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  1. Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
    2: ...sh; [[October 4]], [[1970]]) was an American [[blues]]-influenced [[rock and roll|rock]], [[R&B]], and...
    4: ...r completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and [[folk music]] with friends.
    6: ...yled herself in part after her female blues heroines, and in part after the [[beat poet]]s. She left T...
    8: ...m being withheld until after their subsequent success.
    10: ...one of the leading musical stars of the late Sixties.
  2. Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
    7: ...ith refining the tastes of audience through her presentation of works by earlier composers including t...
    11: ...ical ability was considerably rarer than in the present day, she was herself the composer of a few son...
    14: ...nspired by her husbands birthday, the three Romances were composed in 1853 and dedicated to Joseph Joa...
    16: == References ==
    17: ... Roger. ''Music : An Appreciation''. Mcgraw-Hill College; 3rd edition (August 1, 1997) ISBN 0070365210
  3. Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
    3: ... wider public for a [[dance]] [[remix]] of "[[Professional Widow]]", her sole single to reach number o...
    7: ...t and became her first single, released as a 7" pressed for family and friends. At around this time s...
    10: ... the song is attributed to a band called "Tess Makes Good" with "additional vocals by Ellen Amos".
    12: ===''Little Earthquakes''===
    13: ...anying singles were "Me and a Gun", "Silent All These Years", "China", "Winter" and "[[Crucify (song)|...
  4. Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
    2: ...bably means "Mary of [[Magdala]]", a town on the western shore of the [[Lake of Tiberias]]. The life o...
    4: ==Mary Magdalene in the New Testament==
    6: ...g to him, but he forbade her: "[[John 20:17|17]] Jesus said to her, 'Do not cling to Me, for I have no...
    8: This is the last entry in the canonical New Testament regarding Mary of Magdala, who now returned...
    12: ...stions of the risen Savior (a designation that dates the original no earlier than the [[Second century...
  5. Julia Child (8199 bytes)
    2: ...he Art of French Cooking'' and the television series ''[[The French Chef]]'', which premiered in 1963.
    6: ...(OSS) after being turned down by the [[United States Navy | Navy]] for being too tall.
    8: For a year, she worked at the OSS Emergency Sea Rescue Equipment Section in [[Washington, D.C.]], whe...
    10: ...hild as an exhibits officer with the [[United States Information Agency | U.S. Information Agency]] in...
    14: ...ned the women's cooking club [[Cercle des Gourmettes]] where she met [[Simone Beck]] who, with her fri...
  6. Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
    2: ...ctor|director]] [[John Farrow]] and his wife, actress [[Maureen O'Sullivan]].
    9: ... having witnessed Allen abusing one of their youngest adopted children. Allen became infamously tainte...
    11: ...courage adoptions and is a [[UNICEF]] Special Representative. By [[1994]], Farrow had 14 children, 9 ...
    16: ...r children modeling the latest fashions for families.
    17: * Screen-tested for the role of Liesel Von Trapp in ''[[The Sound of Music]]''.
  7. Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
    2: ... Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress of all time.
    5: ...heir parents' encouragement, were unafraid of expressing their frank views on various topics, includin...
    7: ...zed for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own pratfalls in films such as '...
    10: ...adway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess]]''.
    12: ...nds. They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star.
  8. Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
    2: ...the present day, has been regarded as one of the best in her field.
    5: ...ce]]'' ([[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], [[1982]]).
    7: ...uthful approach toward the industry and her own presence within it. As she would say when collecting h...
    9: ...House of the Spirits]]'', [[1995]]'s ''[[The Bridges of Madison County]]'' (largely regarded as her gr...
    11: ...''[[Marvin's Room]]'', and completing another successful decade with ''[[Music of the Heart]]'', for w...
  9. Reese Witherspoon (2585 bytes)
    1: [[Image:reesewitherspoon.jpg|frame|right|''Reese Witherspoon'']]
    2: ...6]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] perhaps most familiar as Elle Woods in the [[f...
    5: ...a younger brother named John, who works as a real estate broker.
    9: ...h comedic and dramatic roles and has won Best Actress awards from the National Society of Film Critics...
    12: ...mage:ReeseWitherspoonLegalBlond.jpg|thumb|right|Reese Witherspoon in ''Legally Blonde (2001)'']]
  10. Mia Hamm (6476 bytes)
    1: ...ayed for 17 years as a member of the [[United States women's national soccer team]].
    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...
    7: ...three [[ESPY]] awards in a row, given to her by [[ESPN]], one of them for ''soccer player of the year'...
    9: ...n's sporting event. That day, Hamm and her teammates were able to beat [[China women's national footba...
  11. Rebecca Lobo (1887 bytes)
    1: ...sketball]] analyst and a former player in the professional [[Women's National Basketball Association]]...
    3: ... she won the 1995 [[Naismith Award|Naismith]] and College Player of the Year awards.
    9: ...mmentates women's and men's college basketball games as well, primarily for her alma mater, the [[Univ...
    17: * [http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Pressbox/7750/ Lobo Land - unofficial fan site]
    20: preceded=[[Lisa Leslie]]|
  12. Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
    2: ...as the wife of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]]. She is a member of the ...
    6: ...Illinois]]. Her father ran a drapery-making business and her mother was a [[homemaker]].
    8: ...ed_States%29|Democratic Party]] and writing her thesis on radical organizer Saul Alinsky.
    10: ...would become the future White House Counsel for President Clinton.
    12: ...Hubbell, who would serve in the U.S. [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] as Ass...
  13. Heraldry (23465 bytes)
    1: ...ousting|jousts]] and to describe the various devices they carried or [[paint]]ed on their [[shield]]s.
    3: ...) on the [[shield]]. The charges on a shield are described from the top to the base, from dexter to si...
    5: ...epict the same coat of arms on many different shapes of shield.
    7: ...se bold, vivid colours rather than [[pastel]] shades.
    9: ...he crest is a design affixed to the [[helmet]]. Crests can also be used on their own; this is particul...
  14. List of dinosaur classifications (7586 bytes)
    5: ...d from the second edition in 2000 to reflect new research, but remains fundamentally conservative.
    7: Benton classifies all dinosaurs within the Series [[Amniota]], Class [[Sauropsida]], Subclass [[Dia...
    26: **** Subdivision [[Maniraptoriformes]]
    35: ******* Class [[Aves]] (birds)
    49: ***** †Infradivision [[Titanosauriformes]]
  15. Music (16462 bytes)
    1: ...age:Music_animation.gif|thumb|200px|Clip Art courtesy of
    7: ==Types of Musical Instruments==
    16: ...ial location or the movement in space of sounds, gesture, and dance. [[Silence]] is also often conside...
    18: ...ects included as music vary, their importance varies. For instance, melody and harmony are often consi...
    20: ...c is heard, understood, even learned." <sup>[[#Notes|6]]</sup>
  16. President of the United States (42878 bytes)
    1: ...x|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
    3: ...f]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
    5: ...During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a ...
    7: ...emulated 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
    11: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]], [[Virginia]]
    17: | vicepresident=[[John Adams]]
  18. John Hancock (8787 bytes)
    3: ...ted States Declaration of Independence|United States Declaration of Independence]]]]
    5: ... [[eponym]] for "signature". However, other examples show that Hancock always wrote his signature this...
    8: ...d the fortune and business, making him the wealthiest man in Massachusetts at the time.
    10: Despite his wealth, Hancock remained, ethically and v...
    13: ...[[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial trading.
  19. John Adams (18716 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
    4: | order=2nd President
    15: | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
    16: | vicepresident=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
    18: ...dams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]&ndash;[[1829]]).
  20. Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
    3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
    4: | order=Third President
    8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]]
    13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]

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