Search results
|
|
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #41.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
2: ...sent day, has been regarded as one of the best in her field.
5: ...tharine Hepburn]]. She won [[Academy Award]]s for her roles in ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'' ([[Academy Aw...
7: ... ''[[Angels in America]]'', "There are some days when even I think I'm overrated, but not today."
9: ...lm to date—and her noted comic turn in ''[[She-Devil]]''.
11: ... of the Heart]]'', for which she learned to play the [[violin]]. - Reese Witherspoon (2585 bytes)
1: ...Image:reesewitherspoon.jpg|frame|right|''Reese Witherspoon'']]
2: ...actress]] perhaps most familiar as Elle Woods in the [[film]] ''[[Legally Blonde]]'' ([[2001]]) and it...
5: ...urse and college professor. She has a younger brother named John, who works as a real estate broker.
7: ...[[June 5]], [[1999]]. They have two children together, Ava Elizabeth Phillippe, born [[September 9]], ...
9: ...haracter of Greta Wolfecastle in an episode of [[The Simpsons]]. - Nadia Comaneci (5337 bytes)
1: [[Image:Nadia Comaneci.jpg|framed|Comaneci at the 1976 Montreal Olympics]]
3: ...greatest athletes in the 20th century and one of the world's greatest gymnasts of all time.
5: ...ina; she was named after "Nadezhda" ("Hope"), the heroine of a Russian film.
7: ...[[Associated Press]] named her their "Athlete of the Year."
9: ...led her to be named a "Hero of Socialist Labor," the youngest Romanian to receive that recognition. N... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
1: ...effi Graf.jpg|right|thumb|Steffi Graf honored at the [[WTA]].]]
2: ..., and is the only player to have won all four of the Grand Slam titles at least four times each.
6: ...naments with regularity, and in [[1982]] she won the European Championships 12s and 18s.
8: ...saying there were "hundreds" of kids like her in the [[United States]].
10: ...r early years, but led to a steady improvement in her play. - Mia Hamm (6476 bytes)
1: ...]], where she played for 17 years as a member of the [[United States women's national soccer team]].
3: ...]] player of the year for the last three years of her college tenure.
5: ... all time records for [[Atlantic Coast Conference|her conference]] in goals with 103, assists with 72,...
7: ...year'' and the other two for ''Female Athlete of the Year''.
9: ...na women's national football team|China]] to win the gold medal. - Rebecca Lobo (1887 bytes)
1: ...ge [[basketball]] analyst and a former player in the professional [[Women's National Basketball Associ...
3: ...[Naismith Award|Naismith]] and College Player of the Year awards.
5: ... RuthAnn Lobo, colloborated on a book entitled ''The Home Team'', which dealt with RuthAnn's battle wi...
7: ... with the [[Connecticut Sun]], she retired after the season.
9: ...all games as well, primarily for her alma mater, the [[University of Connecticut]]. - Christy Martin (2947 bytes)
1: ...n]] and promoted by [[Don King]], is nicknamed ''The Coal Miners Daughter''.
3: ...itle against debutant [[Laura Serrano]], who held her to a six round draw in [[Las Vegas]].
5: ... began to gain more celebrity, even appearing on the cover of [[Sports Illustrated]] once shortly afte...
7: ...in her last bout, on [[December 7]] of [[2002]], she beat [[Mia St. John]], also by a decision in ten....
9: ...ght [[Laila Ali]] on [[August 23]] of that year. She lost to Ali by knockout in round four. - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
1: ...BabeDidrikson.png|framed|right|Babe Didrikson in the 1932 Olympic javelin competition]]
3: ... her nickname "Babe" (after [[Babe Ruth]]) after she hit five [[home run]]s in a single [[baseball]] g...
5: ...ion. After the Games, Shiley and Didrikson split their medals.
9: ...[U.S. Women's Open (golf)|U.S. Women's Open]] for her fourth and fifth [[women's majors|major champion...
11: ...ts toll and Zaharias died in 1956 while still in the top rank of female American golfers. - Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
2: ...resident]] [[Bill Clinton]]. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party]].
6: ...r father ran a drapery-making business and her mother was a [[homemaker]].
8: ...ted_States%29|Democratic Party]] and writing her thesis on radical organizer Saul Alinsky.
10: ... that she met Bernard Nussbaum, who would become the future White House Counsel for President Clinton.
12: ...ation as a deputy counsel for a brief time before he committed suicide in 1993]. - Brain (22060 bytes)
1: ...als, the brain is located in the [[Head (anatomy)|head]].
3: ...[[emotion]], [[memory]], [[motor learning]] and other sorts of [[learning]].
5: ...te brains have over one hundred billion neurons. The [[human brain]] is particularly complex and enlar...
9: ...' that are flanked by two large optical lobes on the left and right (Butler, 2000).
11: ...volume of the brain compact enough to fit inside the skull. - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
1: ...her ceramic materials. This article will explore the history, techniques, cultural significance, and c...
7: ...rn sculptures, reflecting both functional and aesthetic purposes.
10:
12: ...ous for their porcelain, a significant export on the Silk Road.
17: ...most traditional methods where the artist shapes the clay by hand. - Silk (8683 bytes)
2: ...ing appearance for which it is prized comes from the fibres triangular prism-like structure, which all...
5: ... the high demand for the fabric, silk was one of the staples of international [[trade]] prior to [[ind...
8: ...utes between Europe and Asia has become known as the [[Silk Road]].
11: ... in diplomacy, as gifts to foreign dignitaries. The remainder was sold at exorbitant prices.
15: ...thered and thus the single thread which makes up the cocoon has been cut into shorter lengths. - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...] are members. Other political entities, notably the [[Republic of China| Republic of China (Taiwan)]...
3: ... [[New York City]], [[USA]]; see [[United Nations headquarters]].
5: ... 1950s, English speakers were referring to it as the United Nations, or UN.
7: ...ipal organs, part of what is collectively called the [[United Nations System]]:
18: ...articles: [[League of Nations]] and [[History of the United Nations]]'' - Egypt (18830 bytes)
6: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt 1984.png|125px|Flag of Egy...
10: ...0px" | [[Coat of Arms of Egypt|The Great Seal of the Republic]]<!--
21: | '''Other widely spoken languages'''
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]], [[192...
48: | '''[[National anthem]]''' - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ...sdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ...deral government]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
5: ...dent was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today...
7: ...]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] o...
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
18: ...[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]).
22: ...], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...ions of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
26: ...ional]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]].
28: ...usness to be a handicap in his political career. These qualities were particularly manifested at a lat... - Australia (39438 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_Country|the=|
14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]<br>[[Michael Jeffer...
27: established_events=-[[Commonwealth of Australia Constitution...
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January]] [[1901]]<...
35: national_anthem=[[Advance Australia Fair]]| - Economy of Afghanistan (14517 bytes)
1: ... several potential spoilers for the economy over the long term.
4: ... domestic product has fallen substantially since the [[1980s]] because of loss of labor and capital an...
6: ...lion in fiscal year [[2003]] was recalculated by the IMF to US$6.5 billion, after adding proceeds from...
9: ...tive. Relatively little use is made of machines, chemical fertilizer, or pesticides.
11: ...ed areas also contributed to this decline as did the disruption to transportation resulting from ongoi... - Nigeria (19231 bytes)
1: ...o its African heritage; it was proposed by a ''[[The Times|Times]]'' article in [[1897]].
37: | From the United Kingdom<br>[[October 1]] [[1960]]
45: | '''[[National anthem]]'''
57: ...an Fodio]] brought most areas in the north under the loose control of an Islamic empire centered in So...
59: ... 17th centuries. [[Ife]] and Benin are noted for their prized artistic works in ivory, wood, bronze, a... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...rael the coastlines of the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] and the [[Dead Sea]]. Jordan's main religion is [[Islam]]...
9: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Hashemitearms.jpg|100px|Coat of Arms of Jordan]]
48: | From the [[League of Nations]]<br>
57: | '''[[National anthem]]'''
69: ...ded its special defense treaty relationship with the United Kingdom in 1957.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).