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- Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
9: ... at the [[Hoch Conservatorium]] at [[Frankfurt am Main]], a post which she held until [[1892]], and in w...
11: ...ser of a few songs and of some charming music, mainly for the piano, and the authoritative editor of h...
14: ...ver, Germany who declared them a "marvelous, heavenly pleasure." - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
21: ...g, Crow released ''[[C'mon, C'mon]]''. Musically unlike any of her other records, the project had a mo...
29: ...[[cycling]] great [[Lance Armstrong]]. Crow was a main stage act at [[Lilith Fair]] and has contributed ...
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47: Top 40 Mainstream #4 - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
16: ... were taken from [[May 4]]–[[May 7]], the remaining English forces were pulled from their [[siege]...
18: ...]], with a loss of 2,200 English soldiers versus only a little over 20 French and Scots. This allowed...
33: ...nfirmed that this was based on a distortion: she only objected to being tried by pro-English clergy wh...
38: ...] cemetery and threatened with summary execution unless she signed a confession and agreed to wear a d...
43: ...ree surviving members of Jeanne d'Arc's family. Unlike the original trial, the appellate process incl... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
5: ...to direct ''[[The Blue Light]]'' she took it; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
13: ...a "sympathizer". In later interviews, Riefenstahl maintained that she was fascinated by the Nazis but po... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
28: She was married only once, to actor [[John Emery]] from 1937-1941.
42: ... live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
62: *[[Main Street to Broadway]] (1953) - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
9: ...rough her work in [[theatre]], which has been her main forté ´hroughout her career.
13: ...atre]] in London. She is a multiple winner of the main awards for performances on the London stage, incl...
15: As she enters her seventies, Dame Judi remains probably the biggest draw on the London stage. S... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
12: ...rriage in a platonic fashion, and the two would remain lifelong friends. They divorced in [[1934]] afte...
19: ... [[Great Neck, New York]]. The producer had suddenly fired the play's original leading lady and asked...
50: ... working-class machismo. Tracy seemed to be the only one Hepburn would allow to tame her. When [[Jos...
54: ...e speculated that Tracy's Catholicism was not the main reason why he never sought a divorce — rath...
70: ...Mrs. Venable in [[Tennessee Williams]]'s ''[[Suddenly Last Summer]]'' (1959) and as Mary Tyrone in the... - Laila Ali (3660 bytes)
5: ...ame the first time a women's boxing fight was the main event of a [[Pay Per View]] event in history, a f...
21: ...in Toughill]] into submission in round three to remain completely undefeated and become the first woman ... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
2: ... No. 1 player for a record 377 weeks, and is the only player to have won all four of the Grand Slam ti...
10: ...nis stars had. In 1985, for instance, she played only 10 events leading up to the [[U.S. Open (tennis)...
14: The main weapon in Graf's game was her powerful forehand, ...
22: ... had dubbed the "Golden Slam". Graf also won her only Grand Slam doubles title that year – at Wi...
28: ...d Peter was not the baby's father.) Though Graf remained the World No. 1 player at the end of 1990, her ... - Mia Hamm (6476 bytes)
3: ... adopted two boys; the older, Garrett, became her main source of encouragement in her athletic interests...
19: ...ichelle Akers]] were the only two women, and the only two Americans, named to the [[FIFA 100]], a list...
21: ...9th [[cap (football)|international appearance]]; only her teammate [[Kristine Lilly]] has played in mo...
23: ...female), and 276 [[Cap (football)|caps]], second only to Lilly. - Wisteria (4864 bytes)
37: ...turation, can be forced by physically abusing the main [[Trunk_%28botany%29|trunk]], root pruning, or [[...
39: ...runk]] and [[Plant_stem|stem]]s. These will certainly rend [[lattice]]work, crush thin wooden posts, a... - Daffodil (2832 bytes)
30: ... the flower, although properly this name belongs only to one specific type of narcissus.
32: ...One species, ''[[Narcissus obvallaris]]'', grows only in a small area around [[Tenby]].
38: ...he popular mind with the daffodils which form its main image. - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
28: ...rden soil, the smaller and more delicate species only needing the aid of turfy ingredients, either pea...
41: ...acking out of the flower it will come in contact only with the non-receptive lower face of the stigma....
44: ...rate genera, but even if this is done the genus remains large and several subgenera, sections and/or sub...
49: ...um'', sometimes treated as genus ''Xiphion'', the main group of bulbous irises.
63: ...a dull, leaden-blue colour; the capsules, which remain attached to the plant throughout the winter, are ... - Rose (15436 bytes)
25: ...xception of ''[[Rosa sericea]]'' which often has only four), usually white or pink, in a few species y...
29: ...vily browsed by [[deer]]. A few species of roses only have vestigial thorns that have no points.
67: The [[rose hip|hips]] are sometimes eaten, mainly for their vitamin C content. They are usually pr...
69: ...eneral, however, roses are placed in one of three main groups:
114: Roses are commonly portrayed by [[artist]]s. The [[France|French]] ... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
10: * ''Ease of maintenance'' - it is easier to maintain one locomotive than many self-propelled cars.
21: ...hemselves "steam engines". The steam locomotive remained by far the most common type of locomotive until...
29: ...ous and high altitude rail lines, steam engines remain in use because they are less affected by reduced ...
34: ...to do so. Therefore this type of transmission is only suitable for low-powered [[Switcher|shunting]] l...
43: ...n from Chicago, Illinois to [[Denver, Colorado]] only cost [[United States dollar|US$]]14.64 (in 1934]... - Respiratory system (5107 bytes)
10: *The [[right main bronchus]] and the [[left main bronchus]] tubes that carry air to and from the l...
43: ...ree is mostly dead because [[air]] can penetrate only skin deep. However, most plants are not involved... - Breast (4630 bytes)
1: ...oduces milk is present in the male, it normally remains undeveloped. In some situations male breast deve...
11: ...nstrated to cause the development of woman-like, enlarged breasts in men, a condition called [[gynecom...
13: ...for them to grow in size during [[pregnancy]], mainly due to hypertrophy of the exocrine gland in resp...
24: It is commonly assumed by biologists that the real evolutionary... - Diaphragm (anatomy) (1536 bytes)
2: ...uscles between the ribs also participate in this enlargement.) When the diaphragm relaxes, air is exh...
9: There are three main apertures (or holes) in the diaphragm, one each f... - Eye (21834 bytes)
13: ...such an eye varies, however: some trilobites had only one, and some had thousands of lenses in one eye...
15: ...more. This enables snails to keep out of direct sunlight.
24: ...cular muscle|circular]] and [[radial muscle]]s to maintain a relatively constant level of light entering...
29: .... It lets light through without refraction, helps maintain the shape of the eye and suspends the delicat...
31: ...both protects the inner components of the eye and maintains its shape. On the inner side of the sclera i... - Vulva (541 bytes)
4: The main functions involving the vulva are [[urination]],...
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