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- Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
5: ...n the [[War Office]] requested all French-born residents of London to supply them with photographs of ...
11: ...ar and testified against the prison guards at a [[1946]] [[war crime]]s trial. - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
11: Szenes graduated 1939 and decided to move to study in the Girls' Agricultural Sch...
13: ...rthy Miklos Prison]] where she was tortured. She did not talk even when the guards threatened to tortu...
19: Szenes' diary was published in Hebrew in 1946.
55: :''Happy is the blaze that burnt inside the hearts.''
62: :''Two steps wide'' - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
11: ...Gestapo had not been anxious to get on the wrong side of Krystyna's aunt and of the aunt's relation, t...
24: ...the Polish consulate in Berlin on [[August 1]], [[1946]].)
26: Krystyna now spent an appreciable hiatus, sidelined from substantial action. Her situation wou...
30: ... [[Gestapo]]. Krystyna — under the assumed identity of "Pauline Armand" — parachuted into...
34: ...she and her comrades had made good their escape, did it hit home: "What have I done! They could have... - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
5: ...mmortalised in the film ''[[Carve Her Name with Pride]]'', based on the book of the same name by [[R.J...
7: ...shed by the Germans. She led them in sabotaging bridges and her reports to SOE headquarters on the fac...
13: ...this was awarded posthumously on [[December 7]] [[1946]]. The [[Croix de Guerre]] was awarded by the Fre... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
8: ... "A Study in Choreography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Foundation Fello...
10: ...orsemen: the Living Gods of Haiti'', is often considered a definitive source. The accompanying docume...
14: ...ng Light at Sandover]]'' (1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Deren's films.
19: ... of the Afternoon]]'' (1943) with [[Alexander Hammid]], music by [[Teiji Ito]] added 1959
20: ...hotographed by [[Hella Heyman]] and Alexander Hammid - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...872]]-[[1946]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1931]]-[[1946]]), and granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhe...
8: ...She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid."
14: Nevertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice among ...
16: ...nders if the cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a ...
20: ...[Lifeboat (movie)|Lifeboat]]. The performance is widely acknowledged as her best on film, and won her ... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: '''Ingrid Bergman''' ([[August 29]], [[1915]] – [[Aug...
3: ...dozen films in Sweden, Bergman was signed by [[David O. Selznick]] to star in the remake of [[Intermez...
9: ...r final performance on the big screen. It is considered to be among her best performances.
17: ... contribution to the motion picture industry, Ingrid Bergman has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fam...
27: * [[On the Sunny Side]] (1936) - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
5: ...]'s Manhattan Civic Repertory because she was considered insincere. So, she enrolled in [[John Murray ...
7: ... [[1929]], in ''Broken Dishes'' and later in ''Solid South''. The next year, she was hired by [[Univer...
9: ...]'' in [[1939]]. Davis was elected the ninth president of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc...
13: ...ted not as on-screen lovers, but rather with Henreid directing Davis in the [[camp]]y dual role as a m...
23: ...On her [[tomb stone|tombstone]] is written, "She did it the hard way." - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
6: ... Hughes]], and actor [[George C. Scott]], in the mid-[[1960s]]. (Scott was rumored to have beaten Gar...
8: .... She lost to [[Audrey Hepburn]] in ''[[Roman Holiday]]''. Many thought Gardner's greatest performan...
12: ...ally paralyzed and bedridden, [[Frank Sinatra]] paid all her medical expenses. She died of [[pneumonia...
25: * [[Kid Glove Killer]] (1942)
32: * [[Young Ideas]] (1943) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ... [[film]], [[television]] and [[theatre|stage]], widely recognized for her sharp wit, [[New England]] ...
5: ...but we grew quite to enjoy that," Hepburn later said of her unabashedly liberal family, who she credit...
7: ...e athletic, and encouraged [[swimming]], [[horse|riding]], [[golf]] and [[tennis]]. Hepburn, eager to...
8: ...pand information about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on Hepburn -->
12: ...they were married, the couple separated. They decided to carry on their marriage in a platonic fashio... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
7: ...epburn]], and [[Barbara Stanwyck]]. Producer [[David O. Selznick]] had secrectly selected Leigh for th...
11: ...rnton Wilder]]'s ''[[Skin of Our Teeth]]'', the [[1946]] film ''[[Caesar and Cleopatra]]'', and the [[19...
13: ...ued to keep a framed photograph of him on her bedside table, even while living with her companion, act...
30: *''[[Waterloo Bridge]]'' ([[1940]])
40: *{{imdb name | id=0000046 | name=Vivien Leigh}} - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
6: ...t her true biological father. The most likely candidate for a while seemed to be [[Charles Stanley Gif...
8: ... Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done ...
12: ...self, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligen...
18: ...ame which Marilyn suggested herself. The year was 1946 and "Marilyn Monroe" was born.
20: ...nroe threw herself into her modelling work and rapidly began to build contacts around [[Hollywood]] an... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
11: ...ear she was a sports talent, but she could not decide which sport to pick. A swimming coach advised he...
13: ...de the Dutch team, although as a sprinter, not a middle distance runner. The following year, only eigh...
27: ...;m [[hurdling|hurdles]]. The following year, she did even better. First, she improved the high jump re...
35: ...ships]], held in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]. Earlier in 1946, Blankers-Koen had given birth to Fanny Junior, b...
37: ... [[London]]. After her experience in Oslo, she decided not to take part in all events, but limit herse... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
1: [[Image:BabeDidrikson.png|framed|right|Babe Didrikson in the 1932 Olympic javelin competition]]
3: ... born Mildred Didriksen (her surname was later accidentally changed) in the town of [[Port Arthur, Tex...
5: ...he Olympic champion. After the Games, Shiley and Didrikson split their medals.
9: ...ember) until illness shortened her career in the mid-1950s. She won the 1947 [[Titleholders Championsh...
19: ...This life I've lead: My autobiography'', by Babe Didrikson Zaharias, New York, 1955 - United Nations (29685 bytes)
20: ...debated by governments and private citizens worldwide.
26: ... in [[New York City]] in [[1949]] and [[1950]] beside the East River on land purchased by an 8.5 milli...
30: ... and make future wars impossible, by fostering an ideal of [[collective security]]. Those hopes have o...
33: ... of the [[UN General Assembly]] ([[January 24]] [[1946]]) was entitled "The Establishment of a Commissio...
35: ...ament Commission. Items on the agenda include consideration of the possible merits of a nuclear test b... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ...eal_us_presdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ... States Constitution|U.S. Constitution]], the President is also the [[head of government|chief executi...
5: ... public figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of th...
7: ...ulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - James Madison (15187 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Madison
4: | order=4th President
16: ...orge Clinton (politician)|George Clinton]]; [[Elbridge Gerry]]
18: ...sh;[[1817]]) [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was co-author, ...
25: ...to write the [[Federalist Papers]], which are considered the definitive contemporary commentary on the... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
6: 22nd President<br>
7: 24th President</td></tr>
24: ...'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>
29: ...es Democratic Party|Democrat]] elected to the presidency in the era of [[United States Republican Part...
38: ==Presidency== - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...rated]] ''ʼUrdunn''), is a country in the [[Middle East]]. It is bordered by [[Syria]] to the nor...
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11: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Jordan|In Detail]]) - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
2: ...public''' or '''Lebanon''' is a country in the [[Middle East]], along the [[Mediterranean Sea]] (on th...
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8: | align="center" width="140" | [[Image:Lebanon flag large.png|125px|Fl...
9: | align="center" width="140" | [[Image:Lebanese_COA.png|95px|Lebanese ...
11: | align="center" width="140" | ([[Flag of Lebanon|In Detail]])
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