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- Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...0-year acting career. In [[1999]], the [[American Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress...
7: ...sh; she fearlessly performed her own pratfalls in films such as ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', which is now...
12: ...ed in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star.
19: ...ly that she was almost incomprehensible. She was fired from the play, but continued to work in small ...
21: ...s eventually re-hired when the director could not find anyone to replace her. After another summer of... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
3: ... Award|Oscar]]-winning [[United States|American]] film [[actor|actress]] who became the wife of [[Prin...
5: ...holicism|Catholic]] family were new but prominent figures in Philadelphia society. Her father was a se...
7: ... [[film]], ''[[Fourteen Hours]]'' ([[1951 in film|1951]]), when she was 22. The following year she "star...
9: ...n ''[[From Here to Eternity]]''. Kelly made three films with [[Alfred Hitchcock]]: ''[[Dial M for Murd...
11: ... for ''[[The Country Girl]]''. While it was being filmed, she engaged in a brief affair with co-star [... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
7: ...rd]]'', but told no one until late [[1938]], when filming began. [[Paulette Goddard]] was close to be ...
11: ...]'', her illness was getting worse. In [[1952 in film|1952]], however, Leigh won a second [[Academy A...
19: ==Filmography==
24: *''[[Fire Over England]]'' ([[1937]])
29: *''[[21 Days]]'' ([[1940]]) (filmed in [[1937]]) - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: She was born '''Sofia Villani Scicolone''' in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], the...
7: ... prizes and was discovered by her future husband, film producer [[Carlo Ponti]].
9: ...ptuous physique (she even appeared topless in the films ''[[Two Nights with Cleopatra]]'' and ''[[It's...
11: ... Tights]]'' (in which she appeared blonde for the first time in her career).
13: ... performance prizes, the distinction of being the first actor to win a major category [[Academy Award]... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
4: ...ld eventually become the most celebrated actor in film history, Marilyn's beginnings were humble to sa...
6: ...'s mother, Gladys Pearl Monroe Baker, worked as a film-cutter. However in later years, more and more h...
12: ...hbor's son, James Dougherty, who would become her first husband. The Goddard family was moving to the ...
15: [[Image:Pb1253.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]]'']]
18: While her first husband James Dougherty was at war, the young ... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
3: ...ckname "Babe" (after [[Babe Ruth]]) after she hit five [[home run]]s in a single [[baseball]] game.
5: She first became known as an athlete, competing in the [...
9: ...pen (golf)|U.S. Women's Open]] for her fourth and fifth [[women's majors|major championships]].
11: ...t events, but she managed two wins which were her final ones in competitive golf. Cancer took its toll...
13: ...and in 1950, she was voted ''Woman Athlete of the First Half of the 20th Century'' in an [[Associated ... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
3: ...t of the organization, are able and willing to fulfill these obligations. The General Assembly determi...
5: ...[[World War II]], to refer to the [[Allies]]. Its first formal use was in the [[1942]] [[Declaration b...
20: ...I]], the [[Allies]] used the term "United Nations Fighting Forces" to refer to their alliance. From Au...
24: ...945]], after the Charter had been ratified by the five permanent members of the [[United Nations Secur...
26: ...eadquarters officially opened on [[January 9]], [[1951]]. While the principal headquarters of the UN are... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...d is usually one of the world's best-known public figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was ...
7: ...head of government in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nation...
11: == Requirements to hold office ==
14: ...mmigrants to American society. Prominent public officials that are barred from the presidency because ...
16: ...wo four-year terms or a maximum of ten years in office should he have succeeded to the Presidency prev... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ... lived on the American [[frontier]], and thus the first not primarily associated with one of the origi...
22: ...When he refused to clean the boots of a British officer, the irate redcoat slashed him with a sword, g...
26: ...ave been "tough as old hickory" wood on the battlefield, which gave him his nickname. The war, and par...
32: ...lection, 1828|second attempt]] in [[1828]] as the first nominee of the [[Democratic Party (United Stat...
34: ...John Adams. Jackson's election represented a significant break from that past. - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
6: ... continent occurred in [[1820]] and the first verified landing in [[1821]]. A [[1513]] map by Admiral ...
8: ...[area]] of 13,200,000 km², Antarctica is the fifth largest continent, after [[Eurasia]], [[Africa...
32: ...to the [[South Pole]], the borders of which are defined by degrees of [[longitude]]. In terms of [[lat...
86:
87: ...Africa]]n National Antarctic Expeditions), on the Fimbul Coastal Ice Shelf in [[Queen Maud Land]] {{fl... - Australia (39438 bytes)
8: official_languages =[[English language|English]]|
48: ...Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] in 1770, and officially settled as a British colony on [[January 26...
54: ...refer to the whole South Pacific region, not specifically to the Australian continent. In 1793 [[Georg...
56: ...lly accepted that the continent should be known officially as Australia.
63: ...and 48,000 years ago{{mn|Gillespie2002|1}}. These first Australians were the remote ancestors of the c... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
9: ...aladoid]]-[[Barrancoid]] group, who were farmers, fishermen, and ceramists that arrived by [[canoe]] f...
11: ...s"), upon seeing the appearance of the island's [[fig]] trees, whose long hanging aerial roots he thou...
13: ... in [[1639]]. Among the initial important British figures was Sir [[William Courten]].
19: ... democratic government for Barbados was made in [[1951]], when universal adult suffrage was introduced. ...
21: ...ation]], and Sir [[Grantley Adams]] served as its first and only prime minister. When the federation w... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...ion of Ireland|Irish constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ireland''' (Irish: ''[[ɩre...
13: national_anthem = ''[[Amhrᮠna bhFiann]]'' |
14: official_languages = [[Irish language|Irish]], [[Engli...
58: ...ted term for the state, ''Ireland'' is used for official purposes such as treaties, government and leg...
60: ...'. Historically the state has had more than one official title. The revolutionary state established by... - Botswana (22276 bytes)
20: | [[English language|English]] (official), [[Setswana]]
60: ...A European-African advisory council was formed in 1951, and the 1961 [[constitution]] established a cons...
62: ...89 and 1994. Masire [[retirement|retired]] from office in 1998. The presidency passed to the sitting v...
67: ...of the country's political system has been a significant factor in Botswana's stability and [[economic...
73: ... democracy lie in [[Setswana]] traditions, exemplified by the [[Kgotla]], or village council, in which... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ...m, ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
10: official_languages = [[Urdu language|Urdu]], [[E...
16: largest_city = [[Karachi]] (also [[financial capital]]) |
74: ...llowed to return to India and died in solitary confinement in 1862. The Emperor's three sons, also inv...
85: ...d the United States supported anti-Soviet freedom fighters (called [[Mujahideen]]) in Afghanistan, and... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
28: | office vacant since February 1, 2005
36: | '''Unification'''
58: ... Buddhist empire was displaced by resurgent Hindu fiefdoms such as the Licchavi dynasty.
62: ...tional reforms. In May [[1991]], Nepal's held its first election in nearly 50 years. The Nepali Congre... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
63: ... in 1925, and universal adult suffrage granted in 1951.
65: ...slands in order to govern the region through a unified administration. The most notable was the [[West...
74: ...ted on the island by a [[governor general]], an office with mostly ceremonial functions. Control of th...
91: ...a small manufacturing sector and a small offshore financial sector whose particularly restrictive secr... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
15: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Q...
67: ... its seacoast, and the adjoining rich [[nitrate]] fields, together with the port of [[Antofagasta]], t...
69: ...]] [[Capitalism|capitalist]] policies through the first third of the century.
73: ...==Rise of the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (1951)===
74: ... broadly based party. Denied its victory in the [[1951]] presidential elections, the MNR led the success... - Angola (15614 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Angolan Portuguese|Portug...
48: ...</sup> Estimate is based on regression; other PPP figures are extrapolated from the latest Internation...
61: ...occur until the beginning of the 20th century. In 1951 the colony was restyled as an overseas province, ...
66: ... the Marxist MPLA and the western-backed UNITA to fight for power.
68: ...ised elections, UNITA claimed there was fraud and fighting broke out again. - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
12: OfficialLang = None |
58: Popular but "unofficial" regional designations include [[Green Countr...
113: ... century]] [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers became the first Europeans to visit the area.
117: === Five Civilized Tribes ===
122: The "[[Five Civilized Tribes]]" were not the only ones forc...
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