], [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], [[revolutionary]], [[Agriculture|...
22: ==Biographical information==
23: ...dash; before founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Virginia]]. - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''John Tyler'''</font></caption>
17: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Whig Party|W...
25: ...ggressive handling of the South Carolina [[nullification]] issue.
27: ... and Tyler too" are among the most famous in American politics. He assumed the presidency upon Harriso...
29: ...at aspect of succession (until the [[1967]] ratification of the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...sensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If you believe you have ...
3: ...cle, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[Geography of Canada]], etc. Thank you.}}
6: '''Canada''' is a country in [[North America]], the northern-most in the world and the second ...
8: ...[constitutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
10: ...2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/population.htm]. - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...ent]] in December 1944. Ethiopia was historically called Abyssinia.
19: ...center colspan=2 | [[image:LocationEthiopia.png|Location of Ethiopia]]
24: | '''[[Capital]]'''
40: ...m|British]]) [http://www.civicwebs.com/cwvlib/africa/ethiopia/pankhurst/history_of_northern_ethiopia.h...
54: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...ost famous among those are the [[lemur]]s. Madagascar and [[Mauritania]] are the only countries not to...
6: native_name = Republique de Madagascar <br> Repoblikan'i Madagasikara |
7: common_name = Madagascar |
8: image_flag = Madagascar flag large.png |
9: image_coat = Madagascar_COA.png | - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...lly influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
13: ...er colspan=2 style="background:#fff;" | [[image:LocationGreece.png]]
17: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Athens]]
23: ...nisters of Greece|Prime Minister]]''' || [[Costas Caramanlis|Ks Karamanl�]
31: ...duct|GDP]]'''<br> - Total<br> - GDP per capita - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ... the [[Black Sea]] and the eastern and southern [[Carpathians]] mountains run through its center.<!--
11: image_map = LocationRomania.png |
16: capital = [[Bucharest]] |
20: ...s = [[Traian Basescu|Traian Băsescu]] <br> [[Calin Popescu-Tariceanu|Călin Popescu-Tări...
35: GDP_PPP_per_capita = 8,258 USD | - Hungary (18459 bytes)
1: ...ia]], [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]]. It is known locally as the ''Country of the [[Magyars]]''.<!--
11: image_map = LocationHungary.png |
12: national_motto = (none current)<br>historical: Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae |
15: capital = [[Budapest]] |
35: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $14,572 | - Argentina (30219 bytes)
3: native_name = República Argentina |
7: image_map = LocationArgentina.png |
11: capital = [[Buenos Aires]] |
31: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $11,982 |
32: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 52nd | - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
15: | colspan="2" | [[image:LocationBangladesh.png]]
19: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Dhaka]]
59: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]'''
65: ...ladesh, once the eastern part of a greater region called [[Bengal]]. There is recent evidence of civil...
67: ...] was achieved in [[1947]], political motivations caused it to be divided into a predominantly Muslim ...
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