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The recent death of the actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, a pretty woman who attained remarkable fame based on a broad foundation of absolutely nothing but a genius for self-promotion (which may, these days, be everything), brings to mind how much things have changed.
Hit songs like "Down at the Twist and Shout," "I Feel Lucky" and especially "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" (a feminist anthem she wrote with Don Schlitz of "The Gambler" fame based on a line she first heard in a Geritol commercial) established Ms. Carpenter as a first-rate folk/pop/country singer and songwriter.
Instead of weighing a scientist's fame based on his or her citation history or prestigious award commendations, the Gonzo Scientist has teamed up the Harvard University's Adrian Veres to create a Science Hall of Fame that relies on a more literal measure of influence: the number of times scientists' names have appeared in books over the past two centuries.
She claims it is about how "whoever you are or where[ver] you live – you can self-proclaim this inner fame based on your personal style, and your opinions about art and the world, despite being conscious of it," and also about her experiences as a struggling artist working in the Lower East Side.
If the plot doesn't sound amazing enough on it's own, it's being directed by Paul Verhoeven (of Showgirls and that movie where the woman gets a bucket of shit poured over her head fame) based on a screenplay written by David Loughery (of that movie where Beyonce sends people threatening emoticons fame).
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A simple, rapid and fairly selective method for the preparation of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) based on anion exchange resin Amberlite IRA-904 catalyzed transesterification of vegetable oil/fat with iodomethane has been described.
Standard curves were used to quantify FAMEs based on integrated chromatogram peak area using Agilent MassHunter Qualitative Analysis software.
Hers is a fame based not only on sheer doggedness, a quality held in high esteem by Koreans, but also on the universal human sympathy for a monumental -- and in her case, cheerful -- loser.
Briefly, FA methyl esters (FAME) were separated on a GC-3900 gas chromatograph (Varian, Middelburg, the Netherlands) equipped with a 100 m × 0.25 mm ID WCOT-fused silica capillary column and flame ionisation detector with separation of FAME peaks based on mixed FAME standards (Sigma Aldrich, St Louis, MO, USA).
Our definition of fame was based on a number one album in the UK, so our conclusions only hold for musicians famous in the UK.
Perhaps, this person added, someone ought to invent celebrity Shazam, a fame app based on the music identification service available on cellphones.
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