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- Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...ева) ([[October 9]], [[1892]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[p...
8: ...niversity of Moscow]], who was later to found the Alexander III Museum, which is now known as the [[Pushkin M...
10: ...ed of Marina's poetic inclination. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poe...
20: ... for five years. During the [[famine]] one of her daughters died of starvation.
22: ...the style of a [[diary]] or journal begins on the day of Tsar Nicholas II's abdication in March 1917, ... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
17: ...e cross along with her sister Mary, and [[Mary Magdalene]], [[Salome (disciple)|Salome]] and other wom...
19: ...ople in the Upper Room after the Ascension on the day of [[Pentecost]], she is one of the handful who ...
25: ...French, Spanish, and Italian, is rendered ''Notre Dame'', ''Nuestra Señora'', and ''Madonna'' r...
27: ...ome Orthodox and Catholic Christians, she was the daughter of [[Joachim]] and [[Saint Anne|Anna]]. Bef...
41: ...too much attention is focused on Mary, there is a danger of detracting from the worship due to God alo... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ...), better known as '''Helena Blavatsky''' or '''Madame Blavatsky''' was the founder of [[Theosophy]].
5: ...aine]] (then part of the [[Russian Empire]]), the daughter of [[Colonel|Col.]] Peter Alexeivich von Ha...
15: ...inspiration from [[Hinduism]] and [[Buddhism]]. Madame Blavatsky claimed that all religions were both ...
21: ...by Theosophists, and it is called White [[Lotus]] Day.
41: *[[Alexander Scriabin]] - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
8: ...5). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Foundation Fellowship for "Creative Work in the Field of...
14: ...t [[James Merrill]] (1926-1995) and his partner [[David Jackson]] (''?''-2001) during [[seance|s顮ces...
19: *''[[Meshes of the Afternoon]]'' (1943) with [[Alexander Hammid]], music by [[Teiji Ito]] added 1959
20: ...and'' (1944) photographed by [[Hella Heyman]] and Alexander Hammid
33: *''The Private Life of a Cat'' (1945) Alexander Hammid, Director - Christy Martin (2947 bytes)
1: ...d by [[Don King]], is nicknamed ''The Coal Miners Daughter''.
5: ... for putting women's boxing on the sports fan's radar took place: On [[March 16]] of [[1996]], she and...
7: ...n a row, beating such [[boxing|boxer]]s as [[Belinda Laracuente]], [[Sabrina Hall]] and [[Kathy Collin...
11: ...ed, in [[Lula, Mississippi]], knocking out [[Lana Alexander]] in the second round.
13: ...Mike Tyson]], [[Evander Holyfield]], [[F鬩x Trinidad]] and [[Julio Cesar Chavez]], to name a few. - Sculpture (5545 bytes)
37: ...e writings, [[Joan Mireven proposed that some day sculptures might be made of gases; see [[gas scu...
63: ...Angel Botello]] at ''La Ventana al Mar'', [[El Condado, Puerto Rico]]]]Some of the forms of sculpture ...
67: *[[Mobile (sculpture)|Mobile]] (See also [[Alexander Calder|Calder]]'s Stabiles.)
77: ...uch as [[Henry Moore]], [[Felix de Weldon]] and [[Alexander Ney]].
87: ...n body and develop skills that will provide a foundation for making clothed figurative work. - Greek language (35285 bytes)
13: ...phabet|IPA]] {{IPA|/ɛˌliniˈka/}} – "Hellenic") is an [[Indo-European]] [[language...
17: ... within the armies and conquered territories of [[Alexander the Great]], but after the [[Hellenistic]] coloni...
21: ...[Byzantine]] period (as early as 11th century). Today in its '''common''' form, it is spoken by approx...
32: ...]] and, with minor modifications, is still used today.
34: ...eek state, and the most widely spoken by Greeks today. - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
3: ...μαῖος; [[c.]] [[85]] – c. [[165]]), known in English as '''Ptolemy'''...
5: ... (in Greek ''Η μεγάλη Σύνταξι&sig...
7: ...ains a [[star catalogue]], which is probably an updated version of a catalogue created by Hipparchus. ...
11: ... than degrees of arc (the length of the midsummer day increases from 12h to 24h as you go from the equ...
16: ...g manuscripts of Ptolemy's ''Geography'' however, date only from about 1300, after the text was redisc... - Vernacular architecture (3581 bytes)
1: ... praised by many writers for their sophisticated adaptation to their environment and users' needs.
3: ...f acceptable styles and forms, and because even today architects are involved in only a small percenta...
5: ...ures in his book [[A Pattern Language]]. [[Howard Davis]]'s book [[The Culture of Building]] details t...
9: ...these characteristics define a more useful and fundamental partition of architecture into vernacular a...
17: *[[Darbazi]] - Ptolemy I of Egypt (7434 bytes)
7: ...hidaeus]] and the young [[Alexander IV of Macedon|Alexander IV]].
9: ...gonus]], master of Asia in [[315 BC|315]], showed dangerous ambitions, Ptolemy joined the coalition ag...
13: ...e combatants, soon after which the surviving king Alexander was murdered in Macedonia, leaving the satrap of ...
19: ...shed by its straightforward honesty and sobriety—except where his own actions were concerned, wh...
23: *[http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_i.htm Ptolemy... - Ptolemaic dynasty (4871 bytes)
3: ...rals, was appointed [[satrap]] of [[Egypt]] after Alexander's death in [[323 BC]]. In [[305 BC]] he declared ...
9: The dates in brackets are regnal dates for the kings. They frequently ruled jointly w...
22: * [[Ptolemy X of Egypt|Ptolemy X]] Alexander I ([[107 BC]]-[[88 BC]]) married [[Cleopatra Sele...
24: ...ce III]] before murdering her; ruled alone for 19 days after that.
38: *[http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemies.htm Ptolema... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
3: | image name=johnadamsvp.flipped.jpg
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1801]]
9: | date of birth=[[October 30]], [[1735]] - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1801]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1809]]
7: | preceded=[[John Adams]]
9: | date of birth=[[April 13]], [[1743]]
12: | date of death=[[July 4]], [[1826]] - James Madison (15187 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1809]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1817]]
9: | date of birth=[[March 16]], [[1751]]
12: | date of death=[[June 28]], [[1836]]
18: ...ates]]. He was co-author, with [[John Jay]] and [[Alexander Hamilton]], of the [[Federalist Papers]], and is ... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1829]]
6: | date2=[[March 3]], [[1837]]
7: | preceded= [[John Quincy Adams]]
9: | date of birth= March 15, 1767
12: | date of death= June 8, 1845 - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
6: ...Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</t...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[July 24]], [[1862]]</td>...
15: <br>(daughter-in-law, widowed)</td></tr>
22: ...''Martin Van Buren''' ([[December 5]], [[1782]] – [[July 24]], [[1862]]), nicknamed '''Old Kinde... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[March 29]], [[1790]]</td>...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[January 18]], [[1862]]</...
14: [[Priscilla Cooper Tyler]] (daughter-in-law)<br>
44: ... [[1842]]. John spent two years as a widower. His daughter-in-law [[Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper]] serve...
46: *David Gardiner Tyler ([[July 12]], [[1846]] - [[Sept... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
1: [[Image:GeorgeDallas.jpg|right|George M. Dallas]]
3: ...George Mifflin Dallas''' ([[July 10]], [[1792]] – [[December 31]], [[1864]]) was a [[United Stat...
5: ...arch 3]], [[1833]], when he declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was chairman of the Committ...
7: Dallas resumed the practice of law. He was attorney...
9: .... The city of [[Dallas, Texas]] and others are [[Dallas (disambiguation)|named in his honor]]. - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[January 7]], [[1800]]</td...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[March 8]], [[1874]]</td>...
14: [[Mary Abigail Fillmore]] (daughter)</td></tr>
26: ... It was thought that the obscure, self-made candidate from [[New York]] would complement Taylor, a sl...
31: ...the merits of the compromise proposals, but a few days before President Taylor's death, he intimated t... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1853]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1857]]
9: | date of birth=[[November 23]], [[1804]]
12: | date of death=[[October 8]], [[1869]]
18: ...ominated for president as a "[[dark horse]]" candidate on the 49th ballot at the [[1852 Democratic Nat...
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