Search results for "Interest" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • his facility for line with a growing interest in expressive color. He also ceased to paint individual portraits and began instead to paint generalized ...
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  • laborer. He owed his education to the interest excited in some wealthy ... Laplace took an interest in the affairs of the French Revolution. ...
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  • in terms of faith, this outward expression of interest in spiritual growth reflects an interesting fact about some of the founders of the modern evolutionary ...
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  • There was a great deal of public interest in the paintings at Lascaux, and the caves drew a great number of visitors. Included among those fascinated ...
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  • Diogenes had little interest in science, metaphysics, theoretical philosophy, or the syllogisms and sophisms which were common among philosophers ...
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  • as extracurricular programs to foster interest and knowledge of gardening ... in his father's garden, developed an interest in plants that would later ...
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  • From the time of the European Renaissance, the interest in Sappho's writing has grown, seeing waves of fairly widespread popularity as new ...
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  • uses of language are often of interest to logicians and philosophers. "This sentence is false" is an example of the famous liar paradox: ...
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  • force9.co.uk/thrnsites.htm "Some Places of Interest in Tehran"] Retrieved September 17, 2007 Today, modern goods are available as well, in ...
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  • Their existence, and the continuing interest in the process of mummification ... More recently, science has also taken interest in mummies. Bob Brier ...
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  • met Rimsky-Korsakov's son, and his interest in composition grew as he ... (Fireworks). His music sparked the interest of Sergei Diaghilev, who ...
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  • this time, Webster took a more active interest in politics. Raised by an ... to regulate, and to sacrifice the interest of another." ...
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  • Choralis Constantinus of Heinrich Isaac. This interest in early music would greatly influence his compositional technique in later years. ...
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  • In the last few decades there has been renewed interest in Hamann amongst philosophers, theologians, and German studies scholars around the world. ...
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  • Of particular interest to biblical scholars is Jethro's role as a "priest of Midian" and his identification in Judges 4:11 as ...
    13 KB (2,051 words) - 02:58, 1 August 2022
  • films sparked the first major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts ... nutrition seriously, and developed an interest in health foods and high ...
    24 KB (3,867 words) - 16:58, 29 April 2020
  • The late 1980s recession and high interest rates saw the government ... Hawke had a life-long interest in fostering harmony between nations ...
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  • Akbar gained a reputation for justice and for interest in the welfare ... ” Some assume that Akbar's interest was mainly political, to ...
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  • storing, and maintaining books that are of interest to a an individual collector. The love of books is bibliophilia, and someone who loves to read, admire ...
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  • There has been a steady revival of interest in his compositions over the course of the twentieth century. Works by Alkan have been recorded ...
    11 KB (1,744 words) - 00:36, 5 December 2023

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