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    Maximilian Raoul "Max" Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian-born American composer of music for theatre and films. He was a child prodigy who conducted his first operetta when he was twelve and became a full-time professional when he was fifteen. He worked in England and then came to New York to work on Broadway. He moved to Hollywood in 1929 and became one of the first composers to write music scores for films. Steiner is referred to as "the father of film music" and is…

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    story is inspirational because even though she has had many obstacles, she fought her way around them. Fannie Flagg is a gregarious woman with a fascinating early life, courageous personal life, and an extraordinary writing and acting career. Patricia Neal or Fannie Flagg, as we know of her, was born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, on September 21, 1944 (Kingsbury). Flagg showed…

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    Though Roald Dahl was faced with obstacles in his life he was still able to become one of the greatest British authors writing such classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Charlie and the Chocolate factory is a story filled with a little more than just imagination. This story is a story filled with a bit of reality and struggles ROald Dahl had gone through as a child. Dahl you can say was a piece of cake. Roald Dahl was born september 13, 1916 in Landoff, south wales, United Kingdom. He…

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    Patricia Neal, Dahl’s wife, had a stroke which caused her to be paralyzed and she had trouble trying to speak and Dahl’s son was hit by a taxi then got flung onto a bus which shattered his skull. “While working on a film in Hollywood, Miss Neal suffered a stroke that left her paralyzed and speechless. Urged on by her demanding husband, the writer Roald Dahl, she undertook…

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    Indicators: 2.2.13 and 1.1.2 2.2.13 - Smoke-free Market Rate Multi-Unit Housing: The number of jurisdictions with a policy prohibiting smoking in the individual units of market rate multi-unit housing including balconies and patios Who is impacted by the problem (National and state-level data within the last 3 years)? There is a high prevalence of people who smoke at multi-unit housing that attracts people to secondhand smoke. Groups impacted include: Tenants (non-smokers): Tenants living…

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