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  • 21paint the town red — or[paint the town] {v. phr.}, {slang} To go out to drink and have a good time; celebrate wildly; carouse. * /It was the sailors first night ashore; they painted the town red./ Compare: ON THE TOWN(2) …

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  • 22Talk of the Town magazine — Talk of the Town was a short lived quality arts supplement distributed with London copies of the UK Independent on Sunday newspaper from 2003 to 2004. [cite web url=http://www.utvlive.com/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=43963 pt=n title=Compact launch… …

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  • 23Mayor of the Town — was a comedy drama radio series that aired from 1942 to 1949 on CBS and NBC radio, and starred noted actor Lionel Barrymore as the mayor of the fictional town of Springdale. Agnes Moorehead was the voice of his housekeeper Marilly. The program… …

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  • 24Wake the Town and Tell the People — is a popular song with music by Jerry Livingston and lyrics by Sammy Gallop, published in 1955.The biggest selling version was recorded by Mindy Carson in 1955.Recorded versions*Les Baxter (released by Capitol Records in the United States as… …

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  • 25talk of the town — {n. phr.} Something that has become so popular or prominent that everyone is discussing it. * /Even after three decades, Picasso s famous metal statue is still the talk of the town in Chicago./ …

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  • 26talk of the town — {n. phr.} Something that has become so popular or prominent that everyone is discussing it. * /Even after three decades, Picasso s famous metal statue is still the talk of the town in Chicago./ …

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  • 27The Pied Piper of Hamelin — is a legend about the abduction of many children from the town of Hamelin ( Hameln ), Germany. Famous versions of the legend are given by the Brothers Grimm and, in English, by Robert Browning.PlotIn 1284, while the town of Hamelin was suffering… …

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  • 28Town ball — The term town ball, or townball, describes the bat and ball, safe haven games played in North America in the 18th and 19th centuries, which were similar to rounders and were precursors to modern baseball. In some areas such as Philadelphia and… …

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  • 29Town and gown — are two distinct communities of a university town; town being the non academic population and gown metonymically being the university community, especially in ancient seats of learning such as Oxford, Cambridge and St Andrews, though also in more …

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  • 30The Oath (Peretti) — The Oath is an allegorical 1995 contemporary Christian fiction horror/fantasy novel by Frank E. Peretti. The recipient of the 1996 ECPA Gold Medallion Book Award for Best Fiction, The Oath is one of Peretti s most critically acclaimed and layered …

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