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John Anthony Burgess Wilson
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John Anthony Burgess Wilson

total of nine languages in which he was fluent. By the time he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in 1959, Burgess had already published his Malayan trilogy of Time for a Tiger (1956), The Enemy in the Blanket (1958), and Beds in the East (1959). Burgess returned to England and, with the prospect of only one year left of life, industriously rattled off five books in 1960 and eleven between 1960 and 1964. He outlived the doctors' prognosis by 33 years but continued his prolific pace. Burgess wrote over fifty books, numerous critical studies (notably of Shakespeare and James Joyce) and journal articles, and screenplays and teleplays (he was even called upon to devise a prehistoric language for the film "Quest for Fire"). But his preferred field was classical music, and he wrote several accomplished symphonies (Burgess also integrated music with his prose writing). He held distinguished academic posts and lived in places as far-flung as Malta throughout

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Blu
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Blu

Blu Johnson Barnes (born April 15, 1983), better known by his stage name Blu, is an American West Coast rapper and producer from Los Angeles, California. Following the major success of his 2007 debut album, Below the Heavens, Blu was named HipHop DX's "Rookie of the Year".[2] Since then, Blu has become one of the most prolific underground artists in the Los Angeles area, releasing "six full-length albums, and countless other projects and mixtapes" since his emergence on the rap scene. Blu has also become as proficient a producer as he has a rapper. In September 2011, Blu released his commercial album Open, his 4th solo project which features tracks all produced by the West Coast emcee. Blu was raised by his mother and stepfather who was a pastor, Barnes was highly influenced by gospel and Christian rap when

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British Literature-John Tolkien
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British Literature: John Tolkien

However, it is true.„  In the annexes to the „Lord of the rings“, Tolkien describes hobbits calendar. A feature of this calendar is that year always starts on Monday and ends on Sunday. 52 weeks in a year, and one "extra" day (365-52×7 = 1) is any day of the week and is considered a holiday. One feature of this calendar is the first number of months do not fall on Friday Languages constructed by Tolkien Tolkien is one of the most famous and prolific conlanger. He designed more than twenty languages, each of which has grammar and lexical corpus. Tolkien invented not only the language but also the writing systems. He was a talented calligrapher. Some of these systems were designed for use in his fictional languages, some for more practical purposes: use in a personal diary, and a new English alphabet for English. September 2, 1973 year John Ronald Ruel Tolkien died at the age of 81 year in Oxford. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

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Ringo Starr
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Ringo Starr

Personal life Starr married Maureen Cox in February 1965 They had three children Zak (13 September 1965) Jason (19 August 1967) Lee (17 November 1970) The couple divorced in 1975 In 1980, he met actress Barbara Bach ("Bond girl") They were married on 27 April 1981 Ringo Starr is vegetarian because of stomach problems he had in the past He was lefthanded until he became ambidextrous (mõlemakäeline) His son, Zak Starkey, is a prolific drummer, who until August 2008 was a semiofficial member and drummer in Oasis-- one of the many bands influenced by The Beatles. "Open, guileless (siiras), disarming (lepitav), Ringo Starr will be one of those fortunate people who will be popular at whatever he does." Lewis Lister in Rave magazine (1969)

Ajalugu → British history (suurbritannia...
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The Romantic Age
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The Romantic Age

Gray" Samuel Taylor Coleridge (kolrd/) (1772 -1834 ): was an English poet, Romantic, literary critic and philosopher . Some of his poems are : "Frost at midnight" and "The Nightingale" Robert Southey (1774 ­1843): was an poet of the Romantic school and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843. Some of his major works are : "The fall of Robespierre" , "Thalaba the destroyer" and " The Cid" Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (1771 ­1832): was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet, popular throughout Europe during his time. Some of his novels : " Rob Roy" , "Ivanhoe" and "The Pirate" George Gordon Byron (1788 ­1824) a leading figure in Romanticism. Major works: " Don Juan" and "Manfred" Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 ­1822) : is critically regarded among the finest lyric poets in the English language. Major works: "Frankenstein" and " Mont Blanc" John Keats (1795 ­1821): was an English poet who became one of the key figures of the

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Ameeriklased hiinas-inglise keeles
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Ameeriklased hiinas (inglise keeles)

a variety of reasons: preservation of an ancient civilization, preservation of a unique identity, pride in their cultural ancestry, desire for easy communication with them and other relatives. Chinese Americans have made many large strides in American society. Today, Chinese Americans engage in every facet of American life including the military, elected offices, media, academia, and sports. Perhaps the most common landmark of the Chinese impact in America is the prolific number of Chinese restaurants that have cropped up in every corner of the U.S. Although many Chinese Americans in Chinatowns of large cities are often members of an impoverished working class, others are well-educated upper-class people living in affluent suburbs. The upper and lower-class Chinese are also widely separated by social status and class discrimination. In California's San Gabriel Valley, for example, the cities of Monterey

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Inglise kirjanikud
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Inglise kirjanikud

lies hidden behind the visible world of the senses and he attempted to create a symbolic language to represent his spiritual visions. He began printing his own illustrated poems in colour in 1787. The first example was Songs of innocence(1789). Towards the end of his life, he joined a circle of younger artists who appreciated his remarkable powers. It was not until the late 19th century that Blake's work achieved general attention. He was extremely prolific and his prints, illustrations, and paintings can be found in several important public collections in England and the USA. Agatha Christie · Agatha Christie (1890-1976)was an English detective story writer.As an extraordinarily popular author, Christie wrote over 80 books, most of them featuring one of her two famous detectives; Hercule Poirot, an egotistical Belgian, and Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster. He has written

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London ceremonial and tradition
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London ceremonial and tradition

Fitzroy Square, it is a lesser-known fact that he also lived with his mother on the 1st floor of 37 Fitzroy Street from 1881-1882. · 75 years later, writer and philosopher L. Ron Hubbard made 37 Fitzroy Street his London base. · Ron Hubbard wrote many of his best-known works whilst in London. · With a number of New York Times bestsellers and the Guinness Book of World Records Title for most published author, he is one of the most prolific writers of his time. HMS Belfast · Permanently moored near Tower Bridge, this ship was a World War II cruiser in the Royal Navy. · Armed with six torpedoes, and six inch guns with a range of over fourteen miles, the Belfast spent over two years of the war in the Royal Navy shipyards. · Decommissioned after the Korean War, it is now an outpost of the Imperial War Museum

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London
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London

Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (1659/1661 -- 24 April [ 1731), born Daniel Foe, was an English writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, who gained enduring fame for his novel novel, as he helped to popularise the form in Britain, and is even referred to byClick to edit Master text style Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest practitioners of the some as one of the founders of the English novel. A prolific and versatile writer, he Second level wrote more than five hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics (including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural). He He was also a pioneer of economic journalism. Third level

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English literature of the 14th-15th century
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English literature of the 14th, 15th century

· Laid the foundation of the new literary English language · Wrote in Middle English · An active man of affairs, who belonged to the middle class · Spoke Latin, French, Italian ­ the important languages of the time · Worked as a diplomat for a time · Translated works into English (from Latin, French, Italian) · Favourite of the royal court · At the time of his death was regarded as a great poet and was buried in Westminster · As a writer he was very prolific · His early works show a strong influence of French and Italian poets, especially the great Italian Renaissance geniuses ­ Boccaccio, Dante, Petrarch · His masterpiece ­ "The Canterbury Tales": o He imitates what Boccaccio does in Decameron. Introduces frame story/narrative. A springtime pilgrimage to Canterbury cathedral (which contained the important relics of St Thomas à Becket). Pilgrims would gather

Kirjandus → Inglise kirjanduse ajalugu
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Swifts A Modest Proposal
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Swifts A Modest Proposal

He writes that "it would greatly lessen the number of papists, with whom we are yearly over-run, being the principal breeds of the nation as well as our most dangerous enemies" (56). Swift notes that Catholics seem to breed more rapidly than Protestants: Infant's flesh will be in season throughout the year, but more plentifully in March, and a little before and after ... that fish are a prolific diet, there are more children born in Roman catholic countries about nine months after Lent than at any other season; therefore, reckoning a year after Lent, the markets will be more glutted than usual, because the number of popish infants is at least three to one in this kingdom (Swift 54). Despite the fact, that British wanted to dispose of the Roman Catholics, they were afraid of the emigrants

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USA
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USA

basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. After a standout career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he led the Tar Heels to a National Championship in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of 10

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American Literature Portfolio
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American Literature Portfolio

the words, Webster learned twenty-six languages, including Old English (Anglo-Saxon), German, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Arabic, and Sanskrit. Webster hoped to standardize American speech, since Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced, and used words differently. The Romantic Traditions James Fenimore Cooper James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 ­ September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many consider to be his masterpiece. Further information: List of James Fenimore Cooper writings. He anonymously published his first book, Precaution (1820). He soon issued several others

Kategooriata → Uurimistöö
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The renaissance period in England-Art and literature-development of drama-Dynasties-kings and queens
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The renaissance period in England. Art and literature, development of drama. Dynasties, kings and queens.

When he was 18 he married Ann Hathaway who was rich farmers daughter, had 3 children. First Susanna, then the twins Judith and Hamlet. In 1596 S left Stratford because he had had a quarrel with the local squire went to London at first was an actor. Then begun revising old plays and in some time started writing himself (poems). 1593-1594 two long poems were written "Lucrece" and "Venus and Adonis" were dedicated to the Earl of Southampton. After that strated writing plays, was prolific( viljakas), average was 2 plays a year. First plays were displayed at "The Theatre" and "The Curtin". World famous tragedies were performed at "The Globe". Was quite well off. Became shareholder (aktsionär) in several theatres. i.e. was one of the owners of the theatres. Begun buying property both in London and Stratford. Is career as a dramatist lasted for 20 years. After that ver difficult years followed because he lost his parents, brother and only son with short time

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Reflections on the bull-slaying scene-– John R-Hinnells
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„Reflections on the bull-slaying scene“ – John R. Hinnells

will" but, ,,submitting to the decree of Heaven", he pursued the beast and ,,plunged deep into its flank his hunting knife". The a miracle occured. From the bulls body sprang useful plants. ,,In vain did the Evil Spirit launch forth his unclean demons against the anguish-wrang animal, in order to poison it in very sources of life; the scorpion, the ant, the serpent, strove in vain to consume the genital parts and to drink the blood of the prolific quadruped; but they were powerless to impede the miracle that was enacting."") Cumont näeb Mithrase reljeefis zoroatristliku loomismüüdi kujutamist, milles jumal ja kuri vaim võitlevad maailma loomise hetkel. Loomine on kujutatud läbi mehe ja pulli arhetüübi, kelle kurjuse jõud tapavad, kuid nende surmast tõusevad inimkond, loomad ja taimed. Lisaks 1 {{3 Hinnells,John R. 1975/y/flk 290;}}

Teoloogia → Religioon
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

of bodies from which others would emerge (H) hobbling on broken limbs to await the inevitable hyenas. And always there were the ravenous hunters; the packs of brindled wild dogs whose sudden appearance, (I) loping over the dawn horizons, threw the herds into headlong panic; the rangy cheetahs with their devastating (J) stride; and the ever-watchful prides of lions through whose territories the wildebeest would have to pass. Immediately after the rains the Serengeti pasture was so prolific that a single acre might produce eighteen tons of protein-rich (K) fodder. But by the end of April the (L) verdant plains had already begun to revert to a yellowing (M) stubble. Soon the time would come when they would no longer be able to sustain the herds; and then, as if in obedience to some inaudible command, the migration would begin. The zebra and wildebeest would stream out of the short-grass country, heading for the taller grasses and open woodlands of the Western Corridor.

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American Literature
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American Literature

reference to visual art: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. James Fenimore Cooper as the creator of the American historical novel. The depiction of the struggle of Native Americans against white colonisers in his Leather Stocking Tales (lecture). The creation of the American national epic in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha. James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior

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Briti kirjandus 20 -21-sajand kordamisküsimused vastustega
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Briti kirjandus 20.-21. sajand kordamisküsimused vastustega

In 1979 both The Bloody Chamber, and her influential essay The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography appeared. In the essay, according to the writer Marina Warner, Carter "deconstructs the arguments that underly The Bloody Chamber. Its about desire and its destruction, the self-immolation of women, how women collude and connive with their condition of enslavement. She was much more independent-minded than the traditonal feminist of her time. " [2] As well as being a prolific writer of fiction, Carter contributed many articles to The Guardian, The Independent and New Statesman, collected in Shaking a Leg. She adapted a number of her short stories for radio and wrote two original radio dramas on Richard Dadd and Ronald Firbank. Two of her fictions have been adapted for the silver screen: The Company of Wolves (1984) and The Magic Toyshop (1987). She was actively involved in both film adaptations, her screenplays are

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Sunflower
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Sunflower

intercrops to increase energy content of a silage, but results of this work are not yet complete. In South Dakota trials, milk yields were reduced by 9% when straight sunflower silage was compared with corn. The nutritional quality of sunflower silage is generally recognized as adequate for dry cows, steers, and low milk producers. III. Growth Habit: Sunflower is an annual, erect, broadleaf plant with a strong taproot and prolific lateral spread of surface roots. Stems are usually round early in the season, angular and woody later in the season, and normally unbranched. Sunflower leaves are phototropic and will follow the sun's rays with a lag of 120 behind the sun's azimuth. This property has been shown to increase light interception and possibly photosynthesis. The sunflower head is not a single flower (as the name implies) but is made up of 1,000 to 2,000 individual flowers joined at a common receptacle

Ökoloogia → Ökoloogia ja keskkonnakaitse1
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ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC-THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996
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ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.

Impressionist and Expressionist influences can be perceived. The stylistic innovation that started with Dawn reaches its peak and at the same time Ghosts is the final destination. We may add that deeper philosophical issues, the place of Man in the world, quite characteristic of the works of Kapp, are only superficially touched here. The professional Estonian audience was at first critical of the work, however, opinion has changed with time. Apart from being a prolific composer and successful conductor, in Tartu, he became an authoritative and appreciated teacher at the Higher School of Music. As a teacher he may be characterised as dutiful, demanding the highest standards from himself and his students. During the Tartu period (1920-1940), Eduard Tubin, Eduard Oja, Olav Roots and Karl Leichter among others studied under him. His successful teaching career continued in Tallinn from 1940 until his death in 1970.

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GETTING TO KNOW THE TOEFL
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GETTING TO KNOW THE TOEFL

1. Mollusks, crustaceans, and fish are plentiful in the Chesapeake Bay. (A) vanishing (B) abundant (C) gathered (D) declining 2. The coast of California is marked by a rugged mountain range and placid bays. (A) calm (B) scenic (C) sheltered (D) shallow 3. The Carnegie Foundation is one of the major philanthropic organizations in the United States. (A) partisan (B) governmental (C) humanitarian (D) international 4. From the beginning of the twentieth century, dance phenomena became extremely prolific and colorful. (A) rhythm (B) fashion (C) events (D) expression B. Mollusks have a wide range of locomotory patterns. (A) Habits (B) Motions (C) Controls (D) Reactions LESSON 22 „ account „ archaic „ hasten „ hue „ illustration „ inactive „ intricate „ magnitude „ oblige „ overlook „ poll „ position „ practical „ predominant „ prompt account n. a report of an event; money kept in a adj

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Liha töötlemine
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Liha töötlemine

Synopsis of Introduction to Food food: spoilage microorganisms, food-borne Microbiology by Fung (2009b) intoxications, and food-borne infections. Microorganisms are ubiquitous in our envi- ronment, and they affect our daily lives Spoilage Microorganisms through their prolific biochemical activities under ideal growth conditions. All living When large numbers of undesirable microor- things less than 0.1 mm in diameter fall into ganisms are present in raw, contaminated the microscopic world of microbes. The cooked, or fermented food supplies, they microbial world includes viruses, bacteria, compete with the space and utilization of the

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TheCodeBreakers
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TheCodeBreakers

increasing numbers of business executives to purchase scrambler attachments for their telephones. Prospecting teams will carry a scrambler with them so they can report the location of mineral deposits without fear of being overheard. But not all businessmen use scramblers to protect commercial secrets. A substantial percentage give the other half of the scrambler set to their mistresses! 19. Ciphers in the Past Tense ALL CRYPTANALYSTS have not borne arms for Mars. Some of the most prolific have served Cilo, the muse of history. Many of these unsung heroes—the only cryptologists whose contributions enlightened all mankind—worked in the 19th century. The immense influence of Leopold von Ranke's objective school of history, which demanded a study of the original documents, sent droves of historians to mine state papers and diplomatic correspondence in the archives, whose doors had been unlocked for the first time by the nationalism and democracy of the 1800s.

Informaatika → krüptograafia
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