I make this observation about the lady, Miss Judy Garland, because she brought up the subject herself in telling a story about a British female reporter who flattered her terribly in London recently and then wrote in the paper the next day:

) Miss Marple may thus be considered a female version of that staple of British detective fiction, the gentleman detective.

* 1927 – Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, " Does the word ' Persons ' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?

* 1991 – Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm ( who had resigned ) as Premier of British Columbia.

* Tasha, a female borzoi belonging to the noted vet Buster Lloyd-Jones ( founder of Denes natural pet foods ), was born in the UK during the Second World War and is the pedigree ancestor of most British borzoi bloodlines.

There are no female Rabbis among the British Masorti, for example, and some Masorti congegations maintain non-egalitarian practices with regard to gender, such as the mechitza and the prohibition of women reading from the Torah, while nearly all American congregations are fully egalitarian and the American Rabbinical schools ordain women as Rabbis.

" Seashells ", or conchae in Latin, may be a metaphor for something else such as female genitalia ( perhaps the troops visited brothels ) or boats ( perhaps they captured several small British boats ).

Scottish urban centres, with their poverty and unemployment were favourite recruiting grounds of the regular British army, and Dundee, where the female dominated jute industry limited male employment had one of the highest proportion of reservists and serving soldiers than almost any other British city.

No female rabbi has served in a British Masorti synagogue, but in 2010 the Assembly of Masorti Synagogues appointed Rabbi Daniella Kolodny as its Community Development Coordinator.

The British monarch is understood to not be the Duke with regards to mainland Normandy described herein, by virtue of the Treaty of Paris of 1259, the surrender of French possessions in 1801, and the belief that the rights of succession to that title are subject to Salic Law which excludes inheritance through female heirs.

Kim Campbell, the 19th Prime Minister of Canada ( 1993 ) and only female and British Columbia-born individual to hold the office

They have sold over 75 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling female group of all time, and also making them the most successful British band since the Beatles, and compared with the Beatlemania.

Gale was unlike any female character seen before on British TV and became a household name.

Most versions also have disciplinarian female hosts, similar in attitude and appearance to Robinson in the British version.

* May 4 – Counting in the previous day's British general election shows that the Conservatives have won and Margaret Thatcher becomes the country's first female prime minister, ending the rule of James Callaghan's Labour government.

These fears produced the British 1914 The German Spy Peril, centred on a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament, and 1913's O. H. M. S., standing for ' Our Helpless Millions Saved ' as well as On His Majesty's Service ( and introducing for the first time a strong female character who helps the hero ).

The British Association of Model Agents ( AMA ) says that female models should be around 34-24-34 in and at least tall.

* Carys Bannister, first British female consultant neurosurgeon

The male and female bear similar plumage ; an orange breast and face ( more strongly coloured in the otherwise similar British subspecies E. r. mesophilus ), lined by a bluish grey on the sides of the neck and chest.

British Robins are largely resident but a small minority, usually female, migrate to southern Europe during winter, a few as far as Spain.

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In the 1960s the popular British TV program, The Avengers incorporated much fetish costuming for their lead female performers including Diana Rigg's famous leather catsuits and leotards as well as Tara King's continual thigh-length boots and shoulder length leather gloves.

A 2007 British Journal of Nutrition study found that female rats who eat junk food during pregnancy increased the likelihood of unhealthy eating habits in their offspring.

Pioneer aviatrices include French, Raymonde de Laroche, the world's first licensed female pilot on March 8, 1910 ; Belgian, Helene Dutrieu, the first woman to fly a passenger, first woman to win an air race ( 1910 ), and first woman to pilot a seaplane ( 1912 ); French, Marie Marvingt the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel and the North Sea in a balloon ( October 26, 1909 ) and first woman to fly as a bomber pilot in combat missions ( 1915 ); American, Harriet Quimby, the USA's first licensed female pilot in 1911, and the first woman to cross the English Channel by airplane ; American Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic ( 1932 ); Bessie Coleman, the first African American female to become a licensed airplane pilot ( 1921 ); German, Marga von Etzdorf, first woman to fly for an airline ( 1927 ); Opal Kunz, one of the few women to train US Navy fighter pilots during World War II in the Civilian Pilot Training Program ; and the British Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia ( 1930 ).

* Bond ( band ), an Australian / British string quartet

* British — Beamish, Sally: Commedia ( 1990 ; mixed quintet ; theater piece without actors, in which Pierrot is portrayed by violin ); Biberian, Gilbert: Variations and Fugue on " Au Clair de la Lune " ( 1967 ; wind quartet ), Pierrot: A Ballet ( 1978 ; guitar duo ); Musgrave, Thea, Pierrot ( 1985 ; for clarinet, violin, and piano ; inspired dance by Jennifer Muller above under # Plays, variety shows, circus, and dance | Plays, variety shows, circus, and dance ); Redgate, Roger: Pierrot on the Stage of Desire ( 1998 ; for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion — known as the " Pierrot ensemble ", comprising the instrumentation of Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire below ).

* In 2011, the Australian / British string quartet BOND released the album Play featuring the recording " Road to Samarkand ".

* Big Four ( White Star Line ), a quartet of British ocean liners of the early 20th century

* The Eagles ( UK band ), a British quartet

Stephen Holden, music critic for The New York Times, said in his article Rock: British Culture Club, that the popular quartet, " Culture Club blends soul, rock, funk, reggae and salsa into a music that programmatically reconciles white, black and Latin styles ", adding that, " Mr. O ' Dowd made the group's best songs – the Motown-flavoured Do You Really Want to Hurt Me and the Latin-inflected dance tune I'll Tumble 4 Ya – shine like jewels ".

The League of Gentlemen are a quartet of British dark comedy writers / performers, formed in 1995 by Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith.

British experimental composers use the toy piano frequently, especially the Promenade Theatre Orchestra ( 1969 – 73 ), a quartet of composer / performers ( members included John White, Alec Hill, Hugh Shrapnel, and Christopher Hobbs ), whose central instrumentation consisted of four matched French Michelsonne toy pianos and Hohner reed organs.

He easily won the 800m at the European Cup in Turin in August, covering the last 200m in 24. 1 and anchored the British 4 x 400m relay team with the fastest split of the quartet, 45. 5.

The Lindsay String Quartet ( or The Lindsays ) was a British string quartet from 1965 to 2005.

The British / Australian string quartet bond play classical crossover ( first and second violin, viola, and cello ) and sing the occasional vocals that accompany some of their tracks.

The Australian / British string quartet Bond also recorded a version of " Fly, Robin, Fly " for their 2004 album, Classified.

* Django Django, a British psychedelic quartet.

Another British tour ensued before the quartet opted to release the Mr. Big Live album in 1992 and set to work on a third album to be released in 1993.

Soon after this launch Mrvica was spotted by the musician, author and manager Tonči Huljić, who composed several tracks for the crossover string quartet, Bond, and it was Tonči who put Mrvica in touch with British impresario Mel Bush.

The authors are published by Scholastic Press, who also publishes the British Harry Potter septet for J. K. Rowling and the Canadian Anne of Green Gables quartet for Lucy Maud Montgomery.

The British composer and percussionist James Wood has contributed several works to the repertoire, including Stoicheia ( 1987 – 88 ), requiring over 600 instruments played by 16 percussionists, as well as electronics, Village Burial with Fire for percussion quartet ( 1989 ), and Spirit Festival with Lamentations, for quarter-tone marimba and four percussionists ( 1992 ).

The Hilliard Ensemble is a British male vocal quartet originally devoted to the performance of early music.

Bond, an Australian / British string quartet, used some of Huljić ’ s songs as the base of their hit songs " Explosive ", " Victory ", " Fuego ".

The British electric string quartet Bond performed a rendition of " Palladio ", titled " Allegretto ", on their Shine album.

A second British electric string quartet, Escala also performed a similar arrangement of the piece on their self-titled album.

The Brodsky Quartet is a British string quartet, in existence since 1972, though only Ian Belton and Jacqueline Thomas are original members.