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  • 1The Cantos — by Ezra Pound is a long, incomplete poem in 120 sections, each of which is a canto . Most of it was written between 1915 and 1962, although much of the early work was abandoned and the early cantos, as finally published, date from 1922 onwards.… …

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  • 2The Cherry Orchard — (Вишнëвый сад or Vishniovy sad in Russian) is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov s last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it… …

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  • 3The Missing Shade of Blue — is an example introduced by the Scottish philosopher David Hume to show that it is at least conceivable that the mind can generate an idea without first being exposed to the relevant sensory experience. It is regarded as a problem by philosophers …

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  • 4The Relugas Compact — was the name given to the political plot hatched between H H Asquith, Sir Edward Grey and R B Haldane to remove Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman from the leadership of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 1905. Why… …

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  • 5The Two Ronnies — the spectacles logo (both performers wore glasses) Format Sketch show Starring Ronnie Barker Ronnie Corbett Countr …

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  • 6The Staunton-Morphy controversy — concerns the failure of negotiations in 1858 for a chess match between Howard Staunton and Paul Morphy and later interpretations of the actions of the two players. The details of the events are not universally agreed, and accounts and… …

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  • 7The Office (U.S. TV series) — The Office Genre Sitcom Mockumentary Created by Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant …

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  • 8The Republic (Plato) — The Republic   Author(s) Plato …

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  • 9The Fountain of Bakhchisarai — (Russian Бахчисарайский фонтан) is a ballet based on the 1823 poem by Alexander Pushkin with the same title [ [http://ilibrary.ru/text/444/p.1/index.html The poem in Russian] ] [ [http://www.online literature.com/short.php/2799?term=fountain The… …

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  • 10The Man Who Counted — (original Portuguese title: O Homem que Calculava ) is a book on recreational mathematics and curious word problems by Brazilian writer Júlio César de Mello e Souza, published under the pen name Malba Tahan. Since its first publication in 1949,… …

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