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- Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
3: '''Ruth Elizabeth Davis''' ([[April 5]], [[1908]] – [[...
5: Davis was born in [[Lowell, Massachusetts]]. Her parents divorced when she ...
7: ...she was hired by [[Universal Studios]], but they felt she was not star material, and in [[1932]], they...
9: ...'[[Gone With the Wind]]'' in [[1939]]. Davis was elected the ninth president of the [[Academy of Moti...
11: ...by Jane?]]'', in which she played a parody of herself opposite her long-time rival [[Joan Crawford]], ... - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: ...owned [[United Kingdom|British]] stage, film and television actress.
4: ...In [[1971]], she married British [[actor]] [[Michael Williams]], who died of cancer in [[2001]]. They...
6: Her many television appearances include the series ''[[As Tim...
9: ...n her native [[United Kingdom]], Dame Judi has developed her reputation as arguably the greatest Briti...
11: ...[London]] and made her professional debut as [[Ophelia]] in [[Liverpool]] in 1957. She subsequently sp... - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
2: ...row''' (born [[February 9]], [[1945]] in [[Los Angeles, California]]) is an [[United States|American]]...
9: ...ewhat confirmed Farrow's accusations by his open relationship with one of her adopted teenage daughter...
16: ...ically about famous mothers and their children modeling the latest fashions for families.
17: * Screen-tested for the role of Liesel Von Trapp in ''[[The Sound of Music]]''.
43: *''[[Zelig]]'' ([[1983]]) - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
5: ...literature, graduating ''[[magna cum laude]]'' in 1985.
7: ... series. She starred as Addie Pray in the 1974 [[television series]], ''[[Paper Moon]]''. In film, at ...
11: Foster is intensively private about her personal life. Having given bi...
28: *''[[Nell]]'' (1994) (also producer)
41: *''[[The Hotel New Hampshire]]'' (1984) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ..., of which she won four. She was nominated for twelve Best Actress Academy Awards, the record for nom...
5: ...ore, and as a result the Hepburn children became well-versed in social and political issues. Once a v...
7: ...s such as ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
12: ...n a platonic fashion, and the two would remain lifelong friends. They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepb...
21: ...pdate of ''[[Lysistrata]]''), which debuted to excellent reviews. Hepburn became the talk of New York... - Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
1: [[Image:Helen_hunt.jpg|left|thumb|Helen Hunt]]
3: ...an]] [[actor|actress]]. She was born in [[Los Angeles, California]], the daughter of an acting coach.
5: Hunt co-starred with [[Paul Reiser]] in the television [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Mad About ...
16: [[Image:Helenhunt.jpg|right|thumb|Helen Hunt]]
24: *''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (Made for TV) (1998) - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
2: ...nolulu, Hawaii]] to Dr Antony David Kidman and Janelle Ann (nee MacNeille). At the time, her father w...
8: ...ed to studies at St. Martin's Youth Theatre in [[Melbourne]], the Australian Theatre for Young People...
10: ... year she had secured a supporting role in the [[television series]] ''[[Five Mile Creek]]'', and four...
13: ...ldren, Isabella and Connor, and lived in [[Los Angeles, California]], [[Australia]], [[Colorado]], and...
15: ...speculation about the reasons for this, but both celebrities maintained their privacy and were guarded... - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
2: ...ay, has been regarded as one of the best in her field.
7: ...say when collecting her [[Emmy award]] for ''[[Angels in America]]'', "There are some days when even I...
9: ...95]]'s ''[[The Bridges of Madison County]]'' (largely regarded as her great comeback role), ''[[The Ri...
13: ...year, Manhattan Borough President [[C. Virginia Fields]] proclaimed [[May 27]] "Meryl Streep Day".
15: ...ferent films in various stages of production for release in [[2005]], [[2006]], and [[2007]], and rema... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
2: ...1 woman [[tennis]] player from Germany. She is widely considered to be one of the greatest tennis play...
10: ...-court play. Working with her father and coach Pavel Slozil, Graf typically practiced for up to four h...
14: ... accurate serve up to 105 mph. She was also extremely fast and athletic, chasing down balls that seeme...
18: ...anking from Navratilova in August 1987. She also helped West Germany win the [[Fed Cup]] that year.
22: 1988 is widely considered to be the pinnacle of Graf's career. ... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
11: ...erself into shape that eventually made extreme levels of fitness and conditioning a hallmark of her ga...
19: ... in the same year. However in the semi-finals, [[Helena Sukova]] ended a [[Navratilova's 74-match winn...
21: ... streak that the pair achieved between 1983 and [[1985]]. (Navrátilová was ranked the World No. 1 doub...
23: In the three years from 1985 to [[1987]], Navrátilová reached the women’s ...
25: ...t Graf’s consistent play throughout 1987 nevertheless allowed her to depose Navrátilová as the Wor... - Katarina Witt (1117 bytes)
1: ...cs]]. She won the world championships in 1984, [[1985]], [[1987]], and [[1988]]. She has also won six E... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...sh to extend it into the [[18th century]]. Nevertheless, the basic themes of the revolution are readil...
3: ...he century, science was highly [[Aristotle|Aristotelian]]; at its end, science was [[mathematics|mathe...
9: ...ought, and to many other observers, it seems entirely clear that ''a'' scientific revolution took plac...
15: ...ary motion. (This and Galen's anatomy, though largely superseded by later work, are none the less impo...
20: *Uniform acceleration of falling bodies (Galileo) - Culture (23440 bytes)
6: ...us some cultural theorists have actually tried to eliminate popular or mass culture from the definitio...
8: In practice, ''culture'' referred to [[elite | élite]] goods and activities such as ''[[ha...
10: ...al", and observers often defended (or criticized) elements of [[high culture]] for repressing "[[human...
12: ... of sophistication as corrupting and unnatural developments which obscure and distort people's essenti...
14: ...tariat|masses]]. (Note that some classifications relegate both [[high culture|high]] and [[low culture... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...r some international diplomatic recognition from selected states, but are not UN members. For more inf...
5: ...united nations" was coined by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] during [[World War II]], to refer to the [[All...
7: ...on six principal organs, part of what is collectively called the [[United Nations System]]:
20: ... the organization, its membership and organs, as well as arrangements to maintain international peace ...
26: ...ted in [[Geneva]], [[The Hague]], [[Vienna]], and elsewhere. - Flute (11293 bytes)
3: ...lt, flute tones are sweet in character and blend well with other instruments. The flute's timbre, pitc...
7: ...demands of musical performance have led to the development of what many people consider ''the'' flute,...
16: ... flutes]]. [[Organ (music)|Organs]] are blown by bellows or fans.
19: ...or, because it forms a mechanical analogy to an [[electronic]] circuit called a [[multivibrator]].
21: ... This is done either by closing holes, or more rarely, with a slide similar to a [[trombone]]'s slide. - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
9: ...CE. Archeologists may suggest solutions to ultimately settle many of these questions while others may ...
13: Reliable absolute dates, astronomical or other, are l...
15: ...t four Egyptian rulers, although there was absolutely no doubt for Egyptologists that [[Ramses I]] rei...
21: ...in a tomb of [[Dorak]], near [[Constantinople]], tells E. Bacon, ''Archaeology; Discoveries in the 196...
23: ...]]s)." In the same book he dated a building at [[Belize]] to about 1900 BCE, equating it with 1550 BCE... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
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44: ...ories, and his victory in the [[1860 presidential election]] further polarized the nation. Before his ...
46: ...ing of the peace issue in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1864|1864 presidential campaign]].
48: ...ugh not as a [[United States Cabinet|Cabinet]]-level department), revived national banking and banks, ...
53: ...ay have witnessed a slave auction that left an indelible impression on him for the rest of his life. - Basalt (2961 bytes)
4: ...r eruptions. Amygdaloidal structure is common in relic [[vesicle (geology)|vesicle]]s and beautifully ...
6: ...b|250px|Columnar basalt at Sheepeater Cliff in [[Yellowstone]]]]
8: ...astronauts of the [[Apollo program]]. [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] used the word basalt and it is said to...
12: *'''Tholeiitic basalt''' is relatively rich in [[silica]] and poor in [[sodium]]. Incl...
13: *'''Alkaline basalt''' is relatively poor in silica and rich in sodium. - Turkey (41694 bytes)
50: ..., Turkey has been a historical crossroads, the homeland of and battleground between several great civi...
58: ...ia]]) that unites everything in it. For anything related to [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman history]] please ...
68: ...key|President]] "Cumhurbaşkanı". A president is elected every seven years by the Grand National Asse...
70: ...ave to be parliamentarians. The Prime Minister is elected by the parliament with a vote of trust to hi...
72: ...y election. Independent candidates may run. To be elected, they must win at least 10% of the vote in t... - Thailand (14276 bytes)
60: ...ed its name to Thailand in [[1939]], and definitively in [[1949]] after reverting to the old name post...
71: ...า) of 200 seats. Members of both houses are elected by popular vote. Members of House of Represe...
101: ... southwest monsoon from mid-May to September, as well as a dry, cool northeast monsoon from November t...
108: ...r enjoying the world's highest growth rate from [[1985]] to [[1995]] - averaging almost 9% annually - in...
110: ...]], expanding 4.2% and grew 4.4% in [[2000]], largely due to strong exports - which increased about 20...
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