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A theme from George Gershwin's orchestral composition An American in Paris
An American in Paris is a symphonic tone poem by the American composer George Gershwin, written in 1928.
Gershwin scored An American in Paris for the standard instruments of the symphony orchestra plus celesta, saxophones, and automobile horns.
Gershwin collaborated on the original program notes with the critic and composer Deems Taylor, noting that: " My purpose here is to portray the impression of an American visitor in Paris as he strolls about the city and listens to various street noises and absorbs the French atmosphere.
Gershwin based An American in Paris on a melodic fragment called " Very Parisienne ", written in 1926 on his first visit to Paris as a gift to his hosts, Robert and Mabel Schirmer.
Gershwin explained in Musical America, " My purpose here is to portray the impressions of an American visitor in Paris as he strolls about the city, listens to the various street noises, and absorbs the French atmosphere.
Gershwin did not particularly like Walter Damrosch's interpretation at the world premiere of An American in Paris.
" Critics believed that An American in Paris was better crafted than his lukewarm Concerto in F. Some did not think it belonged in a program with classical composers César Franck, Richard Wagner, or Guillaume Lekeu on its premiere.
An American in Paris has been frequently recorded over the years.
The radio broadcast of the September 8, 1937 Hollywood Bowl George Gershwin Memorial Concert, in which An American in Paris, also conducted by Shilkret, was second on the program, was recorded and was released in 1998 in a two-CD set.
In 1951, MGM released the musical An American in Paris, featuring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron.
Winning the 1951 Best Picture Oscar and numerous other awards, the film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, featured many tunes of Gershwin, and concluded with an extensive, elaborate dance sequence built around the An American in Paris symphonic poem ( arranged for the film by Johnny Green ), costing $ 500, 000.
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As a young man, Nobel studied with chemist Nikolai Zinin ; then, in 1850, went to Paris to further the work ; and, at 18, he went to the United States for four years to study chemistry, collaborating for a short period under inventor John Ericsson, who designed the American Civil War ironclad USS Monitor.
* 1988 – Paris Bennett, American singer
* American School of Paris, an American / International K-12 school located in the suburbs of Paris
An example of active passenger and crew member resistance occurred when passengers and flight attendants of American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami on December 22, 2001, teamed up to help helped prevent Richard Reid from igniting explosives hidden in his shoes.

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`` His address '', Walter added, `` is that great foundling home, the American Express.
Now I wish to enter the American market, where the competition is very strong.
As it is, they consider that the North is now reaping the fruits of excess egalitarianism, that in spite of its high standard of living the `` American way '' has been proved inferior to the English and Scandinavian ways, although they disapprove of the socialistic features of the latter.
Of greater importance, however, is the content of those programs, which have had and are having enormous consequences for the American people.
The general acceptance of the idea of governmental ( i.e., societal ) responsibility for the economic well-being of the American people is surely one of the two most significant watersheds in American constitutional history.
A third, one of at least equal and perhaps even greater importance, is now being traversed: American immersion and involvement in world affairs.
BMEWS intelligence is simultaneously flashed to NORAD ( North American Air Defense Command ) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for interpretation ; ;
Even though in most cases the completion of the definitive editions of their writings is still years off, enough documentation has already been assembled to warrant drawing a new composite profile of the leadership which performed the heroic dual feats of winning American independence and founding a new nation.
Obviously there has been no agreement on what American conservatism is, or rather, what it should be.
Mr. Nehru is subjected to stern lectures on neutralism by our Department of State, and an American President observes sourly that Sweden would be a little less neurotic if it were a little more capitalistic ''.
One thing you can say about Mr. Lyford is that he does not suffer from any insecurity as an American.
The picture is the more treacherous when it misrepresents the facts of American life.
The interesting thing about Mr. Lyford's approach, and the approach of the contributors to The Agreeable Autocracies ( Oceana Publications, 1961 ) to the situation of American civilization, is that it is concerned with comprehending the psychological relationships which are having a decisive effect on American life.
Such performance is a great tribute to American scientists and engineers, who in the past five years have had to telescope time and technology to develop these long-range ballistic missiles, where America had none before.
Mr. Stavropoulos is the U.N. legal chief and a very good man, but he is not fully versed on some technical points of American law ''.
The other is that the charge for cabanas and parasols, though modest from an American point of view, still is a little high for many Athenians.
He is said to have reported that once, when she went to a hospital to call on a friend after a serious operation, and the friend protested that it had been `` nothing '', she replied, `` Well, it was your healthy American peasant blood that pulled you through ''.
Finally, there is the undeniable fact that some of the finest American fiction is being written by Jews, but it is not Jewish fiction ; ;

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Escape from New York is a 1981 American science fiction action film directed and scored by John Carpenter.
Hagi scored three times in the tournament, including a memorable goal in their 32 surprise defeat of South American powerhouse and previous runners-up Argentina.
Lineker combined with Peter Beardsley, who also scored — to effortlessly dismantle the South American team's defence.
During the 1982 season, he hit. 302 and led the American League with 136 runs scored.
The current decathlon world record holder is American Ashton Eaton, who scored 9, 039 points at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials.
* 2010 — The Alloy Orchestra has scored four different versions of the film, most recently for the American premiere of the 2010 restoration.
In the European series in which endurance is a priority and P2s have been run largely by privateers, P2s have not challenged P1s for outright victories ; in the American Le Mans Series with generally shorter races P2 has become the most active prototype category with serious involvement from Porsche and Acura and whereas P2 in Europe tends to involve races of attrition, in the US series the P2s, particularly the Porsche RS Spyder are often quicker round a lap than P1s, with the Porsche having scored many overall victories against the Audis in P1.
Spassky then finished ahead of Petrosian and a super-class field at Santa Monica 1966 ( the Piatigorsky Cup ), with 11½ / 18, half a point ahead of Bobby Fischer, as he overcame the American grandmaster's challenge after Fischer had scored/ 9 in the first cycle of the event.
On March 13, 2007, Mike Modano scored his 500th career NHL goal, making him only the 39th player and 2nd American to ever reach 500 goals.
In 2007, Del Naja and Davidge scored three soundtracks, In Prison My Whole Life ( which featured a track called " Calling Mumia " with vocals by American rapper Snoop Dogg ), Battle In Seattle and Trouble the Water.
During 1968, Cash recorded the Perkins-written " Daddy Sang Bass " ( which incorporates parts of the American standard " Will the Circle Be Unbroken ") and scored No. 1 on the country music charts for six weeks.
Most of the planes were destroyed, but 12 pilots assigned to the 15th Pursuit Group at Wheeler ( predecessor of the 15th Air Base Wing ) succeeded in getting their P-36 Hawk and P-40 Warhawk aircraft off the ground, engaged the enemy in furious dogfights, and scored some of the first American victories of World War II.
Although there was a great outcry when a Canadian was cast as an American president, he scored a great triumph on Broadway in Robert E. Sherwood's play Abe Lincoln in Illinois, and repeated his role in the 1940 film version ( for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor ).
It was also Summer's final Top 40 hit on the American pop charts, though she scored two more UK hits from the album, " I Don't Wanna Get Hurt " ( UK 7 ) and " Love's About to Change My Heart " ( UK 20 ).
## American husband and wife duo Art and Dotty Todd scored a hit in the UK with " Broken Wings " in 1953, but did not make it to the top forty in their homeland until " Chanson D ' Amour ( Song of Love )" in 1958
Following the departure of all of the group's founding members later in the 1980s, the remaining members scored a second American top-ten hit, " Room to Move ," which was featured in the film, My Stepmother is an Alien.
* Elvin Mesger, Bowler, holder of the American Bowling Congress record for 800-or-better series ( 15 ), scored his 13th, 14th and 15th perfect games in one day — a first for the ABC — then rolled four more 300s in three weeks.
As with the second-entry LL. B., in order to be admitted to a Juris Doctor program, applicants must have completed a minimum 3-year Bachelor's study and scored high on the North American Law School Admission Test.
Burke also scored the American versions of some Japanese and Chinese movies, and produced an unreleased variety show, Soul Search, which was centred around the United States Bicentennial.
He has also scored the music for two movies — American indie film Mysterious Skin ( in collaboration with Harold Budd ) and Mexican / Spanish movie 3: 19.
Canseco was unanimously named the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1988, with a. 307 batting average, 120 runs scored, 124 RBI, 42 home runs, and 40 stolen bases.
The band scored three platinum albums in Sparkle & Fade, So Much for the Afterglow, and Songs from an American Movie, Vol.
A pivotal example of successful naval dive-bombing attacks took place in the decisive Battle of Midway in June 1942 when American Dauntlesses scored fatal hits on three Japanese aircraft carriers within a six minute timespan.

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