Joseph Stella was born in Muro Lucano‚ Italy. He studied medicine at first following his older brother Doctor Antonio Stella. He would grow dislike medicine and would become a painter and collagist. He arrived in New York in 1896‚ 43 years before the Old Brooklyn Bridge painting was completed. He was enrolled briefly in the Art Students League and then in the New York School of Art in 1898.In the following years he would go back and forth between the United States and Europe. He did not make contact
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Post Copyright 1994 Friday‚ August 19‚ 1994 The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE - A woman‚ who was scalded when her McDonald ’s coffee spilled won a jury award of $2.9 million - or about two days ’ coffee sales for the fast-food chain. Lawyers for Stella Liebeck‚ 81‚ who suffered thirddegree burns in the 1992 incident‚ contended that McDonald ’s coffee was too hot. A state district court jury imposed $2.7 million in punitive damages and $160‚000 in compensatory damages Wednesday. Ken Wagner‚ one of
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Sympathy in A Streetcar Named Desire Throughout A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Williams’s sympathy lies with Blanche. He creates this sympathy‚ in a large part‚ from the obvious trauma she has experienced due to the loss of her husband. This traumatic loss of her beloved was a driving force for the downward spiral that leads Blanche to Stella’s doorstep. However‚ the events that drive Blanche to her ultimate defeat do not begin until after Allan’s death‚ and even she admits‚ “After the death of Allan
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Constantin Stanislavsky‚ famed Russian actor‚ director‚ and teacher‚ profoundly influenced the theater of the 20th century and beyond. Throughout his long life‚ he developed a variety techniques that became known as "The Stanislavsky System" or "the Method." His books My Life in Art (an autobiography)‚ An Actor Prepares‚ Building a Character‚ and Creating a Role are still studied today. What is the Stanislavsky System? Although very complex‚ one of the basic goals of the "Stanislavsky System" was
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The Beatles for almost 50 years have been the most popular singers and songwriters in the world. There song ‘I Am the Walrus’ written in 1967‚ “I Am the Walrus was a composite of three song fragments. The first part was inspired by a two-note police siren Lennon heard while at home in Weybridge. This became "Mr. City policeman sitting pretty...". ‘ Lennon. (1967). I Am the Walrus. Available: http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/i-am-the-walrus/. Last accessed 08/12/2015. For the actual song‚ the idea
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To what extent is can the character of Blanche DuBois be regarded as a victim of circumstance or is she a perpetrator of her own downfall? The play The Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is about people who display cruelty and harshness in their treatment to others‚ especially those who are weaker and more vulnerable than themselves. The protagonist of the play‚ Blanche DuBois is portrayed to be both the victim and the victimiser of the play‚ causing the audience to sympathise with her
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The Life of John Lennon (We All Want To Change the World) Report on a Manuscript by John Wyse Jackson 1.0 Book Synopsis John Lennon was an English rock musician‚ singer-songwriter‚ author‚ and peace activist. He gained worldwide fame through the many bands he formed to eventually create the Beatles‚ one of the most successful pop/rock groups of all time. From an early age John was convinced of his genius and expanded his complex mind through song writing‚ visual art‚ drugs‚ booze‚ meditation
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Victim Impact Statement – Drafted by Blanche Dubois Creative Writing Task – English HL Divya Jethwani (12B) Victim Impact Statement – Drafted by Blanche Dubois Creative Writing Task – English HL Divya Jethwani (12B) Your honor‚ I‚ Blanche DuBois am here today‚ as your living example of how a cruel crime can affect a person so radically‚ bringing in a change so drastic causing them to feel alienated and unwanted. The case with regard to my rape that we address in the court today may
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The Global Branding of Stella ArtoisAssignment 11)The international beer market is a large and growing one with consumption levels at 1.3 billion hectoliters (hls) annually. Surprisingly‚ the top 4 breweries account for only 22 percent of the total beer market. This means that the profit margin for these breweries is significantly smaller than that of top companies in the tobacco‚ soft drink‚ and spirits industry which are far less fragmented. With this in mind there is great potential if Interbrew
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Flora is not close to her family and says ‘If i find out i have any third cousins living at Cold Comfort called Seth‚ or Reuben‚ I shall not go’. This shows that she’s already stereotyping her own family‚ showing that she knows nothing about them. Stella Gibbons seems to challenge the conventional family life by overthrowing normal restrictions like roles and social status that would be placed upon women in society‚ like Flora. Flora is a very independant women in the novel and doesn’t rely on men
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