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In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  generic review page
Gunning’s themes all in some way work off the idea of the Destiny-machine, which gives his book strong narrative coherence as well as a good deal of depth, since the term works on a variety of levels.
Gunning notes Lang’s symbolic presentation of this power of the master enunciator in a favorite shot, the close-up of an enunciator who gazes straight into the camera as a means of establishing control and authority.
Gunning’s book is an impressive critical accomplishment, a book that truly resonates, since the effect of reading it is to feel as if we are following the bidding of allegory to gain insight into the workings of the system, to see below the surface of things, even if it’s very dark under there.
www.natcom.org /ROC/one-one/January2002/GrossmanOnGunning.htm   (2373 words)

  
 Elle Shushan - Fine Portrait Miniatures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Maria Gunning, Countess of Coventry (1733-1760) was the elder of the Gunning Sisters, the most celebrated beauties of their day.
In 1751, Maria and her sister Elizabeth left Dublin for London instantly causing a sensation in society.
It is rumored that Maria's affections also wandered, her beauty catching the eye of Prime Minister and notorious playboy, Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, in whose family this miniature descended.
www.portrait-miniatures.com /details/brits/bd-SpencerCoventry.htm   (274 words)

  
 Maria Gunning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria Gunning (1733 - September 30, 1760) was a famous London beauty and society hostess during the reign of King George II.
She was born at St Ives in Cambridgeshire of Irish parentage, the sister of Elizabeth Gunning.
Her popularity was such that she was mobbed when she appeared in Hyde Park.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maria_Gunning   (99 words)

  
 JockBio: Maria Sharapova Biography
Maria was born April 19, 1987 in Nyagan, a town in western Siberia, where her parents, Yuri and Yelena, had fled from Belarus a year earlier to avoid radiation from Chernobyl.
Maria emigrated to Bradenton, Florida with her father, but Yelena was forced to stay behind when she could not get a visa.
The book on Maria was that you could beat her by varying pace and strategy, and Mary Pierce proved this when she ran off the final five games of their match at Flushing Meadow to end Maria’s chances at a second straight Grand Slam title.
www.jockbio.com /Bios/Sharapova/Sharapova_bio.html   (2756 words)

  
 American Prospect Online - ViewWeb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Maria Full of Grace is a small story, beautifully told, and one that homes in on the collateral damage, the human cost of Colombia’s war on drugs.
When we first meet Maria, she is working at a rose plantation in a small Colombian village, stripping the blooms of thorns.
Moreno illuminates Maria’s choice, and her character, with her unwavering dedication, as does Marston, who has the discipline to focus on one story and let the real dimensions of Maria’s experience flesh out his universalist grace notes about poverty and the nature of human goodness.
www.prospect.org /web/view-web.ww?id=8116   (1196 words)

  
 Dave Kopel on NRO
Of the youths who owned guns lawfully in the 7th and 8th grade — that is, who obtained a gun from a parent — not one committed a firearm-related crime over the five-year study period.
Children given guns, and provided the education to handle them responsibly and with respect, were the most non-violent of all groups studied.
Maria Montessori began a revolution in early childhood education when she opened her Casa Dei Bambini school in the slums of Rome.
www.nationalreview.com /kopel/kopel092200.shtml   (994 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Maria, a year the elder, was the more dashing and at first the more conspicuous of the two.
And Maria would not spare a word to Elizabeth, for not a woman but must walk after the heels of a duchess, and she was all for leading.
Mr Gunning had took himself off to Castle Coote, his beggarly place in the country, where he could dice and drink in peace with the neighboring squireens, and live off claret and the skinny fowls that pecked about the avenue; and she had the weight of the children on her spare shoulders.
www.cise.ufl.edu /mirrors/gutenberg/etext05/8tlds10.txt   (20712 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Undone at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Maria is a blonde, blue-eyed replica of her mother, hungry for attention and fancy dresses.
Yes, Elizabeth Gunning actually lived, and was quite a person in her own right.
Both of the Gunnings were tracked in the media of the time, and mobbed when they were out in public.
www.epinions.com /content_123306806916   (764 words)

  
 Gerry Spence : America's Finest Trial Lawyer
For reasons peculiar to Maria, she was attracted to the irresponsible child in Leyland that characterized his behavior and that also exposed, especially when drunk, the dangerous side of him.
Maria also admitted that Leyland had pulled a gun on her maybe fifteen or twenty times before, sometimes in the presence of others.
Maria was his guest, all right, but the policy contained a standard provision that denied any protection to Leyland if his acts were intentional, and no one, least of all the insurance company lawyers, could forget the well-publicized testimony of Maria.
www.gerryspence.com /build/justicefor_chapter.html   (9704 words)

  
 Literary Encyclopedia: Gunning, Susannah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Susannah Minifie Gunning, the daughter of a Somerset Clergyman, was born in 1739 or 1740.
While Susannah Gunning seems to have been somewhat shaken by the scandal and by the failure of her pamphlet to repair matters – she and Elizabeth left the country temporarily – she did not hesitate to use the story repeatedly in her subsequent writing.
Susannah Gunning died in 1800, leaving her final novel, The Heir Apparent, to be finished by her daughter, who had by that time launched a literary career of her own – beginning, in 1794, with a sentimental tale spiced up with asides and reflections about her own experiences as a maligned innocent.
www.litencyc.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1915   (851 words)

  
 Affirmation
Maria was working, wearing the old uniform, surprised to find it fit after all the years.
Maria didn't mind...there was something about wearing the anttenae that made her feel like a sixteen year old again.
Maria grinned like a madman, she loved it when they were like this.
www.roswellunderground.com /affirmation7.html   (1155 words)

  
 Undone
Elizabeth and her sister Maria are daughters of a disinherited son of a nobleman and an actress.
Bridget Gunning, their mother, is an ambitious woman that wants her daughters to have successful careers on stage, the career that she lost when she did a really stupid thing and married her useless good-for-nothing husband.
While Maria smartly waits for the highest bidder to sample her wares, our dim-witted Beth is giving away her milk for free to John in their illicit rendezvouses, all the while Beth waiting breathlessly for him to propose.
www.mrsgiggles.com /books/henley_undone.html   (1045 words)

  
 Hamilton Family, Marriage, Scotland, 1882   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
At the time of which we are speaking, the sisters Gunning reigned supreme at the Courts of Dublin and St. James's.
Gunning, of Castlecoote, in the county of Roscommon, a gentleman of county position and fair descent, and were, through their mother, granddaughters of Viscount Bourke, of Mayo.
The great-great-grandson of her first marriage is the present Earl of Derby, and of her second, the great-great-grandson is the Marquis of Lorne, whose father, the Duke of Argyll, inherits from Elizabeth Gunning her barony of Hamilton.
www.londonancestor.com /newspaper/1882/0715/hamilton-marriage.htm   (213 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Undone: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Gunning hires actors to mob her daughters whenever they appear in public and an actress to play their ladies' maid.
Gunning decides that they should go to London disguised as aristocrats so that her two daughters can marry wealthy noblemen.
Maria, on the other hand, is delighted with the charade.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0451210646?v=glance   (2207 words)

  
 Undone - Virginia Henley - Penguin Group (USA)
Jack Gunning’s family were well-to-do landowners in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, but since he was the youngest son and could hope for neither wealth nor title, he had become an adventurer and a gambler.
The Gunning daughters, Maria and Elizabeth, were exceptionally beautiful girls, and their mother, focusing her own aspirations on them, decided to train them for the stage, where they would undoubtedly make their fortune once they were old enough.
For all her beauty, Maria had no reticence and said whatever thought came into her head, whether it was appropriate or not.
www.penguinputnam.com /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_0451210646,00.html   (3739 words)

  
 essaytwo.html   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
However, Bazin ignores another aspect of Maria's morning sequence which is equally important in capturing the viewer's interest: the spectacle of the actress playing Maria.
I find this actress to be very attractive because of her well-formed face, slender body, and youthful freshness, and I think most people would agree with me that she is attractive; obviously, everybody has different definitions of "attractive," but I think this actress's characteristics would intersect with enough people's definitions to support my claim.
When the camera moves along Maria's well-formed, bare leg to show it closing the door, the interest of the viewer is captivated not only by the realistic detail but by the erotic spectacle of the bare, sexual leg.
web.nwe.ufl.edu /~crinne/2300/1807/essaytwo.html   (833 words)

  
 at_web5602_pose.html   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Maria del Bosco (Sex and Racing Cars: A Sound Opera), marks a bit of a departure for New York’s downtown doyen of deconstructive dross.
The nine-time Obie winner may be gunning for double digits with his exploration of—get this—supermodels, pop culture and the after-effects of Sept. 11.
These less abstracted “things” are, of course, filtered through his trademark Foremania, but the astonishing result proves that this 64-year-old American auteur is not content to rest on laurels and repeat the same play ad nauseam.
www.tcg.org /am_theatre/at_articles/AT_Volume_19/MayJune02/at_web5602_pose.html   (525 words)

  
 ART / 4 / 2DAY
Between 1753 and 1756 the Swiss pastelist Jean Etienne Liotard was in England, and his realistic approach to portraiture persuaded Cotes to abandon the Rococo portrait type.
Cotes' reputation was assured by the pastels he did in 1751 of the beautiful Gunning sisters, then idolized by society and the populace.
Anna Maria's vitality is deceptive: she was to die the following year.
www.safran-arts.com /42day/art/art4may/art0520.html   (3841 words)

  
 All Melodrama & Chaos: An Irreverent Look at All My Children from a Life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
But Brooke didn’t leave, instead she went to Maria and said she really did try to talk to Edmund and she’s pretty sure she got through his outer layer of brood.
Maria said she couldn’t have because he was planning the divorce and listening to country music when she got back.
Myrtle-- Responded to Maria with an old carnie quote: “If you throw a rock at a pack of dogs, the one who barks is the one who got hit.” Maria replied that she knows horses, not dogs.
members.aol.com /TeeCeeMail/archive/111104.htm   (2287 words)

  
 Maria Sharapova News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Maria Sharapova fired a warning to her Wimbledon rivals on Sunday, out-gunning Jelena Jankovic 6-2 4-6 6-1 to win the DFS Classic for the second year running.
Maria is so much better than Davenport it is ridiculous that she is not seeded #1 but we all know she will win Wimbledon and then be recognized by the world as the #1 woman's player.
This page is an unofficial page and is in no way related to Maria Sharapova or her agents.
www.maria-sharapova.org /index.php?section=news&id=203   (899 words)

  
 [No title]
The Gunning sisters, Maria and Elizabeth hailed from Castle Coote, Co. Roscommon and were daughters of John and Bridget Gunning.
Bridget Gunning was daughter of Theobald Burke the 6th Viscount Mayo.
With regard to the final reel, 'Miss Gunning's' (see Track-7), a tune with a very similar first part is known by many names including 'The Baltimore', McCann's reel' and 'The Gasun that beat his father'; however Grier's 'Miss Gunnings' features a different and quite distinctive 'turn' to this tune.
www.piperbrian.com /music/track_story_lht.html   (4786 words)

  
 Gunning Family Genealogy Forum
Re: re: Charles Frederick Gunning born 1905 -1906 London England - roy gunning 12/08/04
Re: matilda jane gunning born circa 1854 - Anne Elise Matthews 5/03/01
Re: matilda jane gunning born circa 1854 - Susan Sherman 3/20/01
genforum.genealogy.com /gunning   (1365 words)

  
 Keyword   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Maria Sharapova is sitting on her own watching the rain fall on the All England Club's Aorangi Park practice courts, her ever-present mobile phone in hand.
Maria donates $10,000 to Thai quake victims 29th December 2004 Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova, due to play an exhibition match in Thailand against Venus Williams, will donate $10,000 to help victims of the killer tsunamis that hit the kingdom, a minister said on Wednesday.
It had the name of Maria Sharapova on it, and this was 10am on Saturday, five hours before the girl scorched her own page in tennis history and membership could be conferred.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=sharapova   (2565 words)

  
 Sharapova Wins Wimbledon Warm-up - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Maria Sharapova fired a warning to her Wimbledon rivals on Sunday, out-gunning Jelena Jankovic 6-2 4-6 6-1 to win the DFS Classic for the second year running, the Reuters news agency reports.
It was at this sedate setting in England’s second city last year that she began a journey that culminated in her fairytale crowning as champion at the grasscourt grand slam.
Maria Sharapova in Moscow for First Time Since Emigrating 11 Years Ago
www.mosnews.com /news/2005/06/13/sharapovawin.shtml   (904 words)

  
 Hist Rom -12-03   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Elizabeth Gunning was raised in Ireland under the firm hand of Bridget Gunning, and almost quakes in fear if she does not please her mother.
While Maria relishes men dancing to her every tune and thrives on their attention, Elizabeth feels it's just a matter of time before they're exposed as the frauds they are.
As Maria becomes more involved in putting forth the effort that is required to be a reigning debutante, Elizabeth masks her true feelings.
www.romrevtoday.com /hist_rom_-12-03.htm   (15091 words)

  
 Historical Romance Writers: Book Review
The young woman, Elizabeth Gunning (1733-1790), and her older sister Maria, whose beginnings from an impoverished family rose to impressive heights through the ambitious and clever manipulations of their mother.
Elizabeth enjoys their brief time together not realizing that John is heir to a Dukedom, and John is totally capitivated by Elizabeth's innocence and charm not realizing that the blonde beauty will be his heart's desire instead of a passing fancy.
Problem is the entire Gunning family is lying about their heritage and background.
www.historicalromancewriters.com /review.cfm?bookID=4768   (1074 words)

  
 Printable Version
In tennis, Lompoc senior Sean Cisowski was named MVP in singles and Santa Ynez seniors Garrett Gunning and Steven Sauer were named MVPs in doubles for the Los Padres League.
Cisowski, Gunning and Sauer helped their squads to a tie for first in the LPL.
Utility - David Garza, Santa Maria, Sr., Zach Clayton, St. Joseph, Sr.
www.lompocrecord.com /articles/2005/06/17/sports/sports19.prt   (779 words)

  
 ESPN.com - SKATING - Slutskaya putting the heat on Kwan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
She also has completed a precedent-setting triple-triple combination and won the title at the European Skating Championships.
Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze beat defending champs Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov.
In the ice dance, there were no Russian couples in the top three for the first time in 32 years, and defending champions Angelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsiannikov were out because of her back problems.
espn.go.com /skating/news/2000/0214/356635.html   (639 words)

  
 The Bumb family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Anna Christina died in 1708, just 38 years old and left after a 18-years marriage husband and 7 children (2 sons, 5 daughters).
The widower Gerhard Bumb joined 1709 in a second marriage Anna Maria Morck.
This marriage ended already after two years, childless, Anna Maria Morck died in childbed.
www.fortunefamily.org /fortuneallengenealogy/bumb.html   (515 words)

  
 DNREC News - Motiva Public Hearing Date Extended to Jan. 30; DNREC Responds to Public Request for Postponement of the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary John A. Hughes plans to honor requests from Delaware officials and citizens by extending the Jan. 23 public hearing to consider Motiva Enterprises LLC permit applications to install new pollution control equipment at the Delaware City Refinery until Thursday, Jan. 30 at 6 p.m.
The Jan. 23 opening of the public hearing will be held at the Department's offices located at 391 Lukens Drive, New Castle, Del. The continued public hearing will be held Jan. 30 at 6 p.m.
Motiva's application is available for inspection and review at the offices of DNREC's Division of Air and Waste Management, 156 S. State Street, Dover, DE and at 715 Grantham Lane, New Castle, DE.
www.dnrec.state.de.us /dnrec2000/Admin/Press/Story1.asp?offset=725&PRID=760   (435 words)

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