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- Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...931]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
3: ...ervatory, graduating in 1954. In [[Moscow]] she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nik...
7: In the mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group w...
11: ...). The two works together form a "diptych" on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work t...
15: ...f a bond...restoring the legato of life. Life divides man into many pieces...There is no weightier occ... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
2: ...ge:Bonnie_and_Clyde.jpg|thumb|200px|Bonnie and Clyde clowning.]]
3: ... the [[central United States]] during the [[Great Depression]], often with various members of the [[Ba...
5: ...s referred to as the [[public enemy era]] between 1931 and 1935, a period which led to the formation of ...
11: ...personal account of their crime spree and looming demise.
13: == Clyde == - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ...dia sensation in the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]], founder of the [[International Church of the Foursquare ...
7: ...e daughter of James Morgan Kennedy, a widower and devout [[Methodism|Methodist]], and Mildred Ona Pear...
9: ...letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution]], debating local clergy, etc.
13: ...ism|Pentecostal]] missionary from [[Ireland]], in December 1907 while attending a revival meeting at t...
19: ...health issues. After what she described as a near-death experience in 1913, she embarked upon a preach... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
2: <!-- FAIR USE of Mother-teresa-03.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima...
4: ...r]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
6: ...ward, the [[Bharat Ratna]] in [[1980]]. She was made an [[Honorary Citizen of the United States]] in [...
11: ...tion to help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She w...
13: ...sa in honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]... - Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
1: ...xotic dancer]] and convicted [[espionage|spy]], made her name synonymous with ''[[femme fatale]]'' dur...
3: ...a Geertruida Zelle''' (spelled '''Margarete Gertrude Zelle''' in English), a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[e...
5: ...hile her mother was of [[Java (island)|Java]]nese descent. Around the turn of the [[20th century]], a...
7: ...ntire nations resting on Mata Hari should be regarded as myths.
9: ...t to succumb to her charms. However, one would wonder how they managed to shoot her accurately if that... - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
1: [[Image:Soe_sansom2.jpg|frame|Odette Sansom while in service of the SOE]]
3: '''Odette Sansom''' ([[April 28]], [[1912]] - [[March 13...
5: ...nce to work with the [[French Resistance|French underground]] in [[Nazi]]-occupied France. She left h...
7: ...her supervisor, [[Peter Churchill]]. Using the code name '''Lise''', she brought him funds and acted ...
9: ... [[Gestapo]] at [[Fresnes prison]] in [[Paris]], Odette stuck to her cover story that Churchill was th... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
5: ...nold Fanck]], the director of that film, and demanded a role in his next film. He consented and Riefe...
7: ...t]]: the film was released in [[1935]] as ''[[Tag der Freiheit]]'' (''[[Day of Freedom]]'') and is now...
9: ... in the [[1936 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] but decided to film the event instead. This material became ...
13: ...II, she spent four years in a [[France|French]] [[detention camp]]. There were accusations of her usin...
15: ...e few films she made were short and personally funded. <!--This needs a source. Her biopic and imdb li... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...rockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[a...
4: ...Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
10: ...affairs with men and women. By the end of the decade, she was one of the [[West End (of London)|West E...
12: ...Marlene Dietrich]]", but [[Hollywood]] success eluded her in her first four films of the 30s. Critics ...
16: ...he cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a straight f... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: ...1905]] – [[April 15]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ... Anna Lovisa Johnasson ([[1872]]-[[1944]]). Her older sister and brother were Alva and Sven.
8: ...when she appeared in an advertising short for the department store where she worked. That led to anoth...
10: ...]] Greta Garbo. She starred in two movies in [[Sweden]] and one in [[Germany]].
12: ...me grew. He was fired by MGM and returned to [[Sweden]] in [[1928]], where he died soon after. - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...he scientific revolution was the publication of ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'' by [[Nicolaus ...
3: ...nly were there major theoretical and experimental developments, but even more importantly, the way in ...
7: ...as; some of the rancor and cross-purposes in such debates may arise from lack of recognition of these ...
9: ...tially as it is understood and practiced in the modern world; there is no concern here with "other nar...
15: ... (This and Galen's anatomy, though largely superseded by later work, are none the less important contr... - North America (12844 bytes)
4: ...timated at 454,225,000. It can be geographically defined by subtracting [[South America]] from the [[...
6: ..., but let's remain careful --> considered to include Canada and the United States, but not Mexico or a...
7: In Latin America, the Americas are considered as one continent and therefore North America i...
9: ...entral America as a region of North America, considering it too small to be a continent of its own.
14: ...theast; and the varied eastern region, which includes the [[Appalachian Mountains]], the coastal plain... - Australia (39438 bytes)
13: leader_titles = [[Queen of Australia|Queen]]<br>[[Gover...
14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Eli...
16: area_magnitude=1_E12|
24: population_density = 2|
25: population_density_rank = —| - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...rguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until the consens...
3: ...o keep this overview article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of the many "m...
6: ...the second largest in area (after [[Russia]]). Bordering the [[United States]], its territorial claims...
8: ...iamentary system|parliamentary]] [[representative democracy]] and is a [[constitutional monarchy]] wit...
15: ... who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa. - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
22: ...et up by the [[Japan|Japanese]] in Manchuria from 1931 to 1945: called Xingjing or Tsinking (新...
107: ...he [[China Ancient Capital Society]] officially added [[Zhengzhou]] as an eighth thanks to archaeologi... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ..., the Spanish language remains widely spoken outside of the country, and is the official language of n...
7: native_name = Reino de Espa
10: image_coat = Escudo de Espang |
19: leader_titles = [[Kings of Spain|King]]<br>[[President of the Government of Spain|Pres. of the Gov.]] ...
20: leader_names = [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]]... - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
2: ... the seat of government moved to the [[Nile Delta|Delta]]. Its archaeological remains offer a striking...
4: ...of Zeus" ([[Zeus]] being the god whom the Greeks identified with [[Amun]]).
6: ...he name ''Thebes'' is often mistakenly thought to derive from the Greek as there is a city in Greece w...
20: *[[Deir al-Madinah]] (workers' village) - Ancient history (7857 bytes)
1: ...:Rome 17itlw.jpg|thumb|Ancient Rome. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ...000 years ago. There is also a growing body of evidence that [[Homo sapiens]] first left [[Africa]] ab...
32: ...2.jpg|thumb|Temple Acropolis Greece. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
33: ...ed on the interpretation of surviving physical evidence, about the "reason" events occured, not what h...
35: ... texts. The novice has yet to learn this. (Becker 1931, Loftus 1996, Thomas & Wick 1993, MacMullen 1990,... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
4: ...the ''[[Roaring Twenties]]'' as the fan base expanded significantly and triggered major expansion of n...
7: ...ed above the saloon they owned and operated on Camden Street. Kate would walk to her father's home eac...
9: ...ry recalled how their father would beat Babe in a desperate attempt to bring the boy into line, but to...
12: ... every play. One day, as his team was getting pounded, Babe started mocking his own pitcher. Brother M...
15: ...ot in such good shape. In 1914 the breakaway [[Federal League]], a rebel major league which would las... - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 18<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 54.59 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 4<sup>th</sup> |
26: Latitude = 30°31'N to 35°N |
27: Longitude = 81°W to 85°53'W | - Iowa (24205 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] |
11: LargestCity = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] |
21: DensityRank = 33<sup>rd</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 20.22 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 29<sup>th</sup> |
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