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  • 21L.A. Quartet — The L.A. Quartet is a sequence of four crime fiction novels by James Ellroy. The novels, set in the late 1940s through the late 1950s in Los Angeles, are: (1987) The Black Dahlia (1988) The Big Nowhere (1990) L.A. Confidential (1992) White Jazz… …

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  • 22The Dugout — The Dugout, also known as The Official Chat Room of Major League Baseball , is a parody website that satirizes various elements of Major League Baseball. Presented in the style of AOL Instant Messenger chat logs, Dugout pages depict conversations …

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  • 23LOST PROPERTY — (Heb. avedah u meẓi ah; lit. lost and found ). The Basis of the Law Lost property, called avedah, is property which has passed out of its owner s possession and whose whereabouts are unknown to him. Both criteria must exist together for the… …

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  • 24penitence — penitence, repentance, contrition, attrition, compunction, remorse denote sorrow or regret for sin or wrongdoing. Penitence implies little more than such sorrow or regret {the outward signs of penitence} {all calls to penitence fall on deaf ears …

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  • 25Tristan und Isolde — ( Tristan and Isolde , or Tristan and Isolda ) is an opera, or music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the romance by Gottfried von Straßburg. It was composed between 1857 and 1859 and… …

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  • 26We the Living — infobox book name = We the Living title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Ayn Rand cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Philosophical, autobiographical novel publisher =… …

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  • 27Michael Stone (loyalist paramilitary) — Michael Stone (born 2 April 1955) is a loyalist paramilitary and artist [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern ireland/7629417.stm] . Born in England and raised in the Braniel estate in East Belfast, Northern Ireland. He killed three people and… …

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  • 28Inventio — is the system or method used for the discovery of arguments in Western rhetoric and comes from the Latin word, meaning invention or discovery . Inventio is the central, indispensable canon of rhetoric, and traditionally means a systematic search… …

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  • 29Rebirth to Ends — Infobox musical artist 2 Name = Rebirth to Ends Img capt = Background = group or band Border = white Origin = Orono, Maine, United States Genre = Metal Industrial Alternative [|Genre = Alternative rock Hard rock Post grunge Alternative metal [… …

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  • 30performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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