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- Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
3: ...ere famous [[bank robber]]s who traveled the [[central United States]] during the [[Great Depression]]...
11: Often portrayed as Clyde Barrow's equal in crime, Bonnie's ro...
15: ...far outpacing the ten to fifteen bank robberies attributed to him and the Barrow gang.
19: ... Cliff]]. "A bored, lonely, young, out-of-work waitress, abandoned by her imprisoned husband, goes ove...
27: ...[mule]]s for transportation in the Texas farm country. Clyde escaped, and Bonnie and Fults were arrest... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
9: ...s a result, Aimee was raised in an atmosphere of strong [[Christianity|Christian]] beliefs. As a [[tee...
13: ...sembarked in [[Hong Kong]], however, they both contracted [[malaria]]. Robert Semple died of the disea...
25: ... her on her religious travels, he soon became frustrated with the situation, and by 1918 had filed for...
27: ...the Foursquare Gospel church. She supervised construction of a large, domed church building in the [[...
29: ... and her unashamed use of low-key sex appeal to attract converts, endeared her to her crowd of followe... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...ine]] and cooking techniques to the American mainstream through her many [[cookbook]]s and television ...
6: ...[[Pearl Harbor]] in 1941, joined the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) after being turned down by...
8: ... Meritorious Civilian Service as head of the Registry of the OSS Secretariat.
10: ...reign Service | U.S. Foreign Service]] and also introduced Julia to fine cuisine. She learned to cook ...
16: ...hed and repeatedly tested recipes, and Mrs. Child translated the [[French language | French]] into [[A... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: ... German [[Nazi Party]]. Shut out of the film industry after [[World War II|the war]], she later became...
5: ...rview she recalled that dancing was what made her truly happy. After injuring her knee, she attended a...
7: ...nstead. Riefenstahl later consented, and made ''[[Triumph of the Will]]'', a [[documentary film]] glor...
9: ...ahl qualified to represent Germany in [[cross-country skiing]] in the [[1936 Summer Olympics|Olympics]...
13: ...s but politically naﶥ and ignorant about their atrocities—a position which many of her critics... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
1: ...lulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934]]
2: ...12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[H...
10: ...zen plays in the next eight years. Famous as an actress, she was famous, too, for her drinking, drug t...
12: ...ra -- and that she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lombard]], et al.
16: ...le-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a straight face). - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: ...demy Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
3: ...e film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[Hollywood]]" had arrived.
5: ...]]'' ([[1945]]). She would receive another Best Actress nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|Joan of...
7: ...llini's and Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ...ard for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]) for her performance in ''[[Murder on the Or... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
1: :''This article is about '''Bette Davis''' the actress; there is also singer named [[Betty Davis]].''
3: ...rd]] winning [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ...re raised by their mother, who aspired to be an actress. Davis was denied admission to [[Eva LeGallien...
7: ...is for this ''tour de force'', and such was the outrage that she received many write-in votes from dis...
9: ...She went on to win the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for ''[[Dangerous]]'' ([[1936]]) and ''[[Jez... - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: ...ed Kingdom|British]] stage, film and television actress.
8: ===Theatrical Career===
9: ...1945]] period primarily through her work in [[theatre]], which has been her main fort頴hroughout her ...
11: ...over the next two decades, winning several best actress awards.
13: ...nd Theatre|West End]] and with the [[National Theatre]] in London. She is a multiple winner of the mai... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: ...5]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]].
7: ==Becoming an actress==
8: ...ast her in a small part for the movie ''Peter The Tramp'' ([[1920 in film|1920]]).
10: ...Sweden|Swedish]] director [[Mauritz Stiller]]. He trained her in [[film|cinema]] [[acting]] technique ...
12: ...wyn-Mayer]], he insisted that Garbo be given a contract as well. But their relationship came to an end... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...an Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress of all time.
5: ...discussed, and her mother campaigned for birth control and equal rights for women. The Hepburns deman...
12: ...ould remain lifelong friends. They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star.
19: ...rived late and, once on stage, flubbed her lines, tripped over her feet and spoke so rapidly that she ...
21: ... [[The Warrior's Husband]] (an update of ''[[Lysistrata]]''), which debuted to excellent reviews. Hep... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
3: ...sidered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]] actress of all time and, at the age of 70, continues t...
5: ...[Italy]], the illegitimate daughter of aspiring actress and piano teacher Romilda Villani and married ...
7: ...ked as a model in the ''fotoromanzi'' (weekly ilustrated romantic stories) billed as "Sofia Villani" o...
9: ...on meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]].
11: ...an international film star with a five-picture contract with [[Paramount Studios]]. Among her films at... - Larisa Latynina (2531 bytes)
3: ...ина'''; born [[December 27]], [[1934]] in [[Kherson]], [[Ukrainian SSR]]) was a [[Sovi...
13: ...ond with the Soviet team, and became a gymnastics trainer. She is a citizen of [[Russia]], and lives (... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: [[Image:Train.calcot.grange.750pix.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Gr...
3: ...e payload space or are rarely detached from their trains, are known as power cars.
5: ...led from a control cab at the opposite end of the train in the other.
8: ... reasons why the motive power for trains has been traditionally isolated in a locomotive, rather than ...
11: * ''Safety'' - it is often safer to locate the train's power systems away from passengers. This was... - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
1: [[Image:First_lady_bess_truman.jpg|right|frame|]]
3: ...s "'''Bess Truman'''", was the wife of [[Harry S. Truman]] and [[First Lady of the United States]] fro...
5: ...lizabeth Virginia, she grew up as "Bessie." Harry Truman, whose family moved to town in 1890, always k...
7: .... Wallace's home, where their daughter [[Margaret Truman|Mary Margaret]] was born in [[1924]].
9: ...n D. Roosevelt]]'s death on April 12, 1945, Harry Truman took the President's oath of office--and Bess... - Andorra (11532 bytes)
14: ...s Unita Fortior<br/>([[Latin]]: Virtue united is stronger)''</small>
20: ...st.)</small><br>{{coor dm|42|30|N|1|31|E|type:country}}
31: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 178th]] <br/> [[1 E8 m²|468 km...
34: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 182nd]]<br> 69,150<br> 14...
42: ...evelopment Index|HDI]]''' (2003) || [[List of countries by Human Development Index|NA]] – <font colo... - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ...k]], and the [[Baltic Sea]], to the south by [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]], to the west by [[France]...
30: |[[List of countries by area|Ranked 61st]]<br>[[1 E11 m2|349,223 km...
33: |[[List of countries by population|Ranked 14th]]<br>82,468,000 [htt...
36: |[[Treaty of Verdun]] ([[843]])<br>[[January 18]] [[187...
39: ...[[List of countries by GDP|Ranked 3rd]]<br>$2.271 trillion<br>$27,600 - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ... tip of the African continent. It borders the countries of [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[...
3: ...started to dismantle it in [[1990]] after a long struggle by the black majority, as well as many white...
5: ...dern [[infrastructure]] common throughout the country.
9: ...result, there are many official names for the country.
11: The country also recognises eight non-official languages: [[... - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...nd [[Chile]]. Named after [[brazilwood]], a local tree, Brazil is home to both extensive [[agriculture...
10: ...ctatorship]] three times — [[1930]]–[[1934]] and [[1937]]–[[1945]] under [[Get?Vargas]...
17: ...which three members from each state or federal district are elected according to the principle of majo...
29: ...singular ''estado'') and 1 federal district (''distrito federal''):
31: Brazil and its 26 states and Federal District are divided by [[IBGE]] into 5 distinctive [[r... - Botswana (22276 bytes)
27: ... area|Ranked 44th]] <br /> 600,370 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br /> 2.5%
32: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 144th]]
48: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]'''
56: ..., the Batswana lived as herders and farmers under tribal rule.
58: ...e northern territory remained under direct administration and is today's Botswana, while the southern ... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
6: ... limited by the [[Platt Amendment]] (revoked in [[1934]]), after which the US continued to have a major ...
8: ... 12%, one of the lowest in the latin american countries.
10: ..., began carrying out the economic reforms that Castro had promised. Among other things, [[healthcare]]...
12: ... embarrasment to the newly elected Kennedy administration, and subsequently led to the Cuban Missile c...
14: ...astro allowed anyone who desired to leave the country to depart through the port of Mariel. Known as ...
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