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  1. Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
    6: She was awarded the [[Templeton Prize]] in [[1973]] , the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]...
    9: ...children, and Teresa was youngest. The family was ethnically [[Albania|Albanian]]. Her native tongue w...
    11: ...sion to leave Skopje and join the [[Sisters of Loreto]], an [[Ireland|Irish]] community of nuns with a...
    13: She chose the Sisters of Loreto because of their vocation to provide education f...
    17: ...e with the Medical Mission Sisters in Patna, she returned to Calcutta and found temporary lodging with...
  2. Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
    2: ...ny|German]] [[filmmaker]] renowned for her [[aesthetics]] and advances in film technique. Her most fam...
    5: ...in film|bergfilme]], presenting herself as an athletic, adventuresome young woman with sex appeal sugg...
    7: ...irected a [[short film]] about a [[Nazi]] party meeting. Hitler then asked her to film the Nazi Party ...
    9: ...]'', a film celebrated for its technical and aesthetic achievements. She was the first to put railways...
    13: ...using [[concentration camp]] inmates on her film sets, but those claims could not be proved in court. ...
  3. Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
    4: ... who died of cancer in [[2001]]. They starred together in a [[British sitcom]], ''[[A Fine Romance]]'...
    34: *''[[Die Another Day]]'' ([[2002]])
    36: ...rmed by the producers of the Bond film series as returning to the role for the 2006 film, ''[[Casino R...
  4. Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
    7: ...gical children (Matthew, Sascha, and Fletcher) together and [[adopted]] three children, Soon-Yi, Lark ...
    9: ...rrow]]). They also adopted a son and daughter together. After their separation, Farrow accused Allen...
    30: *''[[Secret Ceremony]]'' ([[1968]])
    62: *''[[Junket Whore]]'' ([[1998]]) (documentary)
    64: *''[[Purpose]]'' ([[2002]])
  5. Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
    7: ...rtone Girl]], and then went on to appear in a variety of television series. She starred as Addie Pray ...
    19: ....jpg|thumb|185px|Jodie in [[Panic Room]] movie ([[2002]]).]]
    23: *''[[Panic Room]]'' (2002)
    24: *''[[The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys]]'' (2002) (also producer)
    68: *[http://jodie-online.net Jodie-Online.net]
  6. Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
    5: ...ere new but prominent figures in Philadelphia society. Her father was a self-made millionaire and a go...
    9: ...o [[Donna Reed]] for her role in ''[[From Here to Eternity]]''. Kelly made three films with [[Alfred H...
    11: ...r with co-star [[Bing Crosby]], which was kept quiet to protect both their reputations.
    15: ...Monaco|Prince Rainier III of Monaco]] marked her retirement from acting. Before her [[marriage]], she ...
    17: ...gitimized his illegitimate daughter Charlotte Louvet, who would become Rainier's mother and made her h...
  7. Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
    3: The family returned to Australia when Nicole was four years old,...
    8: ...oung People in Sydney, and then to the Philip Street Theatre, where she majored in voice production an...
    10: ...e]]'', the mini-series ''[[Vietnam (miniseries)|Vietnam]]'' (1986), ''[[Bangkok Hilton]]'' (1989) and ...
    26: ...eincarnation]] of her dead husband, the film was met with a mixed reception. Despite the mixed recepti...
    33: Kidman was nominated in 2002 for the [[Academy Award]] for [[Best Actress]] fo...
  8. Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
    9: ...Yes! Yes!]]''), her acting career took off upon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroiann...
    15: ...n Brando]], and ''[[The Millionairess]]'' with [[Peter Sellers]], with whom she recorded a best-sellin...
    17: ...h [[Richard Burton (actor)|Richard Burton]] and [[Ettore Scola]]'s ''[[A Special Day]]'' with Mastroia...
    25: ...in the [[2004]] biopic ''[[The Life and Death of Peter Sellers]]'', as well as by [[Silvia Vrij]] in a...
    31: ...onza/Dulcinea in ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'' with [[Peter O'Toole]].
  9. Isabella Rossellini (2696 bytes)
    3: '''Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini''', born in [[Rome]] on [[...
    5: ...Dorothy Vallens in [[David Lynch]]'s ''[[Blue Velvet]]''. She later took a part in ''[[Wild at Heart]]...
    10: ...[John Wiedemann]] with whom she has a daughter, Elettra. She was also romantically linked to [[David L...
    14: ...cavullo]], [[Annie Leibovitz]], and [[Robert Mapplethorpe]]. Her image has appeared on such magazines...
    16: ...s exclusive spokesmodel for the international cosmetics brand [[Lanc?] for 14 years.
  10. Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
    9: ...re, Streep took to playing roles with greater variety, including farce in ''[[Death Becomes Her]]'' al...
    11: ...dash;appearing in ''[[Marvin's Room]]'', and completing another successful decade with ''[[Music of th...
    13: ...ly Browning]] and [[Jude Law]] in ''[[Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''. That same y...
    18: ...numerous sites, including her page at the [[Internet Movie Database]] (link below). Summarized below a...
    71: *[[2002]] - [[SAG]] Best Cast, in ''[[The Hours]]''
  11. Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
    5: ...roops throughout the UK with fellow child star [[Petula Clark]]. She made her stage debut at an early...
    7: ...site [[Richard Burton]] and newcomer [[Robert Goulet]]. As was her previous show, it was a smash hit.
    9: ...pburn for the Oscar, Andrews got a measure of "sweet revenge". In her acceptance speech, she said "I w...
    11: ...ar]] by the [[Harvard University]] theatrical society.
    13: ... movies based on the character of Eloise, the moppet who lives at the [[Plaza Hotel]] in [[New York Ci...
  12. Reese Witherspoon (2585 bytes)
    5: ...claration of Independence]] and founder of [[Princeton University]]. Her father is a surgeon and her m...
    7: ...999]]. They have two children together, Ava Elizabeth Phillippe, born [[September 9]], [[1999]] and De...
    9: ...therspoon was the voice behind the character of Greta Wolfecastle in an episode of [[The Simpsons]].
    27: *''[[The Trumpet of the Swan]]'' (2001) (voice)
    29: *''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' (2002)
  13. Mia Hamm (6476 bytes)
    1: '''Mia Hamm''' (born '''Mariel Margaret Hamm''' on [[March 17]], [[1972]] in [[Selma, Ala...
    3: ...n'' by her peers, in reference to another UNC athlete, [[Michael Jordan]]. She helped take the Tar Hee...
    7: ... of the year'' and the other two for ''Female Athlete of the Year''.
    11: ...f|Kate Sobrero]], [[Lorrie Fair]], [[Tiffeny Milbrett]] and the rest of the women on the national team...
    13: ...ive brother and original athletic inspiration Garrett, an [[Amerasian]] who died of a bone marrow dise...
  14. Rebecca Lobo (1887 bytes)
    1: ...player in the professional [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA) from [[1997]] to [[2003]...
    3: ...Huskies to the 1995 [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|National Championship]] with an ...
    7: ...]] WNBA season with the [[Connecticut Sun]], she retired after the season.
    9: ...ces and commentates women's and men's college basketball games as well, primarily for her alma mater, ...
    13: ...named "Rebecca Lobo Way" in [[Southwick, Massachusetts]] is named after her.
  15. Christy Martin (2947 bytes)
    7: ...en, and, in her last bout, on [[December 7]] of [[2002]], she beat [[Mia St. John]], also by a decision ...
    11: ...]], after a year and a half without a fight, she returned, in [[Lula, Mississippi]], knocking out [[La...
  16. Violet (plant) (3474 bytes)
    1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen | name = Violets}}
    2: ...urple, white, and yellow pansies]] | caption = 5-petaled purple, white,<br>and yellow pansies}}
    22: ...throughout temperate areas of the world. Most violets are [[herb]]s found in moist and slightly shaded...
    24: ... species whose common name includes the word "violet". However it also includes the garden [[pansy|pa...
    26: ...dible raw or cooked as a somewhat bland [[leaf vegetable]]. They are rich in [[vitamin]]s A and C. The...
  17. Canna lily (3803 bytes)
    15: ... five feet tall but are most often around three feet tall; they often bloom red, yellow, orange, or an...
    19: ...flower]]s attract [[hummingbird]]s. The plants sometimes fall victim to [[Canna leaf roller]]s, or [[B...
    24: ...on. When cooked they have a taste resembling [[sweet potato]].
    26: ...uman consumption in the [[Andes]] and also in [[Vietnam]] and southern [[China]], where the starch is ...
    29: == Canna Varieties ==
  18. Apple (20408 bytes)
    27: ... [[citrus]], apples store for months while still retaining much of their nutritive value. Winter apple...
    32: ...e shape, long stem (to allow [[pesticide]]s to penetrate the top of the fruit), and popular flavor.
    34: ...eners and farmers that sell directly to local markets. Many unusual and locally important cultivars wi...
    49: *'[[Egremont Russet]]': Sussex, Britain (1872)
    76: ...es have a strong minority following. Extremely sweet apples with barely any acid flavor are popular in...
  19. Rose (15436 bytes)
    15: ...lantbio/260/Rosaceae/Slide17.html U. of Illinois] 2002-05-29</small>
    21: ...y thorny [[shrub]]s or [[liana|climbers]], and sometimes trailing plants, reaching 2-5 m tall, rarely ...
    23: ...) 5-9 (-13) leaflets and basal stipules; the leaflets have a serrated margin, and often a few small th...
    25: ...red. The ovary is inferior, developing below the petals and sepals.
    29: ...ooks, which aid the rose in hanging onto other vegetation when growing over it. Some species such as '...
  20. Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
    3: ...ral philosopher]]. Not only were there major theoretical and experimental developments, but even more ...
    11: ...theory of the causes of the revolution (Margolis, 2002). It may be summarized in the following lists of ...
    15: *[[Ptolemy]]'s calculations of planetary motion. (This and Galen's anatomy, though larg...
    22: *The Earth as a magnet
    24: *Kepler's laws of planetary motion (Kepler)

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