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- Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
13: ... [[Hong Kong]], however, they both contracted [[malaria]]. Robert Semple died of the disease on August...
23: ...typing sermons and other religious materials. By 1917 she had started her own newspaper, named ''The Br...
27: ... Gospel church. She supervised construction of a large, domed church building in the [[Echo Park, Los...
29: ...nt. McPherson's uniqueness in this respect, her flamboyance and her unashamed use of low-key sex appe...
31: ...is faith, incorporating demonstrations of [[glossolalia|speaking-in-tongues]] and [[faith healing]] in... - Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
2: ...'' ([[August 7]], [[1876]]–[[October 15]], [[1917]])
3: ...argarete Gertrude Zelle''' in English), a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[exotic dancer]] who was accused, con...
5: ...day" in [[Malay language|Malay]] and [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]. She was also a [[courtesan]] ...
7: ...d|executed by firing squad]] on [[October 15]], [[1917]]. Mata Hari was probably a low level agent for t...
9: ...er killers before the firing began. A third tale claims that not only did she fling a kiss to her kill... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: ...n '''Eleanora Derenkovskaya''' on [[April 29]], [[1917]], '''Maya Deren''' was an [[American]] [[avant-g...
8: ...n]]. She continued making 16mm films such as "At Land" (1944) and "A Study in Choreography for Camera...
10: During the late 1940s and early 1950s, Deren became heavily inv...
12: ... 44, from a [[brain hemorrhage]]. Some have speculated that her death was the result of a [[Vodoun|vo...
16: In 2001, [[Martina Kudlacek]] released a documentary about Deren, titled '... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
1: [[Image:Tallulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934...
2: ...show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Huntsville, Alabama]].
4: ...H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
6: At 15, Tallulah Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest & c...
10: ...e [[West End (of London)|West End]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities. - Sculpture (5545 bytes)
1: ...s primarily concerned with space: occupying it, relating to it, and influencing the perception of it.
5: ...esque'' if it shares qualities with [[classicism|classical]] figurative sculpture or [[statue]].
13: *** [[Portland Stone]]
20: ** [[alabaster]]
22: * [[clay]] - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
5: ...p II]] from [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]] defeated the last king of the [[Tenth dynasty of Egypt|Tenth dyna...
6: ...rt provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
8: ...is explains the smooth transition of power as a palace coup by Amenemhat that resulted in the death of...
10: ...e he would start his sole reign. The co-regencies lasted throughout the Twelfth dynasty and provided g...
12: [[Senusret I]] ([[1917 BC]] - [[1872 BC]]) continued the policy of his f... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
7: ...etween dates shown here and in articles on particular rulers. Often there are also several possible sp...
15: ... is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt].
16: ...Dynasties 1 to 10 are from Baines and Malek, ''Atlas of Ancient Egypt'' (Oxford, 1980).
17: ... Kitchen, "The Basics of Egyptian Chronology in Relation to the Bronze Age", in Astrom (ed) ''High, Mi...
81: *Nebka (Bikheris of later Greek-language sources) - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
7: ... in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[preside...
14: ...States Secretary of Labor|Secretary of Labor]] [[Elaine Chao]], born in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]]; ...
19: ...resident, while the individual who was in second place became Vice President.
25: ...ng across the country to explain their views and plans to the voters. Much of the modern electoral pro...
35: .... In addition, the president has important [[legislative]] and [[judicial]] powers. - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
5: ... to the bar in [[1875]] and began his career as a lawyer in [[Columbia City, Indiana]].
7: ...f his progressive platform through the state legislature, nor in raising a convention to rewrite the s...
11: ...[1912]] Democratic convention in [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]], Marshall's name was put in as Indi...
13: Marshall was not particularly fond of Wilson, and though Wilson invited Mars...
19: ...ident]] of the United States. The process for declaring a [[President of the United States|President]... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Millard Fillmore '''</font></caption>
4: ...r" colspan=2><div style="float:center">[[Image:Millard Fillmore.jpg|250px|]]</div></td></tr>
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Summerhill, New York]]</...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Buffalo, New York]]</td>...
13: ...tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Abigail Fillmore]] (wife) <br... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Grover Cleveland'''</font></caption>
4: ...olspan=2>[[Image:Grover Cleveland.jpg|Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr>
18: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Caldwell, New Jersey|Cal...
20: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Princeton, New Jersey|Pr...
21: ...<td>[[Rose Cleveland]] (sister)<br>[[Frances Cleveland]] (wife)</td></tr> - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ... 4.567 billion years old, giving an age for the solar system and an upper limit for the age of the Ear...
4: ...uther]] and [[Johannes Kepler]] believed in a similar date, and some today continue to defend [[young ...
9: ...w [[natural history|naturalists]] were trying to place the age of the Earth on a more scientific basis...
11: Lomonosov's ideas were mostly speculative, but in [[1779]] the [[France|French]] natura...
13: ...uralists whose studies of [[stratum|strata]], the layering of rock and earth, gave them an appreciatio... - Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
1: ...f; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: ...=148 | [[Image:Turkmenistan flag large.png|125px|Flag of Turkmenistan]]
9: | align=center width=148 | [[Flag of Turkmenistan]]
24: | '''[[Official language]]'''
25: | [[Turkmen language|Turkmen]] - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
3: ...]] [http://www.stat.kz/ru/dynamic/svedenia_rk/population/nas.htm].<!--
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14: | align=center width=135px | [[Image:Flag_of_Kazakhstan.png|125px|]]
17: | align=center width=135px | [[Flag of Kazakhstan]]
25: | '''[[Official language]]s''' - Tajikistan (10867 bytes)
1: ...f; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: ...th=148 | [[Image:Tajikistan flag large.png|125px|Flag of Tajikistan]]
9: | align=center width=148 | [[Flag of Tajikistan]]
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
19: | [[Tajik language|Tajiki-Persian]] - Finland (29511 bytes)
1: ... '''Suomi.''' In the Swedish language it is '''Finland'''.
3: ...9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
4: |+<big>'''Suomen tasavalta'''<br>'''Republiken Finland'''</big>
7: ...ter width=130px| [[Image:Finland_coa.png|100px|Finland: Coat of Arms]]
9: ...| align=center width=130px| ([[Coat of Arms of Finland|In Detail]]) - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ... the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] (also known as Gulf of [[Eilat]]), and the [[Dead Sea]].
6: ...#1587;رائيل<br>("Dawlat Israil") |
8: image_flag = Israel_flag_large.png |
13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Arabic]] |
15: latd=31|latm=47|latNS=N|longd=35|longm=13|longEW=E| - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
1: ...nia]] and [[Moldova]] to the southwest and the [[Black Sea]] to the south.
3: ...ween a variety of powers, notably [[Russia]], [[Poland]], [[Lithuania]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]]. A ...
5: ...9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
11: | [[Image:Ukraine flag large.png|125px|Flag of Ukraine]]
14: | ([[Flag of Ukraine|In detail]]) - Flag of Arizona (872 bytes)
1: .... Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...r half is the same blue adopted for the national flag.
5: ...flag of Arizona was adopted on [[February 17]], [[1917]]. It was designed by Colonel [[Charles W. Harris...
10: ...tstate.com/states/symb/flags/az_flag.htm Arizona flag history]
12: {{US_state_flags}} - Flag of Indiana (917 bytes)
1: .... Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ... adopted by the [[Indiana General Assembly]] in [[1917]], as part of the commemoration of the state's 19...
5: ...http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/ihb/emblems/embflag.html Source]
8: {{US_state_flags}}
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