She read avidly and took long walks amongst a natural environment that inspired her greatly.

Initially, Waronker looked after the acts that Warner Bros. took over when they bought Autumn Records for $ 10, 000, but during the year he also avidly pursued rising Los Angeles band Buffalo Springfield although, much to his and Ostin's chagrin, the band was ultimately signed by Atlantic Records, which was soon to be purchased by Warner Bros. Records.

His glamorous and violent life was avidly followed by the media, culminating with his trial and conviction for the murder of his mistress.

Gorey was also an unashamed pop-culture junkie, avidly following soap operas and television comedies like Petticoat Junction and Cheers, and he had particular affection for dark genre series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Batman: The Animated Series and The X-Files ; he once told an interviewer that he so enjoyed the Batman series that it was influencing the visual style of one of his upcoming books.

These models, the first commercial vehicles in the series since the ' 50s, were eagerly greeted and avidly collected by collectors ; the concept was quickly expanded to include limited runs of models made only for specific countries ( Arnott's Biscuits, Sunlight Seife ) or at the specific request of companies such as Nestle's Milk, Taystee Bread, or Harrod's department store.

Critic Dave Marsh suggests it is this moment that gives the recording greatness: " went for it so avidly you'd have thought he'd spotted the jugular of a lifelong enemy, so crudely that, at that instant, Ely sounds like Donald Duck on helium.

The Great Belt is home to some popular fish: flatfish, sea trout, cod, mackerel and garfish, which are fished avidly for sport and for sale.

At the same time, he dreamed about becoming a writer and read avidly, being much influenced by Jack London's Martin Eden and Mika Waltari's guidebook for aspiring writers.

The magazines Collier's Weekly ( USA ) and The Strand ( UK ) pushed Conan Doyle avidly, offering to continue the Sherlock Holmes series for a generous salary.

As a boy, Grinnell had avidly read Ornithological Biography, a seminal work by the great bird painter John James Audubon ; he also attended a school for boys conducted by Lucy Audubon.

Shamans, or curanderas would avidly ingest the " sacred mushrooms " for the extrasensory perceptual effects it gave them in order to better assess problems faced in their society.

These dogs love interaction with humans and are suitable pets for active families who will give them an outlet for their considerable energy ; in this regard some competitively trained GSPs are walking dynamos ; they must be avidly run multiple times a week.

During World War I, most of the National Liberals, including such leaders of their left wing as Gustav Stresemann, avidly supported the expansionist goals of the imperial government, although they also called for reform at home.

In 1793 he became involved in and eventually the leader of a strike of leather-breeches makers, and was refused work for several years by London's master tailors ; he exploited this time by reading avidly and widely.

Their accredited facilities follow high standards and a rigid application processes to ensure that the animals under their care are avidly cared for and maintained.

Eager for a regal title to call her own, Rubinstein pursued the handsome youth avidly ; coming to name a male cosmetics line after her youthful prized catch.

The article is sometimes blamed for causing the incumbent Democratic President, Martin Van Buren, whom Brownson avidly supported, to lose the 1840 Presidency to William Henry Harrison.

Blesbok are extinct in their natural habitat, but they have increased in population to the point where they are now very abundant and avidly farmed, because they are popular quarry for hunters and are easy to sustain.

She was known for her athletic abilities and she avidly participated in a variety of sports, including track and field, cross country running, and soccer, with soccer being her favourite.

Henceforth, this form was avidly promoted by the People's Republic of China for general exercise, and was also taught to internees in Communist " re-education " camps.

The phenomenon of giving a high value to ancient artifacts is found in other cultures, notably China, where Chinese ritual bronzes, three to two thousand years old, have been avidly collected and imitated for centuries, and the Pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica, where in particular the artifacts of the earliest Olmec civilization are found reburied in significant sites of later cultures up to the Spanish Conquest.

The then Czech president, Václav Havel, who lived for decades next to the site, had avidly supported this project, hoping that the building would become a center of cultural activity.

Reflecting later in Birthday Letters, Hughes commented that early on he could see chasms of difference between himself and Plath, but that in the first years of their marriage they both felt happy and supported, avidly pursuing their writing careers.

A considerable number of Confederate covers ( i. e. stamped-addressed envelope ) survived the Civil War and through the many years since they were mailed and have been avidly sought after and preserved by historians and collectors alike.

Indeed, Dushenka was a major influence on young Pushkin, who avidly read the poem during his Lyceum years but later discarded Bogdanovich's verse as immature.

During high school, he began to avidly read Mad magazine, which was then edited by Harvey Kurtzman ; this later influenced his work.

Since then, his glamorous and, sometimes, violent life was avidly followed by the media.

According to an article by Martin A. Lee in the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report, in 1977 David Duke, then married with two children, pursued female sex partners so avidly and so openly that it embarrassed many of his closest colleagues.

During this period, he read avidly and formed his political views.

Attitudes in the Bloomsbury Group, in which Keynes was avidly involved, were relaxed about homosexuality.

He read avidly on botany and often wrote observations on this topic into his journal.

He began to read avidly Chen Duxiu's progressive and left-leaning magazine, New Youth.

During World War II, wealthy Dutchmen, wanting to prevent a sellout of Dutch art to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, avidly bought van Meegeren's forgeries.

Caroline's intellect far outstripped her husband's, and she read avidly.

" Anne ’ s masques, scaling unprecedented heights of dramatic staging and spectacle, were avidly attended by foreign ambassadors and dignitaries and functioned as a potent demonstration of the English crown ’ s European significance.

Despite radio's relucatance to play American soul / R & B originals, these styles were avidly adopted by local performers however and covers of soul / R & B standards were staples in the setlists of many acts including Max Merritt and the Meteors, Doug Parksinon, Jeff St John, The Groop, The Groove, The Twilights, Renee Geyer and many others.

Instituted by Diocletian, it was avidly pursued by Galerius who noticed that Constantius was well disposed towards the Christians, and saw it as a method of advancing his career prospects with the aging Diocletian.

Upon his return to Britain he became a vocal Soviet sympathiser who avidly read the Daily Worker ( the publication of the Communist Party of Great Britain ), although was heavily critical of some of the Soviet government's policies, in particular the Molotov – Ribbentrop Pact that they made with Nazi Germany.

Dr. Thomas, the first doctor in Kalamazoo County and a Quaker who avidly supported and led abolitionist efforts in Michigan, first built the house in 1835 on the corner of Cass St. and Centre St.

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From the beginning, Christmas cards have been avidly collected.

Debate continues among radio buffs in the eastern U. S. as to which of Kaye's two versions of " War of the Worlds " was the best, but both have been recorded and avidly collected by aficionados of classic radio programming.