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George Orwell said that Maugham was " the modern writer who has influenced me the most.
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He taught French for a year at Eton, where Eric Blair ( later to become George Orwell ) and Stephen Runciman were among his pupils, but was remembered as an incompetent and hopeless teacher who couldn ’ t keep discipline.
A prominent critic was George Orwell, who frequently referred to him in his essays and diaries as " A Catholic Apologist " and accused him of being " silly-clever ", in line with his criticisms of G. K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Ronald Knox and Wyndham-Lewis.
In 2000, after the U. S. version of the CBS program " Big Brother " premiered, the Estate of George Orwell sued CBS and its production company " Orwell Productions, Inc ." in federal court in Chicago for copyright and trademark infringement.
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From 1942 to 1944 George Orwell was a proponent of Basic English, but in 1945 he became critical of universal languages.
In his essay " Politics and the English Language ", George Orwell observes that political language serves to distort and obfuscate reality.
The Committee also presented the George Orwell Award for Honesty and Clarity in Public Language for 1975-76 to Professor Hugh Rank who created the pattern.
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George Orwell uses Ecclesiastes ( specifically 9: 11 ) prominently in Politics and the English Language to exemplify the qualities of " good English.
George Orwell wrote in 1944 that " the word ' Fascism ' is almost entirely meaningless ... almost any English person would accept ' bully ' as a synonym for ' Fascist '".
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Eric Arthur Blair ( 25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 ), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and journalist.
He was also spending time with Eleanor Jacques, but her attachment to Dennis Collings remained an obstacle to his hopes of a more serious relationship. The pen-name " George Orwell " was inspired by the River Orwell
Four days later, he wrote to Moore, suggesting the pseudonyms P. S. Burton ( a name he used when tramping ), Kenneth Miles, George Orwell, and H. Lewis Allways.
He finally adopted the nom de plume George Orwell because, as he told Eleanor Jacques, " It is a good round English name.
", which has since been widely attributed to Orwell ; see Bibliography of George Orwell.
Such a company " George Orwell Productions Ltd " ( GOP Ltd ) was set up on 12 September 1947 although the service agreement was not then put into effect.
Other writers admired by Orwell included: Ralph Waldo Emerson, G. K. Chesterton, George Gissing, Graham Greene, Herman Melville, Henry Miller, Tobias Smollett, Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and Yevgeny Zamyatin.
George Woodcock suggested that the last two sentences characterised Orwell as much as his subject.
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George Meredith has said that fervor is the core of style.
Forty years ago an English writer, W. L. George, dealt with this subject in Eddies of the Day, and said, as an example, that ' Saint George for Merry England ' would not start a spirit half so quickly as ' Strike frog-eating Frenchmen dead ' ''!!
but if George has just been mentioned prominently ( and the trip to be made has been under discussion ), what is said is probably I'll go with him, and dominant stress is probably on the preposition with.
George said, `` First thing I do when I get to Vicksburg again, is get me a Yankee '' --
Liberals and conservatives in both parties -- Democratic and Republican -- should divorce themselves and form two independent parties, George H. Reama, nationally known labor-management expert, said here yesterday.
Patrolman George Kimmell, of McClellan Station, said he would recommend a special safety citation for Ralph Sisk, 9230 Vernor east, a third grader at the Scripps School, for his assistance in the case.
We'll drop Mr. Rawlings off in Ardmore '', Julia said, and for the merest second George was reminded of her father's tone with servants.
`` I bumped into a door handle '', George said.
`` Poor Cousin Elec '', George said.
On signing the measure, George H. W. Bush said:
George Washington ( February 22, 1732-December 14, 1799 ), the country's first president, is often said to be the father of his country.
In May 2006, a CNN poll comparing Clinton's job performance with that of his successor, George W. Bush, found that a strong majority of respondents said Clinton outperformed Bush in six different areas questioned.
It was said that when Attlee visited King George VI at Buckingham Palace to kiss hands, the notoriously laconic Attlee and the notoriously tongue-tied George VI stood for some minutes in silence before Attlee finally volunteered the remark " I've won the election.
George Lucas said that he based the Han Solo character in Star Wars on Coppola.
In 2003, Ackerman said, " I aim at hitting 100 and becoming the George Burns of science fiction ".
So George just told David he would not work any longer if the script was not better and he wanted the Howard script back ... he would not let his name go out over a lousy picture ... And bull-headed David said ' OK get out!
It came after the umpire allegedly told Hank that he was ready to call the game due to darkness, because the ump — former Yankee pitching star of the 1920s Murderers Row team, George Pipgras, supposedly said " Sorry Hank, but I'm gonna have to call the game.
In 1791 George Rapp said, " I am a prophet, and I am called to be one " in front of the civil affairs official in Maulbronn, Germany, who promptly had him imprisoned for two days and threatened with exile if he did not cease preaching.
Former President George W. Bush said that Kemp " will be remembered for his significant contributions to the Reagan Revolution and his steadfast dedication to conservative principles during his long and distinguished career in public service.
Because he did not clear his survey and proposed to pay for answers with the university committee at UWO, the administration reprimanded Rushton, calling his transgression " a serious breach of scholarly procedure ," said University President, George Pederson.
George Lucas is said to have mentioned in an interview that he saw a " Jidaigeki " program in TV while in Japan a year or so before A New Hope was made and liked the word.
According to George Bush, when he asked her to marry him, she had said, " Yes.
In an interview on the BBC, George Fernandes, former Indian Defence Minister and prominent Burma critic, said that Coco Island was part of India until it was donated to Burma by former Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru.
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