Sentence examples for joan from inspiring English sources

Joan: The Bogart Foundation.

At 49, earnest and nervous, a scientist and a mother, she brought to mind the pioneering heroism of a Madame Curie, the dogged faith of a Joan of Arc.

In the mid 1950s, Joan had discovered the delights of pottery and she became an accomplished and highly individual ceramicist and, later, collage-maker, her home becoming crammed with her own objects, which she delighted in sharing with visitors.

"Surely life is about doing the best you can with the chances your background presents you with," Dame Joan argued, "and an honour is recognition you have done that".

On July 10 renowned conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Lady Joan died together in the Zurich clinic which has helped more than 115 people from the UK to commit suicide since it was founded in 1998.

I also loved Jerzy Kawalerowicz's films: Night Train, Mother Joan of the Angels and in particular Pharaoh, which had a fresh approach to the historical picture.

Joan Rivers - the questionnaire: way back in 1997, the Guardian's Weekend magazine quizzed the comedian on the Royal Family, Marlon Brando and silicone.

She has just finished filming a one-hour special for ITV called Joan Does Glamour, in which she uses her "knowledge of beauty, grooming, glamour and style to help three women get ready for particular events".

Any woman who hopes to achieve damehood with a minimum of inner torment will want to study Joan Collins, whose foremost political acts appear to be her contributions to the Spectator and occasional outbursts against the modern world.

After the success of A Taste of Honey, Joan Littlewood tried to offer her young playwright concrete guidance.

"I would venture a guess that hitting a kid with a stick would be considered chargeable in almost any state," said Joan Meier, a professor of clinical law at George Washington University.