Orison (other)
Orison may refer to: * An archaic word for prayer * Orison Rudolph Aggrey (1926-2016), United States Ambassador to Senegal, Gambia and Romania * Orison Whipple Hungerford, Jr., birth name of American actor Ty Hardin (born 1930) * Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924), American writer * Orison S. Marden (lawyer) (1896-1975), American lawyer, president of the American Bar Association * "Orison" (''The X-Files''), an episode of ''The X-Files'' * A futuristic recording device in the novel ''Cloud Atlas'' by David Mitchell See also * Orissus Orissus or Orisson (''floruit'' 3rd century BC) was a chief, leader or ruler of the Iberian Oretani. Biography In the historical chronicles, Orissus made his first appearance when he aided the city of Heliké (whose location is unknown) during ...

Prayer
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Orison Rudolph Aggrey
O. Rudolph Aggrey (July 24, 1926 – April 6, 2016) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Senegal, Gambia, and Romania. Early life and career Orison Rudolph Guggisberg Aggrey was born in 1926 in Salisbury, North Carolina as the youngest of four children to Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, an immigrant from the Gold Coast and later the co-Founder of Achimota School, and Rosebud Aggrey (). He graduated in 1946 from Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) as valedictorian and received his master's degree from Syracuse University in 1948. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first Black intercollegiate Greek letter fraternity. From 1947 to 1950, Aggrey was a publicity assistant for the United Negro College Fund. Aggrey tried to join the Foreign Service in 1950, but encountered difficulty despite his high marks on the test. He was able to get a position after George L. P. Weaver, then Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Aff ...
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Ty Hardin
Ty Hardin (born Orison Whipple Hungerford Jr.; January 1, 1930August 3, 2017) was an American actor best known as the star of the 1958 to 1962 American Broadcasting Company, ABC/Warner Brothers Television, Warner Bros. Western (genre), Western television series ''Bronco (TV series), Bronco''. Early life Hardin was born in New York City, but reared in Texas, after his family moved to the capital city of Austin, Texas, Austin when he was six months old. His father, an acoustical engineer, left the family four years later. Hardin graduated in 1949 from Lamar High School (Houston), Lamar High School in Houston. A American football, football scholarship enabled him to attend Blinn College in Brenham, Texas, for one year, and then he went to the Dallas Bible Institute for one semester. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was commissioned after attending Officer Candidate School in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and he became a pilot of Forward Observer O-1 Bird ...
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Orison Swett Marden
Dr. Orison Swett Marden (1848–1924) was an American inspirational author who wrote about achieving success in life and founded '' Success'' magazine in 1897. His writings discuss common-sense principles and virtues that make for a well-rounded, successful life. Many of his ideas are based on New Thought philosophy. His first book, ''Pushing to the Front'' (1894), became an instant best-seller. Marden later published fifty or more books and booklets, averaging two titles per year. Biography The "Bound Out" Orphan Marden was born 11 June 1848 in Thornton Gore, New Hampshire, to Lewis and Martha Marden. When he was three years old, his mother died at the age of 22, leaving Orison and his two sisters in the care of their father, who was a farmer, hunter, and trapper. When Orison was seven years old, his father died from injuries incurred while in the woods. Consequently, the children were shuttled from one guardian to another, with Orison working for five successive fa ...
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Orison may refer to: * An archaic word for prayer * Orison Rudolph Aggrey (1926-2016), United States Ambassador to Senegal, Gambia and Romania * Orison Whipple Hungerford, Jr., birth name of American actor Ty Hardin (born 1930) * Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924), American writer * Orison S. Marden (lawyer) (1896-1975), American lawyer, president of the American Bar Association * "Orison" (''The X-Files''), an episode of ''The X-Files'' * A futuristic recording device in the novel ''Cloud Atlas'' by David Mitchell See also * Orissus Orissus or Orisson (''floruit'' 3rd century BC) was a chief, leader or ruler of the Iberian Oretani. Biography In the historical chronicles, Orissus made his first appearance when he aided the city of Heliké (whose location is unknown) during ...

Orison (The X-Files)
"Orison" is the seventh episode of the seventh season of the science fiction television series ''The X-Files''. It premiered on the Fox network in the United States on January 9, 2000. It was written by Chip Johannessen, directed by Rob Bowman, and featured guest appearances by Nick Chinlund and Scott Wilson. The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. In addition, "Orison" serves as a sequel, and brings closure, to the second season episode " Irresistible", with Chinlund reprising his role as Donnie Pfaster. "Orison" earned a Nielsen household rating of 9.4, being watched by 15.63 million people in its initial broadcast. The episode received mixed reviews from critics, with some criticizing the final scene featuring Scully killing Pfaster, calling it a betrayal of characterization. The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, cal ...
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Cloud Atlas (novel)
''Cloud Atlas'', published in 2004, is the third novel by British author David Mitchell. The book combines metafiction, historical fiction, contemporary fiction and science fiction, with interconnected nested stories in different writing styles that take the reader from the remote South Pacific in the 19th century to the island of Hawaii in a distant post-apocalyptic future. Its title references a piece of music by Toshi Ichiyanagi. It received awards from both the general literary community and the speculative fiction community, including the British Book Awards Literary Fiction award and the Richard & Judy Book of the Year award, it was also short-listed for the Booker Prize, Nebula Award for Best Novel, and Arthur C. Clarke Award. A film adaptation directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer, and featuring an ensemble cast, was released in 2012. Plot summary The book consists of six nested stories; each is read or observed by the protagonist of the next, progressing in t ...
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