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Bertrand Russell was born on 18 May 1872 at Trellech, Monmouthshire, Wales, into an aristocratic English family. His paternal grandfather, John Russell, the 1st Earl Russell, had been Prime Minister in the 1840s and 1860s, and was the second son of the 6th Duke of Bedford. The Russells had been prominent for several centuries in Britain, and were one of Britain's leading Whig (Liberal) families. Russell's mother Kate (nee Stanley) was also from an aristocratic family, and was the sister of Rosalind Howard, Countess of Carlisle. Russell's par ...

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Griffith has been called the father of film grammar. Few scholars still hold that his "innovations" really began with him, but Griffith was a key figure in establishing the set of codes that have become the universal backbone of film language. He was particularly influential in popularizing "cross-cutting" - using film editing to alternate between different events occurring at the same time - in order to build suspense. That being said, he still used many elements from the "primitive" style of movie-making that predated classical Hollywood's continuity system, such as frontal staging, exaggerated gestures, minimal camera m ...

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Boston Bruins - Current Squad. As of January 6, 2006 [1] Boston Bruins - Hall of Famers. Marty Barry Bobby Bauer Leo Boivin Raymond Bourque Frank Brimsek Johnny Bucyk Gerry Cheevers Dit Clapper Sprague Cleghorn Roy Conacher Bill Cowley Cy Denneny Woody Dumart Phil Esposito Fernie Flaman Frank Fredrickson Busher J ...

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Boston Bruins - The Pre-War years. In 1924, at the convincing of Boston grocery magnate Charles Adams, the NHL decided to expand into the United States. As a long-time hockey hotbed, Boston was a natural for the NHL's first genuine expansion team. Adams and his family would own the team for most of the next fifty years, and his club, which he named the Bruins, finished last in the league in their first season but garnered overwhelming fan support. The color scheme of brown and gold (in later years changing ...

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At war's end he gave up the exchequer for the less demanding sinecure office of Lord Privy Seal, but remained Leader of the Commons. In 1921, ill health forced his resignation as Tory leader and Leader of the Commons in favor of Austen Chamberlain. His departure weakened the hardliners in the cabinet who were opposed to negotiating with the IRA, and the Anglo-Irish War ended in the summer. He returned in October 1922 to become Prime Minister when Tory backbenchers led by Stanley Baldwin forced the Conservatives to leave Lloyd George's coalit ...

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For a full list of Ministerial office holders, see Conservative Government 1922-1924 Andrew Bonar Law - Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons Lord Cave - Lord Chancellor Lord Salisbury - Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Lord Cecil of Chelwood - Lord Privy Seal Stanley Baldwin - Chancellor of the Exchequer William Clive Bridgeman - Secretary of State for the Home Department Lord Curzon of Kedleston - Secretary of State f ...

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As well as rooms for accommodation, the buildings of Christ Church include the cathedral (which also acts as the college chapel), a great hall, two libraries, two bars, and common rooms for dons, graduates and undergraduates. There are also gardens and a neighbouring sportsground and boat-house. Accommodation is provided for all undergraduates, and for some graduates, although some accommodation is off-site. Accommodation is generally spacious with most rooms equipped with sinks and fridges. Many undergraduate rooms comprise 'sets' of ...

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Before formal Hall each evening, the following Latin grace is recited by a scholar of the House: Nōs miserī hominēs et egēnī, prō cibīs quōs nōbis ad corporis subsidium benignē es largītus, tibi, Deus omnipotēns, Pater cælestis, grātiās reverenter agimus; simul obsecrantēs, ut iīs sobriē, modestē atque grātē ūtāmur. Per Iēsum Christum Dominum nostrum. The remaining words of the full grace replace Per I ...

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