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A Midsummer Nights Dream
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Night of the Long Knives
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Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night Jan. 5, the vigil or eve of Epiphany , so called because it is the 12th night from Christmas, counting Christmas as the first. In England, Twelfth Night has been a great festival marking the end of the Christmas season, and popular masquerading parties are typical entertainment.... Read more |
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Nightclub
Nightclub BUSINESS PLAN WILD OASIS 1039 Thurman Avenue Cliff, Massachusetts 01862 The Wild Oasis nightclub provides a local solution to the lack of dance and live music venues in a medium-sized market, and will help keep late-night entertainment... Read more |
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midsummer day and midsummer night
midsummer day and midsummer night names given to the feast of the nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24) and the preceding night (St. John's Eve, June 23). Because midsummer is about the time of the solstice, it has been associated with solar ceremonies since long before Christianity. Relics of... Read more |
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Ghost Dance
Ghost Dance central ritual of the messianic religion instituted in the late 19th cent. by a Paiute named Wovoka . The religion prophesied the peaceful end of the westward expansion of whites and a return of the land to the Native Americans. The ritual lasted five successive days, being danced each... Read more |
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Night vision
Night Scope Background Night scopes, or night vision devices, are used to intensify human sight under very low light conditions. There are several types of night vision scopes. Infrared imaging systems, also referred to as "active" night vision devices, focus infrared light... Read more |
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Night
night night brings counsel proverbial saying, late 16th century, sometimes used as a warning against taking a hasty action or decision. The same idea is found in the writings of the Greek comic dramatist Menander (342–c.292 bc), ‘at night comes counsel to the wise’, and in the... Read more |
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airglow
airglow faint diffuse illumination of the night sky originating in the upper atmosphere. The energy in the form of visible light is derived from the sun's ultraviolet light, which ionizes atoms and dissociates molecules at heights between 40 and 200 mi (64-322 km) above the earth's surface. When... Read more |
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Belly dancing, car sculpture to highlight second Aurora ArtWalk -BYLN- By...
...appeared in downtown Aurora last month is coming...drawing, reading, dancing, singing, strumming and even belly-dancing. TonightAEs event is...very excited for Friday night and weAEre hoping to...Broadway, including the Aurora Regional Fire ... |
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NASA films twin polar auroras. (technology).(Brief Article)
...or conjugated, auroras dancing around each of the...confirm that the aurora are mirror images...joint or conjugate aurora," Dr Sigwarth...when it is on the night-side of Earth...around the poles. Auroras are created by ... |
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Spying Saturn's light show: anomalous aurora dazzles scientists.(This Week)
...the solar system's auroras, the dancing lights that paint Saturn...planet. Saturn's auroras also differ from Earth...of the planet where night is turning to day...the opposite--the aurora appears brighter where...to night. ... |
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Solar storm sends auroras farther south than usual.(Front)
...Earth on Tuesday, the aurora borealis was dancing across the sky as far...mostly green the past few nights. I don't know if...local beach for an all-night stakeout. They've...since Friday night. An aurora appears when a ... |
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Tavern's `live dancing' might be too lively
...East New York Street in Aurora advertises live dancing each Friday, restricted...Girls Girls Girls. Live dancing every Friday."This...gentlemen's club one night a week -- could prove...complaints about the dancing. Nonetheless, ... |
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Color and control; The ancient ritual of belly dancing differs from other...
...and Fitness Studio in Aurora, practices a routine...Aurora has been belly dancing for more than two years...controlled movements of belly dancing. She is now studying...American tradition. Belly dancing is an art form that dates...s "You ... |
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Feminine art of belly dancing takes skill, motivation and muscle|Shaking up...
Patricia Givens of Aurora, who has been belly dancing for more than two years...through her experience dancing salsa and hip-hop to figure out belly dancing, which is more controlled...s "You Shook Me All Night Long" as six women rattled... |
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NASA's Spacecraft and Technology Help Solve Saturn's Mysterious Auroras
...Saturn's Mysterious Auroras (C)2005 10Meters...10meters.com The dancing light of Saturn...role in Saturn's aurora than previously...When Earth's auroras become brighter...minutes. Saturn's aurora displays also become...the planet where ... |
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AURORA COUNCIL ACTS TO LOWER AGE LIMIT IN SEX BUSINESSES 2 ADULT VIDEO STORES...
...Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer AURORA -- The City Council Monday took...members in a study session Monday night. The law would affect employees...It also would apply to topless dancing clubs although Aurora has none. ``I guess the question... |
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Chasing the elusive Aurora.(Cover story)
...been fascinated by the dancing lights of the Aurora Borealis since the beginning...wonder looking at the dancing lights in the night sky! [ILLUSTRATION...possible to catch the Auroras the next day if the...will interfere with the ... |