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Douglass's change of opinion about the Constitution and his splitting from Garrison around 1847 became one of the abolitionist movement's most notable divisions.
What did Douglas do after splitting with Garrison?
Luxemburg was born on 5 March 1871, in Zamosc. She and her family were Polish Jews living in Russian-controlled Poland.
Where did she go to school?
After fleeing to Switzerland to escape detention in 1889, she attended the University of Zurich
What was detention?
leaders were put to death and the party was disbanded,
What did she study in school?
she studied philosophy, history, politics, economics, and mathematics.
What else did she accomplish there?
Her doctoral dissertation, "The Industrial Development of Poland" (Die Industrielle Entwicklung Polens), was officially presented in the spring of 1897
When did she finish her doctorate?
Luxemburg wanted to move to Germany to be at the centre of the party struggle, but she had no way of obtaining permission to remain there
Did she wind up going?
she married the son of an old friend, Gustav Lubeck, in order to gain a German citizenship.
What did she do there?
fight for Eduard Bernstein's constitutional reform movement.
Was she successful?
Her reputation was tarnished by Joseph Stalin's cynicism in Questions Concerning the History of Bolshevism.
Did she overcome the defamation?
He then signed to Atlantic Records in 1990, changing his surname to McCoy
what was his name previously?
His debut album, At This Moment, was released that year.
how did it do?
None of the three singles made the country Top 40, although the lead-off single "If I Built You a Fire" was a Top 20 country hit in Canada.
did he produce any other albums?
A second album for Atlantic, Where Forever Begins, followed in 1992. This album produced his first American Top 40 country hit
how many were sold?
McCoy continued touring and developed a "reputation for exciting, freewheeling live shows."
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
McCoy released No Doubt About It in 1994. The album produced his only number 1 country hits in its title track and "Wink",
did he work with anyone?
Working with producer Barry Beckett for the first time,
did he enjoy working with him?
In 1999, McCoy released his final album for Atlantic, The Life of the Party.
Did the album do well?
only accounted for two singles: the Phil Vassar co-write "I Was" at No. 37 and "The Girls of Summer" at No. 42.
Did he have other albums during this time?
Be Good at It, his sixth studio release, followed in 1998.
Did this do well?
"If You Can't Be Good, Be Good at It", was the highest-peaking single release from it at No. 22,
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
the only new song on his first Greatest Hits package, which reprised nine of his greatest hits to that point and also earned platinum certification.
Did he win any other awards?
platinum certification.
Did he retire?
In 1999, McCoy released his final album for Atlantic, The Life of the Party.
Did he tour for any of these albums?
It contained four notes in Alger Hiss's handwriting, sixty-five typewritten copies of State Department documents and five strips of microfilm, some of which contained photographs of State Department documents.
Was this information gathered by spies?
These documents indicated that Hiss knew Chambers long after mid-1936, when Hiss said he had last seen "Crosley," and also that Hiss had engaged in espionage with Chambers.
Was Alger Hiss being charged with a crime?
Chambers was forced to testify at the Hiss trials that he had committed perjury several times, which reduced his credibility in the eyes of his critics.
What year did the Hiss trials occur?
press
Was Whittaker Chambers ever tried for perjury?
which took place at Berle's home, Woodley Mansion in Washington, Chambers named 18 current and former government employees as spies or Communist sympathizers.
who was Berle?
Assistant Secretary of State Adolf A. Berle.
When did this meeting occur?
In September 1939,
Who, other than Berle, attended?
at the urging of anti-Communist, Russian-born journalist Isaac Don Levine, Chambers and Levine met with Assistant Secretary of State Adolf A. Berle.
Did Chambers present any documentary evidence?
Berle found Chambers' information tentative, unclear, and uncorroborated. He took the information to the White House, but the President dismissed it, to which Berle made little if any objection.
Did the State Department pursue the matter further?
Louisiana's population was growing rapidly, and the brothers hoped to take advantage of its rising land prices through speculation.
Did they build homes on it?
The plantation became known as a model estate,
Who did he speculate land with?
James and Rezin.
Did they get caught?
Bowie and his brother John were involved in a major court case in the late 1820s over land speculation.
How did the court case end?
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the reversal in 1833.
What did it reverse?
after further research showed that the land had never belonged to the Bowies and that the original land grant documentation had been forged.
Who did they sell land they didn't owe to?
James and Rezin enlisted in the Louisiana militia in late 1814.
Who is rezin?
Bowie was the ninth of ten children born to Reason (or Rezin) and Elve Ap-Catesby Jones (or Johns) Bowie.
Where was he born?
James Bowie was born in Logan County, Kentucky, on March 10, 1796
Who were his parents?
born to Reason (or Rezin) and Elve Ap-Catesby Jones (or Johns) Bowie.
Did he attend school?
James and his elder brother Rezin could also read, write, and speak Spanish and French fluently.
What else did he accomplish in his childhood?
Bowie settled in Rapides Parish, where he supported himself by sawing planks and lumber and floating them down the bayou for sale.
Did he have any other notable achievements?
he joined the Long Expedition, an effort to liberate Texas from Spanish rule.
What other military experience did he have?
Donal Gallagher.
Where was Rory Gallagher born?
Rory's
Is it a guitar?
guitar
What was the guitar like?
The guitar was extensively modified by Gallagher. The tuning pegs and the nut were replaced, the latter interchanged a number of times.
What did it look like?
Other quirks include a 'hump' in the scratch plate which moves the neck pick-up closer to the neck on the bass side, and a replacement of all of the pick-ups,
Was it his favorite guitar?
The Giants
When did he start playing baseball?
1951
Did he attend school?
After leaving his band Midnight, Gavin Rossdale met former King Blank guitarist Nigel Pulsford in 1992. The two bonded over an appreciation of the American alternative
What is Sixteen Stone?
The band completed recording its debut album Sixteen Stone in early 1994.
Were there any hit singles?
On the Billboard Music Charts (North America), Sixteen Stone peaked at No. 4 on the Heatseekers and Billboard 200 charts.
Were there any other songs?
Following the discoveries of Richard's remains in 2012, it was decided that they should be reburied at Leicester Cathedral,
What is particular about his tomb?
His cathedral tomb was designed by the architects van Heyningen and Haward. The tombstone is deeply incised with a cross, and
What else does the tomb have?
consists of a rectangular block of white Swaledale fossil stone, quarried in North Yorkshire. It sits on a low plinth made of dark Kilkenny marble, incised with Richard's name,
Why did they reburied his remains in Leicester Cathedral?
It sits on a low plinth made of dark Kilkenny marble, incised with Richard's name, dates and motto (Loyaulte me lie - loyalty binds me).
Was he burried close to other relevant characters?
Bushido provoked much discussion through his use of controversial song lyrics, which can be interpreted as being misogynistic,
what songs are controversial?
Nutte Bounce
Are there homophobic songs?
Berlin
What other controversial things has he done?
Bushido hit the headlines after he made a scornful remark about Paris Hilton in an interview
What did he say about Paris Hilton?
She is just a stupid piece of meat... I would like to have her for the sexual act: humiliating and then bye.
anything else interesting in the article?
In June 2009, after participants of the Kreuzberg Pride spotted Bushido on the Berlin U-Bahn Schlesisches Tor, a verbal conflict ensued
What happened during the conflict?
a verbal conflict ensued between the rapper and the participants in which Bushido insulted individuals by referring to their sexual orientation.
What happened after the altercation?
he and his entourage were splashed with drinks and the organizers of the pride sued him for libel.
Did he lose?
persuaded Capitol Records to not ship his 1993 album,
Why didn't he want them to ship his record?
Brooks, who had criticized music stores selling used CDs since it led to a loss in proper royalty payments,
What is In Pieces?
album,
Was this the album that he didn't want shipped to stores?
In Pieces,
How did that affect sales?
Despite the delay in shipping, In Pieces was another success, peaking at No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums charts,
What were the hit songs from this album?
The Red Strokes
Did he win any awards for the album?
Brooks' first world tour began in 1993,
Was the tour a success?
Brooks sold out venues such as Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre and London's Wembley Arena,
How long did the tour last?
In 1994, Brooks paid homage to one of his musical influences, Kiss, appearing on the tribute compilation,
What was the name of the compilation?
his fourth album
When did he released this album?
Brooks co-wrote a gospel-country-rock hybrid single, "We Shall Be Free",
What other albums did Garth released?
Brooks' third album, Ropin' the Wind, was released in September 1991.
Was this album successful?
It had advance orders of 4 million copies and entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1,
Was this his most successful album in the time period of 1991-1993?
Ropin' the Wind,
When was Ropin' the Wind released?
September 1991.
How many copies did this album sell?
After spending time in Los Angeles during the 1992 riots, Brooks co-wrote a gospel-country-rock hybrid single,
Did the public like this new single?
We Shall Be Free" peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Christian Songs charts
Did he do any more songs after this one?
In August 2007, reports emerged that My Bloody Valentine would reunite for the 2008 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, United States;
Who are the members?
In June 2008, My Bloody Valentine played two live rehearsals at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, their first public performances in 16 years.
Did they release an album?
In May 2012 remastered versions of Isn't Anything and Loveless were released as well as the EP's 1988-1991 collection,
Was this successful?
has been cited as one of the most recognisable aspects of My Bloody Valentine's music.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
His sound uses "texture more than technique to create vivid soundscapes".
did he have any influences?
Shields' sound and performance have been regarded as influential,
where did he learn these techniques?
with musicians including Billy Corgan and J Mascis
did he work with anyone else?
James Fenimore Cooper was born in Burlington, New Jersey
Did he have any siblings?
the eleventh of 12 children, most of whom died during infancy or childhood.
Who were his parents?
William Cooper and Elizabeth (Fenimore) Cooper,
What was his childhood like?
Shortly after James' first birthday, his family moved to Cooperstown, New York, a community founded by his father on a large piece of land
What were his hobbies?
Drake self-released his debut mixtape, Room for Improvement, in 2006. The mixtape featured Trey Songz and Lupe Fiasco,
was it a success?
" The mixtape was released for sale only, and confirmed to have sold over 6,000 copies.
Did it have any singles?
Released from his recently founded October's Very Own label, it spawned the single "Replacement Girl", featuring Trey Songz.
How did so far gone do?
The song made Drake become the first ever unsigned Canadian rapper to have his music video featured on BET,
Did it win any awards?
Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
In 2009, Drake released his third mixtape, So Far Gone. It was made available for free download through his OVO blog website, and featured Lil Wayne,
Did it chart?
Merman was married and divorced four times.
Who was her first husband?
Her first marriage, in 1940, was to theatrical agent William Smith.
How long were they married?
They were divorced in 1941.
WHo was her 2nd husband?
Later that same year, Merman married newspaper executive Robert Levitt.
When did she divorce Robert Levitt?
) Merman and Levitt were divorced in 1952.
Did she have any children?
Ethel (July 20, 1942 - 1965) and Robert, Jr. (born August 11, 1945)
Did she ever mention why she married so many times?
she said of her many marriages: "We all make mistakes. That's why they put rubbers on pencils,
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Ethel Levitt, her daughter, died on August 23, 1967, of a drug overdose that was ruled accidental.
Did she have any grandchildren?
1999
What shows did he appear in?
also had small roles in TV Asahi's Best Friend, Omae no yukichi ga naiteiru and in NHK series, Haregi,
What other shows did he feature in?
Haregi, Koko Ichiban. He also started appearing in musicals from 2000
Did he win any awards or did the shows win any that he feature in?
The show won "Best Drama" at the 44th Television Drama Academy Awards and ended its run with an average viewership rating of 27.8%.
What other roles did he star in?
Show Geki Shock (2001-2002), Dream Boy (2004) and Dream Boys (2006). Akanishi returned to the small screen in 2005
Did he receive any good reviews or reorganization in his acting career?
In 2009, Akanishi was cast as the lead actor in the movie Bandage
What other roles did he play after this year?
In 2013, he made his Hollywood debut with the film 47 Ronin
Who did he work with in the movie?
In the last show of his "You & Jin" concert Akanishi announced a tour in the United States.
How did this do?
a collaboration with singer-songwriter Jason Derulo and producer J. R. Rotem. It reached the number one spot
What is Japonicana?
his debut studio album Japonicana,
Were there any hit singles?
"Hey What's Up?", which was chosen as the first official theme song
Did this win any awards or recognition?
On October 2 was released the fourth single "Ai Naru Ho e" (To Where Love Rings), which reached number three on the charts.
What else did this album achieve?
theme song for the Tokyo Girls Collection fashion show,
What is #JustJin?
his second studio album
How did this album do?
Urlacher enrolled at the University of New Mexico,
What position did he play there
The Lobos' head coach, Dennis Franchione, converted Urlacher to linebacker, but often left him on the sidelines
Did he win any mvp's while in college
The school has honored Urlacher on several occasions. They awarded him with the Male Athlete of the Year Award in 2000,
Did he win any other awards?
After the 1999 season, he was one of the finalists for the Jim Thorpe Award, and finished twelfth on the Heisman Trophy ballot.
Were there other awards besides the three you already mentioned?
Urlacher was also the first person to be inducted into the University of New Mexico's Football Wall of Fame.
Did he have any other significant achievements in his college career
1987 marked the release of Overkill's second album Taking Over, the first to be released by Megaforce in cooperation with the major label Atlantic Records.
How did Taking Over do?
Another European tour followed, this time opening for Helloween.
Was the tour a success?
In late 1987,
What happened in 1987 to cause this success?
the !!!Fuck You!!! EP was released, consisting of a studio recording of The Subhumans' song "Fuck You" as well as a handful of live tracks
What did the band do after releasing the EP?
Overkill released the follow-up to Taking Over, the aptly titled Under the Influence, in 1988.
How did Under the Influence do in the charts?
received regular airplay on MTV's Headbangers Ball.
Was this their first music video?
The song "Hello from the Gutter" was released as a single, and the music video gained regular airplay on MTV's Headbangers Ball.
Did the video win any awards?
Overkill released their breakthrough album The Years of Decay in 1989. Produced by Terry Date (Pantera, White Zombie and Soundgarden),
Was the album well received by critics?
The song became a fan favorite and has been played live at almost every show since its release.
What did they do following the release of the album?
featuring the credits superimposed over a "heart on satin" image,
What was the song played in the opening ?
opened with animated matchstick figures
What did the Matchstick figures do ?
matchstick figures of Arnaz and Ball making reference to whoever the particular episode's sponsor was.
Who were the sponsors of some of the episodes ?
cigarette maker Philip Morris,
What did the Matchstick figures do in that opening ?
with a cartoon of Lucy and Ricky climbing down a pack of Philip Morris cigarettes.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
The original openings, with the sponsor names edited out, were revived on TV Land showings,
In what year was it revived ?
After the conclusion of the sixth season of I Love Lucy,
Was the show different?
they extended I Love Lucy to 60 minutes, with a guest star each episode. They renamed the show The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show, also known as The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.
Was the show a hit?
The Final Seasons 7, 8, & 9.
Did you learn anything else interesting about the show?
Vance and Frawley were offered a chance to take their characters to their own spin-off series.
Did they exercise that option?
Frawley was willing, but Vance refused to ever work with Frawley again
What did they do once the show ended?
The Philharmonia is one of the most recorded orchestras in the world,
Where is it today?
Antal Dorati conducted the orchestra in recordings for Mercury Living Presence
How long has Antal been with the orchestra?
The Philharmonia has recorded many video game soundtracks,
What kind of video games?
Covent Garden
What is notably about the early decades of the Philharmonia?
On 10 March 1964, Legge announced that he was going to disband the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Who is Legge?
founded in 1945 by Walter Legge.
What happened after the orchestra was disbanded?
those present unanimously agreed that they would not allow the orchestra to be disbanded.
What happened to Legge after that?
Shen Kuo mastered many practical mathematical problems, including many complex formulas for geometry, circle packing, and chords and arcs problems employing trigonometry.
What did he address with the problems?
Shen addressed problems of writing out very large numbers, as large as 1043.
What did he say about this?
Shen's "technique of small increments" laid the foundation in Chinese mathematics for packing problems involving equal difference series.
What inspired his problem solving strategies?
Shen wrote extensively about what he had learned while working for the state treasury, including mathematical problems posed by computing land tax,
Did the article say anything else about his working for the state treasury?
Shen wrote about the earlier Yi Xing (672-717), a Buddhist monk who applied an early escapement mechanism to a water-powered celestial globe.
Did he have any other significant writings?
Frege's 1892 paper,
what was the paper written for?
While conventional accounts of meaning took expressions to have just one feature (reference), Frege introduced the view that expressions have two different aspects of significance: their sense and their reference.
what does the sense mean?
introduced his influential distinction between sense ("Sinn")
what does reference mean?
Reference, (or, "Bedeutung") applied to proper names, where a given expression (say the expression "Tom") simply refers to the entity bearing the name (the person named Tom).
did he have a theory regarding the two?
These distinctions were disputed by Bertrand Russell,
What was one of the disputes about?
Sharpton has run unsuccessfully for elected office on multiple occasions.
was he ever successful?
Sharpton said in 2007 that he would not enter the 2008 presidential race.
what did he do instead?
In 2009, the Federal Election Commission announced it had levied a fine of $285,000 against Sharpton's 2004 presidential campaign team
what else did it do?
January 12, 1895, the North American authorities stopped the steamship Lagonda and two other suspicious ships, Amadis, and Baracoa at the Fernandina port in Florida,
What happened when they stopped the ships
confiscating weapons and ruining Plan de Fernandina (Fernandina Plan).
What happen after they got the weapons
order of the uprising, signing it with general Jose Maria Rodriguez and Enrique Collazo. Juan Gualberto Gomez was assigned to orchestrate war preparations for La Habana Province,
What else happen in 1895
The uprising finally took place on February 24, 1895.
What was the uprising
A month later, Marti and Maximo Gomez declared the Manifesto de Montecristi, an "exposition of the purposes and principles of the Cuban revolution".
What happened when they declared
Marti had persuaded Gomez to lead an expedition into Cuba.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Before leaving for Cuba, Marti wrote his "literary will" on April 1, 1895, leaving his personal papers and manuscripts to Gonzalo de Quesada, with instructions for editing.
What was the instructions
Knowing that the majority of his writing in newspapers in Honduras, Uruguay, and Chile would disappear over time, Marti instructed Quesada to arrange his papers in volumes.
Was there anything else important
The revolt did not go as planned, "mainly because the call to revolution received no immediate, spontaneous support from the masses.
What did they do about the masses
On May 19, Gomez faced Ximenez de Sandoval's troops and ordered Marti to stay rearguard, but Marti separated from the bulk of the Cuban forces, and entered the Spanish line.
What else was Jose known for
Independence, but he was also a translator of some note.
What did he translate?
it, much of the translating he did was imposed on him by economic necessity during his many years of exile in the United States.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
In New York he was what we would call today a "freelancer" as well as an "in house" translator.
What were some things he translated in New York?
He translated several books for the publishing house of D. Appleton, and did a series of translations for newspapers. As
Into what language?
he translated into English
Did he know any other languages?
he undertook for money translation tasks which had little intellectual or emotional appeal for him.
Did he translate any other things?
systematic theory of translation nor did he write extensively about his approach to translation, he did jot down occasional thoughts on the subject, showcasing
What year did he go to New York to translate?
New York from 1880 until he returned to Cuba in 1895.
did he translate any other languages?
Spain, although
Did he go to Spain and translate?
including his time as a student in Spain,
Did he learn different languages in school or was he self taught?
sheer joy of it, much of the translating he did was imposed on him by economic necessity during his many years of exile in the United
Is that why he came to the US, to translate?
Having considered the possibility at the end of the second season, Cleese left the Flying Circus at the end of the third.
Why did Cleese leave?
He later explained that he felt he no longer had anything fresh to offer the show,
What sketches was he in?
Chapman-penned sketches in the third series ("Dennis Moore" and the "Cheese Shop")
Did Cleese get along with everyone?
Following the success of Holy Grail, reporters asked for the title of the next Python film,
Was this a success?
been ranked among the greatest comedy films.
Did it win any awards?