The scientific details in his work are such that he is usually classified as a hard science fiction author, but not all of the speculations in his works are equally rigorous. For example, the mathematics in the Eon series, such as the "pi meter", are dubious at best and The Forge of God interprets the Gaia theory freely in ways that might be considered questionable by most scientists. More recent works such as the Darwin's Radio/Darwin's Children pair of novels which deal with the impact of a strange diseas ...

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At Newcastle, Shearer continued to score regularly, but the club have not won a trophy during his time at the club. He was appointed an OBE for services to Association Football in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in June 2001, an honour to go with the Freedom of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne that was bestowed upon him in March. He was also awarded the Barclaycard Merit Award on in 2002 for reaching the landmark of scoring 200 Premiership goals. Shearer had hit his 200th Pre ...

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The original Spanish-language title of de Soto's book The Other Path is El Otro Sendero. This was an allusion to countering the Shining Path guerrillas; the Spanish for "Shining Path" is Sendero Luminoso. The guerillas had in the past attempted to assassinate him. In 1999 Time magazine chose de Soto as one of the five leading Latin American innovators of the century. On May 6, 2004 de Soto received the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty and a $500,000 cash award from the Cato Institute for his "contribution to the advancement ...

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By 1957 Elvis Presley was the most famous entertainer in the world. After pioneer band leader Bill Haley spawned interest in rock and roll in western Europe, Presley triggered a wide shift in tastes with effects lasting many decades. Singers in dozens of countries made Presley-influenced records in many languages and his own records were sold around the globe, even behind the former Iron Curtain. By 1958 Cliff Richard was rising to prominence in the UK and in France Johnny Hallyday became a rock and roll idol singing in French, soon to be fo ...

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The final part of the popular musical Miss Saigon is set in the bar scene of Patpong. Many western films have featured Patpong, including the award winning The Deer Hunter (1978), starring Robert DeNiro. ...

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Truffaut was born out of wedlock in 1930s Paris, where he was raised by his mother and his adoptive father, Roland Truffaut, both of whom were devout Catholics. He never met his biological father, who was a Jewish dentist. Truffaut had a difficult childhood that resulted in rebellion against his parents in particular and authority in general. Truffaut reported that his film The 400 Blows (1959) was largely autobiographical. His love of films partly came from his elective ...

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William Saroyan - Stories. The Daring Young Man On The Flying Trapeze (1934) The Human Comedy (1943) Tracy's Tiger (1943) The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse William Saroyan - Plays. The Time Of Your Life (1939) - winner of the New York Drama Critics' Award and the Pulitzer Prize Hello Frankie! M ...

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Criss Angel (born Christopher N. Sarantakos on December 19, 1967 in East Meadow, New York) is a musician, magician, illusionist, escapologist, stunt performer, and the creator and director of the Criss Angel Mindfreak television series on A&E Network. Criss Angel - Musical career. Criss Angel was in an industrial band called Angeldust, which he started with Klay Scott (now known as Klayton of Celldweller) after Klayton's previous band Circle of Dust broke up. Angeldust released an album ca ...

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The US band Cactus offered Stewart a job as lead singer but he decided to join The Faces with Ron Wood. (Wood had played bass guitar with the Jeff Beck Group, but wanted to switch to guitar. The Faces were previously The Small Faces until the departure of Steve Marriott.) Stewart also signed a solo recording contract. An Old Raincoat Won't Let You Down became his first solo album in 1969; it was known as The Rod Stewart Album in the US. It established the template for his solo sound: a heartfelt mixture of folk, rock, an ...

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Rod Stewart, Rod Stewart - Early life, Rod Stewart - Rod the Mod 1960-1969, Rod Stewart - Never A Dull Moment 1969-1975, Rod Stewart - Atlantic Crossing 1975-1980, Rod Stewart - Out of Order 1981-2001, Rod Stewart - Crooner 2002-, Rod Stewart - Current life, Rod Stewart - Quotes, Rod Stewart - Awards and recognition, Rod Stewart - List of bands, Rod Stewart - Discography, Rod Stewart - Albums, Rod Stewart - Singles

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Robinson retired from the game on January 5, 1957. He had wanted to manage or coach in the major leagues, but received no offers. He became a vice-president for the Chock Full O' Nuts corporation instead, and served on the board of the NAACP till 1967, when he resigned because of the movement's lack of younger voices. In 1960, he involved himself in the presidential election, campaigning first for Hubert Humphrey, and then meeting both Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy: citing his record on Civil Rights, Robinson supported Nixon. After Nixon was elected in 1968, Robinson wrote that he regretted the endorsement ...

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Philip José Farmer in his Riverworld series (1971) created perhaps the best science fiction depiction of a "man" made hell created with advanced technology that ensures immortality and sustenance but allows suffering. While it is never meant to be hell it quickly becomes hellish because the good and evil are both repeatedly resurrected. Immortal and immoral Dictators end up running many areas. It may be called a humanist model of hell. Yet the author car ...

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There are a variety of genres that writers, producers and directors can employ in theatre to suit a variety of tastes: Musical theatre: A theatrical genre in which the primary means of performance is through singing and music. Rock opera: Same style as opera, except that the musical form is rock music. Comedy: Comes from the Greek word komos which means celebration, revel or merrymaking. It does not necessarily mean funny, but more focuses on a problem that leads to some form of cat ...

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Sarah McLachlan was born on January 28, 1968, and adopted in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As a child, she took voice lessons, along with studies in classical piano and guitar. When she was just 17 years old, and still a student at Queen Elizabeth High School, she fronted a short-lived rock band called "The October Game". Her high school yearbook claimed that she was "destined to become a famous rock star." Following The October Game's first concert at Dalhousie University, McLachlan was offered a recording contract with Vancouver based indep ...

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