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  • 11puppetry — /pup i tree/, n., pl. puppetries. 1. the art of making puppets or presenting puppet shows. 2. the action of puppets. 3. mummery; mere show. 4. puppets collectively. [1520 30; see PUPPET, RY] * * * Art of creating and manipulating puppets in a… …

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  • 12Winter Olympic Games — For the most recent Winter Games, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, see 2010 Winter Olympics. Winter Olympics redirects here. For the Goodies episode, see Winter Olympics (The Goodies). Winter Olympic Games …

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  • 13Parkman–Webster murder case — The Parkman Webster murder case was a highly publicized crime, investigation, and trial that shook the American city of Boston, Massachusetts to its core in 1849–1850, due to the crime s gruesome nature and the high social station of the victim… …

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  • 14Parkman-Webster murder case — The Parkman Webster murder case was a highly publicized crime, investigation, and trial that shook the American city of Boston, Massachusetts to its core in 1849–1850, due to the crime s gruesome nature and the high social station of the victim… …

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  • 152008 PDC World Darts Championship — The 2008 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship, sponsored by Ladbrokes, was the 15th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The 2008 event began on December 17,… …

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  • 16Bridge Murder case — The Bridge Murder case, also known as the Bridge Table Murder case was the trial of Myrtle Adkins Bennett, born on March 20th, 1895, in Tillar, Arkansas, a Kansas City housewife, for the murder of her husband John G. Bennett over a game of… …

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  • 17Marin County courthouse incident — The Marin County courthouse incident[nb 1] was an event which occurred on August 7, 1970, when African American radical Jonathan Jackson attempted to negotiate the freedom of the Soledad Brothers (which included his older brother George) by… …

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  • 18South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …

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  • 19performing 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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  • 20Donald Bradman — Bradman redirects here. For other uses, see Bradman (disambiguation). Sir Donald Bradman …

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