W. S. Gilbert
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W. S. Gilbert
Sir William Schwenck Gilbertwas an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operasproduced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. The most famous of these include H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado. These, as well as several of the other Savoy operas, continue to be frequently performed in the English-speaking world and beyond by opera companies, repertory companies,...
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The painting is not the hard part; that's actually kind of fun. It's the sanding, scratching, and grinding. I don't like doing that stuff.
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There is going to be a lot of competition for the two starting forward spots this year. It's going to be good.
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There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.
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To construct something as complicated as our bodies, we turn on different genes in muscles, skin, and so on to structure them.
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We can learn about the pattern of evolution by looking at the structure of genes and comparing the structure of proteins.
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The pool has seen dramatically declining use since the mid-1990s. We've been operating in the red, but fewer people are coming each year.
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We're going to have a very strong attacking side that has played together for two years as a unit. We have a lot of firepower up front and a lot of creativity.
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We both really care about the kids, and we're both basketball junkies. And we're trying to teach the skills they can use throughout their life.
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We found historic letters showing that Lord Stanley directed his aid-de-camp to travel to England to purchase the Cup. That was an interesting historical find.
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The only time the commissioner can do that is when there is a substantial health and safety threat. It is a fundamentally different bill than when they started.
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Volunteer fire departments operate on very limited budgets. We wanted to help these local heroes and decided to donate some of our equipment. We are also involved with local ministry programs, donating washers and dryers to help the homeless and unfortunate.
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