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Movie distribution
FILM BEFORE THE WAR Sitting Pretty Hollywood was at its peak when the 1940s opened. The industry had exploded into the American consciousness during the previous two decades and held a unique grip on the American imagination that would only begin to dissolve in the late 1940s... Read more |
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key
key 1 In music, term used to indicate the scale from which the tonal material of a given composition is derived. To say, for example, that a composition is in the key of C major means that it uses as its basic tonal material the tones of that scale which is associated with C major, and that its... Read more |
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Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch (Keith Rupert Murdoch), 1931-, Australian-American publishing magnate. Combining sensationalist journalism (often reflective of his generally hawkish, strongly conservative political views) with aggressive promotion, Murdoch established a worldwide communications empire, the News... Read more |
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goes
goes he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing involving oneself in debt is likely to lead to unhappiness; proverbial saying, late 15th century.what goes around, comes around often used as a comment on someone becoming subject to what they have visited on others. This modern saying (of US origin)... Read more |
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pessimism
pessimism philosophical opinion or doctrine that evil predominates over good; the opposite of optimism. Systematic forms of pessimism may be found in philosophy and religion. In religion Buddhism and Hinduism pessimistically appraise the world, while Christianity's pessimism is more restricted.... Read more |
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whispering
whispering whispering campaign a systematic circulation of a rumour, typically in order to damage someone's reputation; the term originated in US politics of the early 20th century.whispering gallery a typically circular or elliptical gallery situated under a dome, whose acoustic properties are... Read more |
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Linda
Linda ♀ Of relatively recent origin and uncertain etymology. It is first recorded in the 19th century. It may be a shortened form of Belinda, an adoption of Spanish linda ‘pretty’, or a Latinate derivative of any of various other Germanic female names ending in -lind meaning... Read more |
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censorship
censorship official prohibition or restriction of any type of expression believed to threaten the political, social, or moral order. It may be imposed by governmental authority, local or national, by a religious body, or occasionally by a powerful private group. It may be applied to the mails,... Read more |
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entrepreneur
entrepreneur [Fr.,=one who undertakes], person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise. It was first used as a technical economic term by the 18th-century economist Richard Cantillon. To the classical economist of the late 18th cent. the term meant an employer... Read more |
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narcosis
narcosis , state of stupor induced by drugs. The use of narcotics as a therapeutic aid in psychiatry is believed to have a history dating back to the use of opium for mental disorders by the early Egyptians. Prolonged narcosis was employed at the beginning of the 20th cent.; its chief value was the... Read more |
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