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  Van Gogh's Final Days
His study Landscape with Carriage and Train in the Distance is an assemblage of motifs, including the mower laboring unperturbed during the harvest season amidst modern villas and the railway in the distance.
After visiting Theo and his family on a one-day trip to Paris on July 7, Vincent rushed back to Auvers, and two or three days later he expressed in a letter to Theo and Johanna his great sadness and concern about the recent problems that Theo was experiencing with his employers.
Finally, Monday evening he expired, smoking [the] pipe he had not wanted to put down, and explaining that his suicide was absolutely calculated and lucid.
www.hlla.com /reference/vangogh-finaldays.html   (3539 words)

  
 Yasser Arafat
That same day, Arafat became commander of the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA), the regular military force of the PLO.
Finally, in June 1982, Israel mounted a full-scale assault that escalated into the Lebanon War.
This was the final straw for the Bush Administration, which suspended its dialogue with the PLO and refocused its attention on efforts to persuade Palestinians in the territories to talk directly with the Israelis.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/arafat.html   (4777 words)

  
 Final Days
After the pope's death, on September 25, 1534, and only two days after Michelangelo's arrival in Rome, his successor, Paul III Farnese confirmed the commission to Michelangelo, and in April 1535 scaffolding was put up in front of the altar wall.
All that had happened in the church in the years that preceded the Judgment, including the Reformation and the Sack of Rome, had a direct influence on the work's conception: painted on the altar wall, the Last Judgment was to represent humanity face to face with salvation.
The body of the dead artist was deposited in a sarcophagus in the church of Santi Apostoli, but a few days after the burial his nephew Lionardo Buonarroti, who had arrived in Rome, took possession of his uncle's property and carried off the corpse, concealed in a bale.
www.michelangelo.com /buon/bio-final.html   (2285 words)

  
 SB_Diary
The normal first day routine: clearing all that stacked up email, then the snail mail, then returning calls, getting reoriented to the stories in progress.
Reporters who start early in the day were gone before the flutter started, and many hear the news for the first time when it's broadcast.
The day started with the "green flash" at sunrise during our walk on the beach in Kaaawa.
home.hawaii.rr.com /chesneylind/sb_diary.htm   (994 words)

  
 Evath.Net: Final Days...
Then the only thing after that is a viva and my uni days are over.
For those who haven't I recommend should read the original as it is a very good light hearted story.
One day I will get round to reading the short stories that proceed it too.
www.evath.net /archives/final_days.shtml   (459 words)

  
 frontline: apocalypse!: apocalypticism explained: jesus & john the baptist
And in his final sermon to his disciples before his arrest, when he's asked, "What are the signs of the end times?" He tells them about wars and conflict and wickedness and evil, that then ends with the promise, "All these things shall be fulfilled in your own time.
It was a very serious issue for the early church because Christ after all said to his disciples, "This generation shall not pass away before all of these things have been fulfilled." That's a fairly explicit promise.
We were together for four days, and I was talking to these churchmen, these are pastors.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/explanation/jesusjohnbaptist.html   (1967 words)

  
 Pope John Paul II's Final Days: Pray for the Pope
He lived his final days out at the Vatican rather than return to the hospital.
Conscious and alert the day before his death, he was able to concelebrate Mass in his papal apartment, the Vatican said.
The 183 members of the College of Cardinals were to participate in preliminary discussions before the election, and the 117 cardinals under the age of 80 were eligible to vote in the closed-door conclave.
www.americancatholic.org /news/pope/popehospitalized   (1268 words)

  
 The Final Days
There came a day, when all over Egypt people encountered someone on the horizon, the encounters all had a few things in common, the person encountered often went the other direction or if not was reluctant to speak.
At the end of those days we will be removed and unable to contact anyone for the next 3 days, The Stranger will place 2 objects of his creation on the island as well.
Well I leave you all with a final choice, present to me a test that you would make for your progeny for them to prove their mettle and I will revive your Pharaoh, your leader.
www.belen.net /apathy/EndGame.html   (2976 words)

  
 »»Business Movie Reviews««
Finally, she decides they must both break out of their decreasingly fulfilling lives and seek out matrimonial stability.
However, she is finally able to escape the poverty trap and ascend the social ladder, particularly when banker Hugo (Rutger Hauer) takes her as his lover.
Finally, Barnaby decides that the formula has to go and tells his wife, Edwina (Ginger Rogers) of his new formula, "You're only old when you forget you're young," which obviously is the best philosophy for anyone to follow.
www.family-movie-review.com /Business   (4966 words)

  
 Summary of Findings: Slight Bush Margin in Final Days of Campaign
The Pew Research Center's final pre-election poll of 1,925 likely voters, conducted Oct. 27-30, finds Bush with a three-point edge (48% to 45% for Kerry); Ralph Nader draws 1%, and 6% are undecided.
When both turnout and the probable decisions of undecided voters are taken into account in Pew's final estimate, Bush holds a slight 51%-48% margin.
Interviews conducted after the tape was released on Oct. 29 generally resembled the polling conducted on the two previous days.
people-press.org /reports/display.php3?ReportID=232   (843 words)

  
 CBS News | Beheaded Toddler's Final Days | May 7, 2005 14:32:35
About a week later, she heard a loud bang from the bedroom, which she now believes was the fatal blow to Erica's head.
Driskell said the couple kept the bedroom door closed and told her that Erica was sick.
Days later, her head was found nearby, wrapped in a trash bag.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/05/07/national/main693719.shtml   (483 words)

  
 Rivals Stick to Issue of Security (washingtonpost.com)
A fire marshal said the crowd, near the state Capitol, was the largest to assemble for a single event in the city.
With the approach of the final weekend of campaigning, each candidate's strategy, both geographical and rhetorical, came into sharper focus.
And he dropped the word "liberal" from his speeches on Thursday, returning to his original accusation that Kerry is opportunistic and prone to vacillation.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A7376-2004Oct28.html   (1070 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House: Books: Barbara Olson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Sadly ironic in its title, "Final Days" is a clarion articulation of the former first grifters in their ultimate Clintonian moment.
"Final Days" is not only a fitting obituary to the Clinton Presidency; it is also a tribute to its author.
The last days of the Clintons were an occasion for the country to witness just how corrupt this two for the price of one team actually was.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0895261677?v=glance   (2268 words)

  
 Macau's final days
Yet, instead of panic, the final hours are filled with a mad pursuit of profit.
In contrast, elections the previous September went ahead without a hitch in Macau, where a record turnout of voters and candidates guarantee the smooth function of government into the next century.
One hotelier jokes about a once-in-a-lifetime package that could begin in Hong Kong before June 30, 1997, the last day of British rule in Hong Kong, continue with a ferry ride to Macau, and end with a flight home from the new airport.
www.gluckman.com /macau.html   (2713 words)

  
 The Final Days
A chap in the engineer's shed at the camp had invented a little stove made from two tin cans soldered together, and we all had one, so it wasn't long before the darkness was lit by dozens of stoves brewing up.
At Tweng the altitude is 1300m and the slopes are becoming steep and rocky.
Left St Michael in trucks attached to a German troop train, this train was attacked and the final 9Km of the journey from Bischoshafen was on foot.
www.btinternet.com /~stalag18a/end.html   (2092 words)

  
 CBS News | Poll: Bush Up 3 Pts. In Final Days | November 1, 2004 05:34:27
The electorate continues to split over how to frame their decision: about half say national security is paramount in their minds, and about half say either economic issues are number one or at least on equal footing with national security.
This poll was being conducted as the new tape of terrorist Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden surfaced; only its final day, Saturday, followed the tape's airing.
In interviews conducted the day after the release of the most recent videotaped message from Osama bin Laden, 14% said an attack was very likely, more than double the percentage in the previous days.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/10/31/opinion/polls/main652496.shtml   (2194 words)

  
 Final days   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Columbus spent his last days in a modest house in Valladolid, Spain, suffering from a disease that may have been Reiter's syndrome.
Some historians believe that his bones were moved to Havana, Cuba, in 1795, and, finally, back to Seville in 1899.
Other historians believe that the bones of one of Columbus' brothers or of his son Diego were removed from Santo Domingo instead, and that Columbus' final resting place is Santo Domingo.
www.worldbook.com /features/explorers/html/newworld_chris_final.html   (194 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: The Kerry/Weld race. -- October 25, 1996
As election day approaches, both candidates are getting more pointed in their attacks.
Republican Bill Weld began the final autumn stretch of this campaign ahead in the polls and still happily poaching on Democratic turf.
And the governor has clearly chosen in the latter days of this campaign to take the mask off of his face and display that he is a Republican a la Bob Dole.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/election/october96/kerry_weld_10-25.html   (2211 words)

  
 RollingStone.com: The Final Days at Owl Farm : News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
RollingStone.com: The Final Days at Owl Farm : News
When Hunter finally arrived at Hemingway's empty alpine chalet, after journeying 700 miles from Aspen, he was in a feverish, bleary-eyed state of mind.
After two days of interviewing locals, he came up with a matter-of-fact conclusion about his idol's sad last days.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/_/id/7092353   (1117 words)

  
 Term Papers on "The Final Days" by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
Term Papers on "The Final Days" by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
"The Final Days" by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein "The Final Days" by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein is about former president Richard Nixon and his involvement in the Watergate scandal.
The first part of the book deals with the first two years of the Watergate Crisis and the second half is about the final 17 days of the Nixon administration.
www.essaywizards.com /research/The_Final_Days_by_Bob_Woodwa-145495.html   (203 words)

  
 LA Weekly: News: Steven Vincent’s Final Days   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Whether or not this piece and the others were his undoing, they provide the background against which he died, a city seemingly calm in comparison to other parts of the country, liberated by foreign troops from a repressive dictatorship only to be run by criminals, many operating under the guise of political Islam.
Ramaci last spoke to Vincent three days before he was killed, and said he told her he was planning to leave Basra in two weeks because of increasing concerns for his and Al-Khal’s safety.
The day before Vincent’s murder, an Iraqi woman working for an international NGO was shot on her way to work.
www.laweekly.com /ink/05/38/news-enders.php   (1941 words)

  
 Gonzales on Press Freedoms and the Public's Right to Know
Bush was able to keep it a secret until the final days of his 2000 presidential campaign.
KTRK Television, Inc., 38 S.W. 3d 103 (2000) -- decided the day before Gonzales left the court -- a lawyer who was running for mayor had sued a news reporter and television station over their story questioning his role in an attempted multimillion-dollar life insurance scam.
Two days later, ABC News' Peter Jennings did a special report on detainees in U.S. custody and reported that the White House allowed only 12 minutes for an interview with Gonzales.
www.rcfp.org /news/documents/20041115gonzales.html   (4823 words)

  
 Information Letter 14
I relaxed (a little), read (a lot), wrote a book ``The Hacker's Diet'', and spent a lot of time evaluating the numerous software products which were being launched for Windows 3.0.
As a result, copies of the early draft began to circulate within the company and outside, which forced me to quickly issue an official IL14 with at least some of the shortcomings of the draft corrected.
The runaway replication of the unofficial draft meant that the copy most people read was not the final document presented here, in the form I delivered it to senior management on April 1, 1991.
www.fourmilab.ch /autofile/www/chapter2_86.html   (477 words)

  
 Better final days - Los Angeles Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The average Medicare recipient who died there spent 19 days in the hospital during the last two years of life, 11 of them in the ICU.
But if that same patient had lived instead near UC Davis, he would have been hospitalized for just over 11 days, been in the ICU for about seven days and seen one-quarter the number of doctors for a cost to Medicare of $55,323.
Most patients would agree that all those days in the hospital, doctor visits and often unpleasant tests and treatments would be worth it if it actually made a difference in the quality and length of their lives.
www.latimes.com /news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-brownlee26nov26,0,5696247.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions   (1058 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: The Final Days
Updated 151 days 2 hours 51 minutes ago.
The Final Days is arguably the best of all non - fiction, and 'journalistic' accounts of an American presidency under crisis.
Click for other authoritative sources for this topic (summarised at Factbites.com).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/The-Final-Days   (83 words)

  
 Arnold Uber Alles
From the October 20, 2003 issue: The wild, final days of the Schwarzenegger campaign.
Now, five days before the 2003 recall election, at the kickoff of his home-stretch bus tour at the San Diego Convention Center, it's apparent that Schwarzenegger has gone Hollywood.
There are some days in the campaign business when it would be easiest for an aide to wake up, put on her best dress, then step in front of a bus.
www.weeklystandard.com /Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/237obvee.asp   (459 words)

  
 Salon.com Politics | Clinton's final days   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Conversely, to Clinton's admirers, these hectic closing days are a bittersweet reminder of what might have been -- the legacy of activism, compassion and stewardship that could have been Clinton's if he hadn't been kneecapped by the vast right-wing conspiracy and his own self-indulgence.
The first was the day Bush went to visit the White House after his friends on the Supreme Court gave it to him.
Salon News A Salon-eye view of the day's news, with investigative reports, analysis and interviews with newsmakers.
www.salon.com /politics/feature/2001/01/13/final_days/index.html   (930 words)

  
 BBC - Movies - review - Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (Sophie Scholl: Die Letzten Tage)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Interrogated by the Gestapo, she eventually confesses all and is put on trial...
These are the events portrayed in Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, a gripping true-life drama from Germany.
Tightly focused on Jentsch's excellent lead performance, it may not seem as cinematic as Downfall, but the impact is similar.
www.bbc.co.uk /films/2005/10/17/sophie_scholl_2005_review.shtml   (403 words)

  
 Final Days in Office (from George Washington) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
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The ominous tone of van Gogh's final paintings may have foreshadowed his suicide.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-230268   (840 words)

  
 His Death
His condition had deteriorated dramatically by the beginning of March and, sensing the worst, his friends rallied round: faithful Stephan brought his family and Schubert paid his respects.
Beethoven's final moments, if a report by Schubert's friend Huttenbrenner are to believed, were dramatic in the extreme.
Schubert and Hummel were among the 20,000 - 30,000 people who mourned the composer at his funeral three days later.
www.lucare.com /immortal/final.html   (241 words)

  
 The end is coming...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Small pockets of resistance remain as humans wage a desperate battle for survival in a world where the waters have turned to blood and the sky is night everlasting.
Final Days is a complete boxed miniatures combat game where players command human freedom fighters or undead hordes in Earth's final battle!
Final Days Combat Tracker (to keep easy track of Strike, Ward, and Supernatural Points) (requires Acrobat 5.0+)
www.kenzerco.com /final_days   (240 words)

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