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- Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ... the 1960s. Tsvetaeva's poetry arose from her own deeply convoluted personality, her eccentricity and ...
8: ...lay on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...es and distant from his family. He was also still deeply in love with his first wife; he would never g...
12: ...hool in [[Lausanne]]. Changes in the Tsvetaev residence led to several changes in school, and during t...
14: ...an Voloshin]], whom Tsvetaeva described after his death in 'A Living Word About a Living Man'. Voloshi... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ... figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Chris...
11: ...t|250px|thumbnail|[[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]] delivering the [[Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by...
13: ... strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...rs only one event in the history of Jesus is recorded: his going up to [[Jerusalem]] when twelve years...
17: ... and other women (John 19:26). Mary cradling the dead body of her son is a common motif in art, calle... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ...lavatsky''' or '''Madame Blavatsky''' was the founder of [[Theosophy]].
5: ...oth her mother and grandmother were strong role models that allowed her to mature into a nonconformist...
7: ...o have entered [[Tibet]] to study with the [[Ascended Master]]s for two years. She returned to Russia ...
9: ...out of nothing. Though she was apparently quite adept at these feats, her interests were more in the ...
15: ...wledge is consistent with new science may be considered to be the first instance of what is now called... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
1: [[Image:MayaDeren.png|200px|thumb|right|Maya Deren]]
2: ..., '''Maya Deren''' was an [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[19...
4: Deren was born in [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]]. In [[1922]...
6: ...m. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
8: ...eography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Foundation Fellowship for "Crea... - Christy Martin (2947 bytes)
3: ...her first defense, she defended her title against debutant [[Laura Serrano]], who held her to a six ro...
5: ... in front of [[Showtime]] cameras. Martin got the decision, and after that bout, she began to gain mor...
7: ...of [[2002]], she beat [[Mia St. John]], also by a decision in ten.
11: ... [[Lula, Mississippi]], knocking out [[Lana Alexander]] in the second round.
13: ...ndercards of such boxers as [[Mike Tyson]], [[Evander Holyfield]], [[F鬩x Trinidad]] and [[Julio Cesa... - Sculpture (5545 bytes)
3: ...gh arrangement and juxtaposition or by the simple designation of an object or even an act as sculpture...
5: ...man hands or by nature. A figure or person can be described as ''sculpturesque'' if it shares qualitie...
21: ** [[jade]]
37: ...even proposed that some day sculptures might be made of gases; see [[gas sculpture]].
39: ...dern art|modern]] and contemporary sculpture include: - Greek language (35285 bytes)
9: '''Modern Greek'''
13: ...story of some 3,000 years. It is symbolically divided in four historical periods:
17: ...n the armies and conquered territories of [[Alexander the Great]], but after the [[Hellenistic]] colon...
21: ...poken by approximately 15 million speakers worldwide, most of whom live in [[Greece]].
32: ... since the [[2nd millennium BC]]. The earliest evidence of this is found in the [[Linear B]] tablets d... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
5: ... manuscripts (hence its familiar name) and only made available in Latin translation (by [[Gerard of Cr...
7: ...modern system of constellations, but unlike the modern system they did not cover the whole sky.
11: ...ar circle). He put the meridian of 0 longitude at the most western land he knew, the Canary Isla...
13: ...|thumb|300px|Ptolemy System Explained. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
14: ...f latitude from the Arctic to the East-indies and deep into Africa; Ptolemy was well aware that he kne... - Vernacular architecture (3581 bytes)
1: ...uishing feature of traditional vernacular is that design and construction are often done simultaneousl...
3: ...w invention, because academic architecture has tended towards a narrow range of acceptable styles and ...
5: ...Howard Davis]]'s book [[The Culture of Building]] details the culture that enabled several vernacular ...
9: ... not a kind of architecture is accepted within academia.
13: *[[Machiya]] Japanese traditional wooden townhouses - Ptolemy I of Egypt (7434 bytes)
3: ...er of [[Egypt]] ([[323 BC]] - [[283 BC]]) and founder of the [[Ptolemaic dynasty]]. In [[305 BC]] he t...
7: ...s]] and the young [[Alexander IV of Macedon|Alexander IV]].
9: ...sfully defended the [[Nile]] and Perdiccas was murdered by two of his subordinates. In the long wars ...
11: ...ge:Ptolemy_I_of_Egypt.jpg|thumb|right|Silver coin depicting '''Ptolemy I''' (r. [[305 BC|305]] - [[283...
13: ...her [[Menelaus]] was defeated and captured in the decisive [[Battle of Salamis in Cyprus (306 BC)|Batt... - Ptolemaic dynasty (4871 bytes)
3: ...s as the successors to the [[pharaoh]]s of independent Egypt. Ptolemy's family ruled Egypt until the [...
9: ...he one used here is the one most widely used by modern scholars.
12: ...I]], then [[Arsinoe II of Egypt|Arsinoe II]] Philadelphos; ruled jointly with [[Ptolemy the Son of Egy...
22: * [[Ptolemy X of Egypt|Ptolemy X]] Alexander I ([[107 BC]]-[[88 BC]]) married [[Cleopatra Sel...
24: ... [[Berenice III of Egypt|Berenice III]] before murdering her; ruled alone for 19 days after that. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
4: | order=2nd President
7: | preceded=[[George Washington]]
8: | succeeded=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
11: | dead=dead - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
4: | order=Third President
7: | preceded=[[John Adams]]
8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]] - James Madison (15187 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Madison
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg|thumb
4: | order=4th President
7: | preceded=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
8: | succeeded=[[James Monroe]] - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Andrew Jackson
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
4: | order=7th President
7: | preceded= [[John Quincy Adams]]
8: | succeeded= [[Martin Van Buren]] - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
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5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></...
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</td></tr> - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
1: <table border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><t...
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
4: ...t:center">[[image:Seal_us_presdent.jpg|200px|Presidential Seal]]</div></td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>10th President</td></tr>
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[James Knox Polk]]</td></tr> - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ... of the United States|Vice President]], serving under [[James K. Polk]].
5: ... 13]], [[1831]] to [[March 3]], [[1833]], when he declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was c...
7: ...lected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in [[1844]] with [[James K. Polk]]...
9: ...om [[1856]] to [[1861]], when he returned to Philadelphia, and died there. He is interred in St. Pete...
11: ...[Rhode Island]]. He is also the uncle of [[Alexander Dallas Bache]]. - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
1: <table border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><t...
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5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>13th President</td></tr>
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[Franklin Pierce]]</td></tr>
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[March 8]], [[1874]]</td></tr> - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
4: | order=14th President
7: | preceded=[[Millard Fillmore]]
8: | succeeded=[[James Buchanan]]
11: | dead=dead
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