Waifs and Strays, Part 1 [with Biographical Introduction]

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William Sydney Porter lends the pen name "O. Henry" to surprise endings signed officially as Sydney Porter. His biography shows where he found inspiration for his characters. Their voices and his language were products of his era. He was born Greensboro, North Carolina. When he was three years old, his mother died from tuberculosis. He left school at fifteen, worked five years in his uncle's d William Sydney Porter lends the pen name "O.

He left school at fifteen, worked five years in his uncle's drugstore, then for two years at a Texas sheep ranch. In he went to Austin where he worked in a real estate office, a church choir, and spent four years as a draftsman in the General Land Office. His wife and firstborn died, but daughter Margaret survived him. After he failed to establish a small humorous weekly, he worked in poorly-run bank.

When its accounts did not balance, he was blamed for it, and fired.

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Rudolf led a deputation to Archibald Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury to put forward a plan for the establishment of Church of England children's homes as an alternative to the large workhouses and orphanages common at that time. A young waif steals a pair of boots A waif from the Old French guaif, "stray beast" [1] is a living creature removed, by hardship, loss or other helpless circumstance, from its original surroundings.

The most common usage of the word is to designate a homeless, forsaken or orphaned child, or someone whose appearance is evocative of the same. As such, the term is similar to a ragamuffin or street urchin, although the main distinction is volitional: Likewise, a person fleeing their home for purposes of safety as in response to political oppression or natural disaster , is typically considered not a waif but a refugee.

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In later centuries, the expression "waifs and strays" came to be used as metaphors for — and ultimately became synonymous with — abandoned or neglected children. The Companion to British History. Plotz, Judith Ann Waifs and Strays also may refer to: It was released on 7 August and reached number 52 on the UK Albums Chart[5] and number 81 on the Dutch albums chart. Almond has described the recording process of this album as one of "conflict" between himself and producer Kraushaar.

Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in His parents were Dr. William's parents had married on April 20, When William was three, his mother died after birthing her third child, and he and his father moved into the home of his paternal grandmother.

Waifs and Strays, Part I

As a child, Porter was always reading, everything from classics to dime novels; his favorite works were Lane's translation of One Thousand and One Nights and Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy. He then enrolled at the Lindsey Street High School. His aunt continued to tutor him unt Such excommunication may not be cancelled until the culprit refunds all freights incurred to raise the baby. Former Jewish orphanage in Berlin-Pankow St. Nicholas Orphanage in Novosibirsk, Russia Historically, an orphanage was a residential institution, or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and other children who were separated from their biological families.

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Whilst almost every Soft Cell single To that date was included in the package, the compilers opted to overlook all of Almond's solo and Mambas work up to except McNabb's first book, an autobiography entitled Merseybeast, was published in October At 18 months old he contracted pneumonia, leaving him with a damaged left lung. He had a brief stint as a child model, and a resultant photo was later featured on the album art of Potency: The Best of Ian McNabb. A Space Odyssey as a child, McNabb has been an avid space-enthusiast. He has also been a supporter of Liverpool F. McNabb cites his earliest musical influences as being f A sonicator at the Weizmann Institute of Science during sonication Sonication is the act of applying sound energy to agitate particles in a sample, for various purposes such as the extraction of multiple compounds from plants, microalgae and seaweeds.

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The Murrays were a hard-working, upright, working-class family, and comparisons could be drawn between them and the earlier Grant family, with Steve filling a similar role to that of Barry Grant Paul Usher. Affair with Georgia In , Steve begins an affair with a married woman, Georgia. When her husband finds out he posts a compromising video of them on the internet.

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