First published by Benjamin Franklin in 1732‚ "Poor Richard’s Almanack" was a guide to both weather forecasts and wise sayings. Franklin used the pseudonym Richard Saunders in writing the text‚ which became an annual publication up until 1757. Response to the almanac was tremendous‚ and it sold as many as 10‚000 issues a year. Second only to the bible‚ "Poor Richard’s Almanack" was one of the most popular and purchased publications in colonial America. The almanac stressed the two qualities Franklin
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Review: Roman Holiday By Fizza Aslam (SMC) Roman Holiday is a famous and important film for many reasons‚ probably most for introducing the world to the incomparable Audrey‚ here in her first major starring role‚ and one which won her an Academy Award. With lots chemistry‚ inspired direction by William Wyler‚ and impressive locale work‚ shot completely on location in Rome‚ this ranks as one of the best romantic comedies ever made. It’s a modern-day twist on a fairy tale‚ where the princess
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identity of the original author is unknown‚ although it has been re-written and re-interpreted many‚ many times by others all over the world. The most popular version of the piece appeared in Perrault’s collection of fairy tales penned under the pseudonym‚ Mother Goose. Later in the mid-twentieth century‚ Walt Disney created an American re-telling of the famous Mother Goose story‚ but reworked it by adding the character of the Huntsman who intervenes and kills the wolf‚ saving the girl from the grip
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Virtual WORLD The Second Life Environment The environment in Second Life will be familiar to anyone who has played The Sims‚ Grand Theft Auto‚ visited Disney World or read Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash. But make no mistake. This isn’t a game. It is potentially a whole new Net. Reuters has opened a news bureau in Second Life and interviewed such luminaries as Arianna Huffington there. Sundance held a screening of the movie Strange Culture simultaneously in the real world and in Second Life. The British
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followed in 1968 by Poems Volume II. Other books include The Lion’s Bride (1981)‚ Bone Scan (1988)‚ and The Present Tense (1995). There are also several versions of a Selected Poems‚ including one from Penguin in 2001. Harwood used a range of pseudonyms in her early work‚ such as Walter Lehmann‚ W.W. Hagendoor (an anagram of her name)‚ Francis Geyer‚ Timothy (TF) Kline‚ Miriam Stone‚ and Alan Carvosso. She also wrote libretti for composers such as Larry Sitsky‚ James Penberthy‚ Don Kay and Ian
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Francois-Marie Arouet adopted the name Voltaire through the means of “nom de plume”‚ which is a pseudonym that authors use -for numerous reasons- when they begin writing. Voltaire was born on November 21‚ 1694 in Paris‚ France. When Voltaire begun his writing career he joined in during the Enlightenment era. The Enlightenment era brought about change in France; people shifted their focus from families and industries to scientific growth and philosophical reasonings. In Voltaire’s early life his father
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Rolling Stone. Then was employed by the Houston Post to write a humorous daily column. When Porter alleged from bank he was arrested and spent 3 years in federal penitentiary in Columbus‚ Ohio. Here Porter started to write short stories under pseudonym O’Henry. In all‚ Henry wrote 270 stories‚ and they consist of a rich mixture of semi-realism‚ sentiment and surprise endings. He is frequently thought of as a “funny” writer. His masterpieces reflect the
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began the interview process. She shifted in her seat and glanced from side to side away from the table we were sitting at in the library. Before I began the interview‚ I reassured with her that she had nothing to worry about because I would use a pseudonym to protect her identity after the interview was over. My reassurance calmed the student down a little as I progressed into the first couple of questions. First‚ I introduced myself and received her name; which will be "Sally" in this paragraph. Sally
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Appropriation in art is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. The use of appropriation has played a significant role in the history of the arts . In the visual arts‚ to appropriate means to properly adopt‚ borrow‚ recycle or sample aspects of human-made visual culture. Notable in this respect are the Readymades of Marcel Duchamp. Inherent in our understanding of appropriation is the concept that the new work recontextualizes whatever it borrows
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lasted for about ten years‚ he was extremely successful. In 1879‚ Guy de Maupassant resigned from a clerk job to pursue writing full-time. When he became a writer‚ in an effort to separate himself from his father’s name‚ he used several pseudonyms: Joseph Prunier‚ Guy de Valmont‚ and Maufrigneuse. Famous for his short stories‚ which paint a fascinating picture of French life in the 19th century. His most famous work for English readers is probably The Necklace. By the later
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