He told The Bee in 1996 that he had made a pile of his shoes, sweatsuits and javelins, poured kerosene over them and set them afire.
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The movie came out at the end of 1989, won four Oscars (best picture, actress, adapted screenplay, makeup), got besotted reviews and made a pile of money.
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Seal script remained the norm for inscriptions and some coins of highly regarded calligraphy were produced. However, the general coinage was of a very poor quality. In 465, permission was granted for the people to mint coins. A thousand of these "goose eye" coins which resulted made a pile less than high.
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Skillman, vol. 2, pg. 20 The second burning of Pardee Hall occurred on December 18, 1897, as an act out of revenge by disgruntled professor George H. Stephens. Stephens had made a pile of chairs, books, and other materials in the biology department, and then used gas and matches to set the pile aflame.
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Inquirer 28 November 1849, p.3. To complete the job, Solomon Cook is credited with having made a pile driving machine or monkey from colonial materials which was larger than usual, being 8 feet square. Unfortunately the Superintendent of Works, Henry Trigg formed the view that some of the piles had not been driven correctly and had to be corrected. The cost of doing this was deducted from Cook’s fee.
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Early colonists and missionaries utilised the concept of cannibalism in Fiji to give a moral imperative for colonialism. By labelling native Fijian customs as debased and primitive, they were able to promote a narrative that Fiji was a "paradise wasted on savage cannibals". Stories during the 19th century, such as that regarding Ratu Udre Udre who is said to have consumed 872 people and to have made a pile of stones to record his achievement,Sanday, Peggy Reeves (1986) Divine hunger: cannibalism as a cultural system , Cambridge University Press, p. 166, IBNS 0521311144.
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John Low, "The Mystery of Linden's Lonely Gravestone: who was John Donohoe?" pp 26-33 It is also near Caley's Repulse, a mound of rocks in the shape of a pyramid that was believed to have been constructed by Aborigines. However, some sources maintain that this is a fallacy and that the pile of rocks actually date back to 1912, when a group from the Royal Australian Historical Society made a pile of rocks in the wrong place.How to See the Blue Mountains, Jim Smith (Second Back Row Press) 1986, p.70 Other nearby attractions include King's Cave and Linden Observatory.
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When he heard of it, Kim Yushin made a pile of dry logs and twigs in the garden outside of his house and set it on fire for the Queen to see. High up on the mountain, the Queen noticed the black smoke that was coming from Yushin's residence area, and asked those accompanying her if they knew the reason. No one dared to answer her, but simply looked at one another in embarrassment. When the Queen pressed on the issue, she finally learned from them about the rumor of Munhee's pregnancy out of wedlock and that Kim Yushin might burn her to death because of it.
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