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Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years Of Movie Magic
2465 Words - 9 Pages.... He is one of the
few directors whose name on a marquee is as important, if not more so, than any
actor who appears in the film itself. Both his style of directing, and that of
the movies that he has directed are very unique, making him stand out in the
film industry. He pioneered the art of cinematography and special effects,
which along with his cameos, are what he is most often associated with.
Hitchcock led a long and prosperous life in the movie industry, starting as a
teenager and making movies up until his death in 1980, while working on the 54th
of his career (Sterrit 3).
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1889 in London, England.
As a child his pare ....
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Thornton Wilder
1367 Words - 5 Pages.... Parker Wilder, was a strict
Calvinist who combined strong economic interests with politics (Block and
Shedd 959) in his work as the editor, owner, and publisher of a newspaper.
Isabella Thornton Niven, his mother, was the daughter of a Presbyterian
minister. They were to influence their son's works greatly. Wilder also had
a sister, Isabel, who was to become a distinguished novelist in her own
right.
Wilder's early education began in Hong Kong, where his father was
serving as American consul general in Shanghai (Goldstone 11). He was then
schooled at Berkeley, California; Chefoo, China; and Ojai, California
before completing high school back at Berkeley in 1915. He studied ....
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Michael Jordan
371 Words - 2 Pages.... in the Olympics . After that he left college to play for the
Chicago Bulls . Jordan was successful as a professional from his first
season , Leading the NBA in the 1984-85 season in points scored . He
also was named rookie of the year and started in the All Star game .
In the 1986-87 season Jordan became the second player
ever to score 3000 points in one season . In the following six
seasons he led the NBA in scoring averaging more than 30 points per
game . Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to their first NBA championship
tittle in 1991, and did it again in 1992 and in 1993 . J ....
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SAMUEL SEABURY
546 Words - 2 Pages.... preached in an uneventful ministry. He also ran a school in Westchester.
As the tensions between Britain and the colonies grew stronger, Samuel stayed loyal to the crown. He viewed the American government as very primitive and dependent on the British government. When talk of the First Continental Congress arose, he began to voice his opinion. He tried to stop the election of the delegates by writing various pamphlets. His attempt proved futile and the delegates were elected and met together on that fateful day in Philadelphia when a new nation was envisioned. Now Samuel began to take more courageous steps in preventing the breaking away of the colonies. He wrote “West ....
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Franz Joseph Haydn
2426 Words - 9 Pages.... Born in a small town just inside Austrian borders, Haydn did not have much of a chance to be anything other than a wheelwright like his father. However, his father was a man who loved to sing and when Haydn was a boy, he memorized almost every song his father sang. This was his beginning in music. Later on, he received an education from his uncle where he gained more of an interest in music. Participation in a choir gave him the opportunity to go to Vienna and there, he studied the piano sonatas of Emanuel Bach and was given the chance to finally get a chance to compose; something he had always wanted to do. This is when the first string quartet was ....
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Karl Marx 3
635 Words - 3 Pages.... and philosophies were part of one overarching, which, when completed, would give a true and total picture of the universe and man.” (Communist Manifesto, Marx (Francis B. Randal), page 15)In October of 1842, Marx became the editor of the paper Rheinische Zeitung, and as editor, wrote editorials on socio-economic issues such as poverty, etc. He soon made editor-in-chief, but was quickly forced to step down due to his radical writings and social views. In 1843, he married Jenny Von Westphalen. In 1844, Marx met the man who would change his life forever. Both Engles and Marx had gone through the German Philosophic school and had come to the same conclusions but whil ....
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King Arthur 3
1643 Words - 6 Pages.... He described Arthur's genealogy as the son of
Uther Pendragon and Igerna, or Igraine, wife of the Duke of Cornwall,
and brought in Merlin the magician, who disguised Arthur as the Duke in
order to romance Igerna at Tintagel Castle while the real Duke was away.
Geoffery also introduced Arthur's famed court (placed at
Caerleon-on-Usk) and his final battle and defeat at the hands of Modred,
his treacherous nephew.
Artos Of The Celts
It is almost certain that Arthur did exist, although it is unlikely he
was a king. He is more likely to have been a warrior and Celtic cavalry
leader. The Saxon invaders, who were unmounted, would have been at a
consider ....
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Confucius And Lao Tzu
565 Words - 3 Pages.... and had a son and two daughters, but after two years of marriage he was stricken with poverty once again. With poverty striking again he was forced into menial labors for the chief of the district in which he lived. When his mother died in 527 BCE he mourned for a long period of time. After this stage of his life he began a new way of life as a teacher, traveling from place to place with a small group of disciples preaching. His teachings of Chinese ideals and customs soon spread all throughout Lu. In his speeches he also taught the people gathered his view of filial piety and his views of moral values. Then at the age of fifty he was appointed as the minister of cr ....
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