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- Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ...] she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: .... ''Meshes of the Afternoon'' is recognized as a seminal American avant-garde film. It was in 1943 t...
10: ...ed in them. Her book on the subject, ''Divine Horsemen: the Living Gods of Haiti'', is often consider...
12: ...er death was the result of a [[Vodoun|voodoo]] curse.
14: ...(1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Deren's films. - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
4: ...ron, New York]] and after her father died, was raised by her working mother and grandparents. In [[192...
5: ...er was sued once for money, then again for prison sentence. Right then, Ball decided that she needed t...
9: ...on. However, Arnaz's philandering and drinking caused problems right from the start. When he was draft...
11: ... a [[vaudeville]] act with Lucille as the zany housewife wanting to get in Arnaz's show. The tour was ...
13: ...andfather's insistence (per [[FBI]] [[FOIA]]-released documents). - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ... Alabama [[1931]]-[[1946]]), and granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (De...
8: During these early New York years, she became a peripheral mem...
12: ...e the camera -- and that she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lombard]], et al.
14: Nevertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice among establ...
16: ...the Wind]] put her out of the running for good -- Selznick decided that she was too old (at 34) for Sc... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
3: ...films in Sweden, Bergman was signed by [[David O. Selznick]] to star in the remake of [[Intermezzo (19...
5: ...on for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|Joan of Arc]]'' ([[1948]]).
7: ...s children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ...known as ''H?onaten'') for which she received her seventh Academy Award nomination and made her final ...
11: ...d [[Italian language|Italian]] fluently, which caused fellow actor [[John Gielgud]]'s remark, "She spe... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
4: ... [[Johnston County, North Carolina]], the last of seven children of poor [[tobacco]] farmers.
6: ...e was regarded as one of the most beautiful actresses in [[Hollywood]]. She also had affairs with the ...
12: ...dden, [[Frank Sinatra]] paid all her medical expenses. She died of [[pneumonia]] in [[London]], [[Engl...
14: ...the town of Smithfield now has an Ava Gardner [[Museum]].
16: ...[The Aviator]]'' (2004), a film by [[Martin Scorsese]] about [[Howard Hughes]]. - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...ther Emmys and two [[Tony Award]]s during the course of her more than 70-year acting career. In [[1999...
5: ...ral family, who she credited with giving her a sense of adventure and independence.
7: ...ooting golf in the low eighties, and reaching the semi-final of the Connecticut Young Women's Golf Cha...
12: ...; three weeks after they were married, the couple separated. They decided to carry on their marriage ...
17: ...ompany in [[Baltimore, Maryland]] who cast her in several small roles, including in a production of [[... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
7: ..., when filming began. [[Paulette Goddard]] was close to be cast as [[Margaret Mitchell]]'s Southern be...
11: .... In [[1952 in film|1952]], however, Leigh won a second [[Academy Award]] for her portrayal the previ...
13: ...nt. In [[1960]], she and Olivier divorced on supposedly friendly terms. Leigh continued to keep a fra...
15: ...[[Tickerage Mill pond]], near [[Blackboys]], [[Sussex]], [[London]].
33: *''[[Anna Karenina]]'' ([[1948]]) - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...mysterious [[death]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] and later a [[pop icon]].
6: ...more and more have gone for the theory that Mortensen was in fact her true father.
8: ...hich they could not have done without Gladys's consent.
10: ...ne day, Gladys announced that she had bought a house for them. A few months after moving in, she suffe...
12: ...anage. Norma Jeane had come to think little of herself, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic sid... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...the 80 m [[hurdling|hurdles]] event at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]. Left of her is silver medallis...
3: ...many. It earned her the nickname ''"The Flying Housewife"''.
5: ...rld records during that period, in events as diverse as the [[long jump]], the [[high jump]], sprint a...
7: ...ics|European titles]], 58 Dutch championships and set or tied 12 [[world record]]s. She retired from a...
11: ...ed her to do athletics because there were already several top swimmers in the Netherlands at that time... - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
4: ... program, she skated over to the side of the rink several times to ask her coach for directions.
6: ...old medal the following year. She also won six consecutive European championships.
8: ...costume in figure skating, and the first to make use of dance [[choreographer|choreography]]. She was...
10: ...her autobiography, which was republished in a revised edition in [[1954]]. She retired from acting in...
17: *''[[Seven Days for Elizabeth]]'' ([[1927]]) - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
3: ... after she hit five [[home run]]s in a single [[baseball]] game.
9: ...on the 1947 [[Titleholders Championship]] and the 1948 [[U.S. Women's Open (golf)|U.S. Women's Open]] fo...
15: ==See also== - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...es, but are not UN members. For more information, see [[United Nations member states]].
3: ...'s headquarters is in [[New York City]], [[USA]]; see [[United Nations headquarters]].
5: ...Atlantic Charter]] and pledged them not to seek a separate peace with the [[Axis powers]]. The name wa...
7: The [[United Nations]] System is based on six principal organs, part of what is collect...
9: *[[UN General Assembly]] - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...and split into several sections so it can be disassembled and stored. Appearing in its modern form in ...
6: ...onsisted of a conical bore that doubled back on itself at the bottom, with a curved metal crook leadin...
8: ... to the wooden double reed, the word began to be used to refer to this instrument in particular.
10: ...inting, "Der Fagottspieler", in the [[Suermondt Museum]], which scholars date to the end of the 17th c...
14: ...he bottom of the instrument and folding over on itself; the wing joint <font color=red>(3)</font>, whi... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: [[Image:Seal_us_presdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
5: ...erred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
12: Section One of [[Article Two of the United States Co...
14: ... Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed to remove or amend this requirement, but none ha...
16: ...presidents have served two full terms: [[Dwight Eisenhower]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[Bill Clinton]].... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
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19: ...titution]]. ([[1789]]–[[1797|97]]). He also served as President of the [[1787]] [[History of the...
21: ...nt precedent of [[republic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
24: He was born on [[February 11]], [[1731]]<!-- Please do not remove: 1731 is correct - Old Style New Ye...
26: ...lpox]], although his face was scarred by the disease. He was initiated as a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]] ... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
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20: ...s of his presidency include the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
23: ...iam & Mary]] — where he was a member of the secret [[Flat Hat Club]] — before founding his...
27: ...ibrary to the Congress in [[1815]]). Jefferson himself designed his famous home, [[Monticello]], near ...
29: ...|250px|Letter to Col. Skipwith, concerning millet seed]] - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...oastlines of the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] and the [[Dead Sea]]. Jordan's main religion is [[Islam]] and its m...
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47: - Recognised
69: ...Kingdom of Transjordan. It ended its special defense treaty relationship with the United Kingdom in 19...
71: ...ines were without prejudice to future territorial settlements or boundary lines. - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
2: ...in the [[Middle East]], along the [[Mediterranean Sea]] (on the west), bordered by [[Syria]] on the ea...
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9: ...width="140" | [[Image:Lebanese_COA.png|95px|Lebanese COA]]
48: | [[Lebanese pound]] (LBP)
69: {{seemain|History of Lebanon}} - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: ...artheid]] after winning the general election of [[1948]]; however, it was the same party under the leade...
9: ...gard it is [[List of national languages of India|second only to India]] in number. As a result, there...
11: ...imited areas where it has been determined that these languages are prevalent. Nevertheless, their popu...
13: ...ther Africans, have their own cultural identity based on their [[hunter-gatherer]] societies. They hav...
15: ... languages, such as [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[German language|German]], and [[Greek langua... - Hungary (18459 bytes)
1: ...tria]], [[Slovakia]], [[Ukraine]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]]. It is known ...
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57: ...ut the appearance of the Magyars put an end to these schemes. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07547a....
61: ...ish]] and [[Czech lands]], Hungary formed the [[Visegrᤠgroup]] of nations. Today an alliance of the ...
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