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- Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
8: ...ave school and go to work. Her first job was as a lather girl in a barbershop. She then became a clerk...
12: ...at Garbo be given a contract as well. But their relationship came to an end as her fame grew. He was f...
17: ...27]]). The latter two she starred in with the popular leading man [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]...
19: ...rst time in ''[[Anna Christie]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]), which was publicized with the slogan "Garbo T...
21: ...ely, her one-time fiancé¬ John Gilbert, whose popularity was waning, did not fare as well after the ad... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...]], widely recognized for her sharp wit, [[New England]] gentility and fierce independence. A screen ...
5: ...eryone, but we grew quite to enjoy that," Hepburn later said of her unabashedly liberal family, who sh...
7: ...ging Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
10: ..., the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess]]''.
12: ...d. They decided to carry on their marriage in a platonic fashion, and the two would remain lifelong f... - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
10: and [[melodica]]s), the mouth harmonica lacks a keyboard. Instead,
20: also in [[jazz]], [[classical music]], [[country music]], [[rock and roll...
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: ... comb. Over the reedplates, there is a metal or plastic cover which projects the sound out of the ope... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
5: ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh) |
7: image_flag = Flag of Turkey.svg |
10: capital = [[Ankara]] |latd=52|latm=31|latNS=N|longd=13|longm=24|longEW=E|
11: largest_city = [[Istanbul]] |latd=41|latm=1|latNS=N|longd=28|longm=57|longEW=E|
12: official_languages = [[Turkish language|Turkish]]| - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...ugal, Brazil has [[Portuguese]] as its [[official language]].
8: ...ishing the independent [[Empire of Brazil]]. This lasted until the next emperor, [[Pedro II of Brazil|...
9: In the late [[19th century|19th]] and early [[20th century|...
10: ...eplaced by [[dictatorship]] three times — [[1930]]–[[1934]] and [[1937]]–[[1945]] unde...
15: ...e president are elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms. The president has exte... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
5: image_flag = Argentina_flag_large.png |
8: ..._motto = En Unión y Libertad<br>([[English language|English]]: In Union and Liberty)|
10: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]|
12: latd=34|latm=20|latNS=S|longd=58|longm=30|longEW=W|
13: largest_city = [[Buenos Aires]] | - Cuba (25106 bytes)
2: ... west [[Mexico]], to the southwest the [[Cayman Islands]] and [[Jamaica]], and to the southeast [[Hait...
6: ...was granted in [[1902]], though limited by the [[Platt Amendment]] (revoked in [[1934]]), after which ...
8: ...lliteracy ran about 12%, one of the lowest in the latin american countries.
10: ...le were expanded to cover all Cubans.After some delay, a [[Constitution]] of Soviet inspiration was ad...
12: ...ban patriots, and U.S. Special Forces landing at Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs)on April 17,1961 where they ... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...deira and Porto Santo]] (including the [[Savage Islands]]).
5: ..., a possibly mixed [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Latin]] name meaning "Beautiful Port". During the [[...
7: ...subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...rtugal for a long time. The [[Celtic|Celtics]], a later wave of Celts, settled in [[Alentejo]].
17: ... was carried out, leading [[Lusitania]] to gain [[Latin Right]] in [[73|73 AD]].{{Inote | ''Hist󲩡 d... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...mber One in its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players."
4: ...ke Babe Ruth unequivocally the greatest baseball player of all time. In several ways, he changed the ...
7: ...orn at 216 Emory Street in south [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. The house was rented by his maternal grandfa...
9: ... him for countless hours on hitting, fielding and later, pitching.
12: ...ed the position because he was involved in every play. One day, as his team was getting pounded, Babe ... - California (63989 bytes)
4: Flag = California state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of California]] |
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
11: LargestCity = [[Los Angeles, California|Los A...
15: PostalAbbreviation = CA | - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
4: Flag = Connecticut state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Connecticut]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgepo...
12: PostalAbbreviation = CT |
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' | - Vermont (39851 bytes)
4: Flag = Vermont state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Vermont]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]]...
11: Governor = [[Jim Douglas]] |
12: PostalAbbreviation = VT | - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest lik...
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
34: ... BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
52: * [[Glass]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
5: *[[Laloo Prasad Yadav|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politician
7: ...nder Nikolaevich Yakovlev|Yakovlev, Alexander Nikolaevich]] (born 1923)
12: ...ander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
21: ...i]] (1885-1946), Japanese lieutenant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines
31: ...onal Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]] - Ecosystem (2598 bytes)
1: ...naturally occurring assemblage of [[organism]]s (plant, animal and other living organisms—also r...
3: ...nd Lindeman]] in his classic study of a Minnesota lake (Lindeman, 1942).
7: ...[[earth]] can be seen as a single ecosystem, or a lake can be divided into several ecosystems, dependi...
9: ... disastrous results, eventually leading to the collapse of an ecosystem and the death of many of its n... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ... as well as the [[international]], which shaped a large part of the [[history]] of the [[20th century]...
3: ...e Roaring Twenties broke out in [[Germany]], [[England]] and [[France]], where the second half of this...
5: ...e idea of modernity to a large parts of the [[population]]. Formal decorative frills were shed in favo...
8: ...he [[Great Depression]] that would dominate the [[1930]]s.
11: ...y rebounded as the returning soldiers entered the labor force and factories were retooled to produce c... - Solar system (21174 bytes)
1: ...h]] is the third planet of the Solar System. ''[[Planetary system]]s'' are a more generic term for [[s...
3: ==Planets In the Solar System==
5: The wide variety of objects that exist in the Solar System fall into several categories. In recent y...
7: ...(☉) is a [[Stellar_classification|spectral class]] G2 [[star]] that contains 99.86% of the syste...
8: ... Solar System are those nine bodies traditionally labelled as such: - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...pse|elliptical]] orbits between those of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and [[Jupiter]]. [[image:433eros.jpg|t...
4: ...term to the small moons of the [[gas giant|giant planets]]. The first [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-b...
6: ...olar system, and some argue that not every minor planet should be called an "asteroid".
8: ...e through [[Earth's atmosphere]] and strike Earth largely intact while the smaller meteoroids generall...
10: ...signate man-made objects which have ended up in solar orbits, such as the [[Mariner IV]] probe. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
5: Shortcuts to highly popular [[painter]]s:
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [...
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impress...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]] - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
1: [[Image:Landon-IcarusandDaedalus.jpg|right|thumb|Icarus and ...
3: ...ionary tale about attempting to reach heaven, similar to the [[Tower of Babel]] story in [[The Bible]]...
5: ... are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, suc...
13: ...ee [[First flying machine]] for a review of such claims.
15: ...h century from materials that would have been available to da Vinci. The design was deemed flightworth...
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