A Christmas Carol
Summary: {{Template}} '''''A Christmas Carol''''' is a [[novella]] by English author [[Charles Dickens]], first published by [[Chapman & Hall]] on 19 December 1843. The story tells of sour...
View ArticleThe Rescue (statue)
Summary: {{Template}} '''''The Rescue''''' (1837–50) is a large marble sculpture group assembled in front of the east façade of the [[United States Capitol]] building and exhibited there from 1853...
View ArticleEmma Lazarus
Summary: [[Image:L'Absinthe (1876) - Edgar Degas.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[L'Absinthe]]'' ([[1876]]) - [[Edgar Degas]]<br><small>"Give me your [[tired]], your [[poor]], <br/> Your...
View ArticleUncle Sam holds a finger to his lips
Summary: {{Template}} '''"I'm counting on you!"''' is a color [[poster]] with blue background. [[Uncle Sam]] holds his [[index finger]] to his [[lips]], indicating [[silence]]. ==See also== *[[Gestures...
View ArticleIndex (typography)
Summary: {{Template}} The symbol ''☞'' is a [[punctuation]] mark, called an '''index''', '''manicule''' (from the Latin root 'manus' for 'hand') or '''fist'''. Though rare today, this symbol was in...
View ArticleDigit (anatomy)
Summary: {{Template}} A '''digit''' is one of several most [[Proximo-distal#Proximal_and_distal|distal]] parts of a [[Limb (anatomy)|limb]], such as [[finger]]s or [[toe]]s, present in many...
View ArticleAdventure game
Summary: {{Template}} '''''Myst''''' (or '''''MYST''''') is a [[adventure game|graphic adventure]] [[computer game]] designed and directed by the brothers [[Robyn Miller|Robyn]] and [[Rand Miller]]. It...
View ArticleThe Sims
Summary: {{Template}} '''''Myst''''' (or '''''MYST''''') is a [[adventure game|graphic adventure]] [[computer game]] designed and directed by the brothers [[Robyn Miller|Robyn]] and [[Rand Miller]]. It...
View ArticleMacintosh
Summary: {{Template}} The '''Macintosh''' marketed as '''Mac''', is a line of [[personal computer]]s (PCs) designed, developed, and marketed by [[Apple Inc.]] It is targeted mainly at the home,...
View ArticleHyperTalk
Summary: {{Template}} '''HyperTalk''' is a high-level, [[Procedural programming|procedural]] [[programming language]] created in 1987 by [[Dan Winkler]] and used in conjunction with [[Apple...
View ArticleScripting language
Summary: {{Template}} A '''scripting language''' or '''script language''' is a [[programming language]] that supports the writing of '''scripts''', programs written for a [[software environment]] that...
View ArticleDanger music
Summary: {{Template}} '''Danger music''' is an experimental form of [[avant-garde]] 20th and 21st century music. It is based on the concept that some pieces of music can or will harm either the...
View ArticleMoscow Conceptualists
Summary: {{Template}} The '''Moscow Conceptualist''', or '''Russian Conceptualist''', movement began with the [[Sots art]] of [[Komar and Melamid]] in the early 1970s, and continued as a trend in...
View ArticleSonic weapon
Summary: {{Template}} '''Sonic and ultrasonic weapons''' (USW) are weapons of various types that use sound to injure, incapacitate, or kill an opponent. Some sonic weapons are currently in limited use...
View ArticleGestures of silence
Summary: {{Template}} Placing the [[index finger]] in front of closed [[lips]] is the most widely recognized [[gesture]] of [[silence]]. The gesture can be used to demand silence without raising one's...
View ArticleStreet Haunting: A London Adventure
Summary: {{Template}} :''[[Haunting]]''"[[Street Haunting: A London Adventure]]" is a short essay by [[Virginia Woolf]]. ==Full text== Street Haunting: A London Adventure Virginia Woolf (1930) No one...
View ArticleVirginia Woolf bibliography
Summary: {{Template}} This is a bibliography of works by the English novelist and essayist '''[[Virginia Woolf]]'''. ==Novels== *''[[The Voyage Out]]'' (1915) *''[[Night and Day (Woolf novel)|Night and...
View ArticleMarotte
Summary: {{Template}} A '''marotte''' is a prop stick or [[sceptre]] with a carved head on it. The word is borrowed from the [[French language|French]], where it signifies either a fool's (literal)...
View ArticleJulius Held
Summary: {{Template}} '''Julius Samuel Held''' (* [[15. April]] [[1905]] in [[Mosbach]]; † [[22. Dezember]] [[2002]] in [[Bennington (Vermont)|Bennington]], Vermont) war ein deutsch-amerikanischer...
View ArticleEvert Collier
Summary: {{Template}} '''Evert Collier''' (26 January 1642 - few days before September 8, 1708) was a [[Dutch Golden Age]] still-life painter known for [[vanitas]] and [[trompe l'oeil]] paintings. His...
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