1. Gladiolus‚ 1925. The word (a type of flower) is notable not due to its complexity‚ but because it was the first-ever winning word. 2. Albumen‚ 1928. The white part of an egg. 3. Promiscuous‚ 1937. I just like the idea of an eight-year-old asking the judges to use it in a sentence. 4. Crustaceology‚ 1955. The study of crustaceans‚ of course. Doesn’t it roll off of the tongue nicely? 5. Syllepsis‚ 1958. This is a complicated definition: "A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously
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mail‚ Len Hislop‚ a World War II veteran who lost his legs as a prisoner of war and has developed agoraphobia. One day‚ she decides to write a letter to someone living in New York City: by pure chance she chooses Max Jerry Horowitz (Philip Seymour Hoffman) from a telephone directory. Max turns out to be a morbidly obese 44-year-old whose various mental problems (including anxiety attacks and overeating) have left him unable to form close bonds with other people. Max decides to write back to Mary‚ and
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Cross-cultural analysis for Eva Hoffman pp102-108 Introduction In Lost in Translation‚ Eva Hoffman describes how she starts a new life in a new language. In this essay‚ I will analysis pp102-108 from a cross-cultural perspective to identify relevant cultures‚ sub-cultures and their influences on Eva as well as internalised cultures and non-internalised cultures. Then‚ to see the forms and levels Eva shows on intercultural competence. Tensions of a cultural origin within Eva and between Eva and
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through the Midwest‚ Stephen is approached by Tom Duffy (Paul Giamatti)‚ campaign manager for a rival candidate. Their ostensibly secret meeting sets into play twists and reversals that involve Morris‚ his campaign manager Paul Zara (Philip Seymour Hoffman)‚ and observers like New York Times reporter Ida Horowicz (Marisa Tomei). A second subplot pairs Steve with Molly Stearns (Evan Rachel Wood)‚ an underpaid and possibly underage intern whose political connections will endanger the entire campaign.
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Spectral evidence‚ as defined by the State vs. Dustin court case‚refers to “a witness testimony that the accused person’s spirit or spectral shape appeared to him/her witness in a dream at the time the accused person’s physical body was at another location”. The legal definition of the general term evidence is “information given personally‚ drawn from a document‚ or in the form of material objects‚ tending or used to establish facts in a legal investigation or admissible as testimony in court”. Spectral
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The Ides of March The Ides of March is directed by George Clooney is a kind of political film actually. Starring by George Clooney‚ Ryan Gosling‚ Philip Seymour Hoffman‚ Paul Giamatti‚ Marisa Tomei‚ Jeffrey Wright and Evan Rachel Wood. Stephen Myers (Ryan Gosling) strolls up to a podium in an auditorium and begins to speak on his religious preferences. He then begins to whistle and whisper into the microphone. An audio technician comes up‚ and they adjust the volume. Stephen isn’t a candidate but
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Cited: Before The Devil Knows You’re dead. Dir. Sidney Lumet. Perf. Philip Seymour Hoffman‚ Ethan Hawke‚ Marisa Tomei‚ Albert Finney. THINKFilm. October 26‚ 2007 (US). DVD.
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Alex Hoffman IB Film Mr. Evers January 10‚ 2012 Paul Thomas Anderson: An Auteur of Film There are two types of directors in the world: those who write their movies and those who don’t. This doesn’t mean that one is a better director than the other‚ but it does however define if a director is truly an auteur of their film. Paul Thomas Anderson dropped out of film school after just 2 days. He went on to spend his savings and college money to produce his first short film Cigarettes & Coffee. It
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There are a lot actors out their somewhere in the world. Many places have great actors. Like England. There are many actors that have that accents that say "England" right from their vocal cords. Not only do they have that accent with so much emotion‚ they are also very talented at the arts. Orlando Bloom is an incredible actor that puts a lot of effort and passion into his acting that makes it extraordinary. Orlando Bloom was born on January 13‚ 1977 in Canterbury‚ England. Harry Bloom (Political
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Abstract Kmart a long standing discount retailer and Sears have merged to make up Sears Holdings Corporation. As the two struggling retailers combine forces‚ it will allow for both companies‚ now working as one to reemerge bigger and better than ever. Now they are in the process of restructuring their management structure‚ to hopefully be able to locate where their areas of weakness are. K-mart‚ one of the leaders in department stores‚ has been around for over 100 years. Although the company
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