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PERFORMERS' AUTOBIOGRAPHIES |
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Latrodectus mactans, the scientific name of this "hourglass spider", means "murderous biting robber" |
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In the 1890s he portrayed night life in "A Corner of the Moulin de la Galette" & "At the Moulin Rouge" |
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Emmy-nominated animal psychologist Cesar Millan is better known as this to TV viewers |
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After 11 years in the job, this U.K. prime minister resigned |
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You say it to wish good health to someone who has sneezed |
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The Arizona blond species of this large, hairy spider inhabits the desert areas of the Southwest |
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Looking at soft Camembert cheese inspired him to paint soft pocket watches in "The Persistence of Memory" |
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An impulse-control disorder, it's the compulsion to steal in the absence of any real economic motive |
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This city, capital of the same-named country, was overrun by Iraqi forces |
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This cord made from animal intestines is used as strings for musical instruments |
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Like lobsters & millipedes, arachnids belong to this "joint-legged" phylum of the animal kingdom |
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In this Spaniard's "Portrait of the Duchess of Alba", the subject of the painting points to the artist's name at her feet |
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This 2-word term has its origins in a hostage taking that followed a botched 1973 robbery of a Swedish bank |
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For the first time Pavarotti, Carreras & Domingo performed together as this supergroup |
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It's the reinforced eyelet in cloth or leather through which a fastener passes |
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Oh, orb weaver, I believe there are 2,800 species of you including a spider named for this strong material it produces |
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From the Sanskrit for "circle", in Jungian psychology, it's a symbol for the effort to unify the self |
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Winnie (Churchill) got a ticker-tape parade on March 15, 1946; this Winnie was in one with her husband on June 20, 1990 |
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"I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend" (2014) |
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To "run" this was to endure an old military punishment as two lines of your comrades pummeled you |
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The northern deer tick spreads this disease by injecting bacteria into its victims' blood |
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Some say that to achieve the look of his paintings, Vermeer must have used this device, Latin for "dark chamber" |
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Musical term for a mental state in which someone is conscious of his actions but retains no memory of them |
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This Brit created the first prototype web pages |
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"This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection" (2010) |
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To "run" this, from the third Greek letter, is to cover the complete range or extent |
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