The 2000 movie " Erin Brockovich " was based on Ms. Brockovich's work investigating the adverse health effects that exposure to a toxic substance ( chromium 6 ) caused for the people of Hinkley, California.

" Sweets and Sour Marge "' s plot is loosely based on the 2000 drama film Erin Brockovich, which revolves around Erin Brockovich's legal fight against the US West Coast energy corporation Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

Brockovich's book, entitled Take It From Me: Life's a Struggle But You Can Win, was published in October 2001, and was on the NYT Business Bestseller's List.

Atle Selberg ( 14 June 1917 – 6 August 2007 ) was a Norwegian mathematician known for his work in analytic number theory, and in the theory of automorphic forms, in particular bringing them into relation with spectral theory.

A major programme of remedial work on the West Coast Main Line started in 1997 and finished in 2009, far over budget (£ 10bn ), many years late and still not bringing the line up to the standards originally proposed by Railtrack.

Due to disagreements between French President Charles de Gaulle and the Commission's agriculture proposals, among other things, France boycotted all meetings of the Council bringing work to a halt until it was resolved the following year by the Luxembourg compromise.

This award, named in honor of AARP's founder, Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, is presented biennially to distinguished individuals who have generated positive social change in the world, and whose work and achievements reflect AARP's vision of bringing lifetimes of experience and leadership to serve all generations.

This is attributed to Hopkins who taught himself Welsh and used sprung verse, bringing some features of Welsh poetic metre into his work.

Husserl had transferred in 1916 to the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg ( Freiburg im Breisgau ) where he continued bringing his work in philosophy to fruition, now as a full professor.

However, in the last couple of years the British graffiti scene has been struck by self-titled ' art terrorist ' Banksy, who has revolutionized the style of UK graffiti ( bringing to the forefront stencils to aid the speed of painting ) as well as the content ; making his work largely satirical of the sociological state of cities, or the political climate of war, often using monkeys and rats as motifs.

In addition to his pioneering work in bringing simple and effective bridge to everyday players, Goren also worked to popularize the Precision bidding method, which is one of many variants of so-called big club or strong club systems ( which use an opening bid of one club to indicate a strong hand ).

His publication and design of the classic audio-visual magazines Cinquième Saison and OU between 1958 and 1974, each issue containing recordings as well as texts, images, screenprints and multiples, brought together international contemporary writers and artists such as members of Lettrisme and Fluxus, Jiri Kolar, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Tom Phillips, Brion Gysin, William S. Burroughs and many others, as well as bringing the work of survivors from earlier generations such as Raoul Hausmann and Marcel Janco to a fresh audience.

* The ICT Security Standards Roadmap has been developed to assist in the development of security standards by bringing together information about existing standards and current standards work in key standards development organizations.

Anatoli's example of broad-minded study of Christian literature and intercourse with Christian scholars found many followers, as, for example, Moses ben Solomon of Salerno ; and his work was an important factor in bringing the Jews of Italy into close contact with their Christian fellow students.

Some children work as guides for tourists, sometimes combined with bringing in business for shops and restaurants ( where they may also work as waiters ).

Weber ended his research of society and religion in India by bringing in insights from his previous work on China to discuss similarities of the Asian belief systems.

Metaphor and analogy both work by bringing together two concepts from different conceptual domains, whereas metonymy works by using one element from a given domain to refer to another closely related element.

The Susu traded regularly with the coastal peoples along river valley routes, bringing salt, clothes woven by the Fula, good quality iron work, and some gold.

Like Alan Wilson, Duane Allman played a key role in bringing slide guitar into rock music, through his work with The Allman Brothers Band, specifically on the 1971 live album At Fillmore East and with Derek and the Dominos ' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs album.

In July 1996 DARPA went on to host the " Wearables in 2005 " workshop, bringing together industrial, university and military visionaries to work on the common theme of delivering computing to the individual.

** Four of 5 railroad operating unions strike against the Illinois Central Railroad without warning, bringing to a head a 5-year dispute over railroad work rules.

* June 25 – The ballet The Firebird ( L ' Oiseau de feu ), the first major work by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, commissioned by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, is premièred in Paris, bringing the composer international fame.

* 1270 – Witelo translates Alhazen's 200-year-old treatise on optics, Kitab al-Manazir, from Arabic into Latin, bringing the work to European academic circles for the first time.

He developed a number of contacts in France, where his work continued to be taught, and a number of French students visited him at Todtnauberg ( see, for example, Jean-François Lyotard's brief account in Heidegger and " the Jews ", which discusses a Franco-German conference held in Freiburg in 1947, one step toward bringing together French and German students ).

* Witelo translates Alhazen's 200-year-old treatise on optics, Kitab al-Manazir, from Arabic into Latin, bringing the work to European academic circles for the first time.

Bentham was an obsessive writer and reviser, but was constitutionally incapable, except on rare occasions, of bringing his work to completion and publication.

Although she realized litigation had taken a toll on her health, Lee often quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson on the topic: " God will not have his work be made manifest by cowards.

After a 1997 – 1998 exhibit of Schiele's work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the painting was seized by order of the New York County District Attorney and had been tied up in litigation by heirs of its former owner who claim that the painting was Nazi plunder and should be returned to them.

A legal drama is a work of dramatic fiction about crime and civil litigation.

Originally scheduled to be premiered at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival with Janet Leigh, Walter Murch and Rick Schmidlin attending, the screening was canceled in the eleventh-hour after threats of litigation from Welles ' daughter, Beatrice Welles, who has in the past issued similar threats against some parties who try to show or alter her father's work ( such as the Touch of Evil restoration or the completion of Welles ' last film The Other Side of the Wind ).

Additionally, barristers who have completed the Bar Council's " Public Access " course can take instructions directly from members of the public, although there are some limitations on the type of work that can be done this way: for example, such barristers cannot take control of the conduct of litigation nor can they act in matrimonial matters.

Contrary to the media image of attorneys, a great deal of litigation and regulatory legal work is spent conducting research in a law library or in an electronic database like Westlaw, LexisNexis or Bloomberg L. P.

Even though he lawfully held the only patent on a revolver, scores of imitators copied his work and Colt found himself constantly in litigation.

Along with tackling those overarching sectors, their work includes sections such as access to justice, access to medicines, climate and energy, commercial alert, financial reform, globalization and trade, government reform, health and safety, litigation and Texas issues.

In the late 1990s and 2000s, prolonged litigation over copyright of the magazine as a collective work in Greenberg v. National Geographic and other cases caused National Geographic to withdraw from the market The Complete National Geographic, a digital compilation of all its past issues of the magazine.

Lambda Legal ( Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund ) is an American civil rights organization that focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender ( LGBT ) communities as well as people living with HIV / AIDS ( PWAs ) through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.

Although initially successful, Felix's work did not impress the authorities and such was his personality that when criticized he usually resorted to litigation and argument.

Services it provides include litigation, advocacy, and educational work in all areas of LGBT ( lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender ) civil rights and the rights of people living with HIV.

Shearman & Sterling has attained recognition in a number of legal publications and industry rankings for its work in the United States and internationally across a range of practices areas, including: dispute resolution / litigation, international arbitration, project finance, public international law, capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions.

However, Hertzfeldt was not involved in any way with ads and in 2006 was considering possible litigation for stealing his work.

Tuttle mainly worked on tax litigation, but also did pro bono work and worked with the American Civil Liberties Union, including doing numerous civil rights cases.

In subsequent litigation, Sir Clement Clerke ( one of the partners ) stated, Dud Dudley did heretofore build a furnace for making iron or melting ironstone to be blown or set on work by the strength of men and horses without the help of water.

Forensic accountants utilize an understanding of economic theories, business information, financial reporting systems, accounting and auditing standards and procedures, data management & electronic discovery, evidence gathering and investigative techniques, and litigation processes and procedures to perform their work.

Field quality control and assurance checks for water penetration has become the norm as builders and installers apply such quality programs to help reduce the number of water damage litigation suits against their work.

The transactional department advises clients and handles transactional legal work, such as drafting contracts, handling necessary legal applications and filings, and evaluating and ensuring compliance with relevant law ; while the litigation department represents clients in court and handles necessary matters ( such as discovery and motions filed with the court ) throughout the process of litigation.

The largest firms like to call themselves " Big-Law " firms because they have sections specializing on each category of legal work, which in the U. S. usually means mergers and acquisitions transactions, banking, and certain types of high-stakes corporate litigation.

His early work in practising law found him in a landmark litigation of his time, called the Douglas case.

Students work with clients on transactional, litigation, policy and other advocacy projects and interact and strategize with members of the entrepreneurial, technology and financial communities, as well as with legislators, regulators and other policymakers.

In 1950 Françoise Bornet was given an original print of the photograph, bearing Doisneau's signature and stamp, as part of the payment for her " work ", and thus her subsequent attempt at litigation in the 1990s was rejected by the court.