"Every particle of the universe . . . affects every other particle, however faintly or obliquely. Everything interconnects with everything. The beating of a butterfly's wings in China can affect the c...
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The son of a theology teacher/management consultant and a nurse, Douglas Adams attended Cambridge University, studying English literature. While at school, he spent much of his time writing sketches f...
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With the publication of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 1979, Douglas Adams both established a cult and became a cult figure. He continued his saga with four more novels--The Restaurant at th...
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Although The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy contains witty action and an amusing storyline, the book also deals with some concerns of contemporary culture. Douglas Adams comically addresses some o...
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Teaching The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Lesson Plans contain 114 pages of teaching material, including:
Six U.S. movie studios have successfully sued the owners of a
Beijing DVD shop for selling pirated copies of their films, state-run
Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.
Beijing Cherry Bl...
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Question 1 of 10:His devoted fans know him as
Peter
Davison
, but what is his real surname?
Moffett
Carlyle
Smithy
Langley
Question 2 of 10:As if in anticipation of his roles as a vet...
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10: Johnny 5We include the cloying, wacky-voiced star of the Short Circuit films only because he was so massive in the late 80s. Which says it all, really.9: The Robot MariaThe first metal celebrit...
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Young
Clive
Clive
Anderson
was born in Middlesex in 1952. The son of a bank manager, he didn't grow up dreaming of a glittering career in comedy or television. Instead he followed an eminently...
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A court ordered a Beijing company on Wednesday to pay 195,000 yuan ($25,000) in damages to six U.S. movie studios for selling pirated DVDs, a court official said, in the latest in a string of lawsu...
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The Great White Way has recently gotten a splash of color and a brand new audience thanks to hip hop pioneers who continue to push the definition of urban beyond our wildest imagination. We can giv...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 2-8:Sept. 2: Actor Meinhardt Raabe (Munchkin coroner in "The Wizard of Oz") is 92. Dancer-actress Marge Champion is 88. Jazz pianist Horace Silver is 79. S...
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After the Academy Awards, Hollywood usually takes a little hiatus until summer, when the studios roll out a weekly parade of stadium-fillers. But in recent years, it's become difficult to pinpoint ...
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Douglas Adams
Douglas (Noel) Adams
Irony in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
U.S. movie studios win case against China firm over counterfeit DVDs
