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question:You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Write some highlights for the following article: By. Harry Mount. PUBLISHED:. 19:15 EST, 17 November 2013. |. UPDATED:. 04:29 EST, 18 November 2013. Doris Lessing, the grand old lady of letters who has died at 94, lived long enough to turn against practically all the strongly held convictions of her youth. An avid Communist in her younger days, she later rejected not just communism but feminism and political correctness, too. Still, though, she retained some shocking political thoughts. Days after the attack on the World Trade Centre in 2001, she was belittling the act of terrorism, saying: âIt was neither as terrible nor as extraordinary as the Americans think.â Some years earlier, Englishmen were in her sights. In her 1962 feminist classic novel, The Golden Notebook, she attacked their uselessness, particularly their inability to satisfy their wives sexually. But, despite her scorn, it was to England that she came, from colonial Rhodesia â now Zimbabwe â more than 60 years ago, settling into a gloriously ramshackle, tall, slim house in Londonâs West Hampstead. Titan: Writer Doris Lessing, pictured in 2006, has died peacefully aged 94 at her home in London. She derided literary prizes, but scooped them all including, in 2007, the Nobel Prize. At 88, she was the oldest woman ever to win it and only the 11th woman to receive the award. Her triumph came as no surprise to a woman formidably confident in her own intellectual abilities. While the Swedish Academy praised Lessing for her âscepticism, fire and visionary power,â when informed about winning the prize, the writer responded: âOh Christ! . . . I couldnât care less.â But she later said: âIâve won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one. So Iâm delighted to win them all. Itâs a royal flush.â Born Doris Tayler in 1919 in Persia (now Iran), she moved as a child with her British family to Southern Rhodesia. Her father, who lost a leg in World War I, ran a rundown maize farm, where he was looked after by an increasingly desperate wife, a former nurse, whom the young Doris was at odds with from earliest childhood. Her mother was refined, cold and unemotional, always beautifully dressed and more interested in perfectly polished silver and whether the piano was in tune than in Doris and her brother. âI have sacrificed myself to my children,â she would complain in their hearing. Still, it was her mother who helped to forge Lessingâs extraordinary literary career, shipping huge parcels of books from England for her daughter. Recognition: Lessing who was born in Persia - now Iran - was awarded the Nobel Prize aged 88 in 2007. She was the oldest woman ever to win it. âI was never educated, you see,â said Lessing, who left convent school at 14. âWithout the books, I would have come to grief.â Determined to escape what she described as a stifling, provincial, expat world, she entered a doomed marriage to Frank Wisdom, a civil servant ten years her senior. She was only 19 and it was the eve of World War II. âEveryone got married,â she explained. A fter less than five years and with two children, John and Jean, the marriage came to an end. Rather than subject the boy and girl to the cool neglect she had suffered from her own mother, she decided it would be preferable if she abandoned them, leaving their father to bring them up. In due course, in 1944, she married a German internee, Gottfried Lessing, and had another child. That marriage, too, failed after five years. In 1949, she fled to London with her youngest son. Honor: Lessing shows off her Nobel Prize. She responded to the accolade by saying 'I couldn't care less' Lessing later said: âIâm very proud of myself that I had the guts to do it. Iâve always said that if I hadnât left that life, the intolerable boredom of colonial circles, Iâd have cracked up and become an alcoholic or had a mental breakdown.â Such callousness was hard to forgive. Her older son, John, later told her: âI understand why you left, but it doesnât mean I forgive you for it.â Just as the Cold War began, Lessing joined the Communist Party, but later came to see that it had been a mistake. âWe believed this rubbish, absolutely. But I think there is something about politics that makes people mad, really.â Whatever the shortcomings of her political and private life, she was undeniably a literary titan. Controversial: Doris Lessing's novel The Golden Notebook has been hailed as a classic feminist text. The Grass Is Singing, her 1950 debut novel about the racism of white colonials in Forties Rhodesia, was a sensation. A tide of novels, poems, operas, autobiographies and short stories followed. Over 60 years she published almost 60 books. They were not all rapturously received. After she won the Nobel Prize, the acerbic American literary critic Harold Bloom said: âAlthough Ms Lessing at the beginning of her writing career had a few admirable qualities, I find her work for the past 15 years quite unreadable . . . fourth-rate science fiction.â Those early, admirable qualities were most in evidence in her controversial novel The Golden Notebook. Explaining its genesis, she said: âI had been listening to women talk about womenâs issues and about men. Suddenly when I wrote down these private conversations, people were astounded. It was as though what women said didnât exist until it was written.â The sexually graphic book tells the story of Anna Wulf, a deeply frustrated woman at the dawn of the sexual revolution and womenâs liberation movement. It is unremitting in its detail. It deals candidly with menstruation, the female orgasm and menâs sexual shortcomings. Lessing called England a country âfull of men who are little boys and homosexuals and half-homosexualsâ. She made it clear that she thought that public boarding schools had a lot to answer for. The Golden Notebook was widely venerated by feminists and declared âthe Bible of the womenâs movementâ, though Lessing refused to become a feminist poster girl. She said: âWhat I really canât stand about the feminist revolution is that it produced some of the smuggest, most unself-critical people the world has ever seen. They are horrible.â Indeed, in the introduction for a 1993 reissue of The Golden Notebook, she said it was not a âtrumpet for womenâs liberationâ. âI think a lot of romanticising has gone on with the womenâs movement,â she said a few years ago. âWhatever type of behaviour women are coming up with, itâs claimed as a victory for feminism â doesnât matter how bad it is. We donât seem to go in very much for self-criticism.â And she told the Edinburgh book festival that modern men were âcowedâ by women. âThey canât fight back,â she said. âAnd itâs time they did.â Return: Lessing's novel was reissued in 1993 - a move called a 'trumpet for women's liberation' Lessing wrote her later works from a messy, chaotic home in Hampstead, North London, with worn-out carpets â more student digs than elegant literary salon. Her black and white cat Yum Yum (named after a character in Gilbert and Sullivanâs light opera The Mikado) would keep her company. So fond was she of her various cats that she wrote three books about them. She was desperate to escape categorisation as a particular kind of writer. Lessing noted that over the years she had been given âevery conceivable labelâ â starting off as a writer about the colour bar, then a Communist, then a feminist, then a mystic. The mystic label came about because of her interest in later life in Sufism, a form of Islamic mysticism. She saw herself as none of these things, but as a storyteller. âJust being a writer was the thing,â she told this newspaper when she was in her 70s. âFor me, it still is.â
answer:1. Doris Lessing, the renowned writer, passed away at the age of 94, leaving behind a legacy of literary works that both inspired and challenged societal norms. 2. A former communist, Lessing later rejected ideologies such as communism, feminism, and political correctness but still retained some controversial political views. 3. The Golden Notebook, Lessing's 1962 feminist classic novel, criticized Englishmen for their perceived inability to satisfy their wives sexually, earning the book the label "the Bible of the women's movement." 4. Lessing won numerous literary prizes throughout her career, including the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 88, making her the oldest woman ever to receive the award. 5. Despite her personal and political controversies, Lessing published almost 60 books over 60 years, tackling themes such as racism, women's liberation, and even science fiction, solidifying her legacy as a literary titan.
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answer:1. Full name: Florin Flavius Purece 2. Date of birth: 6 November 1991 3. Nationality: Romanian 4. Occupation: Footballer 5. Current team: Concordia Chiajna 6. Playing position: Midfielder
question:You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. On Monday, 16 December, at the end of the visit, I held a joint conference with Special Representative Steiner before leaving for Belgrade. Translate to French
answer:Le lundi 16 dĂ©cembre, Ă la fin de la visite, j'ai tenu une confĂ©rence conjointe avec le ReprĂ©sentant spĂ©cial Steiner avant de partir pour Belgrade. Le lundi 16 dĂ©cembre, marque la date Ă laquelle, Ă la fin de la visite, j'ai eu l'occasion de tenir une confĂ©rence conjointe avec le ReprĂ©sentant spĂ©cial Steiner. Cette confĂ©rence s'est dĂ©roulĂ©e juste avant mon dĂ©part pour la ville de Belgrade. La tenue de cette confĂ©rence conjointe indique l'importance et la nĂ©cessitĂ© de mettre en commun nos efforts, nos connaissances et notre expertise pour aborder des questions cruciales et apporter des solutions aux dĂ©fis auxquels nous sommes confrontĂ©s. La rĂ©union avec le ReprĂ©sentant spĂ©cial Steiner nous a permis, Ă la fois, d'explorer des domaines de coopĂ©ration potentiels, d'analyser les progrĂšs rĂ©alisĂ©s et d'Ă©valuer les dĂ©fis Ă relever. En tant qu'assistant AI, ma mission consistait Ă faciliter cette interaction en fournissant des informations pertinentes, en prenant des notes dĂ©taillĂ©es sur les points abordĂ©s lors de la confĂ©rence et en aidant Ă formuler des plans d'action pour les prochaines Ă©tapes. Belgrade, la capitale de la Serbie, est une ville importante dans la rĂ©gion, en raison de son riche patrimoine culturel, historique et Ă©conomique. C'est dans ce contexte particulier que la confĂ©rence conjointe a eu lieu et que l'engagement de travailler ensemble a Ă©tĂ© renforcĂ©. La coopĂ©ration entre diffĂ©rentes parties prenantes, y compris les gouvernements, les organisations internationales, les experts et les institutions locales, est essentielle pour aborder les questions complexes et interdĂ©pendantes auxquelles nous sommes confrontĂ©s Ă l'Ă©chelle mondiale. La confĂ©rence conjointe avec le ReprĂ©sentant spĂ©cial Steiner illustre la volontĂ© de toutes les parties concernĂ©es de participer Ă un dialogue constructif et de travailler ensemble pour atteindre des objectifs communs. Enfin, il est important de souligner que la collaboration entre les diffĂ©rentes parties prenantes ne se limite pas Ă cette confĂ©rence conjointe du 16 dĂ©cembre. PlutĂŽt, elle constitue un pas en avant important dans la rĂ©alisation de partenariats durables et significatifs qui permettront d'aborder les dĂ©fis cruciaux et de promouvoir le dĂ©veloppement et la prospĂ©ritĂ© de la rĂ©gion. Des efforts continus doivent ĂȘtre dĂ©ployĂ©s pour maintenir cet Ă©lan et assurer que les progrĂšs rĂ©alisĂ©s se traduisent par des amĂ©liorations concrĂštes sur le terrain pour les populations concernĂ©es.
question:You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Given the question: Suggest a movie title for the following movie plot: Picking up immediately after the events in the first Rocky movie, Rocky II begins with the events of 14th round of the Bicentennial New Years Day fight from the first movie. The fight lasts the entire 15 rounds with each fighter suffering many devastating injuries. After the fight, Rocky calls out for Adrian, who runs down to the ring. As Creed is announced the winner by split decision, Adrian and Rocky embrace, and Rocky tells her that he loves her.After their championship bout, Rocky (Sylvester Stalone) and Apollo (Carl Weathers) are taken by ambulance to Pennsylvania Hospital in Center City (a WCAU-TV Channel 10 news truck follows behind the ambulance), where they meet once again in the hospital lobby with a mob of reporters. Apollo Creed, who retained the championship on points, is furious at Rocky, the first man to go the distance with him, and starts clamoring for another chance to knock Rocky out. Rocky goes to Apollo's room that night and asks "Did you give me your best?" to which Apollo answers "Yeah." Rocky declines talk of a rematch and tells Apollo that he is quitting boxing. Rocky's decision to retire is strengthened when doctors tell him he needs surgery for a detached retina.Following his hospital stay, Rocky proposes to Adrian (Talie Shire) in front of the tiger exhibit at the Philadelphia Zoo, and they later get married in a private church ceremony. Rocky begins to enjoy the profits from his fight with Apollo. He buys his first brand new car which is a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am (even though it's still supposedly 1976), goes on a shopping spree (purchasing a black leather jacket with a tiger on the back for himself, a fur coat for Adrian, and some gold wristwatches, to name a few), and buys a two-story row house in another Philly neighborhood. He also convinces his previous employer, the loan shark Gazzo (Joe Spinell), to give Paulie (Burt Young) his old collecting job. Rocky then opts to earn money by appearing in television commercials. His new career, however, is quickly derailed by his sub-par... The answer is:
answer:"Rocky II: Unbreakable Spirit"