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- Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ...usic|soul]] singer and occasional [[songwriter]] with a distinctive voice. Joplin released four [[albu...
4: ...here, she began singing blues and [[folk music]] with friends.
6: ... the [[women's liberation]] movement was still in its infancy at this time - Joplin styled herself in ...
8: ...ss of their early singles led to the album being withheld until after their subsequent success.
10: ...ances and together with the Monterey performance, it made Joplin into one of the leading musical stars... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
7: ...uent performance partners. Schumann is credited with refining the tastes of audience through her pres...
9: ...] in [[1865]] and continued her visits annually, with the exception of four seasons, until [[1882]]; a...
11: ...horitative editor of her husband's works for [[Breitkopf and H䲴el]].
14: ...piano pieces, a piano concerto, a [[piano trio]] with violin and cello, and three Romances for violin ...
17: ... : An Appreciation''. Mcgraw-Hill College; 3rd edition (August 1, 1997) ISBN 0070365210 - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...ared to that of [[Kate Bush]], [[Bj?] and [[Joni Mitchell]].
7: ...)|Baltimore]]'' with her brother Mike for a competition involving the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. This song...
10: ...buted to a band called "Tess Makes Good" with "additional vocals by Ellen Amos".
12: ===''Little Earthquakes''===
13: ...ter, it was released in America to breakthrough critical success. The accompanying singles were "Me an... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ... of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
4: Joan of Arc's campaigns were responsible for a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]...
7: ...]] granted the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), a...
10: ...els. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]].]]
12: ...rations were being made to bring supplies to the city of [[Orl顮s]], which had been under siege by th... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ... [[cook]], [[author]], and [[television]] personality who introduced [[French cuisine]] and cooking te...
6: ...rvices]] (OSS) after being turned down by the [[United States Navy | Navy]] for being too tall.
8: ...to [[China]], where she received the Emblem of Meritorious Civilian Service as head of the Registry of...
10: ...ned Mr. Child as an exhibits officer with the [[United States Information Agency | U.S. Information Ag...
14: ...d proposed that Mrs. Child work with them to make it appeal to Americans. - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
5: ...head. As a result of the blow, she suffered intermittent bouts of [[narcolepsy]] the rest of her life.
7: == Escape and abolitionist career ==
9: ...ductor. During the [[American Civil War]], in addition to working as a cook and a nurse, she served a...
13: ...e them to recapture them. This would amuse the whites who would assume the ineffectual chicken chaser...
15: ...essfully gambling that the retreat into enemy territory would never be anticipated by her pursuers and... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
5: ... a third consecutive nomination for Best Actress with her performance in ''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]...
7: ...ffair caused was a scandal in both Hollywood and with the public; Bergman was branded as "Hollywood's ...
9: ...nd made her final performance on the big screen. It is considered to be among her best performances.
11: ...English language|English]] and [[Italian language|Italian]] fluently, which caused fellow actor [[John...
13: ... She was cremated in Sweden, her ashes scattered with a part kept to be interred in the [[Norra begrav... - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: ...mber]] [[1934]]) is a renowned [[United Kingdom|British]] stage, film and television actress.
4: ...itish Empire|Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE); in [[2005]], she was made a [[...
9: ...veloped her reputation as arguably the greatest British actress of the post-[[1945]] period primarily ...
11: ...kespeare Company]] and made numerous appearances with the company in [[Stratford]] and [[London]] over...
13: ...Laurence Olivier Awards]]. She has also appeared with success on [[Broadway]]. - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
2: ...ter''' (born [[November 19]], [[1962]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Actor|actress]] and [[Film ...
5: ...to [[Yale University]], where she earned a BA in literature, graduating ''[[magna cum laude]]'' in 198...
9: ...e earned her second for her co-starring role opposite [[Anthony Hopkins]] in 1991's ''[[The Silence of...
11: ... her as such, but since the book is unauthorized, it is highly suspect.
13: ...n Hinckley]] claimed he shot [[President of the United States of America|U.S. President]] [[Ronald Rea... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
3: ...34]]) is considered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]] actress of all time and, at the age of 70,...
5: ...ani Scicolone''' in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], the illegitimate daughter of aspiring actress and piano teach...
7: ... minor Italian films, but she had an early brush with [[Hollywood]] in [[1951]] when she and her mothe...
9: ...]]''), her acting career took off upon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[...
11: ...ilms at this time: ''[[Desire Under the Elms]]'' with [[Anthony Perkins]] (based upon the [[Eugene O'N... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...1926]] – [[August 5]], [[1962]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] of the [[20...
6: ...''' in the charity ward of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later ...
8: ...red adopting her, which they could not have done without Gladys's consent.
10: ...died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a mental hospital near [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardin...
12: ...o think little of herself, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. Sh... - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
5: ...y Louise Streep''' in [[Summit, New Jersey]], [[United States|USA]], and raised in nearby [[Bernardsvi...
7: ...h toward the industry and her own presence within it. As she would say when collecting her [[Emmy awar...
9: ... of [[Isabel Allende]]'s ''[[The House of the Spirits]]'', [[1995]]'s ''[[The Bridges of Madison Count...
11: ...om]]'', and completing another successful decade with ''[[Music of the Heart]]'', for which she learne...
18: ...below are her awards from the best recognized institutions. - Reese Witherspoon (2585 bytes)
1: [[Image:reesewitherspoon.jpg|frame|right|''Reese Witherspoon'']]
2: ...01]]) and its sequel ''[[Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde]]'' ([[2003]]).
5: ... Independence]] and founder of [[Princeton University]]. Her father is a surgeon and her mother is a n...
7: Witherspoon married actor [[Ryan Phillippe]] on [[Jun...
9: ...ilm Critics and the Online Film Critics Society. Witherspoon was the voice behind the character of Gre... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
3: ... female athletes were still frowned upon by many. It earned her the nickname ''"The Flying Housewife"'...
5: ...pics]] a year later. Although international competition was hampered by [[World War II]], Blankers-Koe...
7: ...e [[European Championships in Athletics|European titles]], 58 Dutch championships and set or tied 12 [...
11: ... [[gymnastics]], [[ice skating]] and [[running]]. It soon became clear she was a sports talent, but sh...
13: ...earance in the sport was in 1935. Her first competition was a disappointment, but in her third race, s... - Crocus (3680 bytes)
9: ...'''Crocus''''' }} {{Taxobox authority new | authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]}}
17: ...or the crocuses to bloom early, only to suddenly wither and die from a unseasonable "post-winter" fros...
24: ...or a tulip, but its narrow, grasslike leaves give it away.
26: ...]). These are hardy perennial plants, which have little resemblance to the other members of the iris f...
27: ...grass-like, ensiform [[leaf]] shows generally a white central stripe along the leaf axis. The margin i... - Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
2: ... to [[2001]], as the wife of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]]. She is a ...
8: ...arty_%28United_States%29|Democratic Party]] and writing her thesis on radical organizer Saul Alinsky. ...
10: ...t Bernard Nussbaum, who would become the future White House Counsel for President Clinton.
12: ...s a deputy counsel for a brief time before he committed suicide in 1993].
18: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces2000/stories/hillary032199.h... - Human skeleton (3903 bytes)
4: ...om individual to individual), but a baby is born with approximately 270. The difference comes from a n...
6: ...side) in the [[middle ear]] that articulate only with themselves, and one bone, the [[hyoid]] bone, wh...
11: ...sease). It is also necessary for protection of [[vital organ]]s and is needed by the [[muscle|muscles]...
29: ...anial features such as the brow ridges and [[occipital condyle]] (the small bump in the cranium's post...
35: ...ck the skeleton resulting in severe pain and debility. [[Osteoporosis]] can increase the likelihood of... - Brain (22060 bytes)
1: ...[nervous system]]. Although the brain is usually cited as the supervisory center of [[vertebrate]] ner...
3: ... Functions of the brain are responsible for [[cognition]], [[emotion]], [[memory]], [[motor learning]]...
5: ... by sending various chemicals called [[neurotransmitter]]s across gaps known as [[synapse]]s. Small in...
9: ...[eye]] for visual processing and a central brain with three divisions. The cephalopod brain has a cent...
11: ...eeping the volume of the brain compact enough to fit inside the skull. - Radius (bone) (8551 bytes)
3: ...urved longitudinally. It has a body and two extremities.
5: == The Upper Extremity ==
6: (''''proximal extremity'''')
7: ...dial side, is an eminence, the radial tuberosity; its surface is divided into a posterior, rough porti...
11: ... slightly curved, so as to be convex lateralward. It presents three borders and three surfaces. - Greek language (35285 bytes)
3: ...eece]], [[Cyprus]], south [[Albania]], [[Southern Italy]], south [[Republic of Macedonia|Former Yuglos...
13: ...]] with a documented history of some 3,000 years. It is symbolically divided in four historical period...
15: ...sation. It has been studied in schools and universities in many countries from the [[Renaissance]] onw...
17: ...estament Greek''' (after its most famous word of literature).
21: ...as 11th century). Today in its '''common''' form, it is spoken by approximately 15 million speakers wo...
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