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  • 61Feuillade, Louis — ▪ French director born Feb. 19, 1873, Lunel, France died Feb. 25/26, 1925, Nice       motion picture director whose internationally popular screen serials (serial) were the most influential French films of the period around World War I.… …

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  • 62Dangerous Obsession — Written by N. J. Crisp Characters 3. Date premiered 9 November 1987 Place premiered Churchill Theatre, Bromley …

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  • 63N. J. Crisp — Norman James Crisp (11 December 1923, Southampton 14 June 2005, Southampton), known as a writer only by his initials and surname, N.J. Crisp, was a prolific British television writer, dramatist and novelist. In the sixties after writing some… …

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  • 64imbroglio — n. [It.] 1. Intricate plot. 2. Complication, complexity, entanglement, embarrassing situation, complicated misunderstanding …

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  • 65high comedy — high′ com′edy n. lit. comedy dealing with polite society, characterized by sophisticated, witty dialogue and an intricate plot …

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  • 66performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 67dance — dancingly, adv. /dans, dahns/, v., danced, dancing, n. v.i. 1. to move one s feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, esp. to the accompaniment of music. 2. to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or… …

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  • 68English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …

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  • 69United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 70Novel — For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Novell. New novels in a Oldenburg bookshop, February 2009 …

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