Paul Grice - Paul Grice Paul Grice (1913 - 1988) was a philosopher, remembered mainly for his substantial contribution to the study of meaning within language, including his maxims of conversation. In particular, Grice's work is one of the foundations of the modern study of pragmatics. Many of Grice's essays/papers were published in the book Studies in the Way of Words (1989). This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Wu-Tang Clan - Chambers did indeed establish the group as a creative and influential rap group in the early nineties (it was released in 1993), allowing GZA, RZA, Raekwon, Method Man and Ol' Dirty Bastard to negotiate solo contracts. The name comes from a mythical sword from Chinese folklore, supposedly wielded by a group of legendary warriors. RZA was the first to follow up on the success of 36 Chambers with a side project. He founded the Gravediggaz with Prince Paul (a producer, most famous for De La Soul), Fruitkwan (of Stetsasonic) and Poetic (of the Brothers Grimm). The Gravediggaz released 6 Feet Deep in August of 1994. Method Man was the first solo Wu-Tang to hit stardom with his November 1994 release, Tical, produced by the RZA. Ol' Dirty Bastard found success soon.
List of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana - 1865 ... 12. Benjamin Saunders (N/A) 1866 ... 13. Henry Sharp (N/A) 1867 - 1868 ... - Franklin P. Randall (N/A) 1869 - 1873 ... 14. Charles Zollinger (N/A) 1873 - 1885 ... 15. Charles F. Muhler (N/A) 1885 - 1889 ... 16. Daniel L. Harding (N/A) 1889 - 1893 ... - Charles Zollinger (N/A) 1893 ... 17. Henry F. Scherer (N/A) 1894 ... 18. Chauncey B. Oakley (N/A) 1894 - 1897 ... - Henry F. Scherer (N/A) 1897 - 1901 ... 19. Henry C. Berghoff (N/A) 1901 - 1905 ... 20. William J. Hosey (N/A) 1905 - 1909 ... 21. Jesse Grice (N/A) 1909 - 1913 ... - William J. Hosey (N/A) 1913 - 1917 ... 22. Sherman Cutshall (N/A) 1917 - 1921 ... - William J. Hosey (N/A) 1921.
Longus - incidents. Daphnis and Chloë, two children found by shepherds, grow up together, nourishing a mutual love which neither suspects. The development of this simple passion forms the chief interest, and there are few incidents. Chloë is carried off by a pirate, and ultimately regains her family. Rivals alarm the peace of mind of Daphnis; but the two lovers are recognized by their parents, and return to a happy married life in the country. Daphnis and Chloë was the model of La Sireine of Honoré d'Urfé, the Diana enamorada of Montemayor, the Aminta of Tasso, and The Gentle Shepherd of Allan Ramsay. The celebrated Paul et Virginie is an echo of the same story. See J Dunlop's History of Prose Fiction (1888), and especially E Rohde, Der griechische Roman (1900). Longus found.
J. Paul Getty - J. Paul Getty J. Paul Getty (December 15, 1892 - June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist and founder of the Getty Oil Company. Getty was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, into a family already in the petroleum business. By some calculations, he was one of the first people in the world with a fortune of over $1 billion U.S. dollars. He was an avid collector of art and antiquities, and his collection now forms the basis of the J. Paul Getty Museum in California. He moved to England in the 1950s, where he lived and worked at his 16th-century Tudor estate, Sutton Place near Guildford, until his death. He is sometimes referred to as Jean Paul Getty, Sr to distinguish him from his son Jean Paul.
Jacques Paul Migne - Jacques Paul Migne Jacques Paul Migne (25 October, 1800 - 25 October, 1875) was a French priest and publisher. He was born at St Flour, Cantal, and studied theology at Orléans. He was ordained in 1824 and placed in charge of the parish of Puiseaux, in the diocese of Orléans. In 1833 he went to Paris, and started L'anivers religieux, which afterwards became Louis Veuillot's ultramontane organ. On severing his connexion with the paper three years later, he opened his great publishing house at Petit Montrouge, near Paris. It brought out in rapid succession numerous religious works at popular prices. The best known of these are: Scripturae sacrae cursus cormpletus, and Theologiae cursus (each in 28 vols, 1840-5); Collection des auteurs sacrés (100 vols., 1846-8); Encyclopédie théologique.
James Paul Clarke - James Paul Clarke James Paul Clarke (18 August 1854 - 1 October 1916) was a Democratic United States Senator and Governor of the State of Arkansas. James Paul Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clarke attended public schools as well as Tutwilder's Academy in Greenbrier, Alabama. He graduated with a law degree at the University of Virginia in 1878. He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and practiced law at Helena, Arkansas. Marble by Pompeo Coppini. Courtesy National Statuary Hall Served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1886 to 1888. Became a member of the Arkansas Senate from 1888 to 1892. Served as president of the Senate in 1891. Clarke was elected Attorney General of Arkansas and served from 1892-1894. Served.
Jean-Paul Sartre - Jean-Paul Sartre zh-cn:让·保罗·萨特 Jean-Paul Sartre (June 21, 1905 - April 15, 1980) was a French existentialist philosopher, novelist and critic. His longtime companion was Simone de Beauvoir, whom he met at the École Normale Supérieure in 1929. There were two main periods in his career. The first period was defined by his work Being and Nothingness. He believed in the fundamental freedom of human beings and reflected on what he saw as the unbearable nature of that freedom. In the second major period in his career, Sartre was known as a politically engaged intellectual. He embraced Communism, though he never officially joined the Communist party. Sartre spent much of his life attempting to reconcile his existentialist ideas, which claimed that one must self-determine one's existence, with Communist.
Jean-Paul Belmondo - Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Belmondo (born April 9, 1933) is a French actor, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. His breakthrough role was in Jean-Luc Godard's A bout de souffle (aka Breathless) (1960), which made him a major figure in the French New Wave. With L'homme de Rio (aka That Man From Rio) (1965) he started to switch to commercial mainstream productions, mainly comedies and action films. Films include (actor): A bout de souffle (1960) L'homme de Rio (1965) L'as des as Le magnifique La sirene du Mississippi See Also Cinema of France.
Jean-Paul Marat - Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat (May 24, 1743 - July 13, 1793), was a French revolutionary born in Switzerland. Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David (1793) He was a member of the more radical Jacobin faction during the French Revolution, helping to launch the Reign of Terror. He advocated doing away with the monarchy and raged against more moderate revolutionary leaders. In July 1790 he wrote "Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness. A false humanity has held your arms and suspended your blows; because of this millions of your brothers will lose their lives". He approved of the September 1792 massacres of jailed "enemies of the Revolution" and established the "Committee of Surveillance" whose role was to rout out.
Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Périer - Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Périer Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Périer (November 8, 1847 - March 11, 1907) was a French politician, fifth president of the French Republic. He was born in Paris, the grandson of Casimir Pierre Périer, premier of Louis Philippe. He entered public life as secretary to his father, AVLC Périer, who was minister of the interior under the presidency of Thiers. In 1874 he was elected general councillor of the Aube, and was sent by the same department to the chamber of deputies in the general elections of 1876, and he was always re-elected until his presidency. In spite of the traditions of his family, Casimir-Périer joined the group of Republicans on the Left, and was one of the 363 on the Seize-Mai (1877). He refused.
Jean-Paul Mousseau - Jean-Paul Mousseau Jean-Paul Mousseau (1927-1991) was a student of Paul-Émile Borduas and a member of the Automatist school of Quebec artists. He took a new direction at the end of the 1950s as one of the first Quebec artists who saw the necessity of integrating art into the urban environment. His most important contributions are thus original murals and other collaborations with architects. Jean-Paul Mousseau did a great deal of important work in the Montreal metro. He clashed with the metro's first art director, Robert Lapalme, who insisted that metro art be figurative, represent Montreal history, and be sponsored. Mousseau wished to open the doors to non-figurative art integrated into the architecture and accounted for in the construction budget. Lapalme held sway over the initial network, except.
Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz - Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz (1614 - August 24, 1679), French churchman and agitator, was born at Montmirail. The family was one of those which had been introduced into France by Catherine de Medici, but it acquired great estates in Brittany and became connected with the noblest houses of the kingdom. It may be added that Retz himself always spelt his designation "Rais." He was the third son, and according to Tallemant des Réaux was made a knight of Malta on the very day of his birth. The death of his second brother, however, destined him for a closer connexion with the church. The family of Retz had military traditions, but it had also much church influence,.
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Etienne - Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Etienne Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Etienne (1743 - December 5, 1793), French revolutionist, was born at Nîmes, the son of Paul Rabaut, the additional surname of Saint-Etienne being assumed from a small property near Nîmes. Like his father, he became a pastor, and distinguished himself by his zeal for his co-religionists, working energetically to obtain the recognition of the civil rights which had been granted to them by Louis XVI in 1788. Having gained a great reputation by his Histoire primitive de la Grèce, he was elected deputy to the States General in 1789 by the third estate of the bailliage of Nîmes. In the Constituent Assembly he worked on the framing of the constitution, spoke against the establishment of the republic, which he considered ridiculous, and.
Karl Friedrich Bahrdt - the Hardt; his luckless translation of the Testament, however, pursued him, and in 1778 he was suspended by a decision of the high court of the Empire. In dire poverty he fled, in 1779, to Halle, where in spite of the opposition of the senate and the theologians, he obtained through the interest of the Prussian minister, von Zedlitz, permission to lecture on subjects other than theology. Forced to earn a living by writing, he developed an astounding literary activity. His orthodoxy had now quite gone by the board, and all his efforts were directed to the propaganda of a "moral system" which should replace supernatural Christianity. By such means Bahrdt succeeded in maintaining himself until, on the death of Frederick the Great, the religious reaction set in at the Berlin.
Karl of Austria - Hungary in the early 1920s. Karl has generally been seen by historians as an honourable figure who tried as emperor-king to halt World War I. On 14 April 2003 the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints, in the presence of Pope John Paul II, promulgated Karl of Austria's "heroic virtues", a step on the road to sainthood in Roman Catholicism. Karl was the son of Archduke Otto Franz Joseph, younger brother of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand (whose assassination triggered off World War I), and of Princess Josepha of Saxony. In 1911 he was married to Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma, a daughter of the exiled Duke of Parma. Their oldest son and current head of the Habsburg family is Otto von Habsburg, who served as a German Member of the European.
Kaspar Hauser - seen was a man who had taught him the phrase, "I want to be a rider like my father," and to write Kaspar Hauser. Eventually the man took him outside where he fainted. The next thing he remembered was the day he had walked in Nuremberg. This strange boy inspired some Europe-wide interest and he received even more visitors. Some took him to be a con artist who just pretended to be dumb. Others began to connect him with the family of the Grand Duke of Baden, due to some facial resemblance. In this case, his parents would have been Karl Friedrich, Duke of Baden and Stephanie Beauharnais, Napoleon's stepdaughter. Because Karl Friedrich had no progeny, his successor was the Countess von Hochberg who was the alleged culprit. Paul Johann Anselm.
Karapoti Classic - running annual mountain bike event, started in 1986 by Paul Kennett. It starts at Karapoti Park off Akatarawa Road, north of Upper Hutt, and heads up the 8 km Karapoti Gorge. From there it begins a single 30 km loop in native and pine forest. The 1986 Karapoti was New Zealand's first national mountain bike race and was self declared the National Off-Road Championships. The event was managed by the Kennett Bros until 2002. The event differs from most races because it comprises a large single loop and the route does not change from year to year. It is held on the first Sunday of March every year. Official website.
Kavala - BC, who called it Neapolis ("new city"). Gold mines in the Pangaion hills nearby made it prosperous. It became a Roman civitas in 168 BC, and was a base for Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC, before their defeat in the Battle of Philippi. The Apostle Paul landed at Kavala on his first voyage to Europe, and in Byzantine times the city was renamed Christoupolis. Kavala was part of the Ottoman Empire from 1371 to 1912. Mehmet Ali was born here in 1769. Some of it's most recognisable landmarks is a Venecian castle, in the hill of Panagia, and an aquaduct built by Suleiman I during his reign. The later serves still today as a city logo. It is a twin city of Nuremberg. Postage stamps Between 1893 and 1903, the.
Kate Robbins - Robbins is a Liverpudlian actress and impressionist. A cousin of Paul McCartney, she got her first big break in the ITV soap opera, Crossroads in 1981. As part of the storyline, she made a record called More than in Love. It was released as a single and got to number two in the UK charts. She is now best known for providing almost all the female voices on the UK TV show Spitting Image in the late 80's and early 90's. She has had her own TV show with her brother Ted Robbins..
