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- Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ...nd because of her father's sympathies for [[Leon Trotsky]], the family fled to [[Syracuse, New York|Sy...
6: ... early 1940s, Deren used some of the inheritance from her father to purchase a used [[16mm]] [[Bolex]]...
10: ...ce. The accompanying documentary was edited and produced after her death.
12: Deren passed away in 1961, at the age of 44, from a [[brain hemorrhage]]. Some have speculated th...
14: ...ces]] in which she spelled out ghostly messages through a [[Ouija board]]. Deren is a character in Mer... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
4: ... with a local bad boy (Johnny), Ball decided to enroll in the
5: ...s later, she witnessed , Warner, a friend of her brother's get shot, severing the spinal cord, due to ...
7: ...wood circles as "the B-Movie queen", sharing the "royalty" honor with [[Macdonald Carey]], who was des...
9: ... philandering and drinking caused problems right from the start. When he was drafted to the [[Army]] i...
11: ...u]] production company, so the Arnazes toured the road in a [[vaudeville]] act with Lucille as the zan... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: '''Tallulah Brockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[De...
4: ...John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
6: ... won bit parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab Farm.
8: ...ugh as screenwriter [[Anita Loos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "She was so pretty that we t...
12: ...hat she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lombard]], et al. - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
3: ...ter]] in Stockholm and had a small role in [[Munkbrogreven]] ([[1934]]), her first movie. After a doze...
5: ...on for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|Joan of Arc]]'' ([[1948]]).
7: ...an's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ...nate between performances in [[American]] and [[European]] films. She received her third Academy Award...
46: * [[Arch of Triumph]] (1948) - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
4: ...h Carolina|Grabtown]], [[Johnston County, North Carolina]], the last of seven children of poor [[tobac...
6: ...w]] from 1945 to 1946, and to [[Frank Sinatra]] from 1951 to 1957. She was regarded as one of the mo...
8: ...gambo]]''. She lost to [[Audrey Hepburn]] in ''[[Roman Holiday]]''. Many thought Gardner's greatest ...
12: After a [[stroke]] in 1989, which left her partially paralyzed a...
14: ...n the Sunset Memorial Park, [[Smithfield, North Carolina]]; the town of Smithfield now has an Ava Gard... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...rn won an [[Emmy Award]] in [[1975]] for her lead role in ''[[Love Among the Ruins (TV movie)|Love Amo...
5: ...iscussed, and her mother campaigned for birth control and equal rights for women. The Hepburns demand...
7: ...teens, winning a bronze medal for figure skating from the [[Madison Square Garden]] skating club, shoo...
8: <!-- expand information about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on He...
10: ...was in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Host... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ...llivan]]. She then went on to graduate from the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].
7: .... Selznick]] had secrectly selected Leigh for the role after seeing her in the [[MGM]] film ''[[A Yank...
9: In [[1940]], Leigh arranged for a divorce from Holman and married [[Laurence Olivier]]. The pa...
11: ...46]] film ''[[Caesar and Cleopatra]]'', and the [[1948]] epic film ''[[Anna Karenina]]'', her illness wa...
15: The actress died of chronic tuberculosis in her [[London]] home. She was c... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
1: [[Image:MarilynMonroe.jpg|right|frame|Marilyn Monroe]]
2: '''Marilyn Monroe''' ([[June 1]], [[1926]] – [[August 5]], [...
6: ...he studio where Marilyn's mother, Gladys Pearl Monroe Baker, worked as a film-cutter. However in later...
12: ...[1941]], Grace took her in again. She was then introduced to a neighbor's son, James Dougherty, who wo...
16: ...d the spectacular heights of fame that Marilyn Monroe has. Her [[face]] was certainly her fortune and ... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...the 80 m [[hurdling|hurdles]] event at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]. Left of her is silver medallis...
3: ...rd of at a time where female athletes were still frowned upon by many. It earned her the nickname ''"T...
7: ...nd set or tied 12 [[world record]]s. She retired from athletics in 1955, after which she became leader...
11: ...he Netherlands at that time (such as [[Rie Mastenbroek]]), and she would have a better chance to quali...
17: ...ek before the Netherlands were invaded by German troops. - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
4: ...ics]], at the age of eleven. During the [[1924]] program, she skated over to the side of the rink seve...
6: ...he following year. She also won six consecutive European championships.
10: ...d in a revised edition in [[1954]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the film ''Hello, London...
12: ...married three times, with [[Dan Topping]], [[Winthrop Gardner]], and finally the shipowner [[Niels Ons...
14: ...he died in [[1969]] of [[leukemia]], on a flight from [[Paris]] to Oslo. Considered by most as the gre... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
5: ...iley]] in the high jump. The jury, however, disapproved of her style and declared Shiley the Olympic c...
9: ...on the 1947 [[Titleholders Championship]] and the 1948 [[U.S. Women's Open (golf)|U.S. Women's Open]] fo...
11: ...3. She made a comeback in 1954 and took the Vare Trophy and her tenth and final major with a U.S. Wome...
27: {{Footer Olympic Champions Javelin Throw Women}} - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...and/or some international diplomatic recognition from selected states, but are not UN members. For mor...
5: ...term "united nations" was coined by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] during [[World War II]], to refer to the...
17: ==Background and history==
20: ...rnational economic and social cooperation. These proposals were discussed and debated by governments a...
26: ... by an 8.5 million dollar donation from [[John D. Rockefeller, Jr.]], and designed by architech [[Osca... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...es and below. Also called ''fagott'', in German, from a word meaning "bundle of sticks" due to its con...
6: ...at the bottom, with a curved metal crook leading from the instrument body to the reed. It was, like th...
8: ...ificantly). The English name of "bassoon" comes from a more general term referring to the bass regist...
10: ...s and acoustical knowledge made possible great improvements in the playability of the instrument. A Du...
14: ...bocal]] (or crook) <font color=red>(2)</font>, a crooked metal tube which attaches wing joint to reed ... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...a]]. Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed to remove or amend this requirement, but non...
16: ...e served two full terms: [[Dwight Eisenhower]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[Bill Clinton]]. Incumbent Pre...
19: ...e person receiving the greatest number of votes (provided that such a number was a majority of elector...
21: ...mendment XII]] in [[1804]] changed the electoral process by directing the electors to use separate bal...
25: ...ess is concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertising... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...blic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
26: ...nia. He visited [[Barbados]], with his sick half-brother Lawrence in [[1751]], and survived an attack ...
31: ...eventually became the [[Seven Years' War]] in [[Europe]].
33: ...tion]], which successfully drove the French away from [[Fort Duquesne]].
37: ...n. In that year, he was chosen as a [[delegate]] from Virginia to the First [[Continental Congress]] a... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
16: | vicepresident=[[Aaron Burr]]; [[George Clinton (politician)|George Cli...
18: ...ulturalist]], [[Horticulture|horticulturist]], [[Property|land owner]], [[architect]], [[Archaeology|a...
23: ...]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from families who had settled in [[Virginia]] for sev...
25: ..., [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Roger Sherman]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unani...
27: The [[Library of Congress]] was founded from the sale of his collection (the Library was foun... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
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48: | From the [[League of Nations]]<br>
69: ...]]ns, [[Babylonia]]ns, [[Iran|Persia]]ns, Greeks, Romans, Arab Muslims, Christian Crusaders, [[Mameluk... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
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17: | align="center" colspan="2" style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationLebanon.png]]
66: ...ord "Lebanon" (also "Loubnan" or "Lebnan") comes from the [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] word ''laban'' ...
71: ... 2,000 years. The region was a territory of the [[Roman Empire]] and during the [[Middle Ages]] was in... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ...sotho]] is an independent [[nation]], entirely surrounded by South African territory.
3: ...artheid]] after winning the general election of [[1948]]; however, it was the same party under the leade...
5: ...ontinent, with modern [[infrastructure]] common throughout the country.
13: ...people, who are a physically distinct population from other Africans, have their own cultural identity...
15: Many white South Africans also speak other [[Europe]]an languages, such as [[Portuguese language|Po... - Hungary (18459 bytes)
1: ...vakia]], [[Ukraine]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]]. It is known locally as th...
12: ... = (none current)<br>historical: Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae |
42: time_zone= [[Central European Time|CET]] |
44: time_zone_DST= [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |
57: ... to overthrow the Avars, but their power was not broken until [[Charlemagne]]. The decline of the king...
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