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—Madonna talking about her role in Evita In February 1996, Madonna began filming the musical Evita in Argentina. For a long time, Madonna had desired to play Argentine political leader Eva Perón and wrote to director Alan Parker to explain why she would be perfect for the part. After securing the title role, she received vocal coaching and learned about the history of Argentina and Perón ...
For the 2004–2005 academic year, SDSU received over US$157 million in external funding from grants and contracts, as well as an additional US$57 million in donations and charitable giving. [102] For 2005–2006, SDSU received US$152 million in grants and contracts to support research.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927.
1999 - Vermont Supreme Court grants the same rights and protections that married heterosexuals have to homosexual partners. 1999 - Sodomy laws of 32 states were repealed; 1999 - 11 states had laws to protect homosexuals from discrimination; 2000 - Vermont Supreme Court backed civil unions between homosexual couples
With a total of US$71,000 (equivalent to $770,232 in 2023) in grants from the National Science Foundation, construction began on an 8-hectare (20-acre) plot in Delaware, Ohio. This Ohio State University Radio Observatory telescope was called "Big Ear".
The foundation aims to provide women and girls in the developing world with information and support regarding contraception and, ultimately, universal access to consensual family planning. [138] In 2007, the Los Angeles Times criticized the foundation for investing its assets in companies that have been accused of worsening poverty, pollution ...
During his presidential campaign, Carter embraced healthcare reform akin to the Ted Kennedy-sponsored bipartisan universal national health insurance. [182] Carter's proposals on healthcare while in office included an April 1977 mandatory health care cost proposal, [ 183 ] and a June 1979 proposal that provided private health insurance coverage ...
Kelsey Grammer was born on Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. [2] [1] Grammer's mother, Sally Cranmer (1928–2008), was a singer and actress. [6]His father, Frank Allen Grammer Jr. was a musician, owned a restaurant called Greer's Place, [7] [8] and owned and edited the Virgin Islands View magazine. [9]