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  • 81Culture of Second Life — Contents 1 Activities of residents 1.1 Subcultures 1.2 Resident created content …

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  • 82Müden (Örtze) — Coat of arms Müden is a village in the municipality of Faßberg in the southern part of the Lüneburg Heath in the German state of Lower Saxony. The village, which is situated in the county of Celle has around 2220 inhabitants and is a very popular …

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  • 83Outdoor recreation — Camping in the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India …

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  • 84Liceu Theatre —    The Gran Teatre del Liceu (Great Theatre of the Liceu) in Barcelona, is in the process of reconstruction after being completely gutted by fire in January 1994. The oldest active opera house in Spain and among the most important world wide, it… …

    Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

  • 85teddy — English has two words teddy, both of them based on affectionate alterations of male first names. The teddy bear [20] was named after Theodore (‘Teddy’) Roosevelt, president of the USA from 1901 to 1909. One of his favourite leisure pursuits was… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 86family room — /ˈfæmli rum/ (say famlee roohm) noun a room in a house which is devoted to the leisure pursuits of the members of a family, rather than entertaining visitors …

  • 87blood sports —    Many of the traditional sports and pastimes of England were what would now be classed as blood sports and have long since been outlawed and suppressed. Badger baiting, bear baiting, bull baiting, *bull running, dog fighting, *cock fighting,… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 88Merrie England —    The phrase is used to describe a particular arcadian attitude to the past, prevalent in Victorian and Edwardian times but with roots stretching back to the turn of the 19th century and with continuing power to the present day. As such it is an …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 89song revival —    There have been two major *song revival movements in England; one lasting from the late Victorian period to the 1920s, the other commencing after the Second World War, and they are conveniently termed the first and second Revivals, although… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 90teddy — English has two words teddy, both of them based on affectionate alterations of male first names. The teddy bear [20] was named after Theodore (‘Teddy’) Roosevelt, president of the USA from 1901 to 1909. One of his favourite leisure pursuits was… …

    Word origins