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- Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
7: ...hen she was six years old. She continued to live with her mother Katherine Szenes and a brother.
9: ...ot take the office in the [[anti-semitism|anti-Semitic]] atmosphere. She joined ''Maccabea'', a Hungar...
11: ...gun a paratrooper training in [[Egypt]] for the British [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]].
15: ...ndow one at the time. She tried to keep their spirits up by singing.
17: ..., 1944. Her remains were brought to [[Israel]] in 1950 and buried in the cemetery on [[Mount Herzl]], [[... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: ...er]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[1940]]s and [[1950]]s.
4: ...n various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: ...cognized as a seminal American avant-garde film. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
8: Upon her return to [[New York City]] in 1943 her social circle included the likes o...
10: ...itive source. The accompanying documentary was edited and produced after her death. - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
5: ... a third consecutive nomination for Best Actress with her performance in ''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]...
7: ...ffair caused was a scandal in both Hollywood and with the public; Bergman was branded as "Hollywood's ...
9: ...nd made her final performance on the big screen. It is considered to be among her best performances.
11: ...English language|English]] and [[Italian language|Italian]] fluently, which caused fellow actor [[John...
13: ... She was cremated in Sweden, her ashes scattered with a part kept to be interred in the [[Norra begrav... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
3: ...te Davis''', was an [[Academy Award]] winning [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
7: ...and such was the outrage that she received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members.
9: ..., but her performance in ''[[All About Eve]]'' ([[1950]]), for which she received another Oscar nominati...
11: ...onscreen in either of their careers, was a smash hit and a top-grosser that year.
13: ...ere reunited not as on-screen lovers, but rather with Henreid directing Davis in the [[camp]]y dual ro... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...ting career. In [[1999]], the [[American Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress of all t...
5: ...her unabashedly liberal family, who she credited with giving her a sense of adventure and independence...
7: ...ould later be recognized for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own pratfal...
8: ...ormation about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on Hepburn -->
10: ...year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess]]''. - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
3: ...34]]) is considered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]] actress of all time and, at the age of 70,...
5: ...ani Scicolone''' in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], the illegitimate daughter of aspiring actress and piano teach...
7: ... minor Italian films, but she had an early brush with [[Hollywood]] in [[1951]] when she and her mothe...
9: ...]]''), her acting career took off upon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[...
11: ...ilms at this time: ''[[Desire Under the Elms]]'' with [[Anthony Perkins]] (based upon the [[Eugene O'N... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...1926]] – [[August 5]], [[1962]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] of the [[20...
6: ...''' in the charity ward of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later ...
8: ...red adopting her, which they could not have done without Gladys's consent.
10: ...died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a mental hospital near [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardin...
12: ...o think little of herself, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. Sh... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
3: ... female athletes were still frowned upon by many. It earned her the nickname ''"The Flying Housewife"'...
5: ...pics]] a year later. Although international competition was hampered by [[World War II]], Blankers-Koe...
7: ...e [[European Championships in Athletics|European titles]], 58 Dutch championships and set or tied 12 [...
11: ... [[gymnastics]], [[ice skating]] and [[running]]. It soon became clear she was a sports talent, but sh...
13: ...earance in the sport was in 1935. Her first competition was a disappointment, but in her third race, s... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
1: ...|Babe Didrikson in the 1932 Olympic javelin competition]]
3: ... nickname "Babe" (after [[Babe Ruth]]) after she hit five [[home run]]s in a single [[baseball]] game....
5: ...hampion. After the Games, Shiley and Didrikson split their medals.
9: ... her career in the mid-1950s. She won the 1947 [[Titleholders Championship]] and the 1948 [[U.S. Women...
11: ...e her final ones in competitive golf. Cancer took its toll and Zaharias died in 1956 while still in th... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...are not UN members. For more information, see [[United Nations member states]].
3: ...uarters is in [[New York City]], [[USA]]; see [[United Nations headquarters]].
5: ...s, English speakers were referring to it as the United Nations, or UN.
7: ...gans, part of what is collectively called the [[United Nations System]]:
10: *[[UN Security Council]] - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
2: ...nt is also a part of [[Candomblé-de-caboclo tradition.
9: ... which grows in Brazil), about 4 to 5 feet long, with a steel string ("arame" - often pulled from the ...
10: ...tourist consumer's quest for (pretended) authenticity, and use clear varnish and discrete decoration.
11: ...nal rattle ("[[caxixi]]"). One strikes the arame with the baqueta to produce the sound. The [[caxixi]]...
21: Capoeiristas split berimbaus in three categories: - War (7002 bytes)
1: ...r|limitations on war]] below). War is contrasted with [[peace]], which is usually defined as the absen...
6: ...ishes over territory and resources. The earliest city states and empire in [[Mesopotamia]] became the ...
10: The study of warfare is known as [[military history]].
12: ==Morality of war==
14: ...immoral and no war should ever be fought. This position was forcefully defended by the Indian leader [... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
5: ...Robert A. Hatch of the University of Florida puts it:
7: ...em is reconciling dates in the Egyptian calendar with attested dates in other calendaric systems, for ...
9: ...of these questions while others may last for eternity.
13: ...ulers and even overlapping dynasties. The possibility of a calendar reform called ''Menophres Era'' ma...
15: ...d important article has observed that Theon explicitly stated, and [[Al-Biruni]] supported him, that t... - Continental drift (4518 bytes)
3: ... Heezen|Bruce Heezen]], and [[Harry Hess]] along with a rekindling of the theory including a mechanism...
5: ...ment of the continental drift hypothesis before [[1950]]. ''See'': '''[[plate tectonics]]''' for inform...
16: ...urther separate and rotate those two continents. It was this temporary feature which inspired [[Alfre...
20: ...esulting papers were published in 1928 under the title ''Theory of continental drift''. Wegener himse...
22: ... Confirmation of this hypothesis would have to wait for further evidence. - North Africa (3562 bytes)
1: ...frica-countries-northern.png|right|Map of Africa with the northern countries highlighted]]
8: *[[Mauritania]]
14: ...frica, though they do not share a common culture with North Africa.
16: ...zgha]]) is the portion of North Africa that consititutes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya (thus exc...
18: ...ddle East]], not being part of the Maghreb. In addition, the [[Sinai Peninsula]] of Egypt is often con... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...ad Sea]]. Jordan's main religion is [[Islam]] and its main language is [[Arabic language|Arabic]].
9: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Hashemitearms.jpg|100px|Coat of Arms of Jordan]]
22: | '''[[Capital]]'''
40: - [[Population density|Density]]
69: ...ts special defense treaty relationship with the United Kingdom in 1957. - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
6: ... | [[Image:Eritrea flag large.png|125px|Flag of Eritrea]]
7: ...h="130px" | [[Image:Eritrea_COA-color.jpg|110px|Eritrea COA]]
9: | align="center" width="130px" | ([[Flag of Eritrea|In Detail]])
10: | align="center" width="130px" | ([[COA of Eritrea|In Detail]])
15: ...pan=2 | [[image:LocationEritrea.png|Location of Eritrea]] - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
1: ...on land it borders [[India]] and [[Myanmar]], and it is a close neighbor to [[China]], [[Thailand]], [...
19: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Dhaka]]
30: ...uly [[2004]] est.)<br> - [[Population density|Density]]
47: | '''[[National Fruit]]''' || [[Jackfruit]]
65: ...Northern Bangladesh has several sites of mass architecture, in the form of [[temple]]s and monasteries... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...]. Under the [[Constitution of Ireland|Irish constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ire...
15: capital = [[Dublin]] |
18: largest_city = [[Dublin]] |
20: leader_titles = [[President of Ireland|President]]<br>[[Taoi...
24: area_magnitude = 1 E9| - Cuba (25106 bytes)
2: ...lands]] and [[Jamaica]], and to the southeast [[Haiti]].
6: ...s independence was granted in [[1902]], though limited by the [[Platt Amendment]] (revoked in [[1934]]...
8: ... peso was valued very close to the us dollar. Illiteracy ran about 12%, one of the lowest in the lati...
10: ...ed to cover all Cubans.After some delay, a [[Constitution]] of Soviet inspiration was adopted in [[197...
12: ...n Internatiional Nuclear Stand-off, between the United States of America and Russia.
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