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| x Climate change |
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An Inconvenient Truth |
Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather over periods of time that range from decades to millions of years. It can be a change in the average weather or a change in the distribution of weather events around an average ...
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| x Military-industrial complex |
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Why We Fight |
Military-industrial complex (MIC) is a concept commonly used to refer to policy relationships between governments, national armed forces, and industrial support they obtain from the commercial sector in political approval for research, development,...
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| x Battle of Iwo Jima |
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Flags of Our Fathers |
The Battle of Iwo Jima (February 19 – March 26, 1945), or Operation Detachment, was a battle in which the United States fought for and captured Iwo Jima (lit. Sulfur Island) from Japan. The battle produced some of the fiercest fighting in the...
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| The Outsider | |||
| Sands of Iwo Jima | |||
| Letters from Iwo Jima | |||
| x GG Allin |
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Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies |
Kevin Michael "GG" Allin (August 29, 1956 – June 28, 1993) was an American punk rock singer-songwriter who performed and recorded with many punk groups during his career. Allin is best remembered for his notorious live performances which typically...
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| x Punk rock |
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SLC Punk! |
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived...
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| Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies | |||
| The Decline of Western Civilization | |||
| x Cyberspace | The Matrix |
Cyberspace (from Greek Κυβερνήτης [kybernētēs] meaning "steersman", "governor", "pilot", or "rudder") is the global domain of electromagnetics as accessed and exploited through electronic technology and the modulation of electromagnetic energy to...
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| Tron | |||
| Johnny Mnemonic | |||
| x The Shining |
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Making "The Shining" |
The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Stephen King's novel of the same name. Though it had mixed reviews from the critics upon its release it was wildly popular with moviegoers and financially...
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| x Order of magnitude | Powers of Ten |
An order of magnitude is the class of scale or magnitude of any amount, where each class contains values of a fixed ratio to the class preceding it. In its most common usage, the amount being scaled is 10 and the scale is the (base 10) exponent...
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| x Artificial intelligence |
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Blade Runner |
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science which aims to create it. Textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents," where an intelligent agent is a system that...
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| Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | |||
| Ghost in the Shell | |||
| WarGames | |||
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| x Extraterrestrial life |
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Alien: Resurrection |
Extraterrestrial life is defined as life which does not originate from planet Earth. The existence of such life is theoretical and all assertions about it remain disputed.
Hypotheses regarding the origin(s) of extraterrestrial life, if it exists,...
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| Aliens | |||
| Alien | |||
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | |||
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | |||
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| x Technology |
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2001: A Space Odyssey |
Technology is a broad concept that deals with human as well as other animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt to its environment. Technology is a term with origins in the...
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| x Zodiac Killer |
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Zodiac |
The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer who operated in Northern California in the late 1960s. His identity remains unknown. The Zodiac killer coined his name in a series of taunting letters he sent to the press. His letters included four cryptograms ...
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| The Zodiac Killer | |||
| x Religion |
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The Passion of the Christ |
A religion is a system of human thought which usually includes a set of narratives, symbols, beliefs and practices that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power, deity or deities, or ultimate truth....
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| Oh, God! | |||
| The Root of All Evil? | |||
| The Golden Compass | |||
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| x RMS Titanic |
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Titanic |
The RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class passenger liner owned by British shipping company White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland. For her time, she was the largest passenger steamship in the world....
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| x Time travel |
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Back to the Future |
Time travel is a common theme in science fiction and is depicted in a variety of media. It simply means either going forward in time or backward, like seeing the future, or the past.
Time travel can form the central theme of a book, or it can be...
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| Back to the Future Part III | |||
| Back to the Future Part II | |||
| The 4400 | |||
| La Jetée | |||
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| x Existentialism |
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Le Samouraï |
Existentialism is a term that has been applied to the work of a number of nineteenth and twentieth century philosophers who, despite profound doctrinal differences, generally held that the focus of philosophical thought should be to deal with the...
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| The Stranger | |||
| I ♥ Huckabees | |||
| Waking Life | |||
| x War |
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Wag the Dog |
War is a reciprocated, armed conflict between two or more non-congruous entities, aimed at reorganising a subjectively designed, geo-politically desired result. In his book, On War, Prussian military theoretician Carl Von Clausewitz calls war the ...
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| Shame | |||
| A Bridge Too Far | |||
| Gladiator | |||
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| x Al Capone |
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The Untouchables |
Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947) was an American gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging of liquor and other illegal activities during the Prohibition Era of the 1920s and 1930s....
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| Dick Tracy | |||
| Scarface | |||
| x Fraud | The Hoax |
In the broadest sense, a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual. The specific legal definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime, and is also a civil law violation. Many hoaxes are...
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| x Clifford Irving |
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The Hoax |
Clifford Michael Irving (born November 5, 1930) is an American writer, best known for using forged letters to trick a publisher into accepting a fake "autobiography" of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes in the early 1970s. After Hughes denounced...
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| x Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor |
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The 11th Day: Crete 1941 |
Sir Patrick 'Paddy' Michael Leigh Fermor DSO OBE (born 11 February 1915, London) is a British author, scholar and soldier, who played a prominent role behind the lines in the Battle of Crete during World War II. He is famous for his travel writing...
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| x Lucid dreaming |
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Paprika |
A lucid dream is a dream in which the sleeper is aware that he or she is dreaming. When the dreamer is lucid, he or she can actively participate in and often manipulate the imaginary experiences in the dream environment. Lucid dreams can seem...
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| Waking Life | |||
| x Anime |
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Anime (アニメ, an abbreviated pronunciation in Japanese of "animation", pronounced [aꜜnime] ( listen) in Japanese, but typically /ˈænəˌmeɪ/ (help·info) or /ˈænəˌmə/ in English) is animation originating in Japan. The world outside Japan regards anime...
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| x Jean-Michel Basquiat |
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Basquiat |
Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist and the first African-American painter to become an international art star. He gained popularity first as a graffiti artist in New York City, and then as a successful...
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| x Figure skating |
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Blades of Glory |
Figure skating is a Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level (senior), and at...
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| x Jake LaMotta |
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Raging Bull |
Giacobbe LaMotta (born July 10, 1921), better known as Jake LaMotta, nicknamed "The Bronx Bull" and "The Raging Bull", is a former boxing world middleweight champion who was famously portrayed by Robert De Niro in the film Raging Bull.
LaMotta was...
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| x Espionage |
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Little Nikita |
Espionage or Spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, as the legitimate holder of the information may...
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| Telefon | |||
| Sneakers | |||
| Three Days of the Condor | |||
| The Bourne Ultimatum | |||
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| x Affair | Little Children |
Affair may refer to professional, personal, or public business matters or to a particular business or private activity, as in family affair, a private affair, or a romatic affair.
Political affair may refer to the illicit or scandalous activities of...
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| x Suburb |
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Little Children |
Suburbs, usually referring to a residential area, are defined in various different ways around the world. They can be the residential areas of a large city, or separate residential communities within commuting distance of a city. Some suburbs have a...
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| x Boxing |
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The Boxer |
Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. There are...
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| The Champ | |||
| Raging Bull | |||
| Rocky V | |||
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| x Marksman |
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The Shooter |
A marksman is a person who is skilled in precision shooting, using projectile weapons, such as with a rifle but most commonly with a sniper rifle, to shoot at small long-range targets. In the military, marksmen are sometimes attached to an infantry...
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| x Watergate scandal |
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All the President's Men |
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States in the 1970s. Named for the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, President of the United States,...
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| x Sylvia Plath |
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Sylvia |
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, children's author, and short story author.
Known primarily for her poetry, Plath also wrote a semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, under the pseudonym Victoria...
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| x Oscar Wilde |
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Wilde |
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late...
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| x Christopher Gardner | The Pursuit of Happyness |
Christopher Gardner (born February 9, 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a self-made millionaire and entrepreneur. He is currently President and CEO of Chicago-based brokerage firm Gardner Rich & Co., which he founded in 1987. During the 1980s,...
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| x T. E. Lawrence |
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A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia |
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence CB, DSO (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935), known professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a British military officer renowned especially for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt of 1916–18. His vivid writings,...
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| Lawrence of Arabia | |||
| x Jeanne d' Arc |
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Joan of Arc |
Saint Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc; ca. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a national heroine of France and a Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War,...
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| Joan of Arc | |||
| The Passion of Joan of Arc | |||
| The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | |||
| x Henry V of England |
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Henry V |
Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422) was King of England from 1413 until his death. From an unassuming start, his military successes in the Hundred Years' War, culminating with his famous victory at the Battle of Agincourt, saw him come...
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| Henry V | |||
| x Christopher Columbus |
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1492 Conquest of Paradise |
Christopher Columbus (c. 1451 – 20 May 1506) was a navigator, colonizer and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere. With his four voyages of exploration...
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| x Spider-Man |
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Spider-Man |
Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer and editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962). Lee and Ditko conceived of the character as an...
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| Spider-Man 2 | |||
| Spider-Man 3 | |||
| x Academy Awards |
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The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
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| x Reincarnation |
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Dead Again |
Reincarnation, literally "to be made flesh again", is a doctrine or metaphysical belief that some essential part of a living being (in some variations only human beings) survives physical death to be reborn in a new body. This essential part is...
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| Unmistaken Child | |||
| On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | |||
| Audrey Rose | |||
| Birth | |||
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| x Politics |
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Primary Colors |
Politics is a process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behavior within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporate, academic and religious...
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| Citizen Cohn | |||
| x Dora Carrington |
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Carrington |
Dora de Houghton Carrington (29 March 1893 – 11 March, 1932), known generally as Carrington, was a British painter and decorative artist, remembered in part for her association with members of the Bloomsbury Group, especially the writer Lytton...
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| x Appeasement |
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The Remains of the Day |
Appeasement is "the policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying grievances through rational negotiation and compromise, thereby avoiding the resort to an armed conflict which would be expensive, bloody, and possibly...
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| x Writing |
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Stranger Than Fiction |
Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols (known as a writing system). It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and the recording of language via a non...
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| x George Sand |
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Impromptu |
Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin, later Baroness (French:baronne) Dudevant (1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pseudonym George Sand (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ sɑ̃d]), was a French novelist. She is considered by some a feminist although she...
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| Chopin: Desire for Love | |||
| x Frédéric Chopin |
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Impromptu |
Frédéric François Chopin (Polish: Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, sometimes Szopen; surname pronounced /ˈʃoʊpæn/ in English; French pronunciation: [ʃɔpɛ̃]; 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He was one of the...
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| Chopin: Desire for Love | |||
| x Incest |
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The House of Yes |
Incest is any sexual activity between close relatives (often within the immediate family) irrespective of the ages of the participants and irrespective of their consent, that is illegal or socially taboo. The type of sexual activity and the nature...
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| x Taboo |
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The House of Yes |
A taboo is a strong social prohibition (or ban) relating to any area of human activity or social custom that is sacred and forbidden. Breaking the taboo is usually considered objectionable or abhorrent by society. The term comes from the Tongan...
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| x Show dog |
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Best in Show |
Show dog is not a variety, kind, type, or breed of dog; neither is it a dog trained for a specific skill, as in assistance dog or police dog; rather, show dog refers to any dog entered into a dog show. Often used as a single word (showdog), the term...
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| x Animal Show |
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Best in Show |
A show is a judged event or display in the hobby of animal fancy or in the occupation of animal husbandry.
Shows usually feature the best specimens of purebred animals in a locality or country. Prestigious shows or those with large purses (prize...
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| x Road trip |
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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan |
A road trip is a journey via automobile, sometimes unplanned or impromptu, or a journey involving sporting game(s) away from home , thus encompassing any journey by automobile, regardless of stops en route.
The first recorded road trip was attested...
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| Road Trip | |||
| Little Miss Sunshine | |||
| Vacation | |||
| The Daytrippers | |||
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| x Jealousy |
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The Daytrippers |
Jealousy is an emotion and typically refers to the negative thoughts and feelings of insecurity, fear, and anxiety over an anticipated loss of something that the person values, such as a relationship, friendship, or love. Jealousy often consists of...
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| x American folk music | A Mighty Wind |
American folk music, also known as roots music, is a broad category of music including Bluegrass, country music, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Cajun and Native American music. The music is considered American either...
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| x Community theatre | Waiting for Guffman |
Community theatre refers to theatrical performance made in relation to particular communities—its usage includes theatre made by, with, and for a community. It may refer to theatre that is made entirely by a community with no outside help, or to a...
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| x Psychotherapist |
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The Ninth Configuration |
Psychotherapy or personal counseling with a psychotherapist, is an intentional interpersonal relationship used by trained psychotherapists to aid a client or patient in problems of living.
It aims to increase the individual's sense of their own well...
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| Shrink | |||
| Ordinary People | |||
| Grosse Pointe Blank | |||
| Good Will Hunting | |||
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| x Assumed-Identity | Mumford | ||
| x Deception |
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Mumford |
Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, and subterfuge are acts to propagate a beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in certain types of half-truths and omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, sleight of hand. It...
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