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Hughes and book
The book Rescuing Prometheus by Thomas P. Hughes documents the development of four such systems, including the Boston central artery tunnel and the Internet.
In his book More on Oxymoron, the artist Patrick Hughes discusses and gives examples of visual oxymorons.
Rescuing Prometheus: Four Monumental Projects That Changed the Modern World is a book by Thomas P. Hughes.
Some critics were dissatisfied by his choice of poem order and omissions in the book and some feminists argued that Hughes had essentially driven her to suicide and therefore should not be responsible for her literary legacy.
The UAP largely supported the western powers in their policy of appeasement, however veteran UAP minister Billy Hughes was an exception and he embarrassed the government with his 1935 book book Australia and the War Today which exposed a lack of preparation in Australia for what Hughes correctly supposed to be a coming war.
Dylan Thomas stayed with Hughes and wrote his book Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog whilst living at Castle House.
Appointed in 1828 he executed many reforms to the school curriculum and administration and was immortalised in Thomas Hughes ' book Tom Brown's School Days.
Both Hurston and Langston Hughes claimed to like Imitation of Life, though both reversed their opinion after Sterling Allen Brown lambasted both the book and the first film in a review entitled " Imitation of Life: Once a Pancake ", a reference to a line in the first film.
Contemporary retellings exist by Lynne Hughes ( whose book on the subject, Hawkmoor, was serialised by the BBC in 1977 ) and three by T. Llew Jones, noted Welsh-language children's author.
* The book A London Family 1870-1900 by Molly Hughes, ISBN 0-19-282896-7.
* Arthur Hughes ( painter, book illustrator )
* Richard Doyle, a cartoonist and illustrator of Punch satirical magazine fame, illustrated the 1859 book The Scouring of the White Horse by Thomas Hughes, the author of Tom Brown's Schooldays.
In 1993 he and Des McAnuff wrote and directed the Broadway adaptation of the Who album Tommy, as well as a less successful stage musical based on his solo album The Iron Man, based upon the book by Ted Hughes.
Later Lyons appointed him Minister for External Affairs, however Hughes was forced to resign in 1935 after his book Australia and the War Today exposed a lack of preparation in Australia for what Hughes correctly supposed to be a coming war.
The book suggested that Hughes, then in an interim appointment, may have conducted an unfair inquiry of Vander Zalm in 1991 due to the prospect of achieving a permanent employment.
He bears superficial resemblances to historical figures Fred Otash, ( so-called " private-eye to the stars ") and Robert Maheu, ( who worked for both Hughes and Jimmy Hoffa during the time frame depicted in the book ).
* Weird Science ( film ), a 1985 John Hughes film based on the comic book series of the same name
The area is the subject of an acclaimed 1979 book combining photography and poetry ; Remains of Elmet, by Ted Hughes and Fay Godwin.
The Reverend Griffith Hughes ( 1707 – c. 1758 ) from the parish of Tywyn is best known as the author of The Natural History of Barbados, a book that contains the first description of the grapefruit.
She chose a book of poems by Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney, entitled The Rattle Bag.

Hughes and Flashman
Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC KCB KCIE is a fictional character created by George MacDonald Fraser ( 1925 – 2008 ), but based on the character " Flashman " in Tom Brown's Schooldays ( 1857 ), a semi-autobiographical work by Thomas Hughes ( 1822 – 1896 ).
He is best known for his Flashman series of historical novels, purportedly written by Harry Flashman, a fictional coward and bully originally created by Thomas Hughes in Tom Brown's School Days.
He enjoyed a long television and theatre career, first creating an impression as the bully Flashman in a BBC adaptation of the Thomas Hughes novel, Tom Brown's Schooldays ( 1971 ), and followed this up with a regular role as Dr Dwight Enys in the popular BBC series of Poldark ( 1975 ).
In his narrative Carton also confesses to being the real father of Harry Flashman the roguish hero of the series of books created by George MacDonald Fraser who in turn borrowed him from Tom Brown's Schooldays by Thomas Hughes.

Hughes and relatively
On social issues, Hughes strongly supported relatively limited social reforms.
Some of the mature colleges, including St. Edmund's College, Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish College, and Wolfson College, tend to perform relatively more poorly in the Tompkins Table, but have significantly more graduate students than undergraduate students, so the results here are not representative of the majority of the student population of each these colleges.

Hughes and minor
The Australia Party was the name of a minor political party in Australia ( not to be confused with the Australian Party, which was set up by Billy Hughes in 1930 ).
Since then, O ' Quinn has had minor supporting roles in films and TV movies such as Young Guns, All the Right Moves, Silver Bullet, Places in the Heart, Between Two Women, and The Rocketeer, in which he portrayed Howard Hughes.
Hughes caused a minor national debate when he defied protocol and put his arm around her.
Hughes ' broadcasting career includes stints as a broadcaster for the Minnesota Twins baseball team, the Minnesota North Stars hockey team, and minor league baseball teams the Columbus Clippers and San Jose Missions.
On his outward voyage, he took Gorée from the French, and he was called upon to conduct only minor operations for the next two years, as the enemy could not muster any force fit to meet the powerful squadron Hughes had brought from the Channel.

Hughes and character
The character John Morlar from Peter Van Greenaway's 1973 novel The Medusa Touch and the 1978 film version holds nihilistic beliefs as does the character Animal Mother from Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film Full Metal Jacket and the ruthless thug O-Dog from the 1993 film Menace II Society by the Hughes Brothers.
Jar Jar Binks is a supporting character in the animated series The Clone Wars, once again voiced by Best, although BJ Hughes voiced the character in a handful of season one episodes.
Mark Hughes Cobb of The Tuscaloosa News named him his favorite secondary character from the show.
His roles include Brutus in Julius Caesar ( 1953 ), Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel and The Desert Rats, the amoral valet turned spy in Joseph Mankiewicz's 5 Fingers, the declining actor in the first remake of A Star Is Born ( 1954 ), Captain Nemo in 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea ( also 1954 ), a small town school teacher driven insane by the effects of cortisone in Bigger Than Life ( 1956 ), a suave master spy in North by Northwest ( 1959 ), a determined explorer in Journey to the Center of the Earth ( also 1959 ), Humbert Humbert in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita ( 1962 ), a river pirate who betrays Peter O ' Toole's character in Lord Jim ( 1965 ), the evil Doctor Polidori in Frankenstein: The True Story ( 1973 ), the vampire's servant, Richard Straker, in Salem's Lot, and surreal Royal Navy Captain Hughes in Yellowbeard ( 1983 ).
According to Hughes, the character of Cameron was based, in large part, on a friend of his in high school.
The character may be a reference to Richard Nixon's meetings with Clint Murchison, Sr., although he also illuminates Nixon's relationships with Howard Hughes, H. L. Hunt and other entrepreneurs.
* Evil Ernie, a comics character created by Brian Pulido and Steven Hughes
* Tom Brown ( character ), fictional character in novels by Thomas Hughes and George MacDonald Fraser, introduced in Tom Brown's Schooldays ( 1857 )
Colin Firth played Paul Ashworth, the character based on Hornby, a teacher at a school in North London, and his burgeoning romance with Sarah Hughes ( Ruth Gemmell ), a new teacher who joins Ashworth's school.
** sensu stricto Glenn Hughes, the biker character from the band Village People
Hughes was very happy and knew that the film wouldn't be the same unless Ringwald played the main character.
* George Arthur, fictional character in Tom Brown's Schooldays, a novel by Thomas Hughes
In 1984, he played the character of Howard Baker in John Hughes ' Sixteen Candles.
Hughes became a villainous reverend character alongside his protégé Deacon Batista.
In Edge's 2004 autobiography " Adam Copeland on Edge ," Matt and Jeff Hardy's 2003 biography " Hardy Boyz Exist 2 Inspire ," and the WWF / E Fanatic Series Tables, Ladders & Chairs, it was revealed that Hughes is " deathly afraid of heights ", which he originally stated in character at WrestleMania 2000.
" TV Guide Online's capsule summary of the movie says, however, " Deny it though he might, Harold Robbins obviously used parts of the life of Howard Hughes as the basis for his major character, Jonas Cord.
Ian Parker and others identify the character Rina Marlowe with Jean Harlow, whom Howard Hughes had under personal contract for a few years and who many believe had an affair with Hughes, although actual evidence of said affair is patchy at best, and Harlow often complained about Hughes making a fortune loaning her to other studios and paying her a paltry salary ( her contract with Hughes was eventually bought out by MGM ).

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