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- Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...rst woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. Her dissertation was on ''New Types of Irreducibility Cri...
5: ...a program for it. At the end of the war she was discharged from the Navy, but she continued to work o...
9: ... code, such as the [[assembler]]s of the time. It is fair to say that COBOL was based very much on her...
14: ...1980s by the National Bureau of Standards, now [[NIST]].
16: .... She retired (involuntarily) from the Navy in [[1986]]. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ... toward [[New York City]] during the [[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
7: On [[October 2]], [[1925]], she opened in [[Paris]] at the Th颴re [[Champs-Elys饳]], where she be...
9: ...tes|U.S.]], she would have suffered from the [[racism|racial]] prejudices common to the era. The write...
11: ... a publicity stunt and not legally binding). At this time she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'a...
13: ...lizing that the wine he forced her to drink was poisoned, she managed to excuse herself and escaped fr... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...oted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singin...
4: ...ort News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her ...
6: ...t was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
10: ...e]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...rcer]] (the only songbook devoted soley to a lyricist) the Kern and Mrcer songbooks also scored by Rid... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...he is normally ranked as the greatest female vocalist ever by such industry publications/media outlets...
6: ...She signed with [[Columbia Records]] after being discovered by legendary A&R man [[John Hammond]]. In...
8: ... American]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went to Atlantic, they just sat m...
10: ...ic recorded in a Los Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never made it to number one in the UK po...
12: ...ormance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]]. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...#286;?dullina''') (born [[October 24]], [[1931]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply re...
3: Gubaidulina was born in [[Chistopol]], in the [[Tatar Republic]]. She studied co...
5: ...examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken path".
7: ...aidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin an...
11: ...m a "diptych" on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date. - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
1: '''Penny Marshall''' ([[October 15]], [[1942]]) is an [[United States|American]] actress, producer a...
3: ... Bronx]], [[New York City|New York]]. She is the sister of writer, producer and director [[Garry Marsh...
5: ... ''[[Laverne and Shirley]]'' from ([[1976 in television|1976]]-[[1983 in film|1983]]).
14: *''[[How Sweet It Is!]]'' (1968)
16: *''[[The Christian Licorice Store]]'' (1971) (scenes deleted) - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ...e of the best and most popular stars in American history.
4: ...oron, New York]] and after her father died, was raised by her working mother and grandparents. In [[19...
5: ... father was sued once for money, then again for prison sentence. Right then, Ball decided that she nee...
11: ... CBS was initially not impressed with the pilot episode produced by the couple's [[Desilu]] production...
13: ...ommunist]] party in 1936, at her grandfather's insistence (per [[FBI]] [[FOIA]]-released documents). - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
2: ...f [[film director|director]] [[John Farrow]] and his wife, actress [[Maureen O'Sullivan]].
5: ...the cast and crew. The [[divorce]] came as a surprise to Mia, who did not even know Frank was thinking...
7: ...opted]] three children, Soon-Yi, Lark Song, and Daisy. They divorced in [[1979]].
9: ...aving somewhat confirmed Farrow's accusations by his open relationship with one of her adopted teenage...
11: ...s active in agencies that encourage adoptions and is a [[UNICEF]] Special Representative. By [[1994]]... - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
2: ...Jodie" Foster''' (born [[November 19]], [[1962]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Actor|actress]] a...
7: ...ies. She starred as Addie Pray in the 1974 [[television series]], ''[[Paper Moon]]''. In film, at the ...
9: She is fluent enough in the [[French language]] that she...
11: ...r as such, but since the book is unauthorized, it is highly suspect.
15: <!--Foster is a member of [[Mensa International]]. - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...ar of [[United States|American]] [[film]], [[television]] and [[theatre|stage]], widely recognized for...
5: ...ildren became well-versed in social and political issues. Once a very young Katharine Hepburn even ac...
7: ... in films such as ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]...
10: ...from BM in history and philosophy; can this be a mistake? other sources say her degree was in drama --...
12: ...They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star. - Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
3: ...len Elizabeth Hunt''' (born [[15 June]] [[1963]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]]. ...
5: Hunt co-starred with [[Paul Reiser]] in the television [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Mad About You]...
25: *''[[Twister: Ride it Out]]'' (1998)
27: *''[[Twister (movie)|Twister]]'' (1996)
28: *''[[Kiss of Death (1995 movie)|Kiss of Death]]'' (1995) - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
1: ...ole (Mary) Kidman''' (born [[June 20]], [[1967]]) is an [[Academy Award]] winning [[Australia|Australi...
2: ...the time, her father was a cancer research specialist in [[Washington, D.C]].
8: ...here she majored in voice production and theatre history. She studied at [[North Sydney Girls' High Sc...
10: ...mini-series ''[[Vietnam (miniseries)|Vietnam]]'' (1986), ''[[Bangkok Hilton]]'' (1989) and ''[[Flirting ...
12: ===Marriage to Cruise=== - Isabella Rossellini (2696 bytes)
1: ...Image:IsabellaRosselliniBeautiful.jpg|thumb|right|Isabella Rossellini, 1990]]
3: ...ini''', born in [[Rome]] on [[June 18]] [[1952]], is a [[model (person)|model]] and an [[Actor|actress...
5: As an actress is probably best known for her role as Dorothy Valle...
8: ...rom ''[[Casablanca (movie)|Casablanca]]'' in an episode of ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales ...
12: ...mage:IsabellaRosselliniPurplehood.jpg|thumb|right|Isabella Rossellini in French Magazine]] - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
2: ...s accolades for her work in [[movies]] and [[television]] and who, from the [[1980s]] to the present d...
5: ...ummit, New Jersey]], [[United States|USA]], and raised in nearby [[Bernardsville, New Jersey|Bernardsv...
7: ...Having been named on so many greatest movie star lists, Streep also defied expectations by her happy h...
9: ...the Spirits]]'', [[1995]]'s ''[[The Bridges of Madison County]]'' (largely regarded as her great comeb...
11: However, that is not to say that Streep did not maintain her reput... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: ...[October 1]], [[1935]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actress]], [[singer]], and [[author]], best ...
5: ..., she starred in [[Rodgers & Hammerstein]]'s television adaptation of ''[[Cinderella]]''.
7: ...Andrews as [[Eliza Doolittle]] opposite [[Rex Harrison]]'s [[Henry Higgins]] in ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' (...
9: ... she said "I would like to thank Jack Warner for his faith in me". At the [[Grammy Awards of 1965]] sh...
13: ...or-television movies based on the character of Eloise, the moppet who lives at the [[Plaza Hotel]] in ... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
2: ...he World No. 1 player for a record 377 weeks, and is the only player to have won all four of the Grand...
6: ...acket in the family's living room. She began practising on a court at the age of four and played in he...
8: ... to [[Tracy Austin]]. After the match, Austin dismissed Graf's abilities saying there were "hundreds" ...
10: ...ding straight from airports to practice courts. This narrow focus meant that Graf made few friends on ...
12: ...even further tournament victories in 1986, and finished the year ranked World No. 3. - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (2098 bytes)
2: ...e Kennedy]]. She lives in [[East St. Louis, Illinois]].
4: ... multi-discipline events after seeing a 1975 television movie about [[Babe Zaharias|"Babe" Didrikson]]...
6: ...ther, [[Al Joyner]], is also an Olympic gold medalist, having won the Olympic [[triple jump]] in [[198...
8: ... bring himself to have life support removed from his wife, it fell to Jackie and Al to authorize remov...
10: ...nge, however, was physical. She suffers from exercise-induced [[asthma]], and on more than one occasio... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...]. During her career she won 18 [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles titles and 40 Grand Slam do...
5: ...ried Miroslav Navrátil, who became her first tennis coach. Martina then took the name of her stepfath...
7: ===Tennis career===
9: ...avrátilová won the Czechoslovakian national tennis championship. In [[1973]], aged 16, she turned pr...
11: ... reach the top of the game saw her embark on a punishing routine to get herself into shape that eventu... - Apple (20408 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
16: ...nus ''[[Malus]]'' in the family [[Rosaceae]], and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Ta...
23: ...h with it to develop new disease-resistant apples is continuing.
25: ...sylvestris'', but there is no hard evidence for this in older apple [[cultivar]]s. These and other ''M... - Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
2: ... United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]]. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party]].
6: ... in a [[Methodist]] family in [[Park Ridge, Illinois]]. Her father ran a drapery-making business and ...
8: ..._States%29|Democratic Party]] and writing her thesis on radical organizer Saul Alinsky.
10: ...ambridge, Massachusetts. She joined the staff advising the [[U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary|Ju...
12: ... and Vince Foster, who worked in the Clinton Administration as a deputy counsel for a brief time befor...
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