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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lity vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the sci...
8: ...rtuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...rtuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
10: ...6th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Indonesia]])
11: ...[[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]]) - Puritan (15882 bytes)
5: ...]] and led to the establishment of the [[Presbyterian Church]]. The term was used by the group itself ...
8: ...r position towards Elizabeth's religious [[via media]] (middle way).
12: ...ments controversy]].) They also objected to ecclesiastical courts. They refused to endorse completely...
14: ...[[1570s]], Puritans were arguing for a [[Presbyterian]] model or a [[Congregationalism|Congregationali...
16: ...and would later be put to use by Archbishop [[William Laud]]. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...the year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich ...
9: ... of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
10: ...nt (Italy)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
11: ...shington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
4: ...rch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
9: ...Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957)
14: ...]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
32: ...hristian Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...hn A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
26: ...as Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
39: ... Adams|Adams, Bryan]], (born 1959), [[Canada|Canadian]] singer
49: ...y Adams|Adams, Gerry]], (born 1948), Irish politician & [[Sinn Fé©®]] leader - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...w Guinea]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[So...
9: ... Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head...
20: ...to commemorate the centenary of the [[Entente Cordiale]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was in...
23: ... [[Princess Margaret]] were [[Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II|evacuated]] to [... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
22: | [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] <br>now the [[Czech Republic]]
35: ... [[May 15]] [[1937]] in [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]], now in the [[Czech Republic]]), [[United State...
40: ...rsity]], and her Masters and Doctorate from Columbia University's Department of Public Law and Governm...
44: ...nternational Center for Scholars at the [[Smithsonian Institution]] following an international competi...
51: ...rnational affairs, U.S. [[foreign policy]], [[Russia]]n foreign policy, and [[Central Europe|Central]]... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ... de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
23: * ''Last Tales'' (1957)
29: * ''On Modern Marriage and Other Observations'' (posthumous 1986, USA) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
11: ...vels were based upon the [[archetype]] of the Randian [[hero]], a man whose ability and independence l...
19: ... message, attracting the attention of Soviet officials). There is a story told that she named herself ...
22: Initially, Rand struggled in [[Cinema of the United Stat...
24: ...[[Rome]], despite resistance from the [[Italy|Italian]] government under [[Benito Mussolini]]. These f... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
7: ...st two years later, she was educated in [[California]], graduating from [[Radcliffe College]] in 1897 ...
13: Stein, a [[lesbian]], met her life-long companion [[Alice B. Toklas...
19: ...dgments in literature and art were highly influential.
23: ...anners and manner of speech she was Victorian, socially was more liberal than not, with developed indi...
40: ...ed by the avant-garde, but mainstream success initially remained elusive. - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...92]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ...y schools of [[Acmeist poetry|Acmeism]] and [[Russian Symbolist poetry|symbolism]].
8: ...She was also volatile and a (frustrated) concert pianist, with some [[Poland|Polish]] ancestry on her ...
10: ...clination. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor.
12: ...during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages. - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
3: ...[[1941]]) is a [[pianist]] of [[Argentina|Argentinian]] origin.
5: ...in a few weeks, and her career as a professional pianist was launched.
7: ... and Liszt's ''Sixth [[Hungarian Rhapsodies|Hungarian Rhapsody]]'' remain yardsticks for these works. ...
9: ...ikovsky]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto No. 1]]. From [[1969]] to [[1973]], Ar...
11: Argerich has been tireless in promoting younger pianists, through her annual festival, and does frequ... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
7: ...o the orchestra pit, where it terrorized the musicians, adding yet another element of excitement to th...
9: ....]], she would have suffered from the [[racism|racial]] prejudices common to the era. The writer [[Ern...
11: ...na into a sophisticated cultural figure. (The marriage was reportedly a publicity stunt and not legall...
15: ... similarly suffered, and she went through six marriages, some legal, some not.
17: ...lly|Princess Grace]] of [[Monaco]], another expatriate American entertainer living in Europe. - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
1: ...nizetti's opera ''Anna Bolena'', La Scala, Milan (1957)]]
3: ..., her repertoire ranged from classical [[opera seria]], such as [[Gaspare Spontini|Spontini]]'s ''[[La...
5: ...ext three years. In [[1947]], Callas made her Italian debut at the [[Verona Arena]] in ''[[La Gioconda...
9: ...las gave a series of master classes at the [[Juilliard School]] in New York. (These classes later form...
11: ...ived much publicity. She was introduced to him in 1957, after a performance in [[Donizetti]]'s ''[[Anna ... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
4: She was born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers,...
14: ... the "other voice" of jazz, [[Billie Holiday]] ([[1957]]).
20: ... In 1941 she married Benny Kornegay, but the marriage was later annulled. Her second husband was the...
22: ...Inglewood Park Cemetery]] in [[Inglewood, California]].
39: *1957 ''[[Ella and Louis Again]]'' - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...na''') (born [[October 24]], [[1931]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious mus...
3: ... [[Tatar Republic]]. She studied composition and piano at the [[Kazan]] Conservatory, graduating in 19...
5: During her studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its ex...
11: ...n 2000 project in commemoration of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. Her contribution was the [[Johannes-Pass...
18: ...t for piano, two violins, viola, and violoncello (1957) - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
7: ...ublished in [[1956]]. She was born in [[Philadelphia]] but grew up in the [[Fells Point]] section of [...
9: ...s the father as a "[[Frank DeViese]]". Some historians consider this an anomaly, probably inserted by ...
14: ...onette's (there is still some dispute among historians about who was the first to hear and publicise h...
16: ...ter]] to glowing reviews. The performance, with pianist (and then-lover) [[Bobby Henderson]], did muc...
18: ...able timing, nuanced phrasing, and emotional immediacy. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: [[Image:joan of arc miniature graded.jpg|right|thumb|Image of Joan of Arc, ...
2: ...nd [[World War II|Second]] World Wars and an official [[Saint]] to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catho...
7: ...of the French Royal family: the [[Burgundy|Burgundians]] (supporters of the [[Duke of Burgundy]]) and ...
10: ...rgin|Saint Margaret]], and [[Catherine of Alexandria|Saint Catherine]] are behind her. Oil on canvas i...
12: ... on having her examined for three weeks by theologians at [[Poitiers]] before granting final acceptanc... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...ates House of Representatives|Congressman]] [[William Brockman Bankhead]] ([[1874]]-[[1940]]) ([[Unite...
18: ...nmemorable plays until she played Regina in [[Lillian Hellman]]'s [[The Little Foxes]] (1939). Her por...
22: ...elf on The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Comedy Hour in 1957 as "The Neighbor Next Door" -- drunk, according ...
26: ...llulah Bankhead died in New York City of [[pneumonia]] arising from [[influenza]], complicated further...
40: *It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time. - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: '''Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench''', [[Companion of Honour|CH]], [[Or...
4: ...71]], she married British [[actor]] [[Michael Williams]], who died of cancer in [[2001]]. They starre...
11: ...essional debut as [[Ophelia]] in [[Liverpool]] in 1957. She subsequently spent seasons in repertory in [...
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