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  1. Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
    2: ...12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[H...
    10: ...zen plays in the next eight years. Famous as an actress, she was famous, too, for her drinking, drug t...
    12: ...ra -- and that she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lombard]], et al.
    16: ...le-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a straight face).
    18: ...n Hellman]]'s [[The Little Foxes]] (1939). Her portrayal won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award f...
  2. Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
    1: ...demy Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
    3: ...e film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[Hollywood]]" had arrived.
    5: ...]]'' ([[1945]]). She would receive another Best Actress nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|Joan of...
    7: ...llini's and Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
    9: ...ard for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]) for her performance in ''[[Murder on the Or...
  3. Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
    3: ...5]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]].
    7: ==Becoming an actress==
    8: ...ast her in a small part for the movie ''Peter The Tramp'' ([[1920 in film|1920]]).
    10: ...Sweden|Swedish]] director [[Mauritz Stiller]]. He trained her in [[film|cinema]] [[acting]] technique ...
    12: ...wyn-Mayer]], he insisted that Garbo be given a contract as well. But their relationship came to an end...
  4. Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
    2: ...90]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
    6: ...Luis Miguel Dominguin]] and [[Mario Cabr靝, industrialist [[Howard Hughes]], and actor [[George C. Sc...
    8: ...r, was nominated, albeit in the best supporting actress category.
    12: ...er partially paralyzed and bedridden, [[Frank Sinatra]] paid all her medical expenses. She died of [[p...
    16: Gardner is portrayed by [[Kate Beckinsale]] in ''[[The Aviator]]''...
  5. Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
    3: ...winning [[United States|American]] film [[actor|actress]] who became the wife of [[Prince]] [[Rainier ...
    5: ...culler]], and her brother "Jack" followed in that tradition. ''Kelly Drive'' in Philadelphia is named ...
    7: ...' ([[1952]]), a generally praised but somewhat controversial [[Western movie|western]] starring [[Gary...
    9: ...ard for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]], but the award went to [[Donna Reed]] for he...
    11: ...[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for ''[[The Country Girl]]''. While it was being filmed, she engaged...
  6. Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
    3: ...sidered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]] actress of all time and, at the age of 70, continues t...
    5: ...[Italy]], the illegitimate daughter of aspiring actress and piano teacher Romilda Villani and married ...
    7: ...ked as a model in the ''fotoromanzi'' (weekly ilustrated romantic stories) billed as "Sofia Villani" o...
    9: ...torio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]].
    11: ...an international film star with a five-picture contract with [[Paramount Studios]]. Among her films at...
  7. Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
    2: ...62]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] of the [[20th century]]. Her sizzling screen...
    6: ...one for the theory that Mortensen was in fact her true father.
    12: ...[[1941]], Grace took her in again. She was then introduced to a neighbor's son, James Dougherty, who w...
    18: ...at her name was changed. She was named after an actress called Marilyn Miller and Monroe was her mothe...
    20: ...ox office]] and Fox decided not to offer her a contract for a third time. Undiscouraged, Monroe threw ...
  8. Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
    1: ...|thumb|250px|Julie Andrews as Maria, with the Von Trapp children in ''The Sound of Music''.]]
    3: ...]], [[1935]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actress]], [[singer]], and [[author]], best known for ...
    5: ...tion of ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' in [[1953]] (which transferred to [[Broadway]] the same year, giving An...
    9: ..., the following year, for her role as [[Maria von Trapp]] in ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' ([[1965]]), an...
    11: ...n of the Year]] by the [[Harvard University]] theatrical society.
  9. Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
    1: ...orwegian]] [[figure skating|figure skater]] and actress.
    10: ..., which was republished in a revised edition in [[1954]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the ...
    12: ...at formed the basis for the [[Henie-Onstad Art Centre]] at H?dden, near [[Oslo]].
    14: ...the hilltop overlooking the [[Henie-Onstad Art Centre]].
    33: == Trivia ==
  10. Larisa Latynina (2531 bytes)
    5: .... At age 19, she debuted internationally at the [[1954]] Rome World Championships, winning the team all-...
    13: ...ond with the Soviet team, and became a gymnastics trainer. She is a citizen of [[Russia]], and lives (...
  11. Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
    5: ... hurdles, and cleared the same height as her compatriot [[Jean Shiley]] in the high jump. The jury, ho...
    11: ...53. She made a comeback in 1954 and took the Vare Trophy and her tenth and final major with a U.S. Wom...
  12. Kidney (12846 bytes)
    9: The kidneys are retroperitoneal, which means they lie behind the [[per...
    14: ===Structural details===
    20: ... cotransport and [[countercurrent exchange|countertransport]] mechanisms. The final solution is then e...
    24: ...owman's capsule wall to produce the glomerular filtrate, which enter the kidney tubule. Blood leaves t...
    31: ...into the Bowman's space to form the glomerular filtrate.
  13. Egypt (18830 bytes)
    34: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 29th]] <br /> [[1 E12 m2|1,001,...
    37: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 15th]] <br /> 74,718,797 ...
    54: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
    58: ...[Southwest Asia]]), while the majority of the country is located in [[North Africa]]. It shares land b...
    62: ...ly regarded as the main political and cultural centre of the Arab and Middle Eastern regions.
  14. History of Egypt (1881 bytes)
    4: ...gypt's peculiar geography made it a difficult country to attack, which is why Pharaonic Egypt was for ...
    6: ...e Egyptian to exercise sovereign power in the country since [[Pharaoh]] [[Nectanebo II]], deposed by t...
  15. Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
    44: ...he [[Confederate States of America]], and took control of U.S. forts and other properties within their...
    48: ...akness after Reconstruction and the modern administrative state would only emerge with the [[New Deal]...
    50: ...though is criticized by some for overstepping the traditional bounds of executive power.
    53: ...site the following year, the 22-year-old Lincoln struck out on his own, [[canoe]]ing down the Sangamon...
    59: ...Sangamon in the hopes of attracting [[steamboat]] traffic to the river, which would allow sparsely pop...
  16. Alexandria (28378 bytes)
    1: ...ic mouth of the [[Nile]] (now dry) was 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near the ancient city ...
    3: ...di&aelig;val Islamic rulers its status as the country's capital was ended, and it fell into a long dec...
    19: ...[[Deinocrates of Rhodes]]. Ancient accounts are extremely numerous and varied, and much influenced by ...
    23: ...nd the sea, according to a history of Alexander attributed to the author known as [[Alexander Romance|...
    25: ...t became a famous tourist destination for ancient travellers.
  17. Algeria (16548 bytes)
    1: ...ge|Arabic]] word ''al-jaz&#257;&#8217;ir'', which translates as ''the islands'', referring to the four...
    15: ..."center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]] (translation): The Revolution by the people and for t...
    21: ...age|French unofficial but commonly used in administration]]
    31: ...rea|Ranked 11th]] <br /> 2,381,740 [[square kilometre|km&sup2;]] <br> Negligible
    35: ...- [[Population density|Density]]:|| [[List of countries by population|Ranked 34th]]<br>32,818,500 <sma...
  18. Turkey (41694 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox Country|
    40: currency_code = TRY |
    45: cctld = [[.tr]] |
    49: ...urope]]. Its straddles the [[Bosphorus|Bosphorus straits]] that separate [[Southwest Asia]] from [[Sou...
    50: ...and [[Bulgaria]] to the northwest; [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Armenia]] and the [[Azerbaijan]]i ...
  19. Belgium (31774 bytes)
    1: ... language|German]]: ''K?reich Belgien'') is a country in [[Western Europe]], bordered by the [[Netherl...
    13: ...it macht stark<br>([[English language|English]]: Strength lies in unity'')</small>
    28: |[[List of countries by area|Ranked 136th]] <br>[[1 E10 m2|30,510 k...
    31: |[[List of countries by population|Ranked 77th]] <br>10,309,725<br>...
    37: || [[List of countries by GDP|Ranked 18th]] <br>$294 billion<br> $28,...
  20. Guatemala (8475 bytes)
    1: ... '''Republic of Guatemala''' is a country in [[Central America]], in the south of the continent of [[N...
    29: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 103rd]] <br> [[1 E11 m?|108,890...
    34: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 62nd]]
    54: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]'''
    62: ... of the lowland states, the Maya states of the central highlands continued until conquered by the [[Sp...

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