Laura was sitting in an easy chair about eight feet away.

Then Laura took her gently and shoved her off again, toward Fritzie: Amy did not laugh -- this was work, concentration, achievement.

She was the only kind of Negro Laura Andrus would want around: independent, unservile, probably charging double what ordinary maids did for housework -- and doubly efficient.

It was Laura Clifford Barney who, by asking questions of ` Abdu ' l-Bahá over many years and many visits to Haifa, compiled what later became the book Some Answered Questions.

A Doll's House was based on the life of Laura Kieler ( maiden name Laura Smith Petersen ).

Much that happened between Nora and Torvald happened to Laura and her husband, Victor, with the most important exception being the forged signature that was the basis of Nora's loan.

Christian was a doctor and medical officer who married Laura Catherine Bjølstad, a woman half his age, in 1861.

* In the 2008 HBO television movie Recount, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris ( portrayed by Laura Dern ) compares herself to Queen Esther, of whom she says " was willing to sacrifice herself to save the lovely Jewish people.

The new laws threatened Laura, who was Jewish.

There has been a refocus onto celluloid film's ability to capture an " indexical " image of a moment in time by theorists like Mary Ann Doane, Philip Rosen and Laura Mulvey who was informed by psychoanalysis.

She was born Helene Emma Laura Juliane Müller at, Essen, Germany, into a wealthy industrialist family.

In the late 1990s, the musical play Love, Janis was created with input from Janis's younger sister Laura plus Big Brother guitarist Sam Andrew, with an aim to take it to Off Broadway.

Opening in the summer of 2001 and scheduled for only a few weeks of performances, the show won acclaim and packed houses and was held over several times, the demanding role of the singing Janis attracting rock vocalists from relative unknowns to pop stars Laura Branigan and Beth Hart.

Previous attempts have included Piece Of My Heart, which was to star Renée Zellweger or Brittany Murphy ; The Gospel According To Janis, with director Penelope Spheeris and starring either Zooey Deschanel or P! nk ; and an untitled film thought to be an adaptation of Laura Joplin's Off-Broadway play about her sister, with the show's star, Laura Theodore, attached.

He also bestowed nicknames and pseudonyms on his friends and family as well, referring to Friedrich Engels as ' General ', his housekeeper Helene as ' Lenchen ' or ' Nym ', while one of his daughters, Jennychen, was referred to as ' Qui Qui, Emperor of China ' and another, Laura, was known as ' Kakadou ' or ' the Hottentot '.

After 1488, no other appointments of women are known, although it is said that the Garter was granted to Neapolitan poet Laura Bacio Terricina, by Edward VI.

Polled by Gallup as one of the most popular first ladies, Laura Bush was involved in both national and global concerns during her tenure.

Laura Lane Welch was born in Midland, Texas, the only child of Harold Welch ( 1912 – 1995 ) and Jenna Louise Hawkins Welch ( born 1919 ).

In August 2007, the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health ( LWBIWH ) was founded at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

The publicity Hall received was due to unintended consequences ; the novel was tried for obscenity in London, a spectacularly scandalous event described as " the crystallizing moment in the construction of a visible modern English lesbian subculture " by professor Laura Doan.

While it is possible she was an idealized or pseudonymous character – particularly since the name " Laura " has a linguistic connection to the poetic " laurels " Petrarch coveted – Petrarch himself always denied it.

He directed the films Zapata: The Dream of a Hero, Like Water for Chocolate ( adapted from the novel written by his ex-wife Laura Esquivel ), A Walk in the Clouds with Keanu Reeves and Anthony Quinn, and the Hallmark Hall of Fame production A Painted House, adapted from the John Grisham novel of the same name.

Picnic at Hanging Rock was adapted by playwright Laura Annawyn Shamas in 1987 and published by Dramatic Publishing Company.

Caspary eventually adapted the play for a novel with the same title and a sequel entitled simply Laura, both of which eventually were purchased by 20th Century Fox for $ 30, 000.

Director Jane Campion and screenwriter Laura Jones adapted the trilogy for television broadcast.

He has also written a number of screenplays, including David Cronenberg's adaptation of M. Butterfly, John Madden's Golden Gate, and Neil LaBute's Possession ( co-written with Laura Jones and LaBute, adapted from the novel by A. S. Byatt ).

It stars Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, and Charles Bickford, and was adapted by Allen Rivkin and Laura Kerr from the play Juurakon Hulda by Hella Wuolijoki, using the pen name Juhani Tervapää.

* Laura Zigman ( 1980 )-author, " Animal Husbandry " ( adapted into the film, Someone like You ; " Dating Big Bird, " Her ", " Piece of Work ".

The productions have been: The Invention of Love ( Tom Stoppard, directed by Mary-Kay Gamel, produced by Judith Hallett ), The Heavensgate Deposition ( based on Apocolocyntosis by Seneca the Younger, adapted by Douglass Parker, directed by Amy R. Cohen, produced by Thomas Jenkins ), The Golden Age ( by Thomas Heywood, directed by C. W. Marshall ), Iran Man ( based on Persa by Plautus, directed by Mary-Kay Gamel ), Thespis ( by W. S. Gilbert and A. S. Sullivan, with new music by Alan Riley Jones, directed by John Starks, produced by John Given ), The Birds ( by Aristophanes, directed by Thomas Talboy ), Cyclops ( by Euripides, directed by Laura Lippman and Mike Lippman ), Thersites ( perhaps by Nicholas Udall, directed by C. W. Marshall ), Thesmophoriazusae ( by Aristophanes, directed by Bella Vivante ) and The Jurymen ( by Katherine Janson, directed by Amy R. Cohen ).

Other authors and media personalities include ABC Senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper, novelist / screenwriter Budd Schulberg, political analyst Dinesh D ' Souza, radio talk show host Laura Ingraham, commentator Mort Kondracke, and journalist James Panero.

* 1947 – Laura Schlessinger, American radio talk show host

Other radio talk show hosts ( who describe themselves as either conservative or libertarian ) have also had success as nationally syndicated hosts, including Hugh Hewitt, Sean Hannity, Jon Arthur, Glenn Beck, Michael Medved, Laura Ingraham, Neal Boortz, Michael Savage, Bill O ' Reilly, and Mark Levin.

* June 19 – Laura Ingraham, American radio host and political commentator

From 26 March-8 May 2010, as part of the Willy Russell season at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Laura Dos Santos reprises her radio performance, on stage as Rita alongside Larry Lamb as Frank.

Laura Dos Santos reprised her radio and Menier Chocolate Factory performance as Rita, and Frank was played by renowned actor Tim Pigott-Smith.

Webb was in his mid-fifties when actor / director Otto Preminger chose him over the objections of 20th Century Fox chief Darryl F. Zanuck to play the elegant but evil radio columnist Waldo Lydecker, who is obsessed with Gene Tierney's character in the 1944 film noir Laura.

West is regularly heard on radio as a reader or reciter and has performed in many radio dramas, including Otherkin by Laura Wade, Len Deighton's Bomber, Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman, Michael Frayn's Here and The Homecoming as Lenny to Harold Pinter's Max.

* Laura Ingraham, talk radio pundit and frequent special guest host ; appears on Fridays

* Laura Ingraham, conservative talk radio host

It carriesthe nations biggest talk radio stars ; Rush, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin and others.

John and Ken expanded to take up what was the third hour once occupied by Dr. Laura and the other two hours were used for incoming Bill Carroll's radio show.

Others appearing included comedian Jerry Seinfeld, actress Laura Dern, and radio talk show host Howard Stern.

Mariella Frostrup ( born Laura Elizabeth Mariella Frostrup 12 November 1962 ) is a Norwegian-born British journalist and television presenter, well known on British TV and radio, mainly for arts programmes.

A frequent guest on television and radio, he has appeared on such programs as Meet the Press, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, The O ' Reilly Factor, Tim Russert, Special Report with Brit Hume, Laura Ingraham, and Hardball with Chris Matthews, and has contributed occasional commentaries to National Public Radio.

Geronimo's wife was a DJ at the time of the debut of the show, using the radio name " Laura Petrie.

* Laura Ingraham, talk radio host

They quickly notice that the spaceliner is filled with such notoriously obnoxious and mediocre celebrities as radio psychologist Dr. Laura, film director Spike Lee, grunge rock singer Courtney Love, politician Ross Perot, actor Tom Arnold, MTV VJ Paulie Shore, and actress / talk show host Rosie O ' Donnell.

; Dr. Lorna: Riff's biological mother ; a radio personality who once employed Gwynn and Zoë, similar to Dr. Laura Schlesinger ( however, she appears notably younger — Zoë notes that she must have given birth to Riff at a relatively young age ).

Many previous contributors have gone on to jobs at commercial and BBC radio stations most notably: Laura Sayers ( BBC Radio 1 ), Dougal Perman ( Radio Magnetic ), Annie McGuire ( BBC Scotland ) and Adam Uytman ( XFM ).

Flanders hosted the weekday radio show Your Call on KALW, before starting the Saturday / Sunday evening Laura Flanders Show on Air America Radio in 2004.

Patrick has made many appearances as a conservative commentator on MSNBC, The O ' Reilly Factor, Glenn Beck on HNN, and Hannity and Colmes as well as serving as guest host for the Laura Ingraham and Michael Reagan nationally syndicated radio shows.

Other high-profile conservative talk radio hosts with national profiles include Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity at WABC.