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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: .... The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes...
16: ...ch is tied into the bag and which the pipe itself plugs into. The bag usually consists of leather, but...
23: ...s. [[Nero]] is generally accepted to have been a player; there are Greek depictions of pipers, and th...
25: ...iti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Robert the Bruce]]'s troops marched to [...
38: ...[pipe band]]s (civilian and military), and is now played in countries around the world, particularly c... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of St...
29: ...dging to devote her life to the service of the people of the Commonwealth and Empire.
33: ...s claim to the [[Greece|Greek]] throne and was simply referred to as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten bef...
55: ...ronation of the British monarch|coronation]] took place in [[Westminster Abbey]] on [[2 June]] [[1953]...
64: ... in some cases, such as [[South Africa]], she has played an important role in retaining or restoring g... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
26: ...[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped the heav...
28: ... the prelates and peers who knelt before her and, placing their hands on her crown, swore allegiance t...
31: ...nce with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[Scottish Parliament]] broke off the treat...
40: ...omising childhood. With her marriage agreement in place, she was sent to [[France]] in [[1548]], at th...
42: ...[[Scots Language|Scots]]. She also learned how to play two instruments and learned prose, horsemanship... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
18: ... show in the United States. The show is usually split between call-in segments and monologues by Limb...
20: ...read support and attention in [[1998]] when he complained that some radio stations were shortening his...
22: ...rty (which he had earlier alienated by breaking a pledge not to raise [[tax]]es). President [[George W...
26: ...oo late in the evening in many markets. (In many places it was aired at 1:30 AM or even later.)
30: ...tted that the changes in his voice were due to complete [[post-lingual hearing impairment|deafness]] i... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ficial described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
11: ...arolina, was married to King Ferdinand of the [[Naples]].
17: ...y dearest child. Do so much good to the French people that they can say that I have sent them an angel...
24: ...en the king told him to eat less, Louis-Auguste replied "Why? I always sleep better when I have a full...
25: ... [[phimosis]]. Rather, it seems that no one had explained to either Louis or Antoinette what they were... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
18: |'''Place of Birth'''
35: ...sical term "con dolcezza" which is a direction to play "with sweetness". [http://www.wnyc.org/legacy/s...
41: ...h the goal of becoming a concert [[pianist]]. Her plans changed when she attended a course on internat...
77: ...ush named Rice's deputy, [[Stephen Hadley]], to replace her as National Security Advisor. On January 7...
83: ...ervice with the National Security Council. On the plane trip over, she related comments critical of Pu... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
18: |'''Place of Birth:'''
31: ..., her policies initially caused large-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial heartlands ...
33: ...At the same time the Conservative Party began to split over her sceptical approach to [[European Union...
36: ...derman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
47: ...sexuality]], and she voted in favour of the principle of [[David Steel]]'s Bill to legalise [[abortion... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
14: ...ontrary, stuck to her revolutionary Marxist principles. In [[1893]], along with [[Leo Jogiches]] and [...
19: ... Revisionists to leave the SPD. This did not take place, but at least [[Karl Kautsky]]'s party leaders...
21: ...he party leadership refused, and in [[1910]] she split off from Kautsky.
32: ...l catastrophe which even led her to briefly contemplate suicide: [[Revisionism]], which she had fought...
42: ...e Social Democratic leader, [[Friedrich Ebert]] employed nationalist militia, the [[Freikorps]], to su... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
37: * http://www.indiana.edu/cgi-bin-ip/letrs/vwwplib.pl - This site contains some of Ouida's works. - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
5: Their exploits, along with those of other criminals such as ...
25: ...he returned to Texas within weeks, embroiled in a plan to raid Eastham prison and free associate [[Ray...
27: ...passable roads, stealing cars and swapping stolen plates regularly. Though Clyde's astounding driving ...
35: ...bined with the large number of guns, cars, and people that floated through it, history books can only ...
37: == Joplin == - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
7: ...gary]]. Her father, B鬡 Szenes, a journalist and playwright, died when she was six years old. She con...
15: ...th other prisoners with large cut-out letters she placed in her window one at the time. She tried to k... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Huntsville, Alaba...
10: ...]] stage, where she was to appear in over a dozen plays in the next eight years. Famous as an actress,...
14: ...her the "first choice among established stars" to play [[Scarlett O'Hara]].
16: ...e also wonders if the cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything appro...
18: ...h's career stalled in unmemorable plays until she played Regina in [[Lillian Hellman]]'s [[The Little ... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
5: ...], helped to found the organization that became [[Planned Parenthood]]. Hepburn's father was a staunc...
7: ...nging Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
12: ...ed. They decided to carry on their marriage in a platonic fashion, and the two would remain lifelong ...
17: Hepburn cut her acting teeth in plays staged at Bryn Mawr and later in revues staged...
19: ... almost incomprehensible. She was fired from the play, but continued to work in small stock company r... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...s silver medallist [[Maureen Gardner]], while 3rd place finisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on...
15: ...on the same day. In the high jump, she took sixth place (shared with two other jumpers) while the Dutc...
23: ...er name to Blankers-Koen. Blankers, a former [[triple jump]]er (participant in the [[1928 Summer Olymp...
25: ... athlete. Blankers-Koen and her husband had other plans, and she resumed training only weeks after her...
31: ...cities. Naturally, sport was the last thing on people's minds, and the Blankers family, living in [[Am... - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (2098 bytes)
4: ...mes]]). She was inspired to compete in multi-discipline events after seeing a 1975 television movie ab...
6: ...lympic gold medalist, having won the Olympic [[triple jump]] in [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]]. [[Sport... - Pineal gland (4403 bytes)
7: ...gland is a midline structure and is often seen in plain skull [[X-ray]]s as it is often calcified.
23: ...ogeous chemical in the human brain is believed to play a role in dreaming and possibly near-death expe...
29: ...omy of the human brain in being a structure not duplicated on the right and left sides. This observati... - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
1: ... and other ceramic materials. This article will explore the history, techniques, cultural significance...
21: ...ured into molds, making it easier to produce multiple copies of a design.
23: *Glazing and Firing: Glazing involves applying a coating that will turn to glass when the po...
30: ...raku ware, known for its simplistic beauty, is deeply intertwined with the Japanese tea ceremony and Z...
50: == Examples of Ceramic Materials == - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
10: ... younger sibling, Vitthashoka. Because of his exemplary intellect and warrior skills, he is said to ha...
14: ...n of different militias causing unrest. Ashoka complied and left for the troubled area. As news of Ash...
20: ...e unborn heir to the throne spread, Prince Susima planned the execution of the unborn child; however, ...
30: ...: Ashoka's later edicts say that about 100,000 people were killed on the Kalinga side and 10,000 from ...
40: ...servants, and generosity towards all. These principles suggest a general ethic of behaviour to which n... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
10: | place of birth=Shadwell, [[Virginia]]
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
20: Many people consider Jefferson to be among the most brillian...
30: ...84]], Jefferson avoided the common practice of simply digging downwards until something turned up. In...
32: ...Europe. However, it seems likely that he would be pleased with the quantity and quality of wine now be... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
10: | place of birth= [[Waxhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws are...
13: | place of death= [[The Hermitage]], [[Nashville]], [[...
18: ...dent had either been a member of the [[Virginia]] plantation [[elite]], or had been named [[Adams]]. J...
32: ...ver, since many voters believed the man of the people had been robbed by the corrupt aristocrats of th...
36: ...he first election in which many states allowed people without land to vote, and they voted for Jackson...
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