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  1. Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
    2: '''Ava Gardner''' ([[December 24]], [[1922]] – [[January 25]], [[19...
    6: ...es]], and actor [[George C. Scott]], in the mid-[[1960s]]. (Scott was rumored to have beaten Gardner du...
    12: ...989, which left her partially paralyzed and bedridden, [[Frank Sinatra]] paid all her medical expenses...
    32: * [[Young Ideas]] (1943)
    39: * [[Blonde Fever]] (1944)
  2. Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
    2: ...ur. She was nominated for twelve Best Actress Academy Awards, the record for nominations until 2003, ...
    5: ...d with giving her a sense of adventure and independence.
    7: ...l for figure skating from the [[Madison Square Garden]] skating club, shooting golf in the low eightie...
    8: ...and information about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on Hepburn -->
    10: ...ay her degree was in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ...
  3. Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
    3: ... [[Princess]] Grace of [[Monaco]]''', was an [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-winning [[United States|American]...
    5: ...llowed in that tradition. ''Kelly Drive'' in Philadelphia is named for John, Jr., who was a city counc...
    7: ...becoming an actress, Kelly became a [[fashion]] model and appeared in her first [[film]], ''[[Fourteen...
    9: ...ilms with [[Alfred Hitchcock]]: ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'', ''[[Rear Window]]'', and ''[[To Catch a Thi...
    11: ...n [[1955 in film|1955]], she was awarded the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for ''[[The Country Gi...
  4. Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
    3: ... She then went on to graduate from the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].
    7: ...search" in which many popular actresses were considered for the role opposite [[Clark Gable]] includin...
    11: ...s year of Blanche DuBois in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''.
    13: ...ed to keep a framed photograph of him on her bedside table, even while living with her companion, acto...
    34: *''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' ([[1951]])
  5. Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
    3: ...oren''' (born [[September 20]], [[1934]]) is considered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]] actres...
    7: ...[Rome]]. Around this time, she also worked as a model in the ''fotoromanzi'' (weekly ilustrated romant...
    9: ...er acting career took off upon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]].
    11: ...ler in Pink Tights]]'' (in which she appeared blonde for the first time in her career).
    13: ...eing the first actor to win a major category [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English langua...
  6. Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
    2: ...en presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] an...
    6: ... of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her baptized ''Norm...
    8: ...Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done w...
    10: ...ospital in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a men...
    12: ...elf, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligent...
  7. Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
    4: ... after the Australian Swimming Union placed her under a 10 year ban. Things had come to a head when, a...
    7: ...8]] [[1998]], was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]] (AO).
    19: *[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome Olympic Games]]
    32: **110 yards freestyle: 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
    33: **220 yards freestyle: 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
  8. Larisa Latynina (2531 bytes)
    3: ...90;ынина'''; born [[December 27]], [[1934]] in [[Kherson]], [[Ukrainian ...
    5: ...r choreographer moved out of town. At age 19, she debuted internationally at the [[1954]] Rome World C...
    9: ...rgin of 9 points. Latynina also successfully defended her floor title, while winning silver medals in ...
    11: Still the defending World Champion at the [[1964 Summer Olympi...
  9. Apple (20408 bytes)
    9: {{Taxobox_subfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Maloideae]]}}
    16: ...the family [[Rosaceae]], and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Table apples are of the...
    23: ...t affect domestic apples, and research with it to develop new disease-resistant apples is continuing.
    25: ...ave been used in some recent breeding programs to develop apples suitable for growing in climates unsu...
    27: ... the earliest tree to be cultivated. To a greater degree than other tree fruit, except possibly [[citr...
  10. Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
    1: ...c actually consists of is something that is still debated today.
    4: ... by way of the Latin ''musica''. It is ultimately derived from ''mousa'', the Greek word for [[muses|m...
    6: ... may be combined with it in song) is relatively modern.
    10: ...s. From this concept later resulted the romantic idea of a music of the spheres.
    12: ..., all things were connected with each other - a mode of thought that finds its traces today in the [[o...
  11. President of the United States (42878 bytes)
    1: ...al_us_presdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
    3: ...he United States|federal government]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|a...
    5: ...he President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invok...
    7: ...lated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
    9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]].
  12. Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
    1: ...e outermost part of the [[Earth]]'s interior is made up of two layers, the outer [[lithosphere]] and t...
    3: ...ay from each other), and transform (two plates slide past one another). [[Earthquake]]s, [[volcano|vol...
    5: ...r [[chemistry]], the discovery of the [[genetic code]] for [[genetics]], or [[evolution]] in [[biology...
    8: ...the asthenosphere allows the tectonic plates to undergo motion in different directions.
    10: ...famous. These boundaries are discussed in further detail below.
  13. Nigeria (19231 bytes)
    1: ...[Gulf of Guinea]] in the south. Major cities include the capital [[Abuja]], the former capital [[Lagos...
    2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    3: |+<big><big>'''Federal Republic of Nigeria'''</big></big>
    6: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
    10: ...gn="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Nigeria|In Detail]])
  14. Algeria (16548 bytes)
    1: ...stern Sahara]], in the west. The name Algeria is derived from the name of the city of Algiers; from t...
    2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    6: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
    11: ...gn="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Algeria|In Detail]])
    25: ...e]]''' || [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]], <small>''President''</small>
  15. Turkey (41694 bytes)
    14: leader_titles = [[President of Turkey|President]]<br>[[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Prime ...
    15: leader_names = [[Ahmet Necdet Sezer]]<br>[[Recep Tayyip Erdogan|Recep Tayyip E...
    17: ...ents = &nbsp;- Formation of Parliament<br>&nbsp;- Declaration of Republic |
    21: area_magnitude = 1 E11 |
    28: population_density = 89 |
  16. Madagascar (29377 bytes)
    2: ...auritania]] are the only countries not to use a [[decimal currency]].
    6: native_name = Republique de Madagascar <br> Repoblikan'i Madagasikara |
    17: ... = [[List of Presidents of Madagascar|President]] <br> [[List of Prime Ministers of Madagascar|...
    18: leader_names = [[Marc Ravalomanana]] <br> [...
    22: area_magnitude = 1 E11 |
  17. Samoa (9435 bytes)
    1: The '''Independent State of Samoa''' (conventional long form) or '...
    2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    3: ...big>'''Malo Sa'oloto Tuto'atasi o Samoa<br>Independent State of Samoa'''</big>
    6: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
    10: ...lign="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Samoa|In Detail]])
  18. Mali (7755 bytes)
    3: ...e north stretch into the centre of the [[Sahara]] desert, while the country's south, where the majorit...
    5: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    9: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
    14: ...align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Mali|In Detail]])
    27: | '''[[List of Presidents of Mali|President]]'''
  19. Brunei (7197 bytes)
    1: ... the [[South China Sea]], it is completely surrounded by [[East Malaysia]].
    4: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    8: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
    13: ...ign="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Brunei|In Detail]])
    32: <br />&nbsp;- [[Population density|Density]]
  20. Central African Republic (6564 bytes)
    1: ...the east, the [[Republic of the Congo]] and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] on the south, and...
    2: ...ree decades after it gained its independence in [[1960]], by military governments. While a civilian gove...
    3: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    7: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
    11: ...="140px" | ([[Flag of Central African Republic|In Detail]])

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