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  1. Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
    4: ...tin, Texas|Austin]], though she never completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and [[folk mu...
    6: ...olism|drinker]] throughout her career, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
    8: ... with independent [[Mainstream Records]] and recorded an eponymously titled album in [[1967]]. Howeve...
    10: ... and together with the Monterey performance, it made Joplin into one of the leading musical stars of t...
    14: ...ry social commentary of the ''a capella'' "[[Mercedes-Benz]]", written by beat poet [[Michael McClure]...
  2. Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
    7: ...]] and his friendship with Clara lasted until her death. Later that year, she also met violinist [[Jo...
    9: ...]], and in which she contributed greatly to the modern improvement in technique.
    11: ...c, at a time when such technical ability was considerably rarer than in the present day, she was herse...
    14: ...ed them for King George V of Hanover, Germany who declared them a "marvelous, heavenly pleasure."
    17: ... Roger. ''Music : An Appreciation''. Mcgraw-Hill College; 3rd edition (August 1, 1997) ISBN 0070365210
  3. Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Toriamos-dent.jpg|right|thumb|Tori Amos]]
    3: ...ed following. She is probably best known to the wider public for a [[dance]] [[remix]] of "[[Professio...
    7: ...o years later, she began studying at [[Montgomery College]] and began playing at piano bars, many of them ...
    10: ...Al Stewart]]) as a backup vocalist. She also recorded a song called "Distant Storm" for the film [[Chi...
    13: ...ovie soundtrack. A remix of the song is also included on the soundtrack.
  4. Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
    2: ...fe of the historical Mary is a subject of ongoing debate.
    6: ...her, 'Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to t...
    12: ...he disciples ask questions of the risen Savior (a designation that dates the original no earlier than ...
    14: ...r he prepared us and made us into men." She then delivers - at Peter's request - a vision of the Savi...
    18: ...this. For certainly these teachings are of other ideas."
  5. Julia Child (8199 bytes)
    6: ...nd briefly working in advertising again. Civic-minded, she volunteered with the [[American Red Cross]]...
    8: ...ere she was mostly a file clerk but helped in the development of a [[shark]] repellant. She was posted...
    10: ...the [[United States State Department | U.S. State Department]] assigned Mr. Child as an exhibits offic...
    14: ...re. She joined the women's cooking club [[Cercle des Gourmettes]] where she met [[Simone Beck]] who, ...
    16: ...h]] into [[American English]], making the recipes detailed, interesting, and practical.
  6. Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
    2: ...n]] [[actress]]. Farrow was born '''Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow''' but has always been known as ...
    16: ...nically about famous mothers and their children modeling the latest fashions for families.
    20: ...air with his sister. Seamus graduated from [[Bard College]] in [[2004]].
    21: ...ct of the [[The Beatles|Beatles]] song "[[Dear Prudence]]".
    39: *''[[Death on the Nile]]'' ([[1978]])
  7. Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
    2: ...ur. She was nominated for twelve Best Actress Academy Awards, the record for nominations until 2003, ...
    5: ...d with giving her a sense of adventure and independence.
    7: ...l for figure skating from the [[Madison Square Garden]] skating club, shooting golf in the low eightie...
    8: ...and information about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on Hepburn -->
    10: ...ay her degree was in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ...
  8. Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
    2: ...m the [[1980s]] to the present day, has been regarded as one of the best in her field.
    5: ...s]], [[1979]]), and ''[[Sophie's Choice]]'' ([[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], [[1982]]...
    7: ...on so many greatest movie star lists, Streep also defied expectations by her happy home life—mar...
    9: ...to date—and her noted comic turn in ''[[She-Devil]]''.
    11: ...s Room]]'', and completing another successful decade with ''[[Music of the Heart]]'', for which she le...
  9. Reese Witherspoon (2585 bytes)
    2: ...s sequel ''[[Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde]]'' ([[2003]]).
    5: ...father is a surgeon and her mother is a nurse and college professor. She has a younger brother named John, ...
    7: ...eth Phillippe, born [[September 9]], [[1999]] and Deacon Phillippe, born [[October 23]], [[2003]].
    9: ...ind the character of Greta Wolfecastle in an episode of [[The Simpsons]].
    12: ...pg|thumb|right|Reese Witherspoon in ''Legally Blonde (2001)'']]
  10. Mia Hamm (6476 bytes)
    3: ...layer of the year for the last three years of her college tenure.
    5: ...at the age of 19. In [[1993]], she graduated from college with the all time records for [[Atlantic Coast Co...
    11: ...passed the Atlanta Olympic final as the most-attended women's sports event, with over 90,000 filling t...
    13: Also in '99, Hamm began the ''Mia Foundation'', dedicated to help with bone marrow research and to h...
    15: ...IFA]] as the ''Female Player of The Year'' alongside [[Ronaldo]], who won ''Male Player of The Year'' ...
  11. Rebecca Lobo (1887 bytes)
    1: ... 6]], [[1973]] in [[Hartford, Connecticut]]) is a college [[basketball]] analyst and a former player in the...
    3: ... she won the 1995 [[Naismith Award|Naismith]] and College Player of the Year awards.
    5: ...rated on a book entitled ''The Home Team'', which dealt with RuthAnn's battle with [[breast cancer]].
    7: ...e years of her career with New York. Lobo was traded to the [[Houston Comets]] from the New York Libe...
    9: ... also announces and commentates women's and men's college basketball games as well, primarily for her alma ...
  12. Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
    2: ...ent]] [[Bill Clinton]]. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party]].
    8: ...oining the [[Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29|Democratic Party]] and writing her thesis on radical...
    10: ...ld become the future White House Counsel for President Clinton.
    12: ...counsel for a brief time before he committed suicide in 1993].
    17: In 1980 Bill Clinton was defeated for reelection as governor. In 1982, as pa...
  13. Heraldry (23465 bytes)
    1: ...r [[jousting|jousts]] and to describe the various devices they carried or [[paint]]ed on their [[shiel...
    3: ...ster. Dexter ("right" in [[Latin]]) is the left side of the shield, and sinister ("left") is the right...
    5: ...he shield is immaterial and different artists can depict the same coat of arms on many different shape...
    7: ...use bold, vivid colours rather than [[pastel]] shades.
    9: ...plete depiction of a coat-of-arms, the crest is a design affixed to the [[helmet]]. Crests can also be...
  14. List of dinosaur classifications (7586 bytes)
    5: ...ebrate Paleontology'' (Benton, 2004), a respected college textbook. While it is structured as a [[cladistic...
    7: ...sauria is then divided into the two traditional orders, [[Saurischia]] and [[Ornithischia]]. The dagge...
    9: === Order Saurischia ===
    11: * Suborder [[Theropoda]]
    12: ** †Infraorder [[Coelophysoidea]]
  15. Music (16462 bytes)
    16: ...ften considered an aspect of music, if it is considered to exist.
    18: ... the expense of rhythm and timbre. John Cage considers duration the primary aspect of music because it...
    20: ...actual performance but also how music is heard, understood, even learned." <sup>[[#Notes|6]]</sup>
    25: ...mmon terms used to discuss particular pieces include [[note]], which is an abstraction which refers to...
    31: ...ch creates, performs, and promotes music. A great deal of music is produced by [[amateur]]s.
  16. President of the United States (42878 bytes)
    1: ...al_us_presdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
    3: ...he United States|federal government]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|a...
    5: ...he President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invok...
    7: ...lated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
    9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]].
  17. George Washington (29551 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
    3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg|thumb
    5: | order=1st President
    8: | preceded=None
    9: | succeeded=[[John Adams]]
  18. John Hancock (8787 bytes)
    3: ... Independence|United States Declaration of Independence]]]]
    5: ...to sign the [[United States Declaration of Independence]]. According to legend, he signed his name lar...
    8: ...ended [[Harvard College]] and received a business degree in [[1754]], when he was 17. Upon graduation,...
    10: ...ously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and honor.
    13: ... [[Massachusetts General Court]], his colonial trade business naturally disposed him to resist the [[S...
  19. John Adams (18716 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
    4: | order=2nd President
    7: | preceded=[[George Washington]]
    8: | succeeded=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
    11: | dead=dead
  20. Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
    3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
    4: | order=Third President
    7: | preceded=[[John Adams]]
    8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]]

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