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21Action figure — An action figure is a posable character figurine, made of plastic or other materials, and often based upon a movie, comic book, video game, or television program. These action figures are usually marketed towards boys. Redressable action figures… …
22Model figure — A model figure is a scale model representing a human, monster or other creature. Human figures may be either a generic figure of a type (such as World War II Luftwaffe pilot ), a historical personage (such as King Henry VIII ), or a fictional… …
23Dark figure of crime — The dark figure of (or for) crime is a term employed by criminologists and sociologists to describe the amount of unreported or undiscovered crime, which calls into question the reliability of official crime statistics. Victim studies, such as… …
24Country hopping in figure skating — Country hopping is a phenomenon in the figure skating world. There are many different reasons why competitors switch countries, but it mostly comes down to maximizing the possibility of being able to compete at the World Figure Skating… …
25Country changes in figure skating — French born and Canadian raised ice dancing team Isabelle Paul Duchesnay originally competed for Canada. They switched to skating for France in 1985 and won the silver medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics for France. Country changing is a phenomenon …
26Cross-figure — A cross figure (also variously called cross number puzzle or figure logic) is a puzzle similar to a crossword in structure, but with entries which consist of numbers rather than words, with individual digits being entered in the blank cells. The… …
27World Junior Figure Skating Championships — The World Junior Figure Skating Championships ( World Juniors or Junior Worlds ) is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion …
28Quad (figure skating) — A quad, or quadruple , is a figure skating jump with four or more, but fewer than five, revolutions [ [http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/glossary uk.asp?DiscCode=FS International Olympic Committee Sports ] ] . Most quadruples have… …
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30Daisuke Murakami (figure skater) — Daisuke Murakami Daisuke Murakami at the 2010 Skate America photo by David Carmichael Personal information Full name Daisuke Murakami Country rep …
