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- Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Huntsville, Alabama]].
6: ...Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest & convinced her family to let her move to New York. She q...
14: Nevertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice among...
16: Polled, moviegoers thought otherwise. Her screen test for [[Go...
20: ...alist and cynic Constance Porter in [[Lifeboat (movie)|Lifeboat]]. The performance is widely acknowled... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
3: ...k]] to star in the remake of [[Intermezzo (1939 movie)|Intermezzo]] ([[1939]]). The film was an enormo...
5: ...er Best Actress nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|Joan of Arc]]'' ([[1948]]).
7: ...him while performing in his film ''[[Stromboli (movie)|Stromboli]]'' ([[1950]]). Bergman left both her...
9: ...arring role in ([[1956]])'s ''[[Anastasia (1956 movie)|Anastasia]]'', Bergman made her post-scandal re...
15: ... Award]] for Best Actress in [[1982]] for the television [[mini-series]] [[A Woman Called Golda]], abo... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
5: ... Alfred Gustafsson ([[1871]]-[[1920]]) and Anna Lovisa Johnasson ([[1872]]-[[1944]]). Her older sister...
8: ...c Petscher. He cast her in a small part for the movie ''Peter The Tramp'' ([[1920 in film|1920]]).
10: ... [[stage name]] Greta Garbo. She starred in two movies in [[Sweden]] and one in [[Germany]].
17: ...]]'' ([[1927 in film|1927]]) and ''[[Love (1927 movie)|Love]]'' ([[1927 in film|1927]]). The latter tw...
19: ...s publicized with the slogan "Garbo Talks." The movie was a huge success, but Garbo personally hated h... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
4: Ava Lavinia Gardner was born in the small farming communit...
6: ...'' did she become known as a [[sex symbol]] and movie star. She married [[Mickey Rooney]] when she wa...
16: ...r is portrayed by [[Kate Beckinsale]] in ''[[The Aviator]]'' (2004), a film by [[Martin Scorsese]] abo...
59: * [[The Barefoot Contessa]] (1954)
71: * [[Vienna: The Years Remembered]] (1968) (short subject... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
7: ...ly praised but somewhat controversial [[Western movie|western]] starring [[Gary Cooper]].
15: ... from acting. Before her [[marriage]], she was previously involved with [[Clark Gable]], [[Bing Crosby...
17: ...d an unrelated heir, thereby ensuring Monaco's survival as a principality. Prince Rainier's maternal g...
30: ...hile driving. It had been rumored that she was driving on the same stretch of highway in Monaco that h...
38: *''[[Dial M for Murder]]'' (1954) - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ...ter of aspiring actress and piano teacher Romilda Villani and married engineer Riccardo Scicolone and ...
7: ...kly ilustrated romantic stories) billed as "Sofia Villani" or "Sofia Lazzaro' and took part in regiona...
9: ...torio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]].
11: ...on the [[Eugene O'Neill]] play), ''[[Houseboat (movie)|Houseboat]]'' (a romantic comedy again co-starr...
13: ...ge]]. In [[1960]], her acclaimed performance in [[Vittorio De Sica]]'s ''[[Two Women]]'' earned her a ... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
10: ...had bought a house for them. A few months after moving in, she suffered a breakdown. Marilyn recalled ...
12: ...ecome her first husband. The Goddard family was moving to the [[East Coast of the United States|East C...
18: ...ry. It was here she was spotted by photographer David Conover and he immediately saw her potential as ...
20: ... mind with scene stealing performances in Bette Davis's classic ''[[All About Eve]]'' in [[1950]] and ...
22: By 1952 Zanuck was nearly convinced and she played her first role as a leading la... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
5: ...l, she starred in [[Rodgers & Hammerstein]]'s television adaptation of ''[[Cinderella]]''.
7: ...n]] and newcomer [[Robert Goulet]]. As was her previous show, it was a smash hit.
9: ...ppeared in the three-hour epic ''[[Hawaii (1966 movie)|Hawaii]]'', co-starring with [[Max von Sydow]],...
11: ...ards]], such as ''[[10 (movie)|10]]'', ''[[Victor/Victoria]]'', and ''[[S.O.B.]]'', in which she appea...
13: ...She has also starred in two made-for-television movies based on the character of Eloise, the moppet wh... - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
10: ..., which was republished in a revised edition in [[1954]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the ...
33: == Trivia == - Larisa Latynina (2531 bytes)
3: ...rson]], [[Ukrainian SSR]]) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[gymnastics|gymnast]]. She holds the record ...
5: .... At age 19, she debuted internationally at the [[1954]] Rome World Championships, winning the team all-...
7: ...na beat Keleti in the all-around event, and the Soviet team also won the team event. Latynina furtherm...
9: ... [[Rome]]. In the all-around event, she led the Soviet Union to take the first four places, thereby al...
13: ... World Championships, finishing second with the Soviet team, and became a gymnastics trainer. She is a... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
9: ...hree [[Western Open (women's golf)|Western Open]] victories. Formally turning professional in 1947, sh...
11: ... full schedule in 1952-53. She made a comeback in 1954 and took the Vare Trophy and her tenth and final ... - Kidney (12846 bytes)
1: ...ge:29-08-07 08a.jpg|thumb|250px|Kidney Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip...
9: ...e [[peritoneum]], the lining of the [[abdominal cavity]]. They are approximately at the [[vertebra]]l ...
13: ...Image:Kidneys_from_behind.jpg|thumb|250px|Kidneys viewed from behind with spine removed]]
18: ...]. The innermost portion is the [[renal pelvis|pelvis]]. The [[renal pyramids]], which are actually op...
24: ...ave pores allowing filtration. Blood pressure provides the force for blood plasma to be filtered thro... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
62: Egypt is famous for its [[Ancient Egypt|ancient civilization]] and some of the world's most stunning a...
67: ... country' or 'a state'. The name '''Egypt''' came via the Latin word ''Aegyptus'' derived from the anc...
69: ...for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom was founded circa [[3...
73: ...sportation hub; however, the country also fell heavily into debt. Ostensibly to protect its investment...
75: ...esident of the Republic. After Naguib resigned in 1954, [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]], the real architect of th... - History of Egypt (1881 bytes)
6: ...en [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] ([[President of Egypt]] 1954–1970) remarked that he was the first native...
8: In this encyclopedia Egyptian history has been divided into six periods: - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
36: | '''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
44: ...daries. These events soon led to the [[American Civil War]].
46: ...ica|Confederacy]]. His leadership qualities were evident in his diplomatic handling of the border slav...
48: ...d national banking and banks, and admitted [[West Virginia]] and [[Nevada]] as states. He also encoura...
50: ...[[assassination]], shortly after the end of the Civil War, made him a [[martyr]] to millions of Americ... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ...en it reduced to little more than a small fishing village.
23: ...en and pirates. Behind it there were five native villages scattered along the strip between Lake Mare...
27: After Alexander departed, his viceroy, [[Cleomenes]], continued the creation of Al...
29: ...meter and number-theorist [[Euclid]]. From this division arose much of the later turbulence which bega...
34: ...ny]], for whose favor the city paid dear to [[Octavian]], who placed over it a prefect from the imperi... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
62: ... [[Arabization]] of the countryside. The [[Almoravid]]s and [[Almohad]]s, Berber dynasties from the w...
68: ...00 ''[[harki]]s'' (pro-French Muslim Algerians serving in the French Army), together forming about 10%...
72: ...e were killed, often in unprovoked massacres of civilians by guerrilla groups such as the [[Armed Isla...
83: == Administrative Divisions ==
84: ''Main article: [[Provinces of Algeria]]'' - Turkey (41694 bytes)
50: ...eland of and battleground between several great civilizations, and a centre of commerce. Turkey border...
60: ... Movement|Turkish national movement]] against the victorious [[Allies of World War I]] revoked the ter...
72: ... they must win at least 10% of the vote in the province from which they are running.
82: ...n, the laws, jurisprudence, and their personal convictions.
84: ...can be taken to a court of Appeals for judicial review. - Belgium (31774 bytes)
55: ...n]], and [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] cultures having made an imprint, and later on in history, [[Fra...
57: ...nversion]] work under the pagan invaders. The Merovingians were rather short-lived, as the [[Carolingi...
63: ...mish identity and a combination of remarkably non-violent opposition and impressive economic developme...
67: ... foreign military aggression. This neutrality was violated in 1914 when [[Germany]] invaded Belgium as...
71: ...ltural development of these countries has been heavily criticised, many seeing Belgian decisions as co... - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
60: ...atemala was the heart of the flourishing [[Maya civilization]].
62: ...Pre-Columbian Maya creation story, is one that survived.
64: ...n in [[1821]], first as a part of the [[United Provinces of Central America]].
67: ...f law, equality before the law and respect of individual rights.
95: ...s in December [[1996]], which ended 36 years of civil war, removed a major obstacle to foreign investm...
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