George Lucas Slide 1: No other 20th century filmmaker has had a greater impact on the film industry than George Lucas. His zeal for innovation forged a new relationship between entertainment and technology that revolutionized the art of motion pictures. His uncanny business acumen turned film licensing and merchandising into a multibillion-dollar industry. And his "Star Wars" trilogy ushered in the era of the Hollywood mega-blockbuster. Slide 2: In 1967‚ Lucas re-enrolled as a USC graduate student
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Georges Braque was born on May 13‚ 1882 in Argenteuil Val-d’Oise‚ France. He trained to be a house painter and decorator like his father and grandfather‚ and studied artistic painting during evenings at the École des Beaux-Arts‚ in Le Havre from 1897 to 1899. In Paris‚ he apprenticed with a decorator and was awarded his certificate in 1902. Braque then attended the Académie Humbert until 1904. His early works were landscapes and impressionism‚ but around 1905‚ he adopted a Fauvist style. In
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Georges Clemenceau (28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman who led the nation to victory in the First World War. A leader of the Radical Party‚ he played a central role in politics after 1870. Clemenceau served as the Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909‚ and again from 1917 to 1920. He was one of the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Nicknamed "Le Tigre" (The Tiger)‚ he took a very harsh
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Comparison Paper In the story “The Library Card” the author Richard Wright talked about how the young boy who was referred to as “lil nigger boy” was someone who was trying to better himself by forging a white man’s signature to check out books‚ while people around him harassed and criticized him for doing so. In “When the Other Dancer is the Self‚” Alice Walker talked about how she grew up with a very smug aspect on life where she always thought she was the prettiest or the most beautiful
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George Westinghouse was an American entrepreneur and engineer. He was responsible for the introduction and development of altering current for light and power. Westinghouse invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry. He was one of Thomas Edison’s main rivals in the early implementation of the American electricity system. This man founded 60 companies‚ eventually receiving over 100 patents for his work with the desire to turn ideas into enterprises. George Westinghouse
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The Judges inquiry- George Notes on George’s character: George loved Lennie and Promised Aunt Clara that he would look after him. Lennie had previously got in trouble. Curley would have got Lennie lynch anyway and he would have done it in a gruesome manner and inflicted pain on him. George wouldn’t have been able to stand there and just watch‚ he took the decision to kill Lennie himself‚ this not being an easy task itself. What he thinks what has happened is that he has underestimated Lennies
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George Alagiah His parents moved to Ghana in 1961 so George therefore had his primary education there. He went to secondary school in Portsmouth‚ England however. He is a graduate of Durham University. He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 Queen’s New Years Honours List for his services to journalism. Since 3 December 2007‚ he has been the sole presenter of the BBC News at Six and has also been the main presenter of GMT on BBC World News since its launch
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George Whitefield George Whitefield was a Methodist preacher during the First Great Awakening. He was born in Gloucester‚ England on December 16‚ 1714 and was buried in Newburyport‚ Massachusetts on September 30‚ 1770. Whitefield took voyages to the New World seven times‚ voyages whose one-way trips took two months. He called both sides of the Atlantic “home”. He was the most traveled preacher of the gospel up to his time and many feel he was the greatest evangelist of all time. His diligence
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The Hague International Model United Nations Conference‚ (THIMUN) Singapore 2013 The AISHK team Sudan ECOSOC‚ GA2‚ GA3‚ GA6 Turkey ECOSOC‚ GA1‚ GA2‚ GA6 Student Country Committee 1. Emily Archibald APQ Deputy Chair 2. Lillian Armstrong Sudan GA 3‚ Social‚ Humanitarian and Cultural 3. Clarence Chan Sudan ECOSOC 4. Kelly Hebestreit Turkey ECOSOC 5. Boyle Kir Sudan GA 2‚ Economic and Financial 6. James Leung Turkey ECOSOC 7. Michael Leung Sudan ECOSOC
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So in the book Of Mice and Men it follows two men named George and Lennie. George and Lennie are best friends and they dream of owning a small farm together. Lennie wants to take care of the rabbits if they get get any. Lennie always asks “Will I be able to tend the rabbits?” (Steinbeck‚56).They end up working on a ranch and they both stick out. That’s when most of their troubles started. Lennie is a grown man with a mental disability.”Give it here”(Steinbeck‚6). He acts like he is 6 or 7 years old
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