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Examples
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How she would run over the town and walk up to grandfather's at Dorf Ampas, and perhaps even send over to Jenbach, thinking he had taken refuge with Uncle Joachim!
The N�rnberg Stove 1892
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Ampas, and perhaps even send over to Jenbach, thinking he had taken refuge with Uncle Joachim!
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know Various 1880
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But Ampas president Tom Sherak has been aggressively bringing in newer members, and over the last few years the emotional gut-punch movies have not been winning.
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At the same time, however, Ampas has been actively trying to keep its membership at about the 6,000 mark, after a spike in membership in 2003, which means that the sole cause of new memberships is the death of existing members, and the fastest way to get to the top of the invitation list is to get nominated.
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Now 72, Mother Dolores still retains her Academy membership and every year receives copies of the latest Oscar-nominated films from Ampas, thus making her the only fully ordained nun to adjudicate on the oeuvre of Quentin Tarantino.
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The Academy's headquarters are housed in an impassive, mirrored-glass structure on Wilshire Boulevard, suggestive of the fact that Ampas does not like to reveal much about its inner workings.
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The anonymity in which Ampas comes cloaked is a fertile breeding ground for all manner of pride, prejudice and projection.
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MUMBAI: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas) in the US has engaged Radical Media (@radical. media) to produce the film segment that will open the 81st Academy Awards, to be telecast on 22 February.
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Seniman presented more than RM15,000 duit raya gifts to 25 recipients, including TV personality Karim Latiff as well as a host of Jalan Ampas studio (Singapore) veterans Z. Roslee, Ahmad C.,
unknown title 2008
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Seniman presented more than RM15,000 duit raya gifts to 25 recipients, including TV personality Karim Latiff as well as a host of Jalan Ampas studio (Singapore) veterans Z. Roslee, Ahmad C.,
unknown title 2008
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