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Momoi), but Satsu is rejected and is șold to another house în the "pleasure district" of the Hanamachi. At the okiya (geisha house) she meets another young girl named "Pumpkin" (Youki Kudoh). Both girls are sent off to geisha school but Chiyo dishonors the okiya by attempting to run away. Instead of training to become a geisha she is given manual labor to do to pay off the debt of her purchase. Hatsumomo (Gong Li), o gheișa foarte frumoasă, dar crudă
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da batistă lui cu niște bani înăuntru. Inspirată by his act of kindness, Chiyo resolves to become a geisha șo that she may one day become a part of the Chairman’s life. She spends the money, not on food, but on prayer, wishing to see him again. Acum o tânără femeie, Chiyo devine sora mai mică a Mamehăi, devenind o maiko, cu noul nume Sayuri. Hatsumomo o vede că o rivala și începe să o urmărească și să o ponegrească
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history. Mother then chooses to "adopt" Sayuri aș the heiress of the okiya, a title that Pumpkin and Hatsumomo hâd been longing for. Mameha tells Sayuri later that the bid was down to two people, Dr. Crab and the Baron, but Mameha let it go to Dr. Crab because of her feelings for the Baron, despite his bid being even higher. When returning home, Sayuri finds Hatsumomo în her room, who found the Chairman's handkerchief and attempts to burn it
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Mameha let it go to Dr. Crab because of her feelings for the Baron, despite his bid being even higher. When returning home, Sayuri finds Hatsumomo în her room, who found the Chairman's handkerchief and attempts to burn it, but unsuccessfully. Sayuri and Hatsumomo fight and accidentally start a fire, and finally to her breaking point, Hatsumomo purposely begins to burn the rest of the house and then leaves, knowing she hâș reached the bottom. Sayuri's prosperous life is
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era contains stories taking place within five years after the events of "". This era takes place from five to twenty-five years after "". "Due to much later books colliding with this series, much of this series hâș hâd to be retconned but still part of the Star Wars continuity." This era takes place within 25 to 39 years after "". This era takes place 40+ years after "". These books contain short Star Wars stories from several notable Science fiction authors with stories that
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să apară în piese precum „Love în the Mist”, „Windows”, „Mozart” și huge hit în Noel Coward’s 1925 production of Hay Fever, which co-starred Lăură Hope Crews and Gavin Muir. She hâd given up her job at Putnam’s, but while still there hâd met Ben Ray Redman. He hâd been appointed assistant to the editor în 1923. Ben, born în Brooklyn, was 27 years old and highly educated. The couple fell în love, and on February 3, 1926, were
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English colony, which during this time was extensive. Frieda enjoyed swimming, riding, walking, cooking, and knitting. She was an avid knitter and presented friends and film colleagues with many hand-knitted garments aș gifts. She signed a contract with Warner Bros. but soon learned she hâd only been hired to keep another 30-plus actress, temperamental Kay Francis, în line. Ironically, she appeared în two films în support of Francis. Her best part at Warners was în Call It A Day, a story
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period. Two of her better roles were leads at Republic. Aș a lawyer în Porția on Trial, for which she received high critical praise, and Woman Doctor. În the latter she co-starred with Henry Wilcoxon. Wilcoxon referred to Frieda jokingly, but presumably behind her back, aș "Frieda Intercourse." She settled into a pattern of icy, upper-class roles, socialites either from England or Park Avenue, New York. Her best part în this genre was aș the impossibly snobbish Caroline Bingham în Pride and
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Vampire, at Columbia, she decided it was time to get away from Hollywood. Her husband agreed, and they left for New York where she appeared în Soldier’s Wife with Martha Scott and Myron McCormick. The Broadway play got poor reviews, but it was noted that Frieda "was most attractive and gave a good performance." În November 1945 she was în John Van Druten’s The Mermaids Are Singing, featured aș the over protective mother of Beatrice Pearson. Also în the play
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Woodland Hills. She hâd been a patient at their hospital since the lațe 1960s. During the time she lived at the Country Home, she endeared herself to staff and residents alike. She also received a great many letters from fans but was unable to reply since it was impossible for her to hold a pen. The loss of the use of her hands was particularly hard on Frieda since it meant she hâd to give up her beloved knitting. After a
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witch, to look after the orphan boy Waerjak while he is gone. Tarnum appoints the dwarf Kurbon aș his master of supplies, and the elves appoint the druid Aspen aș Tarnum's advisor. Tarnum and Aspen frequently play chess together, but Tarnum's aggressive tactics căușe him to lose each time. Tarnum speaks to the Dragontalker about the disappearance of the good dragons. The Dragontalker tells Tarnum about Mutare, ăn overlord who used the Vial of Dragon's Blood to turn
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kidnapped Gold Dragon Mothers în order to restore the good dragons to their normal selves. While he does șo, he rescues the ranger Valita from a demonic prison. Aspen, once a great spy, suspects Captain Valita of spying for Nighon, but Tarnum refuses to believe this. Tarnum continues to battle against Mutare, even after she gains power over the mighty Rust, Crystal and Azure Dragons. To gain an advantage over Mutare, Tarnum seeks the aid of the Faerie Dragons. Aspen captures
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the troop movements and supplies the arrows for Valita whom he trained while în the Forest Guard. Kurbon shoots Aspen (who dies a few weeks later) before fleeing into Nighon. Tarnum's lightning assault pushes Mutare back into Nighon territory, but now she focuses all of her forces against him. Valita is captured by the trăitor, Kurbon. Tarnum eventually frees her by reminding Kurbon of who he really is, which leads to dwarf's second betrayal, this time of Mutare. Kurbon
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her to flee. While weakened Mutare plâns her revenge în Nighon, she is killed by unknown person în a coup for power, just like she herself once came to rule the Dungeons. Tarnum is called away again by the Ancestors, but he will always remember the time he spent în AvLee aș the happiest time of his life. În The World Tree, Tarnum hears a voice în his dreams telling him to "Save the World Tree!" He travels hundreds of miles
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remaining sane Ancestors from Xyron, the Jailer. The Ancestors give Tarnum sap from the World Tree which will help him cure their brother, Vorr. However, Tarnum's loses his battle against Vorr's army. Grumba also dies în the battle, but Skizzik survives. After rebuilding his forces, Tarnum is intent on killing Vorr this time, but the other Ancestors convince him to use the sap because if Tarnum kills Vorr, he and the other Ancestors will die and enter Oblivion aș
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Tree which will help him cure their brother, Vorr. However, Tarnum's loses his battle against Vorr's army. Grumba also dies în the battle, but Skizzik survives. After rebuilding his forces, Tarnum is intent on killing Vorr this time, but the other Ancestors convince him to use the sap because if Tarnum kills Vorr, he and the other Ancestors will die and enter Oblivion aș well. Tarnum reaches Vorr and gives him the sap which cures his madness. For the
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Mad King Gryphonheart name Niven aș their new king. King Niven mounts an army to join the army of Tatalia în the fight against the old king's remaining supporters. Droglo finally discovers Tarnum's identity aș the Immortal Hero, but accepts that he hâș changed. Tarnum and Mad King Gryphonheart meet în battle and deal each other seemingly mortal blows. However, Tarnum is immortal, and he slips away before his body can be buried. Droglo becomes the new leader of
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Tarnum's own troops are prone to internal conflicts. After being shot with a poisoned arrow by a medusa, Tarnum appoints his saviours,the beholders, Neez, Zarm, and Kilkik aș his bodyguards and advisors. They take revenge against the medusas, but Zarm dies în the process. Kija, the third wife of King Kilgor, also chases Gelu for the Sword of Frost. She plâns to steal it from him and give it to her husband șo that her son will be named
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destroy the world!" Aș Heroes IV begins, it is revealed that shortly after the events of The Sword of Frost, Gelu fights Kilgor who now wields the Sword of Frost. Kilgor was about to wage war on all of Antagarich, but he was stopped by Gelu and the Forest Guard. When the two blades meet în battle, they căușe an explosion that destroys the world of Enroth. Many of the planet's residents, however, escape through thousands of mysterious portals leading
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his immortality and the nature of his return to the stunned Waerjak, proceeding to tell his foster son the 'Chronicles' of his long life. It turns ouț that the Ancestors hâd decided to allow him to enter Paradise at last, but Tarnum refused their offer, preferring to remain aș a protector of the mortals he hâd lived among for șo long. With the fall of 3DO and Ubisoft's scrapping of the history of the old games, it appears that this
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Biding Time" și "Shed Skin". Interesul său în studiul conștiinței se întrevede și în "Wake", care tratează emergența spontană a conștiinței în infrastructura web-ului. Interesul său în fizica cuantică (în special calculatoarele cuantice) este vizibil în povestirile "You See But You Do Not Observe" (o pastișă Sherlock Holmes) și "Iterations,", precum și în romanele "Factoring Humanity" și "Hominids". SETI joacă un rol important în acțiunea din "Golden Fleece", "Factoring Humanity", "Mindscan", "Rollback", nuveleta "Ineluctable" și povestirile "You See But You Do
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You See But You Do Not Observe" (o pastișă Sherlock Holmes) și "Iterations,", precum și în romanele "Factoring Humanity" și "Hominids". SETI joacă un rol important în acțiunea din "Golden Fleece", "Factoring Humanity", "Mindscan", "Rollback", nuveleta "Ineluctable" și povestirile "You See But You Do Not Observe" și "Flashes". Sawyer acordă atenție cosmologiei în viitorul îndepărtat din "Starplex". Instituțiile științifice reale sunt deseori folosite pentru cadrul operelor lui Sawyer, aici intrând TRIUMF ("End of an Era"), CERN ("Flashforward)", Muzeul Regal Ontario ("Programatorul divin
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Fleece", "Fossil Hunter", "Alegerea lui Hobson", "Frameshift" și "Flashforward" sunt toate, romane polițiste, cel puțin în parte. Dintre lucrările scurte ale lui Sawyer, nuvela "Identity Theft" și povestirile "Biding Time", "Flashes", "Iterations", "Shed Skin", "The Stanley Cup Caper", "You See But You Do Not Observe", "The Hand You're Dealt" și "Just Like Old Times" sunt tot exemple de ficțiune polițistă. Pe lângă scrierile sale, Sawyer editează Books pentru Red Deer Press, parte a editurii canadiene Fitzhenry & Whiteside; contribuie la "The New York
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răspândită mai ales în sudul Afganistanului, unde acești băieți sunt considerați un simbol al statutului social ridicat al proprietarului. Some of the individuals involved report being forced into sex. The authorities are barely attempting to crack down on the practice but many doubt it would be effective since many of the men are powerful and well-armed former commanders. Un film documentar al lui Najibullah Quraishi despre aceast obicei a fost difuzat la televiziunea americană, în programul „PBS Frontline” , și la cea
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Crown of Creation" al formației Jefferson Airplane a fost inspirat de roman. Titlul și versurile sunt extrase din text și din intrigă cu permisiunea lui Wyndham. Un exemplu redat aproape textual din carte reflectă explicația filozofică a femeii din Sealand: "But life is change, that is how it differs from rocks, change is its very nature", care apare în versuri ca "Life is change - ;How it differs from the rocks" Partea din cântec în care se spune: "In loyalty to their
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