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- 16111: Grace Kelly
- ... free from this restraint to play a depressed, bedraggled woman. Many people, including her costar Bing Crosby, opposed to her playing this role. They saw her as being too genteel. Her extraordinary performance stunned the world, and she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1954. Grace starred in eleven motion pictures before she married to Prince Rainier of Monaco. Her marriage to a prince was described as "a fairy ...
- 16112: Gailileo
- ... was not to defend Copernicanism. Just what was said on this occasion was to become a subject for dispute when Galileo was accused of departing from this undertaking in his Dialogue concerning the two greatest world systems, published in Florence in 1632. Galileo, who was not in the best of health, was summoned to Rome, found to be vehemently suspected of heresy, and eventually condemned to house arrest, for life, at ...
- 16113: George Washington
- ... French drove him and 350 men into Fort Necessity. The French then took controlled of it with 700, men and forced Washington to surrender. They sent the unarmed colonials back to Virginia with honours of war. He had to then sign paper saying that he would not build a fort on the Ohio Valley for one year. In that same year he resigned his commission. Washington was elected to the House ...
- 16114: Camera Techniques Used In Shakespeare In Love
- ... the character as the focus of attention. The very last scene in the movie is a perfect example of a long shot; where Viola is walking away up to the beach toward her brave new world. Another technique that was used was an establishing shot, which sets the scene. An example of this technique is the opening scene in the film where the camera shows a balcony, a stage, and doorways ...
- 16115: Hamlet
- ... Shakespeare wrote a play called Hamlet. But this was not just any play. This was a play which because of it’s uniqueness and it’s ability to hold relevancy even in today’s modern world, is still considered to be one of the classic tragedies of all time. When Shakespeare wrote this play, he had really constructed himself a masterpiece, a piece of work which has been able to stand ...
- 16116: Gwendolyn Brooks
- ... terza rima and the blues. She has been praised for her wisdom and insight into the African Experience in America. Her works reflect both the paradises and the hells of the black people of the world. Her writing is objective, but her characters speak for themselves. Although the idiom is local, the message is universal. Brooks uses ordinary speech, only words that will strengthen, and richness of sound to create effective ...
- 16117: George Lucas Biography And Wor
- ... by far in the entire class. After receiving his bachelor of arts degree from USC in 1966, Lucas had to decide what to do with his future. He contemplated whether to enlist in the Vietnam War, but when he tried to join the air force, he was rejected for his police record. All of the speeding tickets he had received when he was younger were coming back to haunt him. Unable ...
- 16118: PELE
- ... There were two different kinds of jersey's and they wear a white T-shirt and the second player did not wear a shirt. (Fulton, 1996) This rules continued until the greatest player of the world was found. Pele was the greatest soccer player that has ever lived.
- 16119: “The Devil’s Own”
- ... to come to an agreement politically. Negotiations had failed between the British government and Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the British government was determined to capture or kill the Catholic extremist who were waging a war of independents for Northern Ireland. It was the British government’s determination to keep Northern Ireland under the British control and not compromise its position that the northern territory was British soil and should remain ...
- 16120: Talk Shows and Their Social Value
- ... are the primary focus incorporated in drawing its viewers. Springer episodes provoke their guests to exaggerate their emotions to draw attention, including physical assault. In the attempt to obtain a higher status among the television world, Springer fails to incorporate the positive morality in today’s society. The appeal of the public favors violence on television. There are presently many issues questioning the relation between violence on television and the violence ...
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