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  1. Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
    3: ...moting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]]. She was a [[Firs...
    5: ...tes of America|United Nations Association]] and [[Freedom House]]. She chaired the committee that draf...
    9: ...exual explorations outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information...
    11: ...rom the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
    13: ...f the Democratic Party, which Alice viewed as an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President....
  2. Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
    8: ...rning to the United States at the outset of the [[Franco-Prussian War]], she lived with her family, bu...
    14: ...nd absorb all I could of his art," she wrote to a friend. "It changed my life. I saw art then as I wan...
    16: ...impressionist circle until [[1886]], she remained friends with Degas and [[Berthe Morisot]].
    21: Her style evolved, and she moved away from impressionism to a simpler, straightforward app...
    29: ...onetheless, she took up the cause of [[women's suffrage]], and in [[1915]], she showed 18 works in an ...
  3. Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
    6: Alanis's Surname "Morissette" is French in origin. Her [[1995]] international debut ...
    12: ...er early idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you o...
    23: ...he would later write about in songs such as "UR" (from the album ''[[Supposed Former Infatuation Junki...
    38: ...is''. The album attempted to move Morissette away from her debut album's dance-pop sound. However, ''N...
    42: ...to [[Nashville]] a few months later also proved unfruitful.
  4. Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Lucinda Williams-Sweet Old World.jpg|frame|right|Lucinda Williams on the cover of her alb...
    10: ...orded a bowdlerized cover of "Passionate Kisses" (from ''Lucinda Williams'') in 1992, and the song bec...
    16: ...ontaining the single "Still I Long for Your Kiss" from the [[Robert Redford]] film ''[[The Horse Whisp...
    18: ...With God", an atypically uptempo gospel-rock tune from the otherwise rather low-key release.
  5. Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
    2: ...[16th century]], embraced as a cultural symbol in French patriotic circles since the [[19th century]],...
    4: ...ponsible for a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred ...
    7: ...[[Duke of Orl顮s]] and later of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]). The groups were involved in a...
    11: ...876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael...
    16: ...May 7]], the remaining English forces were pulled from their [[siege]] lines on [[May 8]]. The lifting...
  6. Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
    1: [[Image:matahari.jpg|frame|Mata Hari, [[striptease|exotic dancer]] and co...
    5: ..., she moved to [[Paris]]. She posed as a princess from [[Java (island)|Java]] and became an exotic dan...
    7: ... Mata Hari was probably a low level agent for the French and the Germans, but there is no evidence tha...
    9: ...A third tale claims that not only did she fling a kiss to her killers, she flung open her long coat and ...
    17: A fictionalized version of Margarete Zelle, a French super-spy code-named Malkovich, appears as a ...
  7. Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
    5: ...]], the youngest of three children born to Karl Alfred Gustafsson ([[1871]]-[[1920]]) and Anna Lovisa ...
    10: From [[1922]] to [[1924]], she studied at the presti...
    14: [[Image:Temptress1.jpg|frame|Greta Garbo in 1926]]
    23: ... "I think I'll go back to [[Sweden]]!" This would frighten the [[movie studio]] heads, who gave in to ...
    35: ...]," but this never came to fruition. She withdrew from the entertainment world completely and moved to...
  8. Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
    28: *''[[Kiss of Death (1995 movie)|Kiss of Death]]'' (1995)
    41: *''[[The Frog Prince]]'' (1988)
    43: *''[[Miles from Home]]'' (1988)
  9. May Irwin (2858 bytes)
    6: ...gust of 1884. In 1886 her husband of eight years, Frederick W. Keller, passed away unexpectedly.
    8: ... (film, 1896)|The Kiss]], became the first screen kiss in cinematic history.
  10. Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
    1: [[Image:MarilynMonroe.jpg|right|frame|Marilyn Monroe]]
    10: ...d Norma Jeane every Saturday, but never hugged or kissed her, or even smiled. One day, Gladys announced ...
    12: ...e was declared a ward of the state. Gladys's best friend, Grace McKee, later Goddard, became her guard...
    15: [[Image:Pb1253.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]...
    23: ...yn and her unique connection with the [[camera]]. From this point on, audiences were spellbound and Mo...
  11. Mouth (2182 bytes)
    20: ...tant role in [[speech]], [[facial expression]], [[kiss]]ing, [[drink]]ing (especially with a straw), [[s...
  12. Iconography (7643 bytes)
    6: ...[icon]] passes over to the [[archetype]]. Thus to kiss an [[icon]] of [[Jesus|Christ]] was to show [[lov...
    8: ...m passes over to the [[archetype]], [[icon]]s are kissed, carried in procession, and venerated.
    12: ...d. this particular portail is often called "Sweet Kissing"]]
    13: ... the heads of holy individuals while it is absent from those who are not [[Christian]]s. This nimbus i...
    15: ...nded to show their seriousness, and their freedom from the vicissitudes of emotion. Figures are almost...
  13. Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
    9: ... Olympias was impregnated not by Philip, who was afraid of her and her affinity for sleeping in the co...
    11: ...es]] through [[Caranus]] and his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Achill...
    14: ... of Persia. [[Plutarch]] mentions an irate letter from Alexander to Darius III, where Alexander blames...
    16: ...n a campaign to solidify control of Greece and confront the Persian Empire.
    23: ...all coastal cities and denying them to his enemy. From Pamphylia onward the coast held no major ports,...
  14. Morse code (33777 bytes)
    13: ...ginally developed by Morse and his assistant, [[Alfred Vail]]. In 1848 a refinement of the code sequen...
    17: ...inning in the mid-1830s, [[Samuel Morse]] and [[Alfred Vail]] developed an [[electric telegraph]], whi...
    23: ...a language that is ''heard'', instead of one read from a page[http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/learncw/]...
    27: ...selves for service information like link quality, frequency changes, and telegram numbering.
    29: ...nce." ''See also:'' [[international distress frequency]]
  15. Bird (20345 bytes)
    15: Birds range in size from the tiny [[hummingbird]]s to the huge [[Ostrich...
    17: ....g. the [[Wandering Albatross]]). Some, such as [[frigatebird]]s, stay aloft for days at a time, even ...
    57: Birds are generally considered to have evolved from [[Theropoda|theropod]] [[Dinosauria|dinosaur]]s...
    59: The basal bird ''[[Archaeopteryx]]'', from the [[Jurassic]], is well-known as one of the f...
    63: ...p]] structure as birds, birds actually originated from the [[saurischia]]n (lizard-hipped) dinosaurs, ...
  16. Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
    1: {{MLB Cubs franchise}}
    5: ...me ''Cubs'' was coined in [[1902]] when manager [[Frank Selee]] arrived and rebuilt the club with youn...
    15: == Franchise history ==
    26: ...f powerhouse pitchers in [[Larry Corcoran]] and [[Fred Goldsmith]]. Those two were fading by mid-deca...
    28: ... and controversial Series action. That St. Louis franchise, which went on to join the National League...
  17. Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
    13: | place of death=[[San Francisco]], [[California]]
    18: .... A [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] from the [[U.S. state]] of [[Ohio]], Harding was an ...
    20: ...ly three years into his term due to complications from [[pneumonia]] and possible food poisoning. He w...
    25: ...ion, Ohio|Marion]], where he raised $300 with two friends to purchase the failing ''[[Marion Daily Sta...
    27: ...arding's term for informal conversation) with his friends over games of [[poker]].
  18. Information (13474 bytes)
    6: ...formation to animals. The colored light reflected from a flower is too weak to do much photosynthetic ...
    12: ...at information is something that can be extracted from an environment, e.g., through observation or me...
    16: ...e information produced when one message is chosen from the set" is the base two [[logarithm]] of <math...
    30: ...representation, one can predict a broader pattern from a limited number of observations (inference) or...
    32: ...re, a quantity of information is totally distinct from its medium.
  19. Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
    46: ...water from the Salt River. Their name is derived from the [[Pima]] (Akimel O'otham) phrase, ''Ho Ho K...
    49: ... and others from Wickenburg had dug a short canal from the Salt River and founded a small farming colo...
    53: ...'', memorializing the birth of a new civilization from the ruins left by the Hohokam.
    61: ...Hotel now stands. Miss Nellie Shaver, a newcomer from Wisconsin, was appointed as the first female sc...
    65: ...nment. The bill was signed by Governor [[John C. Fremont]] on [[February 25]], [[1881]]. Phoenix wa...
  20. Des Moines, Iowa (13222 bytes)
    4: ...ines1.ogg|{{IPA|/demwan/}}]] in [[French language|French]]) is the capital city of the [[U.S. state]] ...
    8: ... The [[Des Moines River]] (from [[French language|French]] ''Rivi貥 des Moines'', i.e. "River of the ...
    25: mayor = [[Frank Cownie]] |
    41: ...ncil consists of a mayor (who, as of [[2005]], is Frank Cownie), two at-large members, and four member...
    73: ...rom [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.23% from two or more races. 6.61% of the population are...

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