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- Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: ...an]] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[1940]]s and [[1950]]s.
4: ...s]] and because of her father's sympathies for [[Leon Trotsky]], the family fled to [[Syracuse, New Yo...
8: ...ilms such as "At Land" (1944) and "A Study in Choreography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarde...
21: *''A Study in Choreography for Camera'' (1945) with [[Talley Beatty]]
22: *''Riual in Transfigured Time'' (1946) Choreographic collaboration with Frank Westbrook and [[R... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
7: In [[1949]] Bergman met [[Film director|director]] [[Robert...
48: * [[Under Capricorn]] (1949)
60: * [[Auguste]] (1961) (cameo) - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
25: ...ted on being cast in another screen version of [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy's]] classic ''[[Anna Karenina]]''...
35: ...assed without her agreeing to do another film. In 1949, Garbo filmed a [[screen test]] as she considered...
68: * [[A Man's Man]] (1929) (cameo) - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
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47: * [[The Bribe]] (1949)
48: * [[The Great Sinner]] (1949)
49: * [[East Side, West Side]] (1949)
57: * [[The Band Wagon]] (1953) (cameo) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
26: ...egendary actor [[John Barrymore]] and director [[George Cukor]], who would become a lifetime friend an...
38: ...ngue, she defied the era's "blonde bombshell" stereotypes, preferring to wear pants suits and disdaini...
77: ...arred [[Laurence Olivier]] and was directed by [[George Cukor]]. Hepburn also appeared opposite [[Joh...
106: *''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' and ''[[Twelfth Night (play)|Twelfth Nig...
140: * ''[[Adam's Rib]]'' ([[1949]]) - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
6: ...in later years, more and more have gone for the theory that Mortensen was in fact her true father.
38: ...she did not want to meet him, fearing him the stereotypical jock. Their [[January 14]], [[1954]] elope...
50: ... Martin]] and [[Cyd Charrise]] and directed by [[George Cukor]]. But due to a clause in [[Dean Martin]...
53: ...tion of President John F. Kennedy]], conspiracy theories have sprung up around the circumstances of he...
57: ...time [[Sam Giancana]] crony and poisoning expert Leonard "Needles" Gianola, had been directly responsi... - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
2: '''Meryl Streep''' (born [[June 22]], [[1949]]) is an American [[actor|actress]] who has recei...
7: ...ild. From [[1984]] to [[1990]], Streep won six [[People's Choice Award]]s for Favorite Motion Picture ...
80: ...G Nomination for ''Marvin's Room'' shared with [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], [[Robert DeNiro]], [[Dan Hedaya]...
122: *[[Stuck On You]] (2003) (Cameo) - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
31: ...g cities. Naturally, sport was the last thing on people's minds, and the Blankers family, living in [[...
41: ... finish line, and the two finished almost simultaneously. When the British national anthem was played,...
51: ...me, she had to turn most offers down. However, in 1949, she travelled abroad to promote women's athletic...
71: ...biography of Blankers-Koen was published, after a 1949 work co-authored by her husband. Through many int... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
26: ...uilding was constructed in [[New York City]] in [[1949]] and [[1950]] beside the East River on land purc...
37: ...ding the five major nuclear-weapon states (the [[People's Republic of China]], [[France]], the [[Sovie...
117: ... Food Programme helps feed more than 100 million people a year in 80 countries. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]].
14: ...should be repealed because it excludes qualified people based on technicalities, and fails to apprecia...
16: ...n]], and [[Bill Clinton]]. Incumbent President [[George W. Bush]] will become the fourth at the comple...
19: ...pointed.) Originally, each elector voted for two people for President. The votes were tallied and the ...
27: ...age:George-Washington.jpg|200px|right|thumb|'''[[George Washington]]''', 1st President (1789-1797)]] - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ...om this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[Geography of Canada]], etc. Thank you.}}
10: ...ate for [[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/popul...
86: ...is now called Canada since the dawn of time. Archaeological records show that these lands have been in...
94: ...ember 1814. It was only after the French and Napoleonic wars ended in Europe that large-scale immigrat...
98: ... [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], which joined in [[1949]]. - Jordan (20715 bytes)
71: ...Israel. The armistice agreements of [[3 April]] [[1949]] left Jordan in control of the West Bank and pro...
96: ... continuing structural economic difficulties, burgeoning population, and more open political environme...
117: == Geography ==
119: ''Main article: [[Geography of Jordan]]''
146: ...ld Trade Organization (WTO), the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), Food and Agriculture... - Greece (54754 bytes)
72: ...progressed, much of Greece was overrun by Slavic peoples from the north, and a period of uncertainty a...
76: ...and [[Manuel I Comnenus]], Greece prospered. Archaeological evidence tells us that many of the medieva...
85: [[Image:Vryzakis.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Theodore Vryzakis, ''The sortie of Messologhi'']]
87: ...] and were not Crypto-Christians became [[Turkic peoples|Turks]] in the eyes of Orthodox Greeks. There...
90: ...ht for the cause — including people like [[George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Lord Byron]]. A... - Thailand (14276 bytes)
1: ...s also the name of the [[Thai ethnic groups|Thai people]] - leading some inhabitants, particularly the...
60: ...me to Thailand in [[1939]], and definitively in [[1949]] after reverting to the old name post-[[World Wa...
92: ...uri Province|Ratchaburi]] [[Sa Kaeo Province|Sa Kaeo]] [[Samut Prakan Province|Samut Prakan]] [[Samut ...
96: ==Geography==
97: ''Main article: [[Geography of Thailand]]'' - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...] country, with a population of over 1.3 billion people, most of whom are classified as the [[Han Chin...
7: {{People's Republic of China infobox}}
10: ...articles: [[History of China]], [[History of the People's Republic of China]], [[Timeline of Chinese h...
13: ...[[October 1]], 1949, [[Mao Zedong]] declared the People's Republic of China, establishing a [[communis...
17: ...bt this figure entirely, or claim that many more people died due to famine or other consequences of po... - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
20: ::the current capital of the [[People's Republic of China]]
83: ... [[Chiang Kai-Shek]] retreated to [[Taiwan]] in [[1949]].
87: ...f the [[Republic of China]] (on [[Taiwan]]) since 1949
107: ...y added [[Zhengzhou]] as an eighth thanks to archaeological finds there. - Germany (46412 bytes)
36: ...843]])<br>[[January 18]] [[1871]]<br>[[May 23]] [[1949]] <br>[[October 3]] [[1990]]
66: ...ermany, unable to resist the stroke of the [[Napoleonic Wars]], during which the ''imperium'' was over...
71: Following Napoleon's fall, the [[Congress of Vienna]] convened in [...
73: ...established a republic, intellectuals and common people started [[the Revolutions of 1848 in the Germa...
93: ...concentration camp]]s were set up for groups and people perceived as threats. Open persecution of [[Je... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: South Africa has the largest population of people of [[Europe]]an descent in Africa, the largest...
13: ... into Namibia and Botswana, and elsewhere. These people, who are a physically distinct population from...
24: ...opulations displaced earlier [[hunter-gatherer]] peoples as they migrated.
26: ...led [[Cape Frontier Wars]] against the [[Xhosa]] people, and imported [[slaves]] from [[Indonesia]], [...
44: ...e; they feel that it is now harder for non-black people to find [[employment]]. This is expected, as a... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
58: ...d Kingdom]] of the state as per the [[Ireland Act 1949]]. Today while ''Republic of Ireland'' is an acce...
71: ...lican concerns. The new Irish Free State was in theory to cover the entire island, subject to the prov...
73: ...idelity to [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] and his successors. Pro-Treaty forces, led...
77: ...fered 800 fatalities and perhaps as many as 4000 people were killed altogether. As their forces retrea...
81: ...w'' in the King as an ''organ''. On [[1 April]] [[1949]] the Republic of Ireland Act declared a republic... - Tuvalu (11893 bytes)
60: Tuvaluans are a Polynesian people who are estimated to have settled the islands ...
62: ... hardest-hit Pacific island groups with over 400 people taken from Funafuti and Nukulaelae, none of wh...
91: ...d until it was resettled by people from Niutao in 1949. Thus, the name Tuvalu means "eight standing toge...
93: == Geography ==
94: ''Main article: [[Geography of Tuvalu]]''
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