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- Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
7: ...closed after dissatisfied customers complained of fraudulent activities.
13: ...arriage was not consummated either. She separated from Betanelly after a few months, and their divorce...
15: ... [[nineteenth century]] that took its inspiration from [[Hinduism]] and [[Buddhism]]. Madame Blavatsky...
21: ...ght's disease]] of the kidneys, and complications from [[influenza]], Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky...
59: ...d The Secret Doctrine'' by [[Max Heindel]] (1933; from Max Heindel writings & with introduction by [[M... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
1: [[Image:Julia_child.jpg|frame|right|Julia Child holds up a [[Monkfish]].]]
2: ...rench Cooking'' and the television series ''[[The French Chef]]'', which premiered in 1963.
6: ...ood prepared by the family maid. After graduating from [[Smith College]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] d...
8: ...e OSS Emergency Sea Rescue Equipment Section in [[Washington, D.C.]], where she was mostly a file clerk but he...
10: ...formation Agency | U.S. Information Agency]] in [[France]]. - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
2: ... her father was a cancer research specialist in [[Washington, D.C]].
21: ...arred in ''[[To Die For]]'', earning high praise from critics. Although media speculation thought tha...
23: ...wing year Kidman came back to win the same praise from critics for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in ...
43: ...ccolades, Kidman has received Best Actress awards from the folowing critics' groups or award giving or...
50: ...th [[Ewan McGregor]] on the song "Come What May", from the film's soundtrack debuted and peaked at #27... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...r World No. 1 woman [[tennis]] player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, she defected to the [[United St...
13: ...stralian Open]] to [[Evonne Goolagong]] and the [[French Open]] to [[Chris Evert]]. After losing to Ev...
17: ... [[Tracy Austin]]. She won both Wimbledon and the French Open in [[1982]].
19: ... in December at that time). She then won the 1984 French Open to hold all four Grand Slam singles titl...
23: In the three years from 1985 to [[1987]], Navrátilová reached the wom... - Trillium (2550 bytes)
22: [[Image:Trillium_ovatum.jpg|framed|left|Western Wake Robin ''Trillium ovatum'' <...
24: ...n]], [[New York]], [[Ontario]], [[Oregon]], and [[Washington]], it is illegal to pick trilliums. - Apple (20408 bytes)
16: ...]], and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Table apples are of the species ''M. domesti...
27: ...ples, picked in late autumn and stored just above freezing have been an important food in [[Asia]] and...
32: ... allow [[pesticide]]s to penetrate the top of the fruit), and popular flavor.
34: ...around the world to preserve such local heirlooms from extinction.
39: ...e]]s are typically too tart and astringent to eat fresh, but they give the beverage a rich flavor that... - Cherry (2620 bytes)
1: ...on, D.C. Tidal Basin cherry trees.jpg|thumb|right|Washington, D.C. Tidal Basin showing cherry trees in flower]...
4: ...ral, from the [[Old Norman French]] word, in turn from Latin ''cerasum'')
5: is both a [[tree]] and its fleshy [[fruit]], a type known as a [[drupe]] with a single h...
7: ...[Asia]], with major commercial orchards extending from [[Iberia]] east to [[Asia Minor]]; they are als...
9: ...ngton]] supply mainly sweet cherries intended for fresh use. Major sweet cherry varieties include the ... - Rhododendron (3464 bytes)
24: '''''Rhododendron''''' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]]: ''rhodos'', "rose...
32: ...o-Himalayan]] [[mountain]]s of southeast [[Asia]] from central [[Nepal]] and [[Sikkim]] east to [[Yunn...
36: ...s also the [[state flower]] of the US states of [[Washington]] and [[West Virginia]], and the state of [[Sikki...
40: ... [[nectar]]. People have been known to become ill from eating [[honey]] made by [[bee]]s feeding on rh... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...se they have payload space or are rarely detached from their trains, are known as power cars.
5: ...h the trains in one direction, and are controlled from a control cab at the opposite end of the train ...
11: ...en safer to locate the train's power systems away from passengers. This was particularly the case for ...
14: ...solescence cycles'' - separating the motive power from the payload-hauling cars means that either can ...
17: ... fuel, or they may take [[Power (physics)|power]] from an outside source. It is common to classify loc... - Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
2: ...1]]. She was [[First Lady of the United States]] from [[1993]] to [[2001]], as the wife of [[Presiden...
8: ...cans for a time. After attending the Wellesley in Washington program at the urging of Professor Alan Schechter...
18: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces2000/st...
20: ...vices, and the Children's Defense Fund. She also, from 1986 to 1992, served on the Board of Directors ...
23: ...ecords indicated that $40,000 of her profits came from larger trades ordered by someone else and shift... - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
1: [[Image:First_lady_bess_truman.jpg|right|frame|]]
3: ... Truman]] and [[First Lady of the United States]] from [[1945]] to [[1953]].
5: ...he world" for him. They attended the same schools from fifth grade through high school.
7: ...re Lieutenant Truman left for the battlefields of France in 1918. They were married on [[June 28]], [[...
9: ... Washington, DC. Upon [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s death on April 12, 1945, H... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ... and/or some international diplomatic recognition from selected states, but are not UN members. For mo...
5: The term "united nations" was coined by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] during [[World War II]], to ...
20: ...the [[Dumbarton Oaks|Dumbarton Oaks Estate]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Those and later talks produced proposals ...
24: ...curity Council]] — [[Republic of China]], [[France]], the [[Soviet Union]], [[United Kingdom]], ...
26: ... land purchased by an 8.5 million dollar donation from [[John D. Rockefeller, Jr.]], and designed by a... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...t was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, m...
14: ...ciety. Prominent public officials that are barred from the presidency because they were not born U.S. ...
25: ... concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertising drive...
27: ...orge-Washington.jpg|200px|right|thumb|'''[[George Washington]]''', 1st President (1789-1797)]]
29: ...titution of the United States." Only presidents [[Franklin Pierce]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] have chosen... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
15: | wife=[[Martha Washington]]
19: '''George Washington''', ([[February 22]], [[1732]] – [[December...
21: ...inning and securing American independence, George Washington is generally recognized as one of the most import...
26: ...e was initiated as a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]] in Fredericksburg on [[4 February]] [[1752]]. On Lawren... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
2: [[Image:JohnHancockSmall.jpeg|right|frame|Portrait of Hancock [[:Image:JohnHancockLarge....
3: [[Image:John Hancock Signature DOI.jpg|right|frame|Hancock's signature on the [[United States Dec...
8: ...of his uncle's business. Shortly after his return from England, his uncle died and he inherited the fo...
15: ..., lead, paper and tea. In [[1768]], upon arriving from England, his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was impounde...
17: ...o newspapers] and John Hancock pays the postage" (Fradin & McCurdy, 2002). - John Adams (18716 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[George Washington]]
22: ...neration descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in...
24: ...1758]], he was admitted to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing ...
35: ...of a series of committees to study naval matters. From that time onward, Adams championed the establis...
37: ... "these colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent states," acting as champion of ... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
18: ...nd an American [[statesman]], [[ambassador]] to [[France]], [[Political philosophy|political philosoph...
23: ...0]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from families who had settled in [[Virginia]] for se...
25: ...ch included Jefferson, [[John Adams]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Roger Sherman]], and [[Robert R. Livin...
27: ...[curriculum]] of which Jefferson also designed. [[Frank E. Grizzard]], Jr., a scholar at the Universit...
30: ...at the layers of occupation, and draw conclusions from them. - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ..., helping to draft their declaration of religious freedom and persuading [[Virginia]] to give their no...
25: ...the thinking of what Thomas Jefferson (who was in France at the time) called an "assembly of demi-gods...
31: ... States_House_of_Representatives|Representative]] from his home state of [[Virginia]]. He successfully...
33: ..., Madison was the nation's shortest president and frequently ill. In [[1794]] Madison married [[Dolley...
38: ...th any nation that would not remove the blockade: France did, and Britain did not. - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Washington, D.C.]]
22: ...e]] at the [[University of Leiden]]. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in [[1787]], and was ele...
24: .... The couple named one of their sons after George Washington. (As of 2004, Adams is the only U.S. President to...
26: ...list]] to the [[United States Senate]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1803]], until [[June 8]], [[1808...
28: ...814]], and Minister to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] from [[1815]] to [[1817]]. During this time, Adams a... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ...e first president who had lived on the American [[frontier]], and thus the first not primarily associa...
22: ...trust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming from his feeling that they were too inclined to favo...
24: ...began to prosper in the rough-and-tumble world of frontier law. He became a colonel in the state milit...
34: ...ackson's election represented a significant break from that past.
36: He was also the first President from a state west of the [[Appalachian Mountains]]. ...
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