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She took a keen interest in the work of young contemporary artists, such as Stanley Spencer, and she was particularly close to Mark Gertler and Dora Carrington, who were regular visitors to Garsington during the war, whilst Gilbert Spencer lived for a while in a house on the Garsington estate.
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She softly let herself into the bed, and took her regular side, away from the door, where she slept better because Keith was between her and the invader.
She remarked that she found the night wind a little chilly, and Mr. Podger took her inside the fringe.
She took a good look at herself in the mirror before she turned and, walking with very small steps, started toward the door.
She took refuge on a tongue of land extending into a gully, crouched at the base of a thorn tree, and waited for them to come up.
She took Glendora to the smokehouse, unlocked it and saw with satisfaction there was still a quantity of hams and sides of bacon, hanging from the smoke-stained rafters.
She took postgraduate work at the University of Grenoble in France and then returned to London to work on market research with an advertising firm.
She put the violin away and took out some linen, needles and yarn to while away the long, idle days in Budapest.
She was never considered legitimate and, when the king was dying, no one took her as a serious contender for the crown.
She married Basil of Trebizond and took over the throne of the Empire of Trebizond from 1340 to 1341.
She has been repaying the debt from her housekeeping budget, and also from some work she got copying papers by hand, which she did secretly in her room, and took pride in her ability to earn money " as if she were a man.
She, with the consent of her husband, soon took the veil in the Benedictine nunnery of Jully-les-Nonnains.
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She intermittently took classes at Portland State University studying English, as well as San Francisco State University and the San Francisco Art Institute, where she took a film class taught by George Kuchar and starred in one of his short films.
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She has been a vegetarian for forty years, and a keen supporter of animal rights charities, including CIWF and Viva !.
She believed that Reich himself had been a victim of it as a child, which is why he developed such a keen interest in sex and childhood sexuality.
She also took a keen interest in questions affecting the education, occupations, and maintenance of her own sex.
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She was somewhat plain in appearance, but Garfield was attracted to her keen intellect and appetite for knowledge.
She was keen to learn, and possessed a sharp intellect-she was assiduous in studying and, according to family tradition, began writing at an early age.
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