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Amanda (2018 film)

Amanda is a 2018 French drama film directed by Mikhaël Hers. Plot Living in Paris, 24-year-old David is close to his sister Sandrine – a single mother – and her seven-year-old daughter, Amanda. Sandrine is an English teacher, while David looks after holiday lets and is a part-time gardener. He meets Lena, a piano teacher.

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poid

English Noun poid (plural poids) The curve traced by the center of a sphere when it rolls or slides over a surface having a sinusoidal profile. References IEEE 100-2000, The Authoritative Dictionary of IEEE Standards Terms, Seventh Edition, IEEE, 2000 Anagrams Diop, iPod

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John Glen (director)

Born 15 May 1932 (age 89)Sunbury-on-Thames, England Occupation Film director, Film editor Years active 1948–2015 John Glen is an English retired film director and editor. He is best known for his work on the James Bond series, editing the films On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, The Spy Who Loved Me, and Moonraker, and directing the films For Your Eyes Only , Octopussy, A View to a Kill, The

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Hippie

A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in UK English, was a member of the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The word hippie came from hipster and was used to describe beatniks who moved into New York City’s Greenwich Village, San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district, and Chicago’s Old Town community. The term hippie was used

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Analytical Engine

The Analytical Engine was a proposed mechanical general-purpose computer designed by English mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage. It was first described in 1837 as the successor to Babbage’s difference engine, which was a design for a simpler mechanical computer. The Analytical Engine incorporated an arithmetic logic unit, control flow in the form of conditional branching and loops, and integrated memory, making it the first design for a

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Light fixture

A light fixture (US English), light fitting (UK English), or luminaire is an electrical device containing an electric lamp that provides illumination. All light fixtures have a fixture body and one or more lamps. The lamps may be in sockets for easy replacement—or, in the case of some LED fixtures, hard-wired in place. Fixtures may also have a switch to control the light, either attached to

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Gordon Bradley

Gordon Bradley (23 November 1933 – 29 April 2008) was an English-American soccer midfielder born and raised on Wearside who played several seasons with lower-division English clubs before moving to play in Canada at the age of 30. During the Canadian off-season, he played and coached in the U.S.-based German American Soccer League. In 1971,

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