She was the daughter and sole heiress of either a cattle baron or an oil millionaire and, having arrived in New York with a big bank roll, became a dabbler in various fields.

She became aware that two Italian workmen, carrying a large azalea pot, were standing before her and wanted her to move so that they could begin arranging a new row of the display.

She called him, " an intelligent, philosophic, modest man " and found his views on education " very attractive ". Locals in Cheshire were less supportive and became suspicious of his methods.

She converted to Islam and became known as Umm Habiba ( Little Mother of the Beloved ).

She became Tiberius's first wife and was the mother of his natural son Drusus Julius Caesar.

She became involved in politics in Tiberius ’ imperial court, became an advocate for her sons to succeed Tiberius, and opposed Tiberius ’ natural son and natural grandson Tiberius Gemellus for succession.

She became a national figure in 1991 when she alleged that U. S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had made harassing sexual statements when he was her supervisor at the U. S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

She was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1987 general election as member for the constituency of Maidstone ( which became Maidstone and The Weald in 1997 ).

She became the mother of one of David's sons, who is listed in the Book of Chronicles under the name Daniel, in the Masoretic Text of the Books of Samuel as Chileab, and in the Septuagint text of 2 Samuel 3: 3 as Δαλουια, Dalouia.

She started her acting career in 1952 and, after appearing in 16 films, became world-famous due to her role in her then-husband Roger Vadim's controversial film And God Created Woman.

She became a vegetarian and raised three million francs to fund the foundation by auctioning off jewellery and many personal belongings.

She became the sister-in-law of her friend and colleague, Édouard Manet, when she married his brother, Eugène.

She also drew Manet into the circle of painters who soon became known as the Impressionists.

Following some success illustrating cards and booklets, Potter wrote and illustrated The Tale of Peter Rabbit publishing it first privately in 1901, and a year later as a small, three-colour illustrated book with Frederick Warne & Co. She became unofficially engaged to her editor Norman Warne in 1905 despite the disapproval of her parents, but he died suddenly a month later, of leukemia.

She won so much land for her father's kingdom that Zeus became enraged and changed her into a monster.

She won the Logan Medal of the arts at the Art Institute of Chicago, and became a member of the National Academy in 1902.

She became known in the 1970s in films such as Hester Street ( for which she received an Academy Award nomination ) and Annie Hall.

She quickly became one of Hollywood's most recognized child actresses, going on to establish herself in mainly comic roles.

She became a member of the Communist Party in 1938, and married Deng a year later in front of Mao's cave dwelling in Yan ' an.

She became the top-ranking female box office star of all time and is currently ranked sixth among the top 10 box office performers ( male and female ), as of 2012.

She also later became a moon goddess, supplanting Titan goddess Luna.

She also became the goddess of childbirth and ruled over the countryside.

She continued to have hits with " Heartbreaker " ( 1978 ), " Baby I'm Burning " and " You're the Only One " ( both 1979 ), all of which charted in the pop singles Top 40, and all of which also topped the country-singles chart ; 1979's " Sweet Summer Lovin '" became the first Parton single in two years to not top the country singles chart ( though it still nonetheless reached the top ten ).

She made headlines and became part of the national debate over troubled child stars, particularly given the difficulties of her Diff ' rent Strokes co-stars, Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges.

She was fascinated by Rousseau's " back to nature " philosophy, as well as the culture of the Incas of Peru and their worship of the sun, about which she had books in her library.

She chose to write Richard's character in such a way after becoming fascinated with his story and researching his life, both in the United States and in the United Kingdom, which led her to believe that " his was a classic case of history being rewritten by the victor.

She was depicted as dark, militaristic, and fascinated by the power of death.

She was often fascinated by expressionism but later broadened her lyrical expression and has come to be called a modernist.

She was fascinated with the number 13 and worked the number into the house in many places.

She is fascinated by Link and the outside world, and tells Link wistfully that, if she were a seagull, she would leave and travel across the sea.

She was fascinated by what she saw and immediately wrote to Louis Zukofsky, who had edited the issue, sending him her latest poems.

She claimed to be fascinated by Young, having seen the 1995 film, and kept an online blog, similar to Young ’ s diary, recording dosage and reactions.

" She was fascinated.

She became increasingly fascinated with death, a highly visible theme in her later poetry and her sole novel, The Bell Jar.

She became fascinated with the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, and spent the rest of the summer traveling for the first time to Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon.

She was fascinated at the time by the movie star Baby Peggy, and I suppose she wanted a Baby Peggy of her own.

She carries a pair of binoculars which she uses to spy on things, and is fascinated with the blimp that flies over the city each day.

She is fascinated by an unknown man who makes obscene phone calls to her apartment and tries to seek out a relationship with her.

" She said: " I'm fascinated with it.

She is pretty, but shallow ; simultaneously fascinated and repelled by sex and by basic human urges.

She became fascinated with marine biology, possibly on the advice of William Henry Harvey, who she had met in Hastings in 1848.

She is for long distrusted by Trevize while his partner Pelorat is quickly fascinated, until they become lovers.

She had from very early days of her life been fascinated and enamored of the red shirted and helmeted fire fighters.

She was also interested in the Gypsies, who would camp near the village for a few days at a time ; their nomadic lifestyle, their music, and their stories fascinated her.

She becomes fascinated with Susie, despite having barely known her while she was alive, and begins writing about seeing visions of the dead.

She said, " I admit, I was fascinated by Adolf Hitler.

She commissioned some of her artist and designer friends to embellish Mottisfont, always with an eye on its history, which fascinated her.

She was fascinated with Beat poetry and was both a host and critic to many Beat poets from her chair at Berkeley.