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- Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
14: ...g [[seance|s顮ces]] in which she spelled out ghostly messages through a [[Ouija board]]. Deren is a c...
16: ... Kudlacek]] released a documentary about Deren, titled ''[[In the Mirror of Maya Deren]].''
23: *''Meditation on Violence'' (1948) performance by [[Chao-li Chi]], Chinese flute an... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
7: ...er for [[RKO]]. She switched to [[MGM]] (after little success at RKO) in the [[1940s]], but never achi...
11: In [[1948]], Lucille was cast as a wacky wife in ''[[My Fav...
17: ...ght|230px|Lucy and Ethel try to "Speed it up a little."]]
26: ...ng with the controversial birth of her show's "Little Ricky", Ball gave birth to her second child, [[D...
32: ...olvement in production. For instance, she apparently completely misunderstood the premise of one of t... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
18: ...e played Regina in [[Lillian Hellman]]'s [[The Little Foxes]] (1939). Her portrayal won the New York D...
24: ...0s. Her outrageous behavior -- fueled by a two-bottle-a-day consumption of [[bourbon whiskey|Old Grand...
71: *1919 [[Footloose]]
101: *1939 [[The Little Foxes]]
106: *1948 [[Private Lives]] - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
5: ...on for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|Joan of Arc]]'' ([[1948]]).
7: ...e public; Bergman was branded as "Hollywood's apostle of degradation." One of Rossellini's and Bergma...
11: ...e|English]] and [[Italian language|Italian]] fluently, which caused fellow actor [[John Gielgud]]'s re...
46: * [[Arch of Triumph]] (1948)
47: * [[Joan of Arc]] (1948) - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
30: * [[Hitler's Madman]] (1943)
42: * [[Whistle Stop]] (1946)
46: * [[One Touch of Venus]] (1948)
61: * [[The Little Hut]] (1957) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
21: ...aking part in the Broadway play [[Art and Mrs. Bottle]]. Hepburn was fired from this role as well, th...
26: In true Hepburn fashion, she demanded an outlandish $1,500 per week for film work (at the time ...
32: ...burn played Jo in the screen adaptation of ''[[Little Women]]'', which broke box-office records.
34: ...rom an earlier series of flops such as ''[[The Little Minister]]'' ([[1934]]), ''[[Spitfire]]'' (1934)...
38: Some of what has made Hepburn greatly beloved — her unconventional, straightforw... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ... [[Actor|actress]] who was born '''Vivian Mary Hartley''' in [[Darjeeling]], [[India]]. She and her p...
7: ...nwyck]]. Producer [[David O. Selznick]] had secrectly selected Leigh for the role after seeing her in ...
11: ...46]] film ''[[Caesar and Cleopatra]]'', and the [[1948]] epic film ''[[Anna Karenina]]'', her illness wa...
23: *''[[Gentleman's Agreement]]'' ([[1935]])
33: *''[[Anna Karenina]]'' ([[1948]]) - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
12: ...n the orphanage. Norma Jeane had come to think little of herself, yet also developed a gritty, opportu...
20: ... in one movie - ''[[Ladies of the Chorus]]'' in [[1948]] but once again she was dropped. At this point s...
23: As a deranged babysitter who attacks the little girl she is looking after in a rage, Marilyn rec...
27: ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'' and ''[[How To Marry A Mil...
29: ...rilyn working hard at her craft and she gave a subtle and effective [[performance]] as Cherie the salo... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...the 80 m [[hurdling|hurdles]] event at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]. Left of her is silver medallis...
3: ...most famous for winning four gold medals at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]]. At that time, sh...
7: ... [[European Championships in Athletics|European titles]], 58 Dutch championships and set or tied 12 [[...
35: ...is had not stopped her from resuming training shortly afterwards. The Championships were a slight disa...
37: ...as ensured of a place on the Dutch team for the [[1948 Summer Olympics|first post-war Olympics]] in [[Lo... - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
10: ...ional performer in acting and live shows. She mostly performed in the United States, but had triumpha...
30: *''[[The Countess of Monte Cristo]]'' ([[1948]]) - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
9: ...on the 1947 [[Titleholders Championship]] and the 1948 [[U.S. Women's Open (golf)|U.S. Women's Open]] fo...
11: ...n in 1951 and in 1952 took another major with a Titleholders victory, but illness prevented her from p... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
5: ...orious powers in the war as a condition of the [[Atlantic Charter]] and other wartime agreements. Init...
20: ...D.C.]] Those and later talks produced proposals outlining the purposes of the organization, its member...
33: ...eral Assembly]] ([[January 24]] [[1946]]) was entitled "The Establishment of a Commission to Deal with...
40: ... to various regions where armed conflict has recently
67: ...y binding, was adopted by the General Assembly in 1948 as a common standard of achievement for all. The ... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
6: ...o be drilled obliquely, with its bell flared slightly at the end. However, there were only six finger-...
8: ... regions "curtall", as it was shortened significantly). The English name of "bassoon" comes from a mo...
16: ... and [[varnish]]ed. The top of the bell is frequently completed with a ring, often of plastic or [[ivo...
26: ... for the purpose. Is is then cut to the correct outline, or ''shaped''. Making sure the cane is thorou...
30: ...nstrument. The very tip of a reed blade is frequently only 0.1 mm thick. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ... world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
19: ...d every four years. Presidents are elected indirectly, through the [[U.S. Electoral College|Electoral ...
25: ...lection]]s, during which the major parties (currently the [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]s...
241: ...fter a president of the U.S. leaves office, the title "President" continues to be applied to that pers...
245: ... H. W. Bush]] and [[Bill Clinton]]. The most recently deceased President is [[Ronald Reagan]], who die... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
31: ...ench, which Washington could not read.) The "[[Battle of Jumonville Glen|Jumonville affair]]" became a...
33: ...[Braddock Expedition#Battle of the Monongahela|Battle of the Monongahela]]. Washington distinguished h...
43: ...ing most of his forces. However, several other battles in the area sent Washington scrambling across [...
47: ...ask. An attempt to dislodge the British, the [[Battle of Germantown]], failed as a result of fog and c...
49: ... moving from Philadelphia to New York at the [[Battle of Monmouth]] on [[June 28]], [[1778]]. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
23: ...ch 31]], [[1776]]), both from families who had settled in [[Virginia]] for several generations. He att...
32: ...in Europe, not exactly of the same kinds, but doubtless as good." While there were extensive vineyards...
125: ...gs, on system. His mind, no less trenchant and subtle than Hamilton's, was the most impressible, the m...
131: His interest in art was evidently intellectual. He was singularly sweet-tempered, ...
139: ...d general agreement with his friend [[Joseph Priestley]]'s [[Unitarianism]], but there were no Unitari... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...Bank]] to the west. It shares with Israel the coastlines of the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] and the [[Dead Sea]]...
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69: ...rea called [[Canaan]]. Subsequent invaders and settlers included [[Hittites]], [[Egypt]]ians, [[Israel...
71: ...s were without prejudice to future territorial settlements or boundary lines.
75: ...etained an administrative role pending a final settlement, and its 1994 treaty with Israel allowed for... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
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85: After the [[1948 Arab-Israeli conflict]], Lebanon became home to m...
87: On one side were a number of mostly [[Maronite]] militias, the most important of whi...
91: ...-elect]] Bachir Gemayel, who was regarded as secretly sympathetic to Israel.
95: ...|attack on the U.S. Marines barracks]]. Concurrently, in [[1982]] [[Hezbollah|Hezbollah]] was created... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: ...lem de Klerk|F.W. de Klerk]] who started to dismantle it in [[1990]] after a long struggle by the blac...
17: ...icial languages. The South African passport currently has only French and English on the front cover a...
26: ... of these slaves, who often married with Dutch settlers, later became known as [[Cape Coloureds]] and ...
36: ...], and [[Transvaal]] on [[May 31]], [[1910]], exactly eight years after the end of the Second Boer War...
42: ... end of apartheid, millions of South Africans, mostly black, continue to live in [[poverty]]. A series... - Hungary (18459 bytes)
19: leader_titles = [[President of Hungary|President]]<br><br>[[P...
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67: ...attle of Solferino]], [[1859]]) and Prussia ([[Battle of K?gratz]], [[1866]]), Hungary would eventuall...
69: ...cameral assembly, and Admiral Horthy was subsequently elected Regent, thereby preserving Hungary forma...
71: ...s defection to the Allied side, which were constantly on schedule since the Allied invasion of Italy. ...
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