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William Playfair (22 September 1759 – 11 February 1823) was a Scottish engineer and political economist. [1] The founder of graphical methods of statistics, [2] Playfair invented several types of diagrams: in 1786 he introduced the line, area and bar chart of economic data, and in 1801 he published what were likely the first pie chart and circle graph, used to show part-whole relations. [3]
Scoundrel, a 1996 romance novel by Elizabeth Elliott; Scoundrel, a 2022 book by Sarah Weinman; Scoundrel, a 2004 novel by Bernard Cornwell; Scoundrels, a 2017 novel by Duncan Crowe and James Peak; Star Wars: Scoundrels, a 2013 novel by Timothy Zahn
Lt. Commander Data is motivated to explore the concept of humor after meeting Okona. Prompted by Guinan, Data uses the holodeck to generate a comedy club setting and stand-up comic (played by Joe Piscopo) as his adviser but when he performs in front of the holographic audience, he is dismayed to find that they laugh at anything he says or does ...
Wired criticized the excessive number of characters but overall the novel was called "a fun ride" and "easy to enjoy". [4] SFX gave a score of 3 out of 5 and concluded: "Forced nods to the original trilogy, diminishing new content.
School for Scoundrels (also known as School for Scoundrels Or How to Win without Actually Cheating) is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Robert Hamer (and, uncredited, Cyril Frankel and Hal E. Chester) [1] and starring Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Janette Scott and Alastair Sim. [4]
The Scoundrel had its copyright renewed in 1962 (R297413 25 Jun 62) and for several years has been available via unauthorized VHS and DVD copies. In March 2008, the Noël Coward Society screened a 16mm copy of the film at the Paley Center for Media in New York City. (Renewal notice in Minus and Hale, Film Superlist, vol. 8, p. 747)
Star Wars Outlaws is a 2024 action-adventure game developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft.Set in the Star Wars universe between the events of The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), the story follows Kay Vess, a young scoundrel who assembles a team for a massive heist in order to escape a crime syndicate. [1]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Frank Oz and produced by Bernard Williams.It is a remake of the 1964 film Bedtime Story, whose co-writers Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning received screen credit for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, along with writer Dale Launer.