There were many factors that delayed the cinematic star system. ... "The metamorphosis of The Biograph Girl' into Florence Lawrence marked to birth of the movie star."" ... The increase prominence of the movie star can be traced directly to the growing popularity of film. ... Griffith refused to star' any of his actors as he believed that they were all part of an ensemble company. ... In the eyes of the fans, actor and character shared the same charisma, the same magnetism and the same captivating personality. ...

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The poet perpetually refers to images like kingdom, death's dream, and eyes as a way to understand death and time without end. ... The images dramatically symbolize a lifeless terrain: This is the dead land This is the cactus land Here the stone images Are raised Under the twinkle of a fading star. ... This is evident by Eliot's usage of the "fading star." If the star is slowly dwindling it's impossible to make a wish upon it and keep the faith. ... The absolute despair is prevalent when he writes: The eyes are not here There are no eyes h...

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So when their favourite NHL star takes out another player they learn from what they see and attempt to do it themselves. ... Being a great star doesn't mean you have to hit every guy on the ice. Being a great star is speed, puck handling, and scoring goals and that's what minor leagues should be taught. ... Another issue that is a problem now is people getting the stick in the eyes. ... Berard had his dreams shatter at that moment when he found out he had no vision to one of his eyes. ...

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However, by completing the perilous journey of rescuing Han Solo, Luke succeeds in gaining respect and proving his status as a Jedi Knight, even from the eyes of his most critical viewer. ... The leviathan's lair is usually a place of darkness and evil, and the Death Star is the summation of all things evil in the world. Death, of course, is usually associated with evil, and the Death Star is a station of mass destruction like no other. What is often overlooked is the importance of the word "Star" in the name. ... By naming this station the "Death Star", it is obvious that this statio...

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The Atlantic Monthly wrote after the battle, "Through the cannon smoke of that dark night, the manhood of the colored race shines before many eyes that would not see." ... The story is largely seen through the eyes of Robert Gould Shaw, the young commanding officer of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment. ... "Glory" tells the story of the 54th Regiment largely through the eyes of Shaw (Matthew Broderick), who in an early scene in the film is seen horrified and disoriented by the violence of the battlefield. ...

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An alarm on his control panel alerted him of the arrival of five Imperial Star Destroyers. ... Attention, Calamari Star Cruisers, a voice said over the communications system. This is the Star Destroyer Subjugation . ... Ackher's ship successfully passed the Star Destroyer blockade and ordered the yachts into hyperspace. ... Raafingal began to close his eyes and fell asleep. ...

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The Video that I watched was the Man in The Iron Mask, starring Leonardo Dicaprio also starring was Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gerard Depardiew, Gabriel Byrne, Anne Parillaud and Judith Godreche. ... He laid on his bed with his eyes shut. ... While Philip was in the chair he saw his mother coming towards him His mother almost had tears in her eyes for she knows this is Philip. ... Dartania returned to the ball and had a feeling that was not his king for he had a different look in is eyes he had a caring look. ...

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Carew writes: Ask me no more where those stars light That downwards fall in dead of night; For in your eyes they sit, and there, Fixed become as in their sphere. (lines 13-16) Similar to how the golden atoms were infused with the woman's hair when the light of day faded, Carew portrays the woman's eyes as being the spheres that contain the stars' light. Her eyes, though, don't contain the light of just any stars, but rather that of shooting stars (as implied by "downwards fall" in line 14). This distinction is important because by containing the shooting stars wit...

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He saw many things through childlike eyes. ... " Let the audience look to their eyes. ... In Act III when the chaos the fairies caused with the misuse of love potions, Bottom is turned into a donkey and the lovers are star-crossed. ... Hop in his walks, and gambol in his eyes. ... He indicated that eyes hear, that ears see, that hands taste, and tongues think. ...

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In his hand was an orange life preserver with black spray-painted lettering, "Star Island Harbor.... Star Island is one of the Isles of Shoals that straddles the border between New Hampshire and Maine, roughly five miles from the mainland. "Lindsey, I know where we can find our killer" Detectives Turner and Lindsey chartered a 16-foot Boston Whaler fishing boat out of Portsmouth Harbor and set out towards Star Island with nothing but the clothes on their backs and two fully-loaded Smith and Wesson revolvers. ... "The killer has been luring his victims out to Star Island, t...

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Moving pictures in the big screen are like having a race with a shooting star, impetuously changing scenes as if played in fast forward. ... The man's eyes gleam with life's contentment. ... The day star is high up, analog clock's long hand striking mid-day, fifth of February. ... Those eyes, reflecting an affirmative remark which he left her. ... Tensed, his eyes went straight on the tottering door knob where a voice alarming him, "Son? ...

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Because of these good qualities, namely honour and devotion, the person will shine like a star, since light is seen as good. ... This elaborate metaphor suggests that pity for King Duncan will be like that kind of wind that blows so hard that it brings tears to your eyes. ... By the time the fourth one appears, he says,  "Start, eyes!" (4.1.116), as though he could command his own eyes to jump ("start") out of his head and make him blind. ... The doctor then points out,  "You see, her eyes are open" (5.1.24), and the gentlewoman replies,  "Ay, but their sense is shut" (5.1.25). ...

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She had full rouged lips and wide spaced eyes heavily made up-I"m looking for Curley," she said." ... Curley's wife is an extremely desperate young woman, she loves to be the centre of attention and longs to be a movie star. Due to Curley's wife's isolation on the ranch, she has lost all hope in her dream of starring in the pictures. ... When Candy finally convinces Crooks that their own ranch was possible there seems to be a glimmer of light in Crooks's eyes. ...

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Desdemona Shakespeare's sweetest star A Outline of the role of Desdemona in the text : Desdemona is the sickly sweet innocent in Shakespeare's play Othello. ... Deeming Desdemona unfaithful in Othello's eyes. ... If I had to say what star sign she was it would be a Scorpio be cause they have the same nature as Desdemona. ... Here l kneel : If e"er my will did trespass "gainst his love, Either in discourse of thought or actual deed, Or that mine eyes, mine ears, or any sense delighted them upon any other form ; or that I do not yet, and ever did, and e...

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During the interviews, Peeta Mellark boldly confesses his love for Katniss, making the two seem like star-crossed lovers, forced to make one another the enemy. ... As her eyes lock with Peeta, he shakes his head and she loses focus for a second and is forced to run into the woods. ... Knowing what the audience wants, she makes sure there's a lot of romance and chemistry between the 'star-crossed lovers'. ... They are wolf-like but have the eyes and hair colour of each tribute that has died in the Games so far. ... It becomes apparent that the Gamemakers wanted the Games to en...

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I squinted my eyes and peered into a restaurant that was close to being empty. ... I was the star and the captain. ... The poem reads: I look into her eyes at first sight to see deep into Cupid's treasure. ... The touch from her lights the fire that sparkles in our eyes. ... We gazed into each others" eyes as we were eating. ...

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He becomes a football star, a war hero, a ping-pong champion, a running icon, and a successful shrimp-boat captain. ... The story is essentially told through his eyes, reflecting on his mother, Bubba, Lieutenant Dan, and of course; his Jenny. ... As Ebert eloquently puts it, "The movie is more of a meditation on our times, as seen through the eyes of a man who lacks cynicism and takes things for exactly what they are. ... "She is the force [ ] the voice who gave him strength, wisdom and unconditional, full-out love,"" says Fields during her interview in Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump. .....

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Dennett proposes that it is possible Mary could experience color by gently rubbing her eyes and accidentally creating a color phosphene. This is something Jackson did not take account for while Mary is starring at a screen all day. ... Dennett voids Jackson's argument that one can only experience color through seeing the color face-to-face, and points out that Mary could have possibly experienced color through rubbing her eyes hard enough, through dreaming, and by even observing how her fellow humans reacted when seeing color. ...

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Well, in american drawings and pictures or cartoons, the eyes are very simple(Overview of Jap...). While in the japanese drawings, the eyes are more complicated to draw, because they want it to look like if it were life-like(Overview of Jap...). ... Some of these anime were Pokemon, Card Captors, Gundam Wing, Outlaw Star, Tenchi Muyo, and Sailor Moon. ...

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Bond is the star not the actor. ... Well in fact they"re probably mostly extras at lush parties, which they are looking gorgeous, and making goo-goo eyes at bond. ... Tomorrow Never Dies he says, " I have some unfinished business to attend to" and he goes to the room and there is a women in the bath who later on Bond starts kissing the women and Bond sees the attacker in the women's eyes which was behind him. ...

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Well, in american drawings and pictures or cartoons, the eyes are very simple(Overview of Jap...). While in the japanese drawings, the eyes are more complicated to draw, because they want it to look like if it were life-like(Overview of Jap...). ... Some of these anime were Pokemon, Card Captors, Gundam Wing, Outlaw Star, Tenchi Muyo, and Sailor Moon. ...

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From the time of her birth she is haunted by the lustful eyes of men. ... Two thieves are Isha, played by the famous Bollywood actress Isha sharvani and Sandy, played by the upcoming star of Molly wood Nivin Pauly. ... We can see the fear of being alone in her eyes. ...

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Through this exploitative contact, a barrage of ignorant and sensationalized media depictions have reached the eyes and ears of most of the western world. ... "The Ghost and the Darkness" is a recent film starring Val Kilmer and Micheal Douglas which tells a story based on a true account of a pair of man-eating lions that terrorized workers in Tsavo, East Africa during the construction of the British railroad. ... When Val Kilmar's character (the Colonel and hero) arrives on location with bright spirit in his eyes, he is every bit the character of the formula. ...

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Jackie attended John Muir Technical High School where he starred in football, basketball, baseball, and track. ... Jackie was the first student at UCLA to play and star in four sports. ... Jackie Robinson will always be in some people's eyes the Most Valuable Player in the game of baseball. ...

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I stopped the show because nothing looked right; the forms were sloppy, the square that turned into star looked nothing like a star, and people obviously didn't know the music because it sounded horrendous. ... All of the tears and red eyes I saw before practice were gone after we made this devastating day into something more positive. ...

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