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• Mississippi - USA History.

  The climate of Mississippi is characterized by long, hot, and humid summers and generally mild winters. The higher lands in the northeast are usually cooler than otherareas of the state. D1 Temperature Average January temperatures range from about 6° C (about 42° F) in northeastern Mississippi to about 12° C (about 54° F) along the Gulf Coast. No part of the stateis entirely free from freezing temperatures, but prolonged periods of extreme cold rarely occur. Temperatures more than 15° C (30° F)...

• California - geography.

  The Basin and Range province is an arid area of mountain ranges, basins, and deserts. In California it is represented primarily by parts of the Great Basin and SonoranDesert sections. Within the Great Basin lies Death Valley, whose lowest elevation, 86 m (282 ft) below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. TheSonoran Desert section is characterized by numerous flat plains separated by low but rugged ranges. It includes the extensive Mojave, or Mohave, Desert. Also in thisprov...

• California - USA History.

  The Basin and Range province is an arid area of mountain ranges, basins, and deserts. In California it is represented primarily by parts of the Great Basin and SonoranDesert sections. Within the Great Basin lies Death Valley, whose lowest elevation, 86 m (282 ft) below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. TheSonoran Desert section is characterized by numerous flat plains separated by low but rugged ranges. It includes the extensive Mojave, or Mohave, Desert. Also in thisprov...

• Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika - geographie.

  Zu den bekanntesten Säugetierarten der Vereinigten Staaten gehören Bisons, Wapitis (amerikanische Rothirsche), Elche, Braunbären (mit den Unterarten Grizzlybär undKodiakbär), Schwarzbären, Pumas, Wölfe, Kojoten und Nordamerikanische Biber; in den Prärien sind Präriehunde verbreitet. Lebten um 1800 noch rund 40 Millionen Bisonsin den Prärien Nordamerikas, waren es 100 Jahre später nur noch etwa 1 000. Heute hat sich der Bestand aufgrund strenger Schutzvorschriften erholt und liegt bei etwa200 000...

• Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika - geographie.

  Zu den bekanntesten Säugetierarten der Vereinigten Staaten gehören Bisons, Wapitis (amerikanische Rothirsche), Elche, Braunbären (mit den Unterarten Grizzlybär undKodiakbär), Schwarzbären, Pumas, Wölfe, Kojoten und Nordamerikanische Biber; in den Prärien sind Präriehunde verbreitet. Lebten um 1800 noch rund 40 Millionen Bisonsin den Prärien Nordamerikas, waren es 100 Jahre später nur noch etwa 1 000. Heute hat sich der Bestand aufgrund strenger Schutzvorschriften erholt und liegt bei etwa200 000...

• Les politiques de Louis XIV

  Persecution of the Huguenots  1661 – 1679 Huguenot’s made to feel unwelcome:  Restrictions were imposed on their marriages and funerals.  Schools and churches were closed.  Huguenots were bribed to abandon their faith, the revenues of vacant   bishoprics being devoted to this objective.  A special government department, the “casse des conversions”, handled   this business – its leader, Paul Pellison, claimed to have converted fifty   thousand at the rate of 10 livres a head.  In 1668 one o...

• Mythology I INTRODUCTION Mythology, the body of myths of a particular culture, and the study and interpretation of such myths.

  usually define a myth as a story that has compelling drama and deals with basic elements and assumptions of a culture. Myths explain, for example, how the worldbegan; how humans and animals came into being; how certain customs, gestures, or forms of human activity originated; and how the divine and human worlds interact.Many myths take place at a time before the world as human beings know it came into being. Because myth-making often involves gods, other supernatural beings, andprocesses beyond...

• Tennessee (state) - geography.

  The climate of Tennessee is characterized by hot summers, mild winters, and abundant rainfall. C1 Temperature Average July temperatures range from less than 21° C (70° F) in the Blue Ridge region to 27° C (80° F) at Nashville and Memphis. Maximum daytime temperatures insummer often rise above 35° C (95° F) in central and western Tennessee. Daytime temperatures in the mountains rarely rise above 32° C (90° F). Summer nights tendto be warm and muggy in central and western Tennessee, but temperatu...

• Tennessee (state) - USA History.

  The climate of Tennessee is characterized by hot summers, mild winters, and abundant rainfall. C1 Temperature Average July temperatures range from less than 21° C (70° F) in the Blue Ridge region to 27° C (80° F) at Nashville and Memphis. Maximum daytime temperatures insummer often rise above 35° C (95° F) in central and western Tennessee. Daytime temperatures in the mountains rarely rise above 32° C (90° F). Summer nights tendto be warm and muggy in central and western Tennessee, but temperatu...

• Aegean Civilization - history.

  powers of the sea, which was central to Cycladic life. IV HISTORICAL RECORD Recent archaeological discoveries, such as the excavated village of Dimini in Thessaly, produced material evidence of a cultural progression from the Neolithic (New StoneAge) to the Bronze Age, which commenced about 3000 BC and of which three phases were recognized: Early, Middle, and Late. A Early Bronze Age Cycladic FigureStylized marble figures, like this one, are distinctive of Cycladic culture, the earliest cultur...

• Edward BLEIBERG 1985-1986, « Historical Texts as Political Propaganda During the New Kingdom », BES 7, 5-14.

  J. F. BORGHOUTS 1978, Ancient Egyptian MagicalTexts.Translated, Leyde. 1986, Nieuwjaar inhet oude Egypte, Leyde. Giuseppe BOTTI 1967, L'archivio demoticodaDeir el-Medineh, CatalogoMuseoEgiziodiTorino, I,1, Florence. Pierre DUBOURGUET 1964, L'artcopte, PetitPalais, Paris,17juin-15 septembre 1964,Paris. 1968a, Histoires etLégendes del'Égypte mystérieuse, Tchou. 1968b, L'artcopte, A.Michel. 1973, L'artégyptien, DescléedeBrouwer. R. P.BOVIER-LAPIERRE H.GAUTHIER &P. JOUGUET 1932, Précisdel'histoire d...

• George Frideric Handel I INTRODUCTION Handel's Water Music In addition to his popular operas and oratorios, German-born composer George Frideric Handel wrote music in the 1700s for the church and for royal celebrations.

  During the 1720s and 1730s Handel worked primarily as a composer and producer of operas for the London stage. This extremely productive phase of his career beganwith the opening of the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1719. The Royal Academy was founded with the support of the king and aristocratic subscribers for theproduction of Italian operas. Its directors sent Handel to continental Europe to hire some of the world’s greatest singers. Handel was not the only composer writingoperas for Aca...

• From Bulfinch's Mythology: Bacchus (Dionysus) - anthology.

  me their fishing rods and nets and their fisherman's trade. This I followed for some time, till growing weary of remaining in one place, I learned the pilot's art and howto guide my course by the stars. It happened as I was sailing for Delos we touched at the island of Dia and went ashore. Next morning I sent the men for fresh water,and myself mounted the hill to observe the wind; when my men returned bringing with them a prize, as they thought, a boy of delicate appearance, whom they hadfound a...

• Aegean Civilization .

  warlike. The styles are also more formal and geometric than those of earlier examples, anticipating the art of classical Greece. A typical Mycenaean city had, at its center, the fortress palace of the king. The cities were fortified with massive structures of unevenly cut stones, known as Cyclopeanwalls. The Linear B tablets from this time include names of Greek gods, such as Zeus, and contain detailed records of royal possessions. The gold masks, weapons, andjewelry found by Schliemann at the r...

• Aegean Civilization - USA History.

  warlike. The styles are also more formal and geometric than those of earlier examples, anticipating the art of classical Greece. A typical Mycenaean city had, at its center, the fortress palace of the king. The cities were fortified with massive structures of unevenly cut stones, known as Cyclopeanwalls. The Linear B tablets from this time include names of Greek gods, such as Zeus, and contain detailed records of royal possessions. The gold masks, weapons, andjewelry found by Schliemann at the r...

• Jazz - Musik.

  Pianist und Komponist Jelly Roll Morton. Zu einer der einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten des Jazz sollte später jedoch King Olivers zweiter Trompeter Louis Armstrongwerden. 4.2 Louis Armstrong und sein Einfluss Der erste virtuose Solist des Jazz, der Trompeter und Sänger Louis Armstrong, war ein atemberaubender Improvisator, sowohl in technischer als auch in emotionaler undintellektueller Hinsicht. Er veränderte das Bild des Jazz entscheidend, indem er den Solisten in den Mittelpunkt rückte. Se...

• London (England) - geography.

  In the northern part of the West End is Bloomsbury, the city’s traditional intellectual center, with its concentration of bookshops and homes of writers and academics. Inthe early 20th century a number of famous writers, critics, and artists who lived here became known as the Bloomsbury Group. Here, too, is the British Museum, one ofLondon’s chief tourist attractions. Nearby is the giant complex of the University of London, whose various colleges and departments have taken over much ofBloomsbury...

• PRÉDICTIONS ET PROPHÉTIES

  Prédictions et prophéties \ 1 Oclt 0.., 1 'lb") / 1 système solaire par rapport à la Terre, et ce à n'importe quel moment. Un horoscope pour une journée, une semaine ou un mois, tel qu'il est publié dans les journaux, n'a donc guère de signification, dans la mesure où il se réfère uniquement à la position du Soleil dans le zodiaque, c'est-à-dire à la d�te calendaire. Les astrologues, tout en s'accordant à dire que la position du Soleil au moment...

• Le rock (Exposé – Art & Littérature – Collège/Lycée)

  • Une contre-culture s'exprime dans le mouvement underground de San Francisco . Celui-ci opère une grande mutation psychédélique des sons et des sens qualifiée d'acid rock, avec Jefferson Airplane (After Bathing at Baxter 's, 1969), Grateful Dead (Anthem of the Sun, 1968), Big Brother And The Holding Company et sa chanteuse Janis Joplin, The Mothers of Invention de Frank Zappo (Unc/e Meat, 1969) ou Captain Beefheart (Trout Mask Rep/ica , 1969)....

• LES ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE DU NORD DANS LES ANNÉES SOIXANTE : ASPECTS INTÉRIEURS

  I. L'AMÉRIQUE DÉMOCRATE L'élection de Kennedy en novembre 1960 met fin à huit années d'administration républicaine avec le présidentEisenhower. Les démocrates resteront eux aussi huit années au pouvoir, c'est-à-dire pendant presque toutes lesannées soixante.A. La situation en 1960Elle est caractérisée à la fois par des signes de déclin économique, de tension sociale et par une volonté derenouveau.Le déclin économique se manifeste par la succession de crises et reprises momentané...

• Warsaw - geography.

  (after Katowice in the south). Warsaw, more than anywhere else in the country, has benefited from the boom in construction and commerce that followed the fall ofCommunism in 1989. Warsaw’s unemployment was negligible in the 1990s (3 percent in 1997 compared with a national average of 11 percent), wages in Warsaw werebetter than average, and the city is the top destination for foreign investment. For example, an Italian company took over the Warsaw steelworks, a South Korean firmpurchased an auto...

• Biblical Archaeology.

  religion, among them the storm deity Baal (title of Hadad) mentioned frequently in the Old Testament. Moreover, the poetry of Ugarit has strong affinities with that ofthe Bible. They share much in the way of vocabulary, structure, and the use of figures of speech and other literary devices. In 1945, at ancient Naj‘Ḩamm ād ī in Upper Egypt, some 50 Gnostic writings in Coptic were discovered. They could be dated to the 4th century AD, but investigation of their character and content showed that t...

• 1983, « A Critical Examination of the Theory that the Right to the Throne of Ancient Egypt Passed Through the Female Line in the 18th Dynasty », GM 62, 67-78.

  1977-1978, «Ahhotep Iand Ahhotep II», Serapis 4,31-40. Jean ROUSSEAU 1988, «Les calendriers deDjoser »,DE 11, 73-86. Georges Roux 1985, LaMésopotamie. Essaid'histoire politique, économique etculturelle ,Paris, Seuil. RSO =Rivista degliStudi Orientali, Rome. Gerhard RÜHLMANN 1971, «Deine Feinde fallenunterdeinen Sohlen :Bemerkungen zueinem altorientalischen Machtsymbol», WZU Halle 20,61-84. Edna R.RUSSMANN 1974, TheRepresentation ofthe King, XXVth Dynasty, Bruxelles. 1979, «Some Reflections onthe...

• Tonga (country) - country.

  as the Fale Alea, or Legislative Assembly, consists of the cabinet, nine representatives elected by Tonga’s 33 nobles, and nine representatives elected by the people.Elections are held every three years; all citizens aged 21 and over are eligible to vote. The Privy Council acts as the Court of Appeal, except for criminal cases, andappoints the Supreme Court judge. The country has a small defense force of about 200 and a separate police force. Tonga is a member of the United Nations (UN), theComm...

• Seattle - geography.

  Queen Anne Hill, north of downtown, was long isolated by its steep ascent but emerged as a fashionable residential area at the close of the 19th century. North of QueenAnne Hill and across the Lake Washington Ship Canal, Ballard was originally settled by Scandinavian immigrants. Annexed to Seattle in 1907, Ballard today is a residentialneighborhood with a strong Nordic heritage. To the east from Ballard along the north side of the Ship Canal, the neighborhoods of Fremont, Wallingford, and the Un...

• Tragedy I INTRODUCTION Euripides Unlike other 5th-century BC Greek playwrights, tragic poet Euripides addressed the plight of the common people, rather than that of mythic heroes.

  SenecaSeneca was a Roman philosopher, dramatist, and statesman. His tragedies later influenced Renaissance dramatists,including William Shakespeare. The bust of Seneca shown here is a Roman copy of a Greek original.Art Resource, NY Aeschylus is one of the best known of the ancient Greek tragic playwrights. The author of some 90 plays, he established many of the conventions of the tragic dramaticform, which he perfected throughout his career. Aeschylus's skillful use of poetic language and brilli...

• Napoleon I I INTRODUCTION Napoleon I (1769-1821), emperor of the French, whose imperial dictatorship ended the French Revolution (1789-1799) while consolidating the reforms it had brought about.

  until after Napoleon’s fall did the common people of Europe, alienated from his governments by war taxes and military conscription, fully appreciate the benefits he hadgiven them. VI NAPOLEON’S DOWNFALL In 1812 Napoleon, whose alliance with Alexander I had disintegrated, launched an invasion of Russia that ended in a disastrous retreat from Moscow. Thereafter allEurope united against him, and although he fought on, and brilliantly, the odds were impossible. In April 1814, his marshals refused...

• Napoleon I.

  until after Napoleon’s fall did the common people of Europe, alienated from his governments by war taxes and military conscription, fully appreciate the benefits he hadgiven them. VI NAPOLEON’S DOWNFALL In 1812 Napoleon, whose alliance with Alexander I had disintegrated, launched an invasion of Russia that ended in a disastrous retreat from Moscow. Thereafter allEurope united against him, and although he fought on, and brilliantly, the odds were impossible. In April 1814, his marshals refused...

• Napoleon I .

  until after Napoleon’s fall did the common people of Europe, alienated from his governments by war taxes and military conscription, fully appreciate the benefits he hadgiven them. VI NAPOLEON’S DOWNFALL In 1812 Napoleon, whose alliance with Alexander I had disintegrated, launched an invasion of Russia that ended in a disastrous retreat from Moscow. Thereafter allEurope united against him, and although he fought on, and brilliantly, the odds were impossible. In April 1814, his marshals refused...

• Athens (Greece) - geography.

  At the heart of the modern city is Syntagma (Constitution) Square, located east of the Acropolis. The square is bordered by the national Parliament Building, originally aroyal palace completed in 1842 for King Otto I. Nearby is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which features a daily changing of the guard. Several of the city’s principalhotels as well the offices of major banks and airline companies also face the square. Behind the Parliament Building is the National Gardens, a public park that i...

• Poetry I INTRODUCTION Phyllis McGinley American poet and author Phyllis McGinley composed light, witty verse, much of which deals with family life.

  repetition of certain lines and the rhyming of certain lines. The Provençal sestina features a set of six words that end lines (end-words), repeated in a dizzyingly complexpattern. The range of effects created by the poetic line varies tremendously depending on its length, its patterns of repetition, and whether the sentence stops at the end of theline (end-stopped) or carries over the end of the line (enjambed). Many of the earliest examples of Old English poetry feature an accentual line with...

• American Literature: Drama I INTRODUCTION American Literature: Drama, literature intended for performance, written by Americans in the English language.

  American plays, while still a minority, began to appear in the theater repertory in the 19th century. Although American plays were still styled after British models, theirsubject matter came to be based on specifically American incidents or themes. In the United States as in Britain, many plays reflected the influence of romanticism , a European literary and artistic movement. Melodrama, with its outpourings of emotion, was the most prevalent dramatic form in the 19th century. Gothic melodramas...

• Elizabeth I (biographie en anglais)

  both refused his affections. Unable to make a match with one of the princesses, he married Catherine Parr. Although he was married to Catherine, John Dudley actively pursued Elizabeth. This time enough happened to get Elizabeth expelled from Catherine's court. Catherine Parr later died in childbed, and the Lord High Admiral was subsequently executed for treason. Elizabeth loved Catherine Parr dearly. Catherine was like a mother to Elizabeth, the only mothe r she had ever known and love...

• The Doomsday Book

  with the Norman administration of England and impose levies. He wanted to know how much his kingdom was worth and how much taxation he could command. It also ensured that all landholders and tenants swore allegiance to the Conqueror, it was a major exigency of the Feudal System. The report showed the wealth of the country, but also the damages due to the different invasions England had undergone. Indeed, many towns had fallen into disrepair. Some were nearly depopulated. The census proved of the...

• Doit-on obéir à une loi injuste?

  Nietzsche a écrit à la fin du 19ème qu’il faut respecter la puissance de sa volonté singulière plus que les lois. En effet comme pour Antigone dans la pièce deSophocle la volonté de l’Etat n’est pas toujours juste et en corrélation avec nos idées. Au 20ème siècle peu sont ceux qui ont résistés face au régime nazi. Cependanton peut oser penser que tous ceux qui n’ont pas résisté face à ce régime totalitaire n’étaient pas pour autant d’accord avec ses idées. Pourquoi n’ont-ils alors pasrésisté aux...

• Révoltes dans les ghettos noirs - le « Black Power » plonge l’Amérique blanche dans la peur et l’insécurité

  Mohammed Ali (à gauche) et Elijah Mohammad, président des Black Muslims, lors d'une assemblée annuelle de l'organisation noire, en 1968 Même Martin Luther King qui, se référant au Mahatma Gandhi, n'a de cesse de prôner la résistance non violente, accepte une telle interprétation. L'inventeur de ce génial appel au combat, le

• Towards Independence - Protest and Unrest in the Colonies

  The seven year war and its aftermath (1756-1736) This is when the hostility between the colonies and Britain became more important. The French and British fought for the land that was east the Mississippi river. At first, the British settled for business, but then the French arrived and built Forts along the line to stave off the British. Of course the French lost because their territory to defend was too large. → The French was kicked out of...

• guitare.

  country Dire Straits Espagne - Arts - Musique Espagne - Arts - Musique - Le folklore Espinel Vicente fandango Giuliani Mauro Hendrix Jimi Hooker John Lee instruments de musique - La tradition occidentale - Le XXe siècle instruments de musique - Tradition savante et tradition populaire jazz - Une « musique d'art » d'essence populaire Johnson Robert King (Riley Ben King, dit B.B.) Lagoya Alexandre Led Zeppelin McLaughlin John Montgomery (John Leslie, dit Wes) Ponce Manuel Maria...

• Le leader noir américain Malcolm X paie son combat de sa vie

  Le chef nationaliste noir américain Malcolm X, en plein discours Le leader noir américain Malcolm X paie son combat de sa vie La carrière remarquable de Malcolm X, leader noir américain, charismatique et contesté, se termine en 1965 par un assassinat. Les auteurs de l'attentat appartiennent apparemment à une organisation noire concurrente. M alcolm X naît le 19 mai 1925 à Omaha, Nebraska, sous le nom de Malcolm Little. Sa famille déménage à Lansin...

• Glenn Miller et son orchestre rendent le swing populaire dans le monde entier

  , Glenn Miller (à gau che}, le King of Swing, avec son orchestre Glenn Miller et son orchest re rendent le swing populaire dans le monde entier Dans les années 40, la star du jazz améric ain est sans conteste Glenn Mil ler. Avec son inimi table Big band Sound , ce grand musicien -tromboni ste et chef d'orches tre -triomphe en quelques années aux États-U nis et en Europe. D ès 1929, Miller se rend célèbr e dans les grands orchestres de jazz, spécia...

• Jason (Iason) Greek The hero of one of the most famous Greek legends, often known as "Jason and the Golden Fleece," or "Jason and the Argonauts.

  They fought among themselves until all were dead. Medea then led Jason to the place where the Golden Fleece hung, guarded by a terrible dragon. Using a magic potion, Medea put the dragon to sleep, allowing Jason to secure the precious trophy. Jason and the Argonauts went to sea, accompanied by Medea, and pursued by King Aeetes. Medea slew her brother, Absyrtus, who had accompanied them. She cut his body into pieces and flung them into the sea and onto the surrounding land, knowing that Aeetes wo...

• Associated Press Athletes of the Year.

  1961 Wilma Rudolph track and field 1962 Dawn Fraser swimming 1963 Mickey Wright golf 1964 Mickey Wright golf 1965 Kathy Whitworth golf 1966 Kathy Whitworth golf 1967 Billie Jean King tennis 1968 Peggy Fleming skating 1969 Debbie Meyer swimming 1970 Chi Cheng track and field 1971 Evonne Goolagong tennis 1972 Olga Korbut gymnastics 1973 Billie Jean King tennis 1974 Chris Evert tennis 1975 Chris Evert tennis 1976 Nadia Comaneci gymnastics 1977 Chris Evert tennis 1978 Nancy Lopez golf 1979 Tracy Aus...

• Associated Press Athletes of the Year This award was first presented in 1931.

  1961 Wilma Rudolph track and field 1962 Dawn Fraser swimming 1963 Mickey Wright golf 1964 Mickey Wright golf 1965 Kathy Whitworth golf 1966 Kathy Whitworth golf 1967 Billie Jean King tennis 1968 Peggy Fleming skating 1969 Debbie Meyer swimming 1970 Chi Cheng track and field 1971 Evonne Goolagong tennis 1972 Olga Korbut gymnastics 1973 Billie Jean King tennis 1974 Chris Evert tennis 1975 Chris Evert tennis 1976 Nadia Comaneci gymnastics 1977 Chris Evert tennis 1978 Nancy Lopez golf 1979 Tracy Aus...

• fonctionnalisme.

  2. SCIENCES SOCIALES : courant sociologique et ethnologique qui a dominé les sciences sociales américaines dans les années cinquante et soixante. Commandant les problématiques des chercheurs, au point de devenir une sorte de passage obligé pour accéder à une carrière aux États-Unis et dans certains pays d'Europe, le fonctionnalisme a été l'un des courants théoriques les plus durables et les plus productifs des sciences sociales. Inventée par des ethnologues (Bronis/law Kaspar Malinowski, Alfred...

• Demeter - Mythology.

  disguised herself as an old woman, wearing a hood. The king’s wife, Metaneira, welcomed Demeter and asked her to look after her newborn son, Demophon. Demeter nourished the infant on ambrosia (food of the gods) and each night placed him in the fire in order to destroy all that was mortal in him, so that he would grow up like a god. One night, Metaneira spied upon her nurse and saw her place the child in the fire. Metaneira screamed with terror. Demeter was angry at the intrusion. Demete...

• International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.

  Kringstad, Annichen Orienteering Contemporary 1995 Ladewig, Marion Bowling Pioneer 1984 Latynina, Larissa Gymnastics Pioneer 1985 Lawrence, Andrea Mead Skiing Pioneer 1983 Lenglen, Suzanne Tennis Pioneer 1984 Mann, Carol Golf Contemporary 1982 Marvignt, Marie Aviation; Mountaineering Pioneer 1987 McCormick, Pat Diving Pioneer 1984 McKay, Heather Racquetball; Squash Pioneer 2003 Meagher, Mary T. Swimming Contemporary 1993 Meyer-Reyes, Debbie Swimming Contemporary 1987 Meyers, Ann Basketball Conte...

• International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.

  Kringstad, Annichen Orienteering Contemporary 1995 Ladewig, Marion Bowling Pioneer 1984 Latynina, Larissa Gymnastics Pioneer 1985 Lawrence, Andrea Mead Skiing Pioneer 1983 Lenglen, Suzanne Tennis Pioneer 1984 Mann, Carol Golf Contemporary 1982 Marvignt, Marie Aviation; Mountaineering Pioneer 1987 McCormick, Pat Diving Pioneer 1984 McKay, Heather Racquetball; Squash Pioneer 2003 Meagher, Mary T. Swimming Contemporary 1993 Meyer-Reyes, Debbie Swimming Contemporary 1987 Meyers, Ann Basketball Conte...

• Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind, motion-picture epic about a tempestuous Southern belle and the changes in her life due to the American Civil War (1861-1865), based on the bestselling novel by Margaret Mitchell.

  Isabel Jewell (Emmy Slattery)William Stack (Minister)Robert Elliott (Yankee major)George Meeker, Wallis Clark (His poker-playing captains)Irving Bacon (Corporal)Adrian Morris (Carpetbagger orator)J. M. Kerrigan (Johnny Gallagher)Olin Howlin (Yankee businessman)Yakima Canutt (Renegade)Blue Washington (His companion)Ward Bond (Yankee captain Tom)Cammie King (Bonnie Blue Butler)Mickey Kuhn (Beau Wilkes)Lillian Kemble-Cooper (Bonnie's nurse)Si Jenks (Yankee on street)Harry Strang (Tom's aide) Award...

• Congo (river) - Geography.

  region as Portuguese territory, leaving a marble shaft on the riverbank as proof of his discovery. To Europeans the river became known as the Rio de Padrão (Pillar River). The Kongo king welcomed Cam and subsequent Portuguese explorers and established friendly trading relations with the Portuguese. More than 300 yearselapsed before serious exploration of the Congo was undertaken. Francisco José de Lacerda, a Portuguese explorer, reached the copper-rich Katanga region from the east in 1798, as...

• Honolulu - geography.

  Much of Honolulu’s growth and development has concentrated along the southern coast of Oahu. This area is framed to the east by the remnants of a large extinct volcanoknown as Diamond Head and includes Waikiki, located west of Diamond Head; the downtown area, situated near Honolulu Harbor; Honolulu International Airport; andnewer communities in the western part of the island. Two parallel mountain ranges of volcanic origin, the Koolau and Waianae mountains, run north to south across much ofthe i...