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  • 51Gondoliers — a comic opera (1889) by Gilbert and Sullivan (I). It is set in Venice, Italy, where a gondolier (= a person who takes people on a boat through the canals of Venice) is believed to be the prince of an imaginary country. A local aristocrat wants… …

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  • 52Gondola — Gon do*la, n. [It., dim. of gonda a gondola; cf. LL. gandeia a kind of boat, Gr. ? a drinking vessel; said to be a Persian word; cf. F. gondole gondola, cup.] [1913 Webster] 1. A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of …

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  • 53Nautilus (Verne) — For the journal about molluscs, see The Nautilus (journal). The Nautilus under way …

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  • 54This Is Cinerama — is a 1952 film which shows how film makers could use the new technology of Cinerama to make movies more realistic by broadening the aspect ratio so the viewer s peripheral vision was involved. This is Cinerama premiered on 30 September 1952 at… …

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  • 55Lana Clarkson — Infobox actor bgcolour = silver name = Lana Clarkson imagesize = 180px caption = birthname = Lana Jean Clarkson birthdate = birth date|1962|04|05|mf=y location = Long Beach, California, United States deathdate = death date and… …

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  • 56Debra Searle — Personal information Full name Debra Searle Nationality British Born 8 July 1975 (1975 07 08) (age 36) Website www.debrasearle.com …

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  • 57Bitter Lake, Seattle, Washington — Bitter Lake is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, USA, named after its most notable feature, Bitter Lake. It was a mostly natural forest of Douglas fir and Western Redcedar, inhabited by Native Americans, until the late 19th century.… …

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  • 58Mission: Impossible (Nintendo Entertainment System) — Mission: Impossible Cover art Developer(s) Konami Publisher(s) Ultra Games …

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  • 59gondola — gon|do|la [ˈgɔndələ US ˈga:n , ga:nˈdoulə] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Italian; Origin: , probably from Rhaeto Romance gondolà to roll ] 1.) a long narrow boat with a flat bottom and high points at each end, used on the ↑canals in Venice in Italy 2.)… …

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  • 60gondola — noun (C) 1 a long narrow boat with a flat bottom and high points at each end, used on the canals in Venice in Italy 2 the place where passengers sit that hangs beneath an airship or balloon 1 (2) 3 the enclosed part of a cable car where the… …

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