While young Lincoln's formal elementary education consisted approximately of a year's worth of classes from several itinerant teachers, he was mostly self-educated and was an avid reader.

While some claim that Hồ Chí Minh Thought is used as a veil for the Party leadership since they, according to this version, have stopped believing in communism, contrary to this version, Hồ Chí Minh was an avid supporter of Vladimir Lenin and the dictatorship of the proletariat.

While in Chicago, Yerkes became an avid art collector.

While up in the air, Ray decided to do a parachute jump ( being an avid amateur parachutist ) but, just before he could disembark, the plane began to sputter, and the pilot told Milland not to jump as they were running low on gas and needed to land.

While Alexandria Bay has a relatively low population during the winter months and has no colleges, the late spring, summer, and early fall seasons bring an influx of vacationers and avid boaters that cause the population of the village to exceed 15, 000.

While living in England, Austin had been an avid hunter, regularly dedicating his weekends to rabbit shooting.

While Arkwright does not seem to have any particular political convictions, he is an avid political commentator, usually not in a serious capacity.

While ' young adulthood is filled with avid quests for intimate relationships and other major commitments involving career and life goals ', there is also " a parallel pursuit for the formulation of a set of moral values ".

While in school, Kunstler was an avid poet, and represented Yale in the Glascock Prize competition at Mount Holyoke College.

While living with his oldest brother, Uriah Theodore, McKay became an avid reader of classical and British literature, as well as philosophy, science and theology.

While not as numerous as other catfish species, catching a large flathead catfish ( over 20 pounds ) usually makes the effort worthwhile to an avid catfisher.

While in his youth an avid reader of the works of the nationalist writer Maurice Barrès, Blum had little interest in politics until the Dreyfus Affair of 1894, which had a traumatic effect on him as it did on many French Jews.

While he is an avid hedonist who is fond of drink and leisure, he is also a devout Centauri patriot and would gladly give his life without hesitation to protect the Republic.

While creating this character, Woo was inspired by a police officer who was a strong-willed and tough member of the police force, as well as being an avid drummer.

While working with Lefevre in Meaux, Farel came under the influence of Lutheran ideas and became an avid promoter of them.

While staying in Gévaudan, Fronsac romances Marianne de Morangias ( Émilie Dequenne ), the daughter of a local count, whose brother, Jean-François ( Vincent Cassel ), was also an avid hunter and a world traveler, before losing one arm to a lion in Africa.

While athletic in youth Massino, an avid cook, would become overweight in adulthood.

While there were avid segregationists who declared the federal desegregation laws would not be fulfilled, more practical minds could see the futility and extreme expense of having to create duplicate facilities in every area of advanced education, and the process of integration, which had already begun at a slow pace, now became accelerated.

While his father-in-law had been an active supporter of voting rights and his second wife was a founder of the National Council of Negro Women and an avid advocate for education reform, Gaston himself kept a low political profile through most of the 1940s and 1950s.

While serving in North Norway Fleischer became an avid writer of military manuals and worked continually on developing the Norwegian Defence Forces in line with the special prerequisites caused by the Norwegian nature and society.

He named this place Konark which means “ Essence of the Corners ” While the structure commemorates the victory in the battle against the Muslims, the name Konark commemorates the science of astronomy of which the King was an avid student.

While exploring the desert Bendire, an avid bird enthusiast, spotted a bird that was unfamiliar to him.

While virtually the entire population of the country are avid football fans and players, it is estimated that 90 % of Argentinians have not seen a pato match, and there are only a few thousand players of the game.

While at Fort Lewis, Elder had the good fortune to be under the command of Colonel John Gleaster who was an avid golfer.

While other fierce Hindu goddesses like Kali are depicting severing the heads of demons and are associated with ritual self-decapitation, Chhinnamasta's motif also reverses ritual head-offering, in which she offers her own head to the devotees ( attendants ) to feed them.

While Sarada Devi remained completely in the background, her unassuming, warm personality attracted some female devotees to become her lifelong companions.

The Chief Priest and Trustee Vedamoorthi Jayarama Acharya, the dedicated man behind the developments, Brahmakalashas, Renovations since last six decades was presented the Mahaprasada and ARCHAKA RATHNA award by the devotees from all over through Sri Bheemeshwara Joshi, Dharmakartha of Horanadu Sri Annapoorneshwari Kshetrha While releasing the Book Titled Maasada Nenapugalu, the Biography of Sri Jayarama Acharya connected with sri Durgaparameshwari temple on 5 February 2006.

While his service to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, helping devotees seeking the Mother's blessings, and various other tasks, took up much of his time, he still found time to paint, and he was encouraged in this by the Mother.

While imitation of Prabhupada was criticised, despite these warnings, specifically by Satsvarupa dasa Goswami, such imitation sometimes resulted in curious side-effects and many devotees adopted Prabhupada ’ s mannerisms.

While Parsons pursued his own solo career and took many members of the Project on the road for the first time in a successful worldwide tour, Woolfson went on to produce musical plays influenced by the Project's music.

While Italian by birth, Salieri had lived in imperial Vienna for almost 60 years and was regarded by such people as the music critic Friedrich Rochlitz as a German composer.

" While his one-time acolytes The Rolling Stones and Cream made the front pages of music magazines all over the world, Korner was relegated to the role of ' elder statesman '.

While the types of basslines performed by the bassist vary widely from one style of music to another, the bassist fulfills a similar role in most types of music: anchoring the harmonic framework and laying down the beat.

The Allmusic review by Marc Gilman awarded the album 4½ stars noting that " While some compositions retain their original structure and sound, some are expanded and probed by Zorn's arrangements, and resemble avant-garde classical music more than jazz.

While some suggest that he was overshadowed by Mozart and Beethoven, it would be difficult to overstate Haydn's centrality to the new style, and therefore to the future of Western art music as a whole.

While it ’ s true that the top television and film actors have become movie and television stars, musicians and pop singers that become pop stars, or athletes that become sports stars often become celebrities, the other professionals that play a more peripheral role in the entertainment sphere, such as television, music, and film directors and producers, screenwriters, playwrights, and animators are less likely to attain celebrity status ( albeit there are some exceptions, such as directors Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and animator Seth MacFarlane ).

While there were still a number of loud / fast songs, much of the music featured an eclectic mix of instruments including trumpets and synthesizers.

While music and the approach to missionary work were the most visible issues, there were also some deeper ones.

While he gained international renown for leading a Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra, he is best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American TV series I Love Lucy, starring with Lucille Ball, to whom he was married at the time.

While playing in thumb position, few players use the fourth ( little ) finger, as it is too weak to produce a reliable tone ( this is also true for cellists ), although some extreme chords or extended techniques, especially in contemporary music, may necessitate its use.

While amplification is rarely used in classical music, in some cases where a bass soloist performs a concerto with a full orchestra, subtle amplification called acoustic enhancement may be used.

While many of these names were leading figures to the music public of their time, they are generally unknown by contemporary audiences.

While the upright bass is still occasionally used in country music, the electric bass has largely replaced its bigger cousin in country music, especially in the more pop-infused country styles of the 1990s and 2000s, such as new country.

While he often claimed an inability to read music, he was quite the conductor and was said to have perfect pitch.

While contemporary folk music is a genre generally distinct from traditional folk music, in English it shares the same name, and it often shares the same performers and venues as traditional folk music.

While the loss of traditional folk music in the face of the rise of popular music is a worldwide phenomenon, it is not one occurring at a uniform rate throughout the world.

While even many tribal cultures are losing traditional folk music and folk cultures, the process is most advanced " where industrialization and commercialisation of culture are most advanced ".

While many neighborhood clubs closed their doors permanently, Manhattan clubs that played freestyle music began to thrive.

While Brooks's musical style placed him squarely within the boundaries of country music, he was strongly influenced by the 1970s singer-songwriter movement, especially the works of James Taylor ( whom he idolized and named his first child after ) and Dan Fogelberg.