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21In vitro meat — In vitro meat, also known as cultured meat, is an animal flesh product that has never been part of a complete, living animal. It has been described, sometimes derisively, as laboratory grown meat. In vitro meat should not be confused with… …
22Postmodern literature — The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post World War II literature. It is both a continuation of the experimentation championed by writers of the modernist period (relying heavily, for example, on fragmentation …
23But I'm a Cheerleader — Infobox Film name = But I m a Cheerleader caption = Original movie poster director = Jamie Babbit producer = Leanna Creel Andrea Sperling writer = Jamie Babbit (story) Brian Wayne Peterson (screenplay) starring = Natasha Lyonne Cathy Moriarty… …
24Maurice Tempelsman — (born August 26, 1929, Antwerp, Belgium)[1] is a Belgian American businessman and diamond merchant.[2 …
25The Maid's Tragedy — Title page of The Maid s Tragedy (detail). The Maid s Tragedy is a play by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. It was first published in 1619. The play was one of the earliest works in the canon of Fletcher and his collaborators that was acted by …
26affectation — /af ek tay sheuhn/, n. 1. an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; the pretense of actual possession: an affectation of interest in art; affectation of great wealth. 2. conspicuous artificiality of manner or… …
27free verse — free versifier /free verr seuh fuy euhr/, n. Prosody. verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern. [1905 10] * * * Poetry organized according to the cadences of speech and image patterns rather than according to a regular metrical scheme …
28Art, Antiques, and Collections — ▪ 2003 Introduction In 2002 major exhibitions such as Documenta 11 reflected the diverse nature of contemporary art: artists from a variety of cultures received widespread recognition for work ranging from installation to video to painting …
29Richter, Sviatoslav — ▪ 1998 Russian pianist (b. March 20, 1915, Zhitomir, Ukraine, Russian Empire d. Aug. 1, 1997, Moscow, Russia), was considered one of the preeminent pianists of the 20th century. Richter s distinctive playing managed to balance technical… …
30Italian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Italian language that had its beginnings in the 13th century. Until that time nearly all literary work composed in the Middle Ages was written in Latin. Moreover, it was predominantly… …
