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- Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
19: ...rst time in ''[[Anna Christie]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]), which was publicized with the slogan "Garbo T...
23: ... Hari]]'' ([[1932 in film|1932]]). The censors complained about her revealing outfit shown on the movi...
25: ... getting her leading man, [[Laurence Olivier]], replaced on ''[[Queen Christina (film)|Queen Christina...
29: ...[Romance (1930 movie)|Romance]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]), ''[[Camille (movie)|Camille]]'' ([[1937 in fi...
31: ...most glamorous movie stars of the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]]. She was also famous for shunning [[publicity]... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
5: ...], helped to found the organization that became [[Planned Parenthood]]. Hepburn's father was a staunc...
7: ...nging Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
12: ...ed. They decided to carry on their marriage in a platonic fashion, and the two would remain lifelong ...
17: Hepburn cut her acting teeth in plays staged at Bryn Mawr and later in revues staged...
19: ... almost incomprehensible. She was fired from the play, but continued to work in small stock company r... - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
3: ...gs, as a '''mouth organ''', '''french harp''', simply '''harp''', or
4: "'''Mississippi saxophone'''"), having multiple, variably-tuned [[brass]]
24: The harmonica consists of a "comb" made of wood, plastic or metal which
25: creates the holes into which a player blows or draws to make distinct
26: ...e comb. Over the reedplates, there is a metal or plastic cover which projects the sound out of the op... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
47: ...e [[New Turkish Lira]] (''Yeni Türk Lirası'') replaced the old [[Turkish Lira]].
58: ...ing related to [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman history]] please refer to the [[Ottoman Empire]] page or for t...
82: ...e independent in discharging their duties, must explain each ruling on the basis of the provisions of ...
84: ...ed by lawyers and prosecutors. For minor civil complaints and offenses, justices of the peace take the...
86: ...re. However, the retirement age restrictions do apply. The child courts have their own structure. - Brazil (12581 bytes)
8: ...nturies it was re-settled by the Portuguese and exploited mainly for [[brazilwood]] at first, and late...
10: ...eplaced by [[dictatorship]] three times — [[1930]]–[[1934]] and [[1937]]–[[1945]] unde...
17: ...deral district are elected according to the principle of majority to serve eight-year terms; one-third...
23: ... (influential Brazilian fascist movement in the [[1930s]])
60: ... [[iron ore]], [[orange juice]], [[steel]] and airplanes. - Argentina (30219 bytes)
52: ...named the river of Solís, Río de la Plata (River of the Silver).
57: ...y establishing the [[Viceroyalty of the R�de la Plata]] in [[1776]], and Buenos Aires became a flour...
61: ...nd force when necessary, the governments of the [[1930s]] attempted to contain the currents of economic ...
63: ...r, known as [[Evita]] ([[1919]]-[[1952|52]]), played a key role in developing support for her husb...
65: ...to a number of emergency decrees, including the implementation of special executive authority to deal ... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
6: ... was granted in [[1902]], though limited by the [[Platt Amendment]] (revoked in [[1934]]), after which...
10: ...ying to build [[socialism]] in Cuba, and opened diplomatic relations with the [[Soviet Union]]. A new ...
12: ...uban patriots, and U.S. Special Forces landing at Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs)on April 17,1961 where they...
16: ...cisive, steady, and generous aid of the Soviet people, our country could not have survived the confron...
18: ...rising steadily. Cuba's economy today is roughly split into three parts: [[agriculture]] ([[tobacco]],... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
15: ...s]], forming the [[Celt-Iberian]]s. Early Greek explorers named the region "[[Ophiussa]]" (Greek for "...
21: ...radle of Portugal." The Battle of S㯠Mamede took place nearby in 1128. (courtesy IPPAR)]]
25: An [[Islam]]ic invasion took place in [[711]]. Many of the ousted nobles took ref...
29: ...as formally recognized. Afonso, aided by the [[Templar Knights]], continued to conquer southern lands ...
31: ...torious John was then acclaimed as king by the people. - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...umber One in its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players."
4: ... he changed the nature of the game itself. His exploitation of the "power game" compelled other teams...
9: ... [[Roman Catholic]] priest, and the school's disciplinarian, became the major influence on his life, t...
12: ...ked the position because he was involved in every play. One day, as his team was getting pounded, Babe...
15: ...or cash, and sold Ruth's contract, with two other players to [[Joseph Lannin]], owner of the [[Boston ... - California (63989 bytes)
44: <!-- before modifying these state symbols please verify your changes against official Californ...
57: Grass = [[Stipa|Purple Needlegrass]] |
81: ...Footnotes in this article use names, not numbers. Please see [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] for details.
82: ... 1) Assign your footnote a unique name, for example TheSun_Dec9.
86: 5) Multiple footnotes to the same reference: see [[Wikipedia... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
56: ...t and northwest corners of the state contrast sharply with its industrial cities, located along the co...
65: ..."[[Gold Coast, Connecticut|Gold Coast]]", for example, is often derided by residents of the rest of th...
79: ...ly''' have been a miracle.) [[Bus]] service is supplied by [[Connecticut Transit]], owned by the [[Con...
81: ...hey exited. A series of terrible crashes at these plazas eventually led to abandonment of the whole to...
83: ...e daily radio broadcasts of where crashes have completely blocked traffic are a fact of life for commu... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ...he [[Green Mountains]] in the west and [[Lake Champlain]] in the northwest. It borders [[Massachusetts...
38: ...amous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has long been known for its [[L...
44: ...iver itself is part of New Hampshire). [[Lake Champlain]], the major lake in Vermont, is the sixth-lar...
46: ...northwest off Lake Champlain is the fertile [[Champlain Valley]]. In the south of the valley is [[Bomo...
48: ... state is covered by forest, the rest in meadow, uplands, lakes, ponds and swampy wetlands. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
31: * [[Plough]]s in [[Mesopotamia]]
35: * 3500 BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
80: * [[600]]: Mouldboard [[plough]] in [[Eastern Europe]]
162: * [[1797]]: [[Cast iron plow]]: [[Charles Newbold]]
201: * [[1831]]: [[Multiple coil magnet]]: [[Joseph Henry]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
1: {{List_of_people}}
12: ...xander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
31: ...ional Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
128: *[[Mike York|York, Mike]], ice hockey player
143: ====== People named Young ====== - Ecosystem (2598 bytes)
1: ... naturally occurring assemblage of [[organism]]s (plant, animal and other living organisms—also ...
3: ...35). However, the term had been coined already in 1930 by Tansley's colleague [[Roy Clapham]], who was a...
5: An ecosystem is a dynamic and complex whole, interacting as an ecological unit. Some ... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...rated [[consumer]] [[demand]] and aspirations, coupled with significant changes in the [[lifestyle]]; ...
3: ...on accelerated as [[Great Britain]] was wholly supplanted as Canada's main economic partner. At the mi...
5: ...e First World War, which were still present in peoples minds.
8: ...he [[Great Depression]] that would dominate the [[1930]]s.
17: ...technology. Most of the devices that became commonplace in this decade had been developed before the w... - Solar system (21174 bytes)
1: ...th]] is the third planet of the Solar System. ''[[Planetary system]]s'' are a more generic term for [[...
3: ==Planets In the Solar System==
5: ... clear-cut than once thought. This encyclopedia employs the following divisions:
8: *The [[planet]]s of the Solar System are those nine bodies ...
9: **[[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] (☿) - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...ipse|elliptical]] orbits between those of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and [[Jupiter]]. [[image:433eros.jpg|...
4: ... term to the small moons of the [[gas giant|giant planets]]. The first [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-...
6: ...solar system, and some argue that not every minor planet should be called an "asteroid".
10: ...em, and [[minor planet]] for a taxonomy of the subplanetary objects that include asteroids. The term '...
14: ...360) 1981 VA]]; the last numbered and named minor planet was [[99905 Jeffgrossman]] [http://cfa-www.ha... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
61: *[[Richard Anuszkiewicz]] ([[1930]]-)
109: *[[Robert Bateman (Canadian)|Robert Bateman]] ([[1930]]-)
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
329: *[[Raoul De Keyser]] ([[1930]]-) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...l]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...s are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, su...
15: ...esign, with modern knowledge of aerodynamic principles in mind, was made. Leonardo also sketched desig...
17: ...d examples from nature that such flights can take place without danger, although when the first trials...
19: The first known human flight ever took place in [[Paris]] in [[1783]]. [[Francois Pilatre ...
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