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Of the characters in her books, Christie has often showcased the archaeologist and experts in Middle Eastern cultures and artifacts.
The large amount of travel done by Christie and Mallowan has not only made for a great writing theme, as shown in her famous novel: The Murder on the Orient Express, but also tied into the idea of archaeology as an adventure that has become so important in today ’ s popular culture as described by Cornelius Holtorf in his book Archaeology is a Brand.
Christie has been portrayed on a number of occasions in film and television.
Christie has also been portrayed fictionally.
In the later novels Christie often uses the word mountebank when Poirot is being assessed by other characters, showing that he has successfully passed himself off as a charlatan or fraud.
Often dismissed as an unreliable tradition, it has been studied with attention by modern scholars, in particular Neil Christie, who see in it a possible record of a formal invitation by the Byzantine state to settle in northern Italy as foederati, to help protect the region against the Franks, an arrangement that may have been disowned by Justin II after Narses ' removal.
Local landmarks include the Christie Park, the Fountain ( a traffic junction in the town centre, although there has not been a working fountain there for some years ),
As Albert Meltzer and Stuart Christie stated in their book The Floodgates of Anarchy, anarchism has:
In women's play, Rhonda Rajsich ( USA ) has won the most US Open titles with four, one more than Christie Van Hees ( Canada ) with three.
He has been known to use Agatha Christie novels as crime-solving reference guides.
In a half-hour radio drama, Butter in a Lordly Dish ( 1948 ), Agatha Christie has her protagonist drug a lawyer's coffee ; after revealing her true identity, she hammers a nail into his head.
The area has some remarkable architecture, such as the Isokon building in Lawn Road, a Grade I listed experiment in collective housing, once home to Agatha Christie, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson and Walter Gropius.
In 1967, Time magazine said of her " What Julie Christie wears has more real impact on fashion than all the clothes of the ten best-dressed women combined.
Polley has said Christie liked the script but initially turned it down as she was ambivalent about acting.
Christie has been a longstanding supporter of Survival International, a British-based charity to support tribal peoples, and was named as its first ambassador in February 2008.
Agatha Christie's grandson Mathew has commented: " Personally, I regret very much that she Christie never saw David Suchet.
Although strongly influenced by Carr and Agatha Christie, he has a unique writing style featuring original plots and puzzles.
Of course, the gift of bamboozlement, with which Agatha Christie was born, remains, and has never been seen to better advantage than in this close, diverting and largely analytical problem.
It should perhaps be noted that Despard's given name has metamorphosed from " John " in Cards on the Table to " Hugh " in The Pale Horse, not the first time Christie apparently forgot the name of a character.
" Just as Christie attempts to make fun of their clothes ( which Romy and Michele designed and sewed ), classmate Lisa Luder ( Elaine Hendrix ), a former member of the A-Group who has since changed her ways and became an associate fashion editor for Vogue, announces her professional opinion that the outfits are actually very well-done.
Far from being the handsome jock he once was, he has now become an overweight alcoholic and is living a very poor, miserable life with Christie, and is doubtful the baby Christie is carrying is actually his.
As she calls out for Billy, Christie has her dress blown up by the chopper, which further humiliates her, much to Romy and Michele's amusement.

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( When Christie adapted Witness into a stage play, she lengthened the ending so that the murderer was also killed.
While accompanying Mallowan on countless archaeological trips ( spending up to 3 – 4 months at a time in Syria and Iraq at excavation sites at Ur, Ninevah, Tell Arpachiyah, Chagar Bazar, Tell Brak, and Nimrud ), Christie not only wrote novels and short stories, but also contributed work to the archaeological sites, more specifically to the archaeological restoration and labeling of ancient exhibits which includes tasks such as cleaning and conserving delicate ivory pieces, reconstructing pottery, developing photos from early excavations which later led to taking photographs of the site and its findings, and taking field notes.
Christie ’ s life within the archaeological world not only shaped her settings and characters for her books but also in the issues she highlights.
During Christie and Mallowan's time in the Middle East, along with their time spent among the many tombs, temples, and museums, there was also a large amount of time spent traveling to and from Mallowan's sites.
The characters in this book in particular are also based on archaeologists Christie knew from her personal experiences on excavations sites.
Christie also used material from her fictional creation, spinster Caroline Sheppard, who appeared in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
Stemming is also the basis of one of the most common types of downhill techniques, the Stem Christie.
She also appeared in ITV's Marple: Ordeal By Innocence, based on the Agatha Christie novel.
A German version of Anna Christie was also made in 1930.
To add to this, he also had a victory against Linford Christie at Crystal Palace at the end of 1986.
Burgh Island is closely linked to Agatha Christie, as it served as the inspirational setting for both And Then There Were None as well as the Hercule Poirot mystery Evil Under the Sun. The hotel and its eloquent Art Deco styling was also a bolt hole in the 1930s for the likes of London's rich and famous, including Noël Coward.
In the early 1980s Tutin also appeared in the made-for-television film Murder with Mirrors ( based on an Agatha Christie novel ) along with Helen Hayes and Bette Davis.
Hunterdon also supported Steve Lonegan for Governor over Chris Christie, his less conservative opponent in the 2009 Republican Primary, by a 4. 0 % margin.
Chris Christie was also the Grand Marshall of the town's first, and soon thereafter, the county's Columbus Day Parade.
He also sang " Silver Train " and " Christie " on the film soundtrack Scream for Help.
James Christie, a young red headed actor, was also a long-running member of the cast.
However, other sources note that James Christie rented auction rooms from 1762, and newspaper advertisements of Christie's sales dating from 1759 have also been traced.
Christie also starred in The Go-Between ( 1971 ), Don't Look Now ( 1973 ), and Demon Seed ( 1977 ).
By a curious coincidence she also played Agatha Christie herself in " The Unicorn and the Wasp ", an episode of Doctor Who.
Some people, such as the following authors, have inferred, insinuated, or suggested that entering a state of perpetual war becomes progressively easier in a modern democratic republic, such as the United States, due to the development of a relationship network between people who wield political and economic power also owning capital in companies that financially profit from war, lobby for war, and influence public opinion of war through influence of Mass media outlets that control the presentation for the causes of war, the effects of war, and the Censorship of war: ( 1 ) " The Iron Triangle: Inside the Secret World of the Carlyle Group " ( 2004 )" by Dan Briody ; ( 2 ) " The Pentagon Labyrinth: 10 Short Essays to Help You Through It " ( 2011 ) an anthology by nine authors who are Pierre M. Sprey, George Wilson, Franklin C. Spinney, Bruce I. Gudmundsson, Col. G. I. Wilson, Col. Chet Richards, Andrew Cockburn, Thomas Christie, and Winslow T. Wheeler ; ( 3 ) " Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex " ( 2010 ), by William D. Hartung ; ( 4 ) " Media Control, Second Edition: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda ( 2002 ), by Noam Chomsky ; and ( 5 ) " Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media " ( 2002 ), by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky.
The 1920s also gave rise to one of the most popular mystery authors of all time, Agatha Christie, whose works include Murder on the Orient Express ( 1934 ), Death on the Nile ( 1937 ), and the world's best-selling mystery And Then There Were None ( 1939 ).
The T-29 was a prototype medium tank, a modernized T-28 with Christie suspension — a later version of this vehicle was considered for the competition of prototypes which led to the T-34, but by then it was outdated ( not to be confused with a Grotte tank project also called T-29 ).

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