- An
avocation is an
activity that
someone engages in as a
hobby outside their main occupation.
There are many
examples of
people whose professions were...
- French 'one who loves') is
generally considered a
person who
pursues an
avocation independent from
their source of income.
Amateurs and
their pursuits are...
- Jill St. John (born Jill
Arlyn Oppenheim;
August 19, 1940) is an
American retired actress. She is best
known for
playing Tiffany Case, the
first American...
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occurrences would result in his men
treating such
women as
those "plying
their avocation in the streets",
implying that they
would treat the
women like prostitutes...
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strenuous lifestyle. He was
homeschooled and
began a
lifelong naturalist avocation before attending Harvard College. His book The
Naval War of 1812 established...
- A
treasure hunter is a
person who, as
either a
vocation or
avocation,
searches for sunken, buried, lost, or
hidden treasure and
other artifacts. Giovanni...
- that is able to "put a
significant amount of time and
effort into
their avocations and find ways to use
their multiple interests to
inform their vocations"...
-
Pauli once
remarked to me that
Oppenheimer seemed to
treat physics as an
avocation and
psychoanalysis as a vocation. —
Isidor Isaac Rabi Oppenheimer's diverse...
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while others aspire to
support themselves in this way or
write as an
avocation. Most
novelists struggle to have
their debut novel published, but once...
- "a medium-sized fish in a
large pond." His only
significant athletic avocation was
downhill skiing,
which he
pursued enthusiastically with
stolen equipment...
