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66943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldie%20Hawn | Goldie Hawn | Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an American actress, director and producer. Her mother was an American Jew of Hungarian immigrant parents. One of her early roles was as a cast member of Laugh-In, a comedy series on NBC television. She won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award in 1969 for her work ... |
66944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg%20Ryan | Meg Ryan | Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is an American actress. She has starred in several romantic comedies, but has also worked in other movie genres, including drama and mystery.
Movies
Television work
One of the Boys (1982) (canceled after 13 episodes)
As the World Turns (cast member from 1982-1984)
Wildside (1985)... |
66945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis%20Quaid | Dennis Quaid | Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954 in Houston, Texas) is an American actor.
Movies
Crazy Mama (1975)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
September 30, 1955 (1977)
Are You in the House Alone?, (1978)
Our Winning Season (1978)
The Seniors (1978)
Breaking Away (1979)
The Long Riders (1980)
Gorp (19... |
66947 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Academy%20of%20Film%20and%20Television%20Arts | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a British organisation that gives awards at a special show every year, for movies, television, children's movies and television, and media. The award for movies is called the British Academy Film Awards.
BAFTA was created in 1947 as The British Film Academy. ... |
66953 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essay | Essay | An essay is a written text. It is usually about the personal point of view of the author who wrote it. The definition of an essay is vague. Articles and short stories can be quite similar. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in verse have been called essays (e.g. Alexander Pope's An Essay on Crit... |
66955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Beauty | Black Beauty | Black Beauty is the name given to a children's book by Anna Sewell.
A horse named Black Beauty is the main character in the book. In this book, the horse tells a story about his own life and experiences.
The story begins with Black Beauty being a comfortable and free young horse living with his mother. When he is o... |
66957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda%20%28novel%29 | Matilda (novel) | Matilda is a classic children’s novel by author Roald Dahl, published in 1998 by Jonathan Cape and adapted into a movie in 1996. The story is about a brilliant nine-year-old girl with extraordinary powers, who uses her genius to take revenge on her abusive parents, and later to fight back against the tyrannical princip... |
66959 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda | Matilda | Matilda (or Mathilda) is a female name. It may refer to:
Matilda a novel by Roald Dahl.
Matilda (1996 movie), based on the novel
Empress Matilda |
66961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard%20Nimoy | Leonard Nimoy | Leonard Simon Nimoy (March 26, 1931February 27, 2015) was an American actor, movie director, poet, musician and photographer. He was famous for playing the character of Spock on Star Trek, an American television series that was made for three years in the late 1960s.
Early life
Nimoy was born and raised in Boston, Mas... |
66962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden%20Christensen | Hayden Christensen | Hayden Christensen (born April 19, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He was in Canadian television programs when he was young, then he went to act into American television in the late 1990s. He did minor acting roles before being praised for his role of Sam in Life as a House. He became very famous worldwide by playing the yo... |
66966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up%20comedy | Stand-up comedy | Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the comedian speaks directly to the audience. A person who performs stand-up comedy is known as a stand-up comic, stand-up comedian, or simply stand-up. It is usually done by a single comedian, and with the help of a microphone. The comedian normally speaks quickly many funny ... |
66973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car%20wash | Car wash | A car wash is a place to clean the outside, and sometimes the inside, of automobiles.
There are many different types of car washes. These are the three main groups:
self-service that are usually coin-operated,
In-Bay Automatics are machines that roll back and forth over an automobile while washing it,
"tunnel washe... |
66974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20Universal%20Forum%20of%20Cultures | 2007 Universal Forum of Cultures | The Universal Forum of Cultures Monterrey 2007 is an international civil-society event that will take place in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. It begins in September and ends in December.
The Forum, as it is called often, is a global event which takes place every 3 years, in a different city each time. Its purpose is t... |
66975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midbrain | Midbrain | The mesencephalon or midbrain is a part of the brain stem. It is associated with vision, hearing, motor control, sleep/wake, arousal (alertness), and temperature regulation.
In the anatomy of developing animals, the brain forms from the neural tube, which turns into three vesicles. The mesencephalon (midbrain) is the... |
66977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota%20Fanning | Dakota Fanning | Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her starring roles in the movies Dreamer, Hounddog, and Fragments (also known as Winged Creatures).
Early life
Fanning was born in Conyers, Georgia. Her mother, Heather Joy (née Arrington), played tennis professional... |
66978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindbrain | Hindbrain | The rhombencephalon (or hindbrain) is a name for parts of the central nervous system in vertebrates.
Additional images
Anatomy of the brain
ru:Задний мозг |
66979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20broom | Spanish broom | Spanish broom (Spartium junceum, syn. Genista juncea), also known as weaver's broom, is a perennial, leguminous shrub that grows in the Mediterranean region in southern Europe, southwest Asia and northwest Africa, where it is found in sunny sites, usually on dry, sandy soils. It is the sole species in the genus Spartiu... |
66982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia | Salvia | Salvia is a genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is one of three genera commonly referred to as Sage. Sage generally means common sage (Salvia officinalis). This genus includes shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. Different species of sage are grown as herbs and as ornamental plants. The ornamental species ar... |
66983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20sage | Common sage | Common sage (Salvia officinalis) is a small evergreen subshrub, with woody stems, grayish leaves, and blue to purplish flowers that grows in southern Europe and the Mediterranean region.
It is much cultivated as a kitchen and medicinal herb, and is also called Garden sage, Kitchen sage, and Dalmatian sage. In southe... |
66984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Salvia%20species | List of Salvia species | This is a list of species in the genus Salvia. The list should not be considered complete. As with most botanical taxonomies, the list may change as new discoveries are made.
Genus Salvia
Salvia adiantifolia
Salvia adoxoides
Salvia aerea
Salvia aethiopis L.
Salvia alatipetiolata
Salvia amissa Epling
Salvia apiana Je... |
66985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subshrub | Subshrub | A subshrub (Latin suffrutex) is a woody perennial plant. Gardeners use the word to distinguish plants from a shrub that have lower height, typically less than 10–20 cm tall, or that are only weakly woody and/or persist only for a few years. Small, low shrubs such as lavender, periwinkle, and thyme, and many members of ... |
66988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinca | Vinca | Vinca (from Latin vincire "to bind, fetter") is a genus of five species in the family Apocynaceae, that grows in Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. The common name, shared with the related genus Catharanthus, is Periwinkle.
They are subshrubs or herbaceous, and have slender stems 1–2 m (3–6 feet) long but n... |
66989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinca%20%28disambiguation%29 | Vinca (disambiguation) | Vinca can mean
Vinca, one of two genera of plants with the common name Periwinkle
Vinča, a suburb of Belgrade
Vinča culture, an early European culture named after the Belgrade suburb
Vinça, a commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales département in France |
66990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikoku%20%28dog%29 | Shikoku (dog) | The Shikoku is a Japanese breed of dog. Other names for it is Tosa-ken. It is different from Tosa-touken. It looks like Japanese Wolf. It has a life span of ten to twelve years.
Dog breeds |
66993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie%20Murphy | Eddie Murphy | Edward "Eddie" Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, producer, singer and writer. He won the Golden Globe Award in 2006 and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2002.
He has received Golden Globe Award nominations for best actor in a comedy or musical for his performances in Beverly Hills ... |
66994 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%20Connelly | Jennifer Connelly | Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970) is an American movie actress. She also worked as child model. Although she has been working in the movie industry since she was a teenager and became famous for her roles in movies like Labyrinth and Career Opportunities, she did not become a big movie star until the 2000... |
66999 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy%20Garland | Judy Garland | Judy Garland (June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer and vaudevillian. She got international fame as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage. She got a Juvenile Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award. She also won Grammy Awards and a Special ... |
67001 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza%20Minnelli | Liza Minnelli | Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946 ) is an American actress and singer, who has won the Oscar and the Tony Award, and also many others.
She was born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, She is the daughter of famous actress and singer Judy Garland and her second husband, movie director Vince... |
67002 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 2007 Atlantic hurricane season | The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season was a time of year when tropical cyclones happened in the year 2007. The season started June 1, 2007, and ended on November 30, 2007, but the last storm did not die until December 12, 2007. Most of the storms that form in the Atlantic Ocean during the year happen between these two dat... |
67004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yul%20Brynner | Yul Brynner | Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985) was a Broadway and Hollywood actor. He was born in Russia. He moved to the United States and became an American citizen. He appeared in many movies and stage productions in the United States. He is famous for his role as the Siamese king in the musical The King and I on th... |
67005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Redford | Robert Redford | Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. on August 18, 1937), is a retired American movie actor, director, producer, businessman, and model. One of Hollywood's biggest superstars, Redford has kept his appeal as the decades pass.
In August 2018, Redford officially announced his retirement from acting.
Movies
... |
67006 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia%20pratensis | Salvia pratensis | Salvia pratensis (Meadow Clary or Meadow Sage; syn Salvia virgata) is a perennial sage in the family Lamiaceae, that grows in Europe, western Asia and northern Africa.
It is a herbaceous perennial plant and grows up to 1.5 m tall. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, the leaves on the lower part of the stem up ... |
67007 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20Burr | Raymond Burr | Raymond William Stacey Burr (May 21, 1917 – September 12, 1993) was a Canadian actor and vintner, famous for his roles in the television dramas Perry Mason, for which he was awarded two Emmy Awards, and Ironside.
Burr's mother was of English and Scottish ancestry; his father was Irish.
Burr may have been a closeted h... |
67009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Pfeiffer | Michelle Pfeiffer | Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958) is an American actress who has been nominated for the Oscar three times. Pfeiffer has appeared in movie such as Scarface, The Witches of Eastwick, Dangerous Liaisons, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Batman Returns, Wolf and Hairspray.
Personal life
Since 1981 until 1988 she was ... |
67010 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant%20stem | Plant stem | A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant. The stem is normally divided into nodes and internodes, the nodes hold leaves, flowers, cones, axillary buds, or other stems etc.
The term "shoots" is often confused with "stems". A "shoot" generally refers to new fresh plant growth including both stems a... |
67011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NNDB | NNDB | NNDB, standing for Notable Names Database, produced by Soylent Communications, is an online database of biographical information of notable people. As of March 2007, NNDB contains more than 60,000 articles for over 22,000 important people. Readers may suggest additions or corrections which are later checked by a NNDB s... |
67014 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular%20plant | Vascular plant | The vascular plants, or tracheophytes, are plants that have specialized tissues for conducting water, minerals, and photosynthetic products through the plant. They include the ferns, clubmosses, horsetails, flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms. They are often called the higher plants.
The vascular plants a... |
67015 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20on%20the%20Final%20Settlement%20with%20Respect%20to%20Germany | Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany | The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany ( ) is sometimes called the 2 + 4 Treaty.
It was signed by the two Germanys (West and East) and the four Wartime Allies (France, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union (USSR)) on 12 September 1990, in Moscow, USSR.
The treaty formally en... |
67018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-vascular%20plant | Non-vascular plant | Non-vascular plants is a general term for those plants without a vascular system (xylem and phloem). Although non-vascular plants do not have these tissues, some of them have other tissues for internal transport of water.
Nonvascular plants have no roots, stems, or leaves. These structures always have some vascular t... |
67019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular%20tissue | Vascular tissue | This is an article about vascular tissue in plants. For transport in animals, see Circulatory system.
Vascular tissue is a complex tissue found in vascular plants. Complex means that it is composed of more than one cell type.
The primary components of vascular tissue are the xylem and phloem. These two tissues transp... |
67020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phloem | Phloem | In vascular plants, phloem is the living tissue made up of small tubes which carry watery sap containing sugar and other organic nutrients to all parts of the plant where the nutrients are used for growth, or stored until needed. The sugar is made by photosynthesis. In trees, the phloem is the innermost layer of the ba... |
67022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Matthau | Walter Matthau | Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920–July 1, 2000) was an American actor. He starred with Jack Lemmon in The Odd Couple and its sequel The Odd Couple II. He won the Academy Award for The Fortune Cookie.
movies
Atomic Attack (1950) (short subject)
The Kentuckian (1955)
The Indian Fighter (1955)
Bigger Than Life (1956)
A Fa... |
67023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Sarandon | Susan Sarandon | Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an American actress. She was born in New York City and grew up in Edison, New Jersey. She has received many awards in her career for her work, including the Academy Award in 1995 for her role at the movie Dead Man Walking, written and directed by her partner, actor and director ... |
67024 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Robbins | Tim Robbins | Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist, and amateur musician. He has won many awards in his career, including the Academy Award in 2004 for his work in Mystic River.
He was born in West Covina, Los Angeles County and raised in New York City. He... |
67025 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigran%20Chukhajian | Tigran Chukhajian | Tigran Chukhajian was a famous Armenian composer and the founder of the first opera institution in the Ottoman Empire. He composed the first Armenian opera, Arshak II, about the life of Armenian king Arshak II.
1837 births
1898 deaths
Armenian composers |
67026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie%20Lee%20Curtis | Jamie Lee Curtis | Jamie Lee Curtis, Lady Haden-Guest (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress and author. Although at the beginning of her career she was known as “The one girl” because of her roles in many horror movies beginning in her first ever movie Halloween (1978) as Laurie Strode, Curtis has since worked in a lot of diffe... |
67033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s%20Republic | People's Republic | People's Republic (sometimes called Popular Republic) is a name for a communist, usually Marxist-Leninist country. Currently, the People's Republic of China (PRC) is the only Marxist-Leninist state in the world that uses the title "People's Republic". Because of this, "People's Republic" is sometimes used to refer to C... |
67035 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20J.%20Fox | Michael J. Fox | Michael Andrew Fox (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a retired Canadian-American actor, author, film producer and activist with a film and television career spanning from the 1970s to 2020. He played Marty McFly in Back to the Future trilogy. On television, he played Alex P. Keaton in the... |
67040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt%20%28Christina%20Aguilera%20song%29 | Hurt (Christina Aguilera song) | "Hurt" is a song sung by Christina Aguilera, from her 2006 album Back to Basics. The song was written by Aguilera, Linda Perry and Mark Ronson. It is a slow, emotional ballad. It was released as the second single from her Back to Basics album, after "Ain't No Other Man". It charted in many countries in the world.
2006... |
67043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie%20producer | Movie producer | A movie producer creates the conditions for making movies. The producer checks and controls things such as getting the money to make the movie, employing personnel, and arranging for distributors. The producer is involved in all parts of the process of making a movie from the beginning to completion of a project. Usual... |
67047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroenteritis | Gastroenteritis | Gastroenteritis is a medical term for inflammation of the stomach and intestines. It causes diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pain. It usually happens because of infection by a virus or bacteria.
Other common terms for gastroenteritis include infectious diarrhea, stomach bug, and stomach virus. It is sometimes called st... |
67050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television%20pilot | Television pilot | Television pilot, usually called just a pilot, is a test episode made to sell a television series. It may be broadcast as the first episode if the series is sold to a network or cable channel, and sometimes has different actors or other differences to the real series. There are also many series whose pilot episodes are... |
67052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Doohan | James Doohan | James Montgomery Doohan (March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) LVO was a Canadian actor and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the movie and television series Star Trek. Doohan's character was one of the most typical elements in the Star Trek franchise.
Doohan was also a veteran of Wor... |
67053 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javanese%20language | Javanese language | Javanese (); ; Aksara Jawa: ; Pegon: ; ) is the native language of Javanese people which originated from the island of Java. Being the most populous island in the world, a lot of community in Java island could understand the Javanese language naturally despite not having a Javanese-ethnic identity. The Javanese languag... |
67054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javanese | Javanese | Javanese might mean:
Anything related to Java, an island of Indonesia
Javanese language |
67055 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Douglas | Michael Douglas | Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer and activist. He has acted in movies and on television, who came to fame as Insp. Steve Keller in the popular 1970s television series The Streets of San Francisco.
He later became a successful movie star, and won the Academy Award in 1987... |
67056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk%20Douglas | Kirk Douglas | Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and movie producer. His parents were Jews from the Russian Empire. Douglas has acted in many of Hollywood's most well-known of all time, including Spartacus. He also starred as Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life.
He is als... |
67057 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Stewart | James Stewart | James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was one of the most famous American movie and stage actors of all times. In his career, he starred in many movies considered classics and was nominated for five Oscars, winning one in competition and one life achievement. He also had an important military career, and... |
67059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Cagney | James Cagney | James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American movie actor who had many roles in his long career, and won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1942 for his role in Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Like James Stewart, Cagney became so familiar to the public that they usually referred to him as "Jimmy" Cagney. In... |
67060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer%20Tracy | Spencer Tracy | Spencer Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American movie and stage actor who appeared in movies for thirty years.
In 1999, the American Film Institute named Tracy among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking 9th on the list of 100. He was nominated for nine Academy Awards for Best Actor, and won it tw... |
67061 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Cooper | Gary Cooper | Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American movie actor whose career lasted 36 years. Cooper received five Oscar nominations for Best Actor, and won it two times, in 1941 and 1952. He also received an Honorary Award from the Academy in 1961. In 1999, the American Film Institute nam... |
67062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Edward%20Keeler | James Edward Keeler | James Edward Keeler (September 10 1857 – August 12 1900) was an American astronomer.
He worked at Lick Observatory beginning in 1888 but was appointed director of the University of Pittsburgh's Allegheny Observatory in 1891. He returned to Lick Observatory as its director in 1898, but died not long after in 1900. He ... |
67064 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens | Cassini–Huygens | Cassini–Huygens was a spacecraft, sent to study the planet Saturn, its rings, and its moons.
The mission was made by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and Italian Space Agency (ASI). The spacecraft had two main parts: the Cassini orbiter and the Huygens probe. It was launched on October 15, 1997 and entered into ... |
67068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern | Fern | Ferns are a group of about 20,000 species of plants (of which about 10,000 are living) in the division Pteridophyta. Unlike bryophytes, ferns have xylem and phloem, which makes them vascular plants.
Most ferns belong to the Class Leptosporangiata (or Pteridopsida). This includes most of those you see in gardens and wo... |
67069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror%20movie | Horror movie | A horror movie is a movie made to scare the viewer. The main stories of horror movies often involve supernatural forces or characters of evil origin. Horror movies are often confused with thrillers, which are similar.
Popular horror movie characters usually include monsters. Early horror movies often took ideas from c... |
67070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence%20Fishburne | Laurence Fishburne | Laurence Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor of movies and theater, playwright, director, and producer. He was nominated for the Oscar, and won the Emmy and Tony Awards. He is famous for his roles in successful movies like Apocalypse Now and The Matrix. Fishburne was the first African-American actor... |
67072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Sheen | Martin Sheen | Martin Sheen (born August 3, 1940) is a Spanish-Irish-American actor. He is best known for his role as Captain Willard in the film Apocalypse Now and, most recently, as President Josiah Bartlet on the acclaimed and long-running television drama series The West Wing. He won both the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for his ... |
67074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene%20Dietrich | Marlene Dietrich | Marlene Dietrich ; (27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German-American actress, singer, and entertainer. She is considered to have been the first German actress to become successful in Hollywood.
In her long career, starting as a cabaret singer, chorus girl and movie actress in Berlin in the 1920s, Hollywood movie s... |
67075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Kurdistan | Northern Kurdistan | Northern Kurdistan, or Turkish Kurdistan, is the part of Kurdistan which is in Turkey, in the Middle East. To the south-west is Syrian Kurdistan, and to the south-east is Iraqi Kurdistan and Iranian Kurdistan.
Geography of Turkey
tr:Kürdistan#Türkiye Kürdistanı |
67078 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Etna | Mount Etna | Mount Etna is a volcano on the east coast of Sicily, part of southern Italy. It is the largest active volcano in Europe. Mount Etna erupts every few years.
Etna's most destructive eruption in historic times started on 11 March 1669. It produced lava flows that destroyed 10 villages and reached the town of Catania five... |
67079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rojava | Rojava | Rojava, or Western Kurdistan, or Syrian Kurdistan, is a part of divided Kurdistan in the Middle East. It consists of three areas called 'cantons' in Northern Syria but the Syrian government is not in control there. Instead, since a revolution which happened early on in the Syrian Civil War, it has had its own independe... |
67080 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern%20Kurdistan | Eastern Kurdistan | Eastern Kurdistan or Iranian Kurdistan is the part of Iran inhabited by Kurds, or the part of Kurdistan that is within Iran. Some of Iranian Kurdistan is in Iran's Kurdistan Province.
Iranian Kurdistan is next to the Iraqi Kurdistan. Further to the west are Turkish Kurdistan and Syrian Kurdistan.
Land
Eastern Kurdi... |
67082 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Terry | John Terry | John George Terry (born 7 December 1980) is a Professional Football Manager and former English professional football player. Terry played as a defender and captained Chelsea in the English Premier League and the England national team. John Terry is Manager of League 2 Side, Bristol Rovers.
Terry is known as one of ... |
67083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella%20%28song%29 | Umbrella (song) | "Umbrella" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna and features American rapper Jay-Z. It is the lead single from Rihanna's third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad. It was written by Jay-Z, Terius Nash and Christopher Stewart. It was released on March 29, 2007 as a single and digital download. It was very successful world... |
67084 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley%20MacLaine | Shirley MacLaine | {{Infobox person
| name = Shirley MacLaine
| birthname = Shirley MacLean Beaty
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
| nationality = American
| residence =
| image = Shirley MacLaine (2005).jpg
| caption = Shirley MacLaine at the... |
67086 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown%20dependencies | Crown dependencies | A British crown dependency is a special type of state. The head of state is the British monarch, who is represented by a Lieutenant-Governor. Each dependency has a parliament, government and prime minister to make all laws, except laws about defence and foreign affairs. Defence and foreign affairs are looked after b... |
67087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenancies%20Act%201997 | Lieutenancies Act 1997 | The Lieutenancies Act 1997 (1997 c. 23) is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
A Lord Lieutenant is the Queen's representative in a county or other area.
The Lieutenancies Act sets out the areas in which Lords-Lieutenant work in Great Britain. It came into force on 1 July 1997.
These areas are usually call... |
67089 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meristem | Meristem | A meristem is a tissue in plants made of dividing cells. They are in parts of the plant where growth can take place.
Plant cells which are differentiated generally cannot divide or produce cells of a different type. Therefore, cell division in the meristem is necessary to get new cells. This allows for the growth of t... |
67092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular%20cambium | Vascular cambium | The vascular cambium is a meristem.
It is the source of both the secondary xylem (inwards, towards the pith) and the secondary phloem (outwards), and is between these tissues in the stem and root. Only a few leaves even have a vascular cambium.
Vascular cambium is a type of meristem - a tissue consisting of embryon... |
67095 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork%20cambium | Cork cambium | Cork cambium is a tissue in many vascular plants as part of the bark (periderm).
The cork cambium is a lateral meristem and is responsible for secondary growth that replaces the epidermis in roots and stems. It is found in woody and many herbaceous dicots, gymnosperms and some monocots, which usually have no secondar... |
67096 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork%20%28material%29 | Cork (material) | Cork is a material that is harvested for commercial use primarily from the bark of the Cork Oak tree. As the cork is harvested.
Portugal produces 50% of cork worldwide. Cork is made up of suberin, a hydrophobic substance.
In general, cork is made up of suberin (average of about 40%), lignin (22%), polysaccharides (cel... |
67102 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork%20oak | Cork oak | The cork oak (Quercus suber) is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree. It grows southwest Europe and northwest Africa.
It grows to up to 20 m, but in its native environment it is usually not that tall. The leaves are 4–7 cm long, dark green above, paler beneath, with the leaf margins often downcurved. The acorns are 2–3 ... |
67105 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn | Acorn | The acorn is the fruit of the oak tree. It is a nut, and has a single seed (rarely two seeds), enclosed in a tough, leathery shell. Acorns vary from 1 – 6 cm long and 0.8 – 4 cm broad. Acorns take between about 6 or 24 months (depending on the species) to mature.
Acorns are one of the most important wildlife foods in ... |
67109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%20of%20Belarus | President of Belarus | The president of the Republic of Belarus (, ) is the head of state of Belarus. The office was created in 1994. A president is chosen by other Belarusians every five years in a national vote. Alexander Lukashenko is the only person who has been president.
List of presidents of Belarus (1994–present)
References
Politi... |
67110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay | Jay | The jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy birds in the crow family Corvidae.
Jays in culture
Slang
The word "jay" has an archaic meaning in American slang meaning a stupid or dull person, from which is derived the term jaywalking
Organizational symbols
The Toronto Blue Jays, a Major ... |
67111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clubmoss | Clubmoss | Clubmosses are a group of plants in the Lycopodiophyta, which are the most ancient group of land plants. The clubmosses are an order Lycopodiales, (or a subclass Lycopodiopsida).
Clubmosses are thought to be structurally similar to the earliest vascular plants, with small, scale-like leaves, homosporous spores borne i... |
67113 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsetail | Horsetail | The horsetails are a class in the Pteridophyta (ferns). They were one of the most important plant groups in the Palaeozoic era. For over 100 million years they were diverse, and dominated the understorey of late Paleozoic forests. They are seen in the coal measures of the Carboniferous period, and some were trees rea... |
67114 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20algae | Green algae | Green algae are microscopic protists. One can find them in all sorts of natural water: salt water, freshwater and brackish water. The group is less used in classification today. Although most are descended from a common ancestor, some are not. Some of their descendants, the land plants are not included in the group, so... |
67115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brackish%20water | Brackish water | Brackish water (less commonly brack water) is salt water and fresh water mixed together. It is saltier than fresh water, but not as salty as seawater. It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, or it may occur in brackish fossil aquifers.
Some human activities can produce brackish water,... |
67118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagellate | Flagellate | Flagellates are cells with one or more whip-like organelles called flagella. Some cells in animals may be flagellate, for instance the spermatozoa of most phyla. Flowering plants and fungi do not produce flagellate cells, but the closely related green algae and chytrids do. Many protists take the form of single-celle... |
67119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable%20energy | Sustainable energy | Sustainable energy is energy that is created in an environmentally friendly way.
It involves both energy efficiency and renewable energy. Both resources help to stabilize and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Efficient energy use allows energy demand to slow so that rising clean energy supplies can make big cuts in f... |
67121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoprene | Neoprene | Neoprene is the DuPont Performance Elastomers trade name for a family of synthetic rubbers based on polychloroprene (polymer form of Chloroprene). Neoprene was invented by DuPont scientists after Dr. Elmer K. Bolton of DuPont attended a lecture by Fr Julius Arthur Nieuwland, a professor of chemistry at the University ... |
67122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer%2011 | Pioneer 11 | Pioneer 11 (also known as Pioneer G) was a NASA space probe the second mission to visit Jupiter and the first mission to visit Saturn. The space probe was launched on April 6, 1973 and flew by Jupiter on December 4, 1974 and Saturn on September 1, 1979. The probe was last heard from November 1995 when the last communic... |
67140 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical%20tourism | Medical tourism | Medical Tourism is when patients visit other countries for medical care. The patients usually come from developed countries to find treatment at lower prices. Over 50 countries have identified medical tourism as a national industry.
Examples of common medical procedures done for medical tourists are surgeries like joi... |
67142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrowing%20parakeet | Burrowing parakeet | The burrowing parakeet (Cyanoliseus patagonus), also known as the burrowing parakeet or Patagonian conure, is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Uruguay. It lives in subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, su... |
67145 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquifer | Aquifer | An aquifer is an underground layer where the material contains water. That can be less solid material like sand, gravel, clay or silt, but it can be rock as well, as long as the rock allows water to get in (that means that it is water-bearing).
From such layers or groundwater can be usefully extracted using a well. T... |
67146 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI | AFI | AFI is an acronym that can mean:
AFI (band)
American Film Institute |
67147 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager%202 | Voyager 2 | Voyager 2 is a space probe used by NASA to explore Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. It is the only spacecraft that has come near to Uranus and Neptune. Because of this, a majority of pictures we see of these two ice planets came from this spacecraft. It was identical in form to its sister spacecraft, Voyager 1.... |
67152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Party%20Day | World Party Day | World Party Day (P-Day) is celebrated on April 3 as a synchronized global mass celebration of a better world and the creation of desirable reality.
How It Began
The idea of a coordinated synchronized worldwide party appeared as a work of fiction in the book Flight, A Quantum Fiction Novel, by American writer Vanna Bo... |
67154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Curtis | Tony Curtis | Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010) was an American movie actor. He was most popular during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is famous for his light comic roles, especially his musician escaping from gangsters in Some Like It Hot (1959). He has also acted in more serious and dramat... |
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