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101An Inconvenient Truth — Infobox Film name = An Inconvenient Truth caption = Promotional poster for An Inconvenient Truth director = Davis Guggenheim Al Gore producer = Lawrence Bender Scott Z. Burns Laurie David Lesley Chilcott (co producer) writer = Al Gore (teleplay)… …
102Claudio Achillini — Engraving by L Pecini Vene, in Le glorie dei ignoti Claudio Achillini (September 18, 1574 – October 1, 1640[1]) was an Italian philosopher, theologian, mathematician, poet, and jurist. Born in Bologna, he was grandson to Giovanni Filoteo… …
103The Shield of Heracles — (Ancient Greek: Ἀσπὶς Ἡρακλέους Aspis Hêrakleous ) is a fragment of Greek epic, of 481 lines of hexameters. The theme of the episode is the expedition of Heracles and Iolaus against Cycnus, the son of Ares, who challenged Heracles to combat as… …
104Wagner controversies — The German composer Richard Wagner was a controversial figure during his lifetime, and has continued to be so after his death. [ Millington, Barry (Ed.) (1992). The Wagner Compendium: A Guide to Wagner s Life and Music. Thames and Hudson Ltd.,… …
105The Reincarnation of Peter Proud — Infobox Film name = The Reincarnation of Peter Proud caption = Theatrical release poster. director = J. Lee Thompson producer = Charles A. Pratt Frank P. Rosenberg writer = Max Ehrlich starring = Michael Sarrazin Margot Kidder Jennifer O Neill… …
106Andrea Celesti — (1637 1712) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, working in Venice. His style gravitated over the years from a turgid and academic weightiness to a lighter, looser brushstroke.BiographyCelesti was born in Venice and is buried in… …
107Mio min Mio (film) — Infobox Film name = Mio in the Land of Faraway caption = Swedish DVD cover featuring 1987 promotional artwork. director = Vladimir Grammatikov producer = Ingemar Ejve writer = William Aldridge Astrid Lindgren (novel) starring = Christopher Lee… …
108The Quiet Table — Infobox Album | Name = The Quiet Table Type = studio Artist = Three Fish Released = June 1, 1999 Recorded = February 1997 – September 1, 1997 at Horseback Court, Blue Mountain, Montana Length = 47:57 Label = Epic Producer = Brett Eliason, Three… …
109bombastic — bombastically, adv. /bom bas tik/, adj. (of speech, writing, etc.) high sounding; high flown; inflated; pretentious. Also, bombastical. [1695 1705; BOMBAST + IC] Syn. pompous, grandiloquent, turgid, florid, grandiose. BOMBASTIC, FLOWERY,… …
110flatulent — flatulence, flatulency, n. flatulently, adv. /flach euh leuhnt/, adj. 1. generating gas in the alimentary canal, as food. 2. attended with, caused by, or suffering from such an accumulation of gas. 3. having unsupported pretensions; inflated and… …
