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- Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg|thumb|Mother Teresa was born '''Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu''']]
2: ...image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg for rationale -->
4: ...oor]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
6: ...nited States]] in [[1996]] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul...
8: ==Early life and work== - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: ...out of the film industry after [[World War II|the war]], she later became a [[photographer]].
5: ...The Blue Light]]'' she took it; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
7: ...ocumented that she would ever have a relationship with Hitler.
9: ...t railways on the stadium to shoot the stadium crowd.
11: [[Image:Egzekucja.jpg|thumb|right|150px|22 Jews digging their graves, picture by Leni Riefenstah... - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mia_Farrow_cover.jpg|thumb|Farrow on the cover of ''[[Glamour]]'', [[1968 in film|1...
2: ...[film director|director]] [[John Farrow]] and his wife, actress [[Maureen O'Sullivan]].
5: ...as a surprise to Mia, who did not even know Frank was thinking of leaving her. They divorced in [[196...
7: ...1970]]. They had three biological children (Matthew, Sascha, and Fletcher) together and [[adopted]] t...
9: ...med Farrow's accusations by his open relationship with one of her adopted teenage daughters, [[Soon-Y... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...as nominated for four other Emmys and two [[Tony Award]]s during the course of her more than 70-year ...
5: ... her unabashedly liberal family, who she credited with giving her a sense of adventure and independen...
7: ...]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
10: ...in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess...
12: ...friends. They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star. - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ...neer Riccardo Scicolone and grew up in poverty in wartime [[Pozzuoli]] near [[Naples]].
7: ... beauty contests, were she won several prizes and was discovered by her future husband, film producer...
9: ...even appeared topless in the films ''[[Two Nights with Cleopatra]]'' and ''[[It's Him, Yes! Yes!]]'')...
11: ...eorge Cukor]]'s ''[[Heller in Pink Tights]]'' (in which she appeared blonde for the first time in her...
13: ...he first actor to win a major category [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English language pe... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...nce, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] and later...
4: ...rated actor in film history, Marilyn's beginnings were humble to say the least.
6: ... and more have gone for the theory that Mortensen was in fact her true father.
8: ...ered adopting her, which they could not have done without Gladys's consent.
10: ...ntal Hospital in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died i... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
1: ...Graf.jpg|right|thumb|Steffi Graf honored at the [[WTA]].]]
2: ... record 377 weeks, and is the only player to have won all four of the Grand Slam titles at least four...
6: ... tournaments with regularity, and in [[1982]] she won the European Championships 12s and 18s.
8: ...h, Austin dismissed Graf's abilities saying there were "hundreds" of kids like her in the [[United St...
10: ... courts. This narrow focus meant that Graf made few friends on the tour in her early years, but led t... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...he ''[[diva]]'' or ''[[prima donna]]'' of tennis, was the first female tennis player to become an int...
3: ...] titles. A flamboyant, trendsetting athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and one of th...
8: ...a handkerchief at various places on the court, to which his daughter had to direct the ball.
10: ...nis competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was put on hold.
14: ... history, saw Lenglen saving two match points and winning in 10–8, 4–6, 9–7 to take... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
3: ... surname was later accidentally changed) in the town of [[Port Arthur, Texas]] and acquired her nickn...
5: ...iot [[Jean Shiley]] in the high jump. The jury, however, disapproved of her style and declared Shiley...
9: ...f)|U.S. Women's Open]] for her fourth and fifth [[women's majors|major championships]].
11: ...f. Cancer took its toll and Zaharias died in 1956 while still in the top rank of female American golf...
13: ...ted Press]] poll. She was also the highest ranked woman on [[ESPN]]'s list of the 50 top athletes of ... - Columbine (2097 bytes)
2: [[Image:Columbine-flower.jpg|400px|thumb|]]
5: == Columbine Flower ==
7: ...their distinctive flowers, generally bell-shaped, with each petal modified into an elongated nectar s...
8: [[Image:Rocky-mountain-columbine-flower.jpg|400px|thumb|]]
9: ...rmed at the end of the pistils. Underneath the flower are spurs that contain nectar, mainly consumed ... - Sunflower (5784 bytes)
1: ...Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen | name = Sunflower}}
2: ...60px]] | caption = Sunflowers display bright yellow colors.}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
15: ...le for turning to face the [[Sun]], a behavior known as [[heliotropism]].
18: ...' is from the [[Greek language|Greek]] for "sunflower". - Wisteria (4864 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color=lightgreen | name= ''Wisteria''}}
2: ...[[image:wisteria_fl.jpg]] | caption = Flowering ''Wisteria''}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
11: ... = '''''Wisteria'''''}}<br/>{{Taxobox authority new | authority = [[Thomas Nuttall|Nutt.]]}}
16: ... article is about the plant. For the color, see [[Wisteria (color)]]'' - Apple (20408 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
16: ...n the family [[Rosaceae]], and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Table apples are of ...
18: [[Image:Two-red-apples.jpg|center|thumb|550px|Two red apples]]
23: ...omestic apples, and research with it to develop new disease-resistant apples is continuing.
25: ...eeding programs to develop apples suitable for growing in climates unsuitable for ''M. domestica'', m... - Actinium (7046 bytes)
9: | rowspan="3" valign="center" | [[Lanthanum|La]]<br>'''...
33: | [[Atomic weight]] || [[1 E-_ kg| (227) u]]
39: | [[van der Waals radius]] || n/a pm
42: | <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[radon|Rn]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>6d<sup>1</sup>7s<sup>2</sup>
67: | [[Vapor pressure]] || unknown [[Pascal|Pa]] at 1323 K - Gastrointestinal tract (16596 bytes)
2: ...ct energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste.
12: ...res]] long (25 [[feet]]) and consists of the following components:
16: *[[Stomach]], which includes the [[antrum]] and [[pylorus]]
17: *'''Bowel or [[Intestine]]''':
18: **[[small intestine]], which has three parts: - Eye (21834 bytes)
1: ... in [[human]]s; or on different planes producing two separate "images" ([[monocular vision]]), such a...
5: |[[image:Human eye cross-sectional view grayscale.png|thumb|Diagram of a [[human]] eye. N...
9: ... embryonic development, while mollusk eyes grow inward from skin cells.
11: ...such sensors, which are arranged hexagonally, and which can give a full 360 degree field of vision. C...
13: ...es. The number of lenses in such an eye varies, however: some trilobites had only one, and some had t... - Retina (13061 bytes)
3: ...d some [[cephalopod]]s; it is the part of the eye which converts [[light]] into nervous signals.
5: ...the retina and the optic nerve originate as outgrowths of the [[brain]].
7: ... [[Haldan Keffer Hartline]] and [[Ragnar Granit]] won the [[1967]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med...
12: ...as it lacks photoreceptors. It appears as an oval white area of 3 mm<sup>2</sup>. Temporal (in the di...
14: ...t from the eyes to the brain. (Modified from a drawing by [[Santiago Ramó® ¹ Cajal| Ramó® ¹ Cajal]].)... - Stomach (5970 bytes)
6: ...tained by the secretion of [[hydrochloric acid]]) with [[peptidase]] digestive [[enzyme]]s.
8: ...chambers in sequence, being regurgitated and rechewed at least once in the process.
14: ...omach2.gif|right|frame|Diagram of the stomach, showing the different regions.]]
16: The stomach lies between the [[esophagus]] and the first part of the [[...
18: It is divided into five sections, each of which have different cells and functions... - Rib (1848 bytes)
2: ...Latin]] ''costae'') are the long curved [[bone]]s which form the '''rib cage'''. They surround the [[...
8: ...ed by a free extra rib called a ''cervical rib'', which can cause trouble for the nerves going to the...
10: ... is a [[legend]] that men have one rib fewer than women. This is false, and originates from the ''[[B... - Back (949 bytes)
8: ...is defending the [[goal]]. It is often qualified with additional "measures", [[left back]], [[quarte...
10: ...], in England, '''The Backs''' (in the plural and with a capital letter) means the area behind the ma...
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