A strict man, William once told a five year old Albert to go to the police station with a note from his father after some mischief making. Upon reading the note, a sergeant put young Alfred in a cell and left him there for ten minutes. ... He was hired as a title designer for silent films. ... Also, in the spring of 1973 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented him with the Irving G. ... The Directors Guild of America also honored Hitchcock that spring with the prestigious D.W.Griffith Award for his directorial achievements. ...

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He and Hannah met in a London boarding house where they both were living in the spring of 1885. ... When the results were tabulated, only five silents were chosen: D. ... It was on this note of quiet satisfaction that Chaplin's life drew to aclose. ...

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that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu; And, happy melodist, unwearièd, For ever piping songs for ever new; More happy love! ... And, little town, thy streets for evermore Will silent be; and not a soul, to tell Why thou art desolate, can e'er return. ... with brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest branches and the trodden weed; Thou, silent form! ... Using paradox and oxymoron to open the second stanza, Keats praises the silent music coming from the pipes and timbrels as far more pleasing than the audible music of real life, for the music fro...

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Her favorite show was Jerry Springer; she watched it everyday and even stayed up late for re-runs. ... He informed her by note of course that she had not paid rent in over five years and that she had to move out if she did not start paying rent. ... She went to find her landlord only to notice a note on his door that said left town for several years, please deposit rent in the mail slot, thank you management "Well what the flippin hell am I am gonna do now" said Snow. ... There were no words spoken, just very intense, silent stares. ...

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In the spring of 1794 Dolly and James were introduced for the first time. ... The Castle was abandoned; to be raided, first, by American stragglers, and then to be burned by the British who conflagrated it after marching fifty sailors and marines silently through the avenue. ... Now there was noting but Montpellier and the calm monotonous beauty of the Blue Ridge. ...

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Before the civic spirit and individuality evident and necessary to the Renaissance came to fruition, there had to have been something to trigger a change in the mentality of the medieval civilization. The medieval manorialism fostered illiteracy and ignorance and a very narrow view of the outside w...

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Sometimes one dipped themselves into the chilly sea or into the warm springs. ... Annette went on to star in many silent films. ... However, sales were rising in the United States and those noting the growing number of private pools mentioned that thousands of shy women were probably purchasing bikinis to wear in the privacy of their own pools (Johnson 7). ...

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BIOGRAPHY According to Life Magazine and several other sources, Thomas Edison was "the most influential figure of the millennium." Contrary to what is sometimes assumed, Thomas Edison was not born into poverty in a backwoods mid-western village. He was born, on Feb. 11, 1847, to middle-class parents in the bustling port of Milan, Ohio: a community that, next to Odessa, Russia, was the largest wheat shipping center in the world. In 1854, his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, which was also an up and coming shipping center. Not long after young Tom - who was called "Al" in his earliest...

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1 Let us go then, you and I, 2 When the evening is spread out against the sky 3 Like a patient etherized upon a table; 4 Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, 5 The muttering retreats 6 Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels 7 And sawdust restauran...

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The following day, before the United States could respond to the first note a second note was sent by Khrushchev to try and negotiate terms. ... It started in 1962 with the publishing of Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring." ...

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We note that Rukmani is prepared at an early age to accept her role as a wife, which is evident in the gay response she makes to her mother, "I shall have a grand wedding". ... According to Meera Shirdwadkar, this trait is inbred in an Indian woman,"[T]he cause of her suffering springs mainly from poverty and natural calamity. ...

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What Shamanism Is By the Silver Circle Shaman (pronounced SHAH-maan) is a word from the language of the Tungus people of Siberia. A Shaman is a man or woman who enters an altered state of consciousness at will. The Shaman does this to contact and utilize an ordinarily hidden reality to acquire kn...

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"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." - Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility Chapter 1 Mr Dashwood and his family live in an estate at Norland Park. The estate is not theirs but from an old man who is a relative of Mr John Dashwood. Mr John Dashwood is Mr Dashwood's son from a previous marriage. The old man dies and leaves his house to Mr Dashwood. When Mr Dashwood passes away shortly after, the house is inherited by his son. ...

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Is any cliché in American public discourse quite as stale as "liberal media bias-? Probably not, unless it's "tax-and-spend liberal."" Is there a literate adult living in this country who hasn't heard or read that dull, deceptive phrase literally hundreds or even thousands of times? Not unless said person resides permanently in a wilderness beyond range of all TV, radio, newspaper delivery, and the U.S. Postal Service. ...

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