Garbo, Greta (1905-1990)
Swedish actress Greta Garbo accomplished in less than two decades what advocates for women's rights had sought for centuries: she showed the American public that femini...
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The Swedish-born American film star Greta Garbo (1905-1990) became one of Hollywood's legendary personalities.Born Greta Louisa Gustafsson on September 18, 1905, in Stockholm, Sweden, Greta Garbo grew...
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Question 1 of 10:
Dirk is a musician as well as an actor
. He once set up a Dixieland jazz band and can play which instrument?a) Double bass (0)b) Trombone (1)c) Saxophone (0)d) Drums (0)Question ...
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Question 1 of 10:The film industry was changed forever when the first ‘talkie’ was released in 1927. What was it called?
Modern Times
The Jazz Singer
Birth of a Nation
The General
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Question 1 of 10:Who is the first person Sam leaps into after prematurely stepping inside the Quantum Leap accelerator?
An Air Force pilot
A US SenatorA fire-fighterAn escaped prisonerQuestion 2 of...
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Berlin (dpa) - Regarded as the building's "godfather," Kaiser
Wilhelm 11 personally put in an appearance when the legendary Adlon
Hotel was opened on Berlin's Pariser Platz ...
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Today is Sunday, April 15, the 105th day of 2007. There are 260 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:In the early hours of April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner Titanic sank in the...
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The parodists have it wrong. They’ve turned the phrase most identified with Greta Garbo—“I want to be alone”—into something that might have issued from Bela Lugosi. Ga...
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There is a reason why reports of a rare strain of tuberculosis attracted worldwide attention: a history as scary as the plague.More than 4,000 years ago, tuberculosis killed an Egyptian whose mummi...
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THE AGE OF TURBULENCE: ADVENTURES IN A NEW WORLDBy Alan Greenspan The Penguin Press, 531 pages, $35
“Garbo talks.” That was the advertising slogan for Greta Garbo’s first talking ...
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Kevin Alderman didn't bring sex to "Second Life." He just made it better.The 46-year-old entrepreneur recognized four years ago that people would pay to equip their online selves _ which start out ...
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Kevin Alderman didn't bring sex to "Second Life." He just made it better. The 46-year-old entrepreneur recognized four years ago that people would pay to equip their online selves _ which start out...
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Garbo, Greta (1905-1990)
Greta Garbo
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