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| x Climate change |
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An Inconvenient Truth |
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around...
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| x Military-industrial complex |
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Why We Fight |
Military–industrial complex (MIC), or Military–industrial-congressional complex (MICC), is a concept commonly used to refer to policy and monetary relationships between legislators, national armed forces, and the defense industrial base that...
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| Iron Man | |||
| x Battle of Iwo Jima |
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Flags of Our Fathers |
The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945), or Operation Detachment, was a major battle in which the United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Empire of Japan. The U.S. invasion, charged with the mission of...
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| The Outsider | |||
| Sands of Iwo Jima | |||
| Letters from Iwo Jima | |||
| x GG Allin | Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies |
Kevin Michael "GG" Allin (born Jesus Christ Allin, August 29, 1956 – June 28, 1993) was an American punk rock singer-songwriter, who performed and recorded with many groups during his career. GG Allin is best remembered for his notorious live...
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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 perceived excesses...
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| Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies | |||
| All that I Love | |||
| The Decline of Western Civilization | |||
| x Cyberspace | The Matrix |
Cyberspace is the electronic medium of computer networks, in which online communication takes place.
The term "cyberspace" was first used by the cyberpunk science fiction author William Gibson, though the concept was described somewhat earlier, for...
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| Johnny Mnemonic | |||
| x The Shining |
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Making 'The Shining' |
The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, co-written with novelist Diane Johnson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd. The film is based on the novel of the...
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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 that aims to create it. AI 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 | |||
| WarGames | |||
| Dark Star | |||
| Colossus: The Forbin Project | |||
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| x Extraterrestrial life |
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Alien: Resurrection |
Extraterrestrial life (from the Latin words: extra ["beyond", or "not of"] and terrestris ["of or belonging to Earth"]) is defined as life that does not originate from Earth. Referred to as alien life, or simply aliens (or space aliens, to...
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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 the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and...
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| 24 Hours on Craigslist | |||
| Internet Rising | |||
| x Zodiac Killer |
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Zodiac |
The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer who operated in Northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The killer's identity remains unknown. The Zodiac murdered victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa and San Francisco between December...
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| The Zodiac Killer | |||
| x Religion |
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The Passion of the Christ |
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give...
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| The Ten Commandments | |||
| Oh, God! | |||
| The Root of All Evil? | |||
| The Golden Compass | |||
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| x RMS Titanic |
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Titanic |
RMS Titanic was a passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,514 people in...
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| Titanic | |||
| Raise The Titanic | |||
| S.O.S. Titanic | |||
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| x Time travel |
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Back to the Future |
Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space. Time travel could hypothetically involve moving backward in time to a moment earlier than the starting point, or...
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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 the philosophical and cultural movement which holds that the starting point of philosophical thinking must be the individual and the experiences of the individual, that moral thinking and scientific thinking together do not suffice...
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| The Stranger | |||
| I ♥ Huckabees | |||
| Waking Life | |||
| Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | |||
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| x War |
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Shame |
War is an organized, armed, and often a prolonged conflict that is carried on between states, nations, or other parties typified by extreme aggression, social disruption, and usually high mortality. War should be understood as an actual, intentional...
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| A Bridge Too Far | |||
| Gladiator | |||
| Apocalypse Now | |||
| Coming Out Under Fire | |||
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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 Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging...
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| Dick Tracy | |||
| Scarface | |||
| x Fraud | The Hoax |
In criminal law, a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual; the related adjective is fraudulent. The specific legal definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime, and also a civil law...
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| x Clifford Irving | The Hoax |
Clifford Michael Irving (born November 5, 1930) is an American investigative reporter and author of best-selling novels and works of nonfiction, but best known for his hoax "autobiography" of reclusive and eccentric businessman Howard Hughes in the...
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| x Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor |
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The 11th Day: Crete 1941 |
Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor, DSO, OBE (11 February 1915 – 10 June 2011) was a British author, scholar and soldier, best known as Paddy Fermor, who played a prominent role behind the lines in the Cretan resistance during World War II. He was...
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| x Lucid dreaming |
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Paprika |
A lucid dream is any dream in which one is aware that one is dreaming. The term was coined by the Dutch psychiatrist and writer Frederik (Willem) van Eeden (1860–1932). In a lucid dream, the dreamer may be able to exert some degree of control over...
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| Waking Life | |||
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | |||
| x Anime |
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Anime (アニメ, [anime] ( listen); /ˈænɨmeɪ/ or /ˈɑːnɨmeɪ/) is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation." In English-speaking countries, anime refers to a style of animation originating in Japan, characterized by colorful graphics and often...
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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. He began as a graffiti artist in New York City in the late 1970s and evolved into a Neo-expressionist painter during the 1980s.
Jean-Michel Basquiat was born after...
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| Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child | |||
| x Figure skating |
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Blades of Glory |
Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level (senior)...
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| The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream | |||
| The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold | |||
| The Cutting Edge | |||
| Ice Princess | |||
| x Jake LaMotta | Raging Bull |
Giacobbe "Jake" LaMotta (born July 10, 1921), nicknamed "'The Bronx Bull" and "The Raging Bull," is an American retired professional boxer and former World Middleweight Champion. He was portrayed by Robert De Niro in the 1980 film Raging Bull....
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| x Espionage |
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Little Nikita |
Espionage or spying involves a government or individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, as it is taken for granted that it...
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| Telefon | |||
| Sneakers | |||
| Three Days of the Condor | |||
| The Bourne Ultimatum | |||
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| x Affair | Little Children |
An affair is a sexual relationship or a romantic friendship or passionate attachment between two people.
A romantic affair, also called an affair of the heart, may refer to sexual liaisons among unwed parties, or to various forms of nonmonogamy....
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| x Suburb |
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Little Children |
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city (as in Australia and New Zealand, and generally in the United Kingdom) or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city (as in the...
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| Ken Park | |||
| x Boxing |
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The Boxer |
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people engage in a contest using only their fists. There are two forms of boxing: amateur and professional. Amateur boxing is an Olympic and Commonwealth sport and is a common fixture in...
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| The Champ | |||
| Raging Bull | |||
| Rocky V | |||
| Rocky IV | |||
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| x Marksman |
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Shooter |
A marksman is a person who is skilled in precision, or a sharpshooter shooting, using projectile weapons, such as with a rifle but most commonly with a sniper rifle, to shoot at long range targets. The main difference between a marksman and a normal...
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| x Watergate scandal |
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All the President's Men |
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon...
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| Dick | |||
| x Sylvia Plath |
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Sylvia |
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she studied at Smith College and Newnham College, Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a professional poet and...
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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 writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is...
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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 Army officer renowned especially for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of...
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| Lawrence of Arabia | |||
| x Jeanne d'Arc |
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Joan of Arc |
Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" (French: Jeanne d'Arc, IPA: [ʒan daʁk]; ca. 1412 – 30 May 1431), is a national heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in what is now eastern France, who claimed divine guidance,...
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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 at the age of 35 in 1422. He was the second English monarch who came from the House of Lancaster.
After military experience fighting various lords who...
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| Henry V | |||
| x Christopher Columbus |
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1492 Conquest of Paradise |
Christopher Columbus (before 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in what is today northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four...
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| x Spider-Man | Spider-Man |
Peter Parker or Spider-Man is a fictional character in the 1992 fan film The Green Goblin's Last Stand.
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| Spider-Man 2 | |||
| Spider-Man 3 | |||
| x Academy Awards |
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An Academy Award is an award bestowed 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. The Oscar statuette is officially...
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| x Reincarnation |
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Dead Again |
Reincarnation is the religious or philosophical belief that the soul or spirit, after biological death, begins a new life in a new body that may be human, animal or spiritual depending on the moral quality of the previous life's actions. This...
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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 (from Greek politikos "of, for, or relating to citizens") as a term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields,...
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| Citizen Cohn | |||
| Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer | |||
| ¡Hay motivo! | |||
| Power | |||
| 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 a diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to an aggressor. Historian Paul Kennedy defines it as "the policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying grievances through rational negotiation...
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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 non-symbolic preservation of...
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| x George Sand |
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Impromptu |
Amantine (also "Amandine") Lucile Aurore Dupin (French pronunciation: [amɑ̃tin lysil oʁɔʁ dypɛ̃], later Baroness (French: baronne) Dudevant (Paris, 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pseudonym George Sand (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ sɑ̃d...
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| Chopin: Desire for Love | |||
| x Frédéric Chopin |
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Impromptu |
Frédéric François Chopin ( /ˈʃoʊpæn/; French pronunciation: [fʁe.de.ʁik ʃɔ.pɛ̃]; Polish: Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, also phonetically Szopen; 22 February or 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of French-Polish...
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| Chopin: Desire for Love | |||
| x Incest |
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The House of Yes |
Incest is sexual intercourse between close relatives that is usually illegal in the jurisdiction where it takes place and/or is conventionally considered a taboo. The term may apply to sexual activities between: individuals of close "blood...
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| From Beginning to End | |||
| Taboo | |||
| Taboo II | |||
| x Taboo |
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The House of Yes |
A taboo is a vehement prohibition of an action based on the belief that such behavior is either too sacred or too accursed for ordinary individuals to undertake, under threat of supernatural punishment. Such prohibitions are present in virtually all...
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| x Show dog |
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Best in Show |
A show dog might refer to any dog entered into a dog show. More specifically, a show dog is a dog which has been specially bred, trained, and/or groomed to conform to the specifications of dog shows, so as to have a chance of winning. Often used as...
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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 any journey taken on roads, regardless of stops en route. Typically, road trips are long distances traveled by automobile.
The first recorded road trip was attested in stele in the court of Ramses II. He was said to "come down on the...
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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, particularly in reference to a human connection. Jealousy often consists...
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| x American folk music | A Mighty Wind |
American folk music is a musical term that encompasses numerous genres, many of which are known as traditional music or roots music. Roots music is a broad category of music including bluegrass, country music, gospel, old time music, jug bands,...
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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 is a general term referring to therapeutic interaction or treatment contracted between a trained professional and a client or patient; family, couple or group. The problems addressed are psychological in nature and of no specific kind...
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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, mystification, bad faith, and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, and sleight of...
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| x Psychiatry |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities. The term was first coined by the German physician...
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| The Silence of the Lambs | |||
| Batman Begins | |||
| What's New Pussycat? | |||
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