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  2. Student of Fortune - Wikipedia

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    Student of Fortune was a United States -based company that provided an online tutoring marketplace. [1] [2] The company was founded by Sean McCleese in 2006, shortly after graduating from Occidental College. [3] In an interview with The Daily Trojan, McCleese described the way the company's site operated as being similar to eBay. [3]

  3. Dion Fortune - Wikipedia

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    Dion Fortune (born Violet Mary Firth, 6 December 1890 – 6 January 1946) was a British occultist, ceremonial magician, novelist and author. She was a co-founder of the Fraternity of the Inner Light, an occult organisation that promoted philosophies which she claimed had been taught to her by spiritual entities known as the Ascended Masters.

  4. LaFortune Student Center - Wikipedia

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    The LaFortune Student Center serves as one of two student centers at the University of Notre Dame (the other being Duncan Student Center).Commonly known as "LaFortune" or "LaFun," it is a 4-story building of 83,000 square feet that provides the Notre Dame community with a meeting place for social, recreational, cultural, and educational activities.

  5. John Jacob Astor - Wikipedia

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    John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German-born American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor. Astor made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly, by exporting opium into China, and by investing in real estate in or around New York City. He was the first prominent member of the ...

  6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Wikipedia

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    Signature. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [a] [b] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as ...

  7. Warren Buffett - Wikipedia

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    Warren Buffett. Warren Edward Buffett ( / ˈbʌfɪt / BUF-it; born August 30, 1930) [2] is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist who currently serves as the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. As a result of his investment success, Buffett is one of the best-known investors in the world.

  8. O Fortuna - Wikipedia

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    It is a complaint about Fortuna, the inexorable fate that rules both gods and mortals in Roman and Greek mythology . In 1935–36, "O Fortuna" was set to music by German composer Carl Orff as a part of " Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi ", the opening and closing movement of his cantata Carmina Burana. It was first staged by the Frankfurt Opera on 8 ...

  9. The Flesh and the Fiends - Wikipedia

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    Plot. In 1828 Edinburgh Dr. Knox is a highly skilled anatomist who draws large crowds of medical students to his lectures on the human body. Though he is constantly at odds with his stuffy, backwards colleagues, he is highly venerated by his students and believes his duty is to push the medical profession forward.