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  2. Stanley Kowalski - Wikipedia

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    Blanche tells Stella but Stanley lies to his wife and denies Blanche's claim. Weeks later, Stella has Blanche committed to a mental institution at Stanley's insistence. In the original play, Stella refuses to allow herself to believe Blanche (with the support of Eunice Hubbell) and stays with Stanley, although she seems to need to convince herself.

  3. Stella Cartwright - Wikipedia

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    Letters from Goodsir Smith to Stella can be found in archives along with poems 'Seal Sang’ and ‘Christmas Carol 1966’ addressed to her. [11] George Mackay Brown wrote Stella a birthday poem every year for the rest of her life. Cartwright struggled with alcoholism throughout her adult life [12] and died prematurely in 1985 at the age of 47 ...

  4. Esther Johnson - Wikipedia

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    Esther Johnson (13 March 1681 – 28 January 1728) was an Englishwoman known to have been a close friend of Jonathan Swift, known as "Stella".Whether or not she and Swift were secretly married, and if so why the marriage was never made public, is a subject of debate.

  5. The Wrench - Wikipedia

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    The story, one of many in the book, is about troubleshooting, and the forensic investigation skills needed to solve industrial problems. The skills include being able to assess the facts of a failure, analyse them in the light of the product design, and once the root cause has been identified, act to correct the mistake or mistakes so as to ...

  6. Stanley and the Women (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The first, Dr. Collings, is female and too liberated for Stanley; and the second, Dr. Nash, seems to be more interested in drinking than helping his son. A doctor's suggestion that all women are mad becomes an increasing obsession with Stanley (in parallel with Steve's increasing insanity) culminating in outbursts of offensive misogynistic bigotry.

  7. History by Contract - Wikipedia

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    The book focuses on a 1948 agreement between the Smithsonian Institution and the estate of Orville Wright, which stipulates that the Smithsonian, as a condition of owning and displaying the 1903 Wright Flyer, must recognize and label it as the first heavier-than-air machine to make a manned, powered, controlled and sustained flight.

  8. Robert Harris’s Precipice, reviewed: it’s an injustice this ...

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    Robert Harris’s enthralling new novel may be one of his three best, and I write as someone who has read virtually all 16 of them. There was 1992’s Fatherland, imagining a world where the Nazis ...

  9. S Is for Stanley - Wikipedia

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    It depicts the relationship between celebrated director Stanley Kubrick and his personal chauffeur and assistant, Emilio D'Alessandro. It was produced by Kinethica and Lock And Valentine. [1] [2] It is based on D'Alessandro's autobiography Stanley Kubrick and Me. [3] The film won the 2016 David di Donatello Award for Best Documentary. [2]