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- Rebecca Lobo (1887 bytes)
3: ...nior year, she won the 1995 [[Naismith Award|Naismith]] and College Player of the Year awards.
5: ...e Home Team'', which dealt with RuthAnn's battle with [[breast cancer]].
7: ...Draft]]. After playing the [[2003]] WNBA season with the [[Connecticut Sun]], she retired after the s...
9: ... well, primarily for her alma mater, the [[University of Connecticut]].
11: She is married to ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' writer [[Steve Rushin]]. On [[December 25]], [[2004]] ... - Ellen MacArthur (3652 bytes)
2: ...who, on [[February 7]], [[2005]], broke the world record for the fastest solo [[circumnavigation]] of the ...
6: ...ng Association]] Yachtsman of The Year in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and "Sailing's Young Hope" in [[Fr...
8: ...quently MacArthur was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] for services to sport.
10: In [[2003]] she captained a round-the-world record attempt for a crewed yacht in ''Kingfisher 2'', b...
12: ...etre]]) [[trimaran]] was built in [[Australia]], with many of the components specifically arranged to ... - Christy Martin (2947 bytes)
3: ...e rounds. In her first defense, she defended her title against debutant [[Laura Serrano]], who held he...
5: ...and after that bout, she began to gain more celebrity, even appearing on the cover of [[Sports Illustr...
7: ...rgrah]] before her luck ran out and she lost her title on a 10 round decision to [[Sumya Anani]] in [[...
9: On [[June 30]], [[2003]], it was announced she would fight [[Laila Ali]] on [[...
11: ... [[April 30]], [[2005]], after a year and a half without a fight, she returned, in [[Lula, Mississippi... - Shirley Muldowney (1811 bytes)
2: ...elt drag racing was no place for women. [[Don Garlits]], the "Big Daddy" of drag racing, has said abou...
4: ... car), no question".[http://www.metalshapers.org/nitrogeezers/Farndon%20Interview.htm]
6: ...hosen by car owner and then boyfriend [[Connie Kalitta]]-she later dropped the [[moniker]], stating: "...
8: ...gster of [[Doug Kalitta]]-the nephew of Connie Kalitta. - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ... title at [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] a record 9 times.
9: ...essional. She won her first professional singles title in [[Orlando, Florida]] in [[1974]].
11: ...eventually made extreme levels of fitness and conditioning a hallmark of her game.
13: ...y]] and informed them that she wished to defect. Within a month, she received a [[Green Card]].
15: ...final again to successfully defend her Wimbledon title in [[1979]]. - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...comotives, and may be referred to as [[multiple unit]]s or [[railcar]]s; the use of these self-propell...
5: ...and are controlled from a control cab at the opposite end of the train in the other.
7: ==Benefits of locomotives==
8: ...sons why the motive power for trains has been traditionally isolated in a locomotive, rather than in s...
10: * ''Ease of maintenance'' - it is easier to maintain one locomotive than many se... - 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... - 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. - Flowering plant (29088 bytes)
16: ...tically by botanical writers, but with varying limitation, as a group-name for other dicotyledonous pl...
18: ... which the term is nowadays received and in which it is used here.
22: ...restrial herbs, creeping, erect or climbing in habit, shrubs and trees, and representing a much greate...
24: ...eat diversity of angiosperms appear in the fossil record, occurred in the mid-Cretaceous (approximately 10...
29: ...the number of [[cotyledon]]s or embryonic leaves within the seeds, but there are a number of other dif... - Mesolithic (2380 bytes)
6: :[[Neolithic]]
7: :'''Mesolithic''' or [[Epipaleolithic]]<br>
12: :[[Paleolithic]]<br>
14: ...uch conditions also delayed the coming of the Neolithic until as late as 4000 BC in Northern Europe.
16: ...this would only start in earnest during the [[Neolithic]], when extra space for farming was needed. - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...y Abbey, Wiltshire, England. The Bible was hand written in Belgium, by Gerard Brils, for reading aloud...
2: ...graphos'' "writing") is the art of decorative [[writing]]. A style of calligraphy is described as a '...
4: ...[palaeography]]. Examples of ancient Roman [[graffiti]] are of interest to both calligraphers and pala...
8: ..., one does not have to know Chinese to appreciate its beauty. Calligraphy, in essence, is an abstract...
10: ...e]]'' 書藝, all meaning "the way of writing") is considered an important art in [[East Asi... - Seal (device) (5951 bytes)
2: ... in order to authenticate it, in lieu of or in addition to a [[signature]]. The word is also used to d...
6: ... [[covenant]]) it is rather uncommon for private citizens to use seals anymore.
8: ...device. Governments would often send letters to citizens under the governmental seal for their eyes o...
12: # to certify the correctness of a copy of a record maintained by a court or other government agency.
23: ...eals in different sizes and styles for different situations. East Asian seals usually bear the name o... - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...for seventeen years before returning to [[Venice, Italy|Venice]]. After his return, in a sea battle be...
5: ... returned from China as [[Kublai Khan]]'s envoys with a letter for the [[Pope]] asking to be sent educ...
7: ... gained prominence in Venice and are historically recorded as Venetians.
13: ...me acquainted with the vast regions of China and with numerous achievements of Chinese civilization, m...
16: ...na. Since they did not believe him, Marco Polo invited them all to dinner one night during which the P... - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
3: ... of [[Harry S. Truman]] and [[First Lady of the United States]] from [[1945]] to [[1953]].
9: ...oath of office--and Bess, who managed to look on with composure, was the new First Lady.
11: ...iously fulfilled the social obligations of her position, she did only what was necessary. While the ma...
13: ...ter, Margaret, to become President was "most definitely not." Her reply to what she wanted to do afte...
15: ...lection campaign of Sen. [[Thomas Eagleton]] ([[United States Democratic Party|D]]-[[Missouri]]). - Music (16462 bytes)
1: ...usic is an important part of our life and varies with the many cultures of the world.[[Image:Music_ani...
16: ...] is also often considered an aspect of music, if it is considered to exist.
18: ...ders duration the primary aspect of music because it is the only aspect common to both "sound" and "si...
20: ...versal is to be found in the music itself (either its structure or function) or the way in which music...
25: ... pitches; [[counterpoint]], which is the simultaneity and organization of different melodies; and [[rh... - History (5192 bytes)
1: ...ore the whole universe, and every part of it, has its history.
3: ...raphy]]). The events that occurred prior to human records are known as [[prehistory]].
7: ...ology, family life and culture have received too little attention. Recent developments in history have...
9: ...han 99% of our species' time on this planet), despite no change in the [[genetic]] make up of pre and ...
14: ...ilable, and several different ways of classifying it are given at the main article. - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ... color, wide range, variety of character, and agility.
6: ... allow finger-holes to be drilled obliquely, with its bell flared slightly at the end. However, there ...
8: ...(giving it the name in some regions "curtall", as it was shortened significantly). The English name o...
10: ...entury, depicts the bassoon much as it appears in its current form, and a three-keyed bassoon has been...
14: ... the bottom of the instrument and folding over on itself; the wing joint <font color=red>(3)</font>, w... - Musician (3042 bytes)
5: ...writer]]s [[composition|make up]] music and write it down.
10: ...ecord label|label]], or may be employed by an institution such as a [[church]] or [[business]] such as...
12: ...of even common birds, although lacking the complexity of methods employed by human beings, must be reg...
26: ** [[Guitarist]]
34: ** [[Recorder player]] - Brass instrument (5234 bytes)
1: ...rass instruments are also called ''labrosones'', literally meaning "lip-vibrated instruments" (Baines,...
9: * [[Baritone horn]]
55: ...e additional tubing into the instrument, changing its overall length. This family includes the modern ...
57: ...odern day trombones also have rotary valves in addition to the slide. The folk instrument the [[Bazook...
61: ...tion of the valve, though have had a renaissance with the growth of the [[early music]] movement. - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
5: ...amed Mahabharata rulers, to unify such a vast territory under his empire, which in retrospect exceeds ...
7: The [[United Kingdom|British]] author [[H. G. Wells]] wrote of Ashoka: "In ...
10: ...w his sword away. Ashoka found the sword and kept it.
14: ...f Ashoka, but this time the uprising was crushed with an iron hand.)
16: .... There he met a fisherwoman named [[Kaurwaki]], with whom he fell in love; recently found inscription...
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