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Strangers When We Meet (David Bowie song)


"Strangers When We Meet" is a song by David Bowie, originally recorded for his 1993 album "The Buddha of Suburbia". In 1995, Bowie re-recorded the song for his "Outside" album, and this version was edited and released as a single, paired with a reworked version of Bowie’s 1970 “The Man Who Sold the World”. While the new version of “The Man Who Sold the World” was billed as a "live version", it was actually a studio-recorded
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The Man Who Sold the World


list of the top twenty most played Nirvana songs on the TV and radio in the UK in which "The Man Who Sold the World" was ranked at number six. A louder electric guitar cover appears on the band's "Live and Loud" set list. The song appears on the compilation album "Five Years (1969–1973)". "Metrobolist" was the album's original title, planned for release by Bowie as a gatefold presentation, with hand drawn title accompanying cartoon-style drawings front and back, opening
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World Entertainment War


According to Gould, The Same had previously opened for the band Brezsny sang for at the time, Tao Chemical. Gould also stated in the interview, of her audition for World Entertainment War, "I had never done original songs before. The bass-player and drummer sold me. I never sung a note at my audition and was offered the job." Keyboardist Hannibal left the band shortly and was replaced briefly by Sam Loya, who was then replaced by Amy Excolere. They began playing live shows and eventually sold
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The Man Who Sold the World (album)


The Man Who Sold the World is the third studio album by English rock artist David Bowie. It was originally released in the United States by Mercury Records on 4 November 1970, and then in April 1971 in the United Kingdom. He recorded the album with producer Tony Visconti at Trident Studios in London and Advision Studios in central London. The album's hard rock style was a departure from the largely acoustic music of Bowie's previous self-titled album. Author David Buckley has described that record as "the first Bowie album
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as Aleister Crowley, Franz Kafka and Friedrich Nietzsche. The original 1970 US release of "The Man Who Sold the World" employed a cartoon-like cover drawing by Bowie's friend Michael J. Weller, featuring a cowboy in front of the Cane Hill mental asylum. Weller, whose friend was a patient there, suggested the idea after Bowie had asked him to create a design that would capture the music's foreboding tone. Drawing on pop art styles, he depicted a dreary main entrance block to the hospital with a damaged
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not write the songs on "The Man Who Sold the World". You only have to check out the chord changes. No-one writes chord changes like that". "The Width of a Circle" and "The Supermen", for example, were already in existence before the sessions began. Ralph Mace played a Moog modular synthesizer borrowed from George Harrison; Mace was a 40-year-old concert pianist who was also head of the classical music department at Mercury Records. "The Man Who Sold the World"
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also provided an unlikely hit for Scottish pop singer Lulu (produced by Bowie and Ronson) and would be covered by many artists over the years, including Richard Barone in 1987, and Nirvana in 1993, who performed a cover of "The Man Who Sold the World" for "MTV Unplugged in New York". "The Man Who Sold the World" was generally more successful commercially and critically in the US than in the UK when it was first released. Music publications "Melody Maker" and "NME" found
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The Man Who Sold the World


Man Who Sold the World" with Mick Ronson during the July 1973 "Pin Ups" sessions and also contributed guitar, saxophone and backing vocals. The remainder of the band included Ronson on guitar, Trevor Bolder on bass, Mike Garson on piano, and Aynsley Dunbar on drums. Lulu's "The Man Who Sold the World" was released as a single on 11 January 1974 having been introduced by Lulu on the "TOTP" broadcast of 10 January 1974: the track only made its Top 50 debut (at #
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The Man Who Sold the Moon


that the spaceship is nuclear powered.) The novella also inspired David Bowie's song "The Man Who Sold the World", in both its title and its central themes. Harriman appears in "Requiem" as an old man who has still not been able to go to the Moon. It was published in 1940, 11 years before "The Man Who Sold the Moon". The name "Harriman" reappears in many "Future History" stories as the name of various businesses and foundations, indicating that Harriman's
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Leanne Cope


was spotted by Christopher Wheeldon, who was looking for a leading actress for his stage version of the film "An American in Paris". Having heard that Cope sang at school, Wheeldon asked her to sing for him. Cope sang "The Man I Love", and was cast in the role of Lise. While preparing for the role, she met with Leslie Caron, who originated the role of Leslie in the 1951 film, to discuss the character. The show opened on 12 April, and Cope received praise
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The Man Who Sold the World


"The Man Who Sold the World" is a song written and performed by David Bowie. It is the title track of his third album, which was released in the US in November 1970 and in the UK in April 1971. The song has been covered by a number of other artists, notably by Lulu, who had a UK No. 3 hit with her version in 1974, and Nirvana, whose 1993 performance of the song for the television program "MTV Unplugged" introduced it to a new audience. The
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The Man Who Sold the World


cool you're doing a Nirvana song.' And I think, 'Fuck you, you little tosser! On 14 February 2016, surviving Nirvana band members Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl and Pat Smear teamed up with contemporary Beck to perform "The Man Who Sold the World" at a pre-Grammy Awards party, in tribute to Bowie, who had died the month prior, with Beck performing the vocals. In 2017, to mark what would have been Kurt Cobain's 50th birthday, the Phonographic Performance Limited released a
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David Bowie (1967 album)


". The track also explicitly referenced subjects like abortion, infanticide and cannibalism. "There Is a Happy Land" was an early manifestation of Bowie's vision of children as a race apart from their elders, a theme revisited on "The Man Who Sold the World", "Hunky Dory" and "Ziggy Stardust". "She's Got Medals" was a gender-bending tale with gay and lesbian connotations that predated the 'dress cover' of "The Man Who Sold the World" and the bisexual/
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Holy Holy


, "Bolan's influence is so much in the ascendant that it virtually amounts to a case of demonic possession". The single's B-side was another Tyrannosaurus Rex flavoured song called "Black Country Rock" from "The Man Who Sold the World". Bowie performed "Holy Holy" on Britain's Granada Television wearing a dress, which he would also wear on the cover of the soon-to-be-released UK edition of "The Man Who Sold the World". A more energetic version of
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Mick Ronson


, again replaced by Woody Woodmansey. In April 1970, Ronson, Woodmansey, and Visconti started recording Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World" album. During the sessions for "The Man Who Sold the World", the trio of Ronson, Visconti, and Woodmansey – still under The Hype moniker – signed to Vertigo Records. The group recruited Benny Marshall from The Rats as vocalist, and entered the studio to record an album. By the time a single appeared, The Hype had been renamed Ronno. "
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The Man Who Sold the World


but [Bowie] followed up two days later. He was übercool at the time and I just wanted to be led by him. I loved everything he did. I didn't think 'The Man Who Sold the World' was the greatest song for my voice, but it was such a strong song in itself. I had no idea what it was about. In the studio Bowie kept telling me to smoke more cigarettes, to give my voice a certain quality." Bowie produced the Lulu recording of "The
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The Man Who Sold the World (album)


proper." "NME" critics Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray have said of "The Man Who Sold the World", "this is where the story "really" starts". The album was written and rehearsed at David Bowie's home in Haddon Hall, Beckenham, an Edwardian mansion converted to a block of flats that was described by one visitor as having an ambiance "like Dracula's living room". As Bowie was preoccupied with his new wife Angie at the time, the music was largely arranged by
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The Man Who Sold the World (album)


dent the charts in either country at the time, however it made No. 26 in the UK and No. 105 in the US following its re-release on 25 November 1972, in the wake of Bowie's commercial breakthrough "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars". "The Man Who Sold the World" has since been cited as inspiring the goth rock, dark wave and science fiction elements of work by artists such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, Gary Numan,
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Hello Ghost


Sang-man being arrested, because he was caught driving without a license. Another ghost, a child, wants to watch a cartoon movie. The last ghost is a crying woman who wants to cook and to eat together with people she cares about. All these events also lead to Sang-man getting to know Yun-soo better. Yun-soo's father dies, and Sang-man is the last person he speaks with. Yun-soo is uncomfortable with this, and pushes Sang-man away until
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Holy Holy


"Holy Holy" is a song by David Bowie, originally released as a single in January 1971. It was recorded in November 1970, after the completion of "The Man Who Sold the World", in the perceived absence of a clear single from that album. Like Bowie's two previous singles, it sold poorly and failed to chart. At the time Marc Bolan's Tyrannosaurus Rex was a significant source of inspiration for Bowie. On this track, according to "NME" editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray
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27) on the chart dated 26 January 1974 following a reprise performance by Lulu on "TOTP" two days earlier on 24 January 1974, with a third "TOTP" performance by Lulu on 7 February 1974 broadcast facilitating a boost from No. 13 to No. 5 on the chart dated 9 February 1974. In her "TOTP" performances in support of "The Man Who Sold the World" Lulu has been characterized as "dressed and sounding exactly like a diminutive Bowie". Lulu performed the song in the second
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The Man Who Sold the World


the title song of the 2015 video game "". The song was covered by American singer Richard Barone in 1987 on his proto-chamber pop album, "Cool Blue Halo". Using cello, acoustic guitar and symphonic percussion in a live setting. In his journals, Kurt Cobain of the American grunge band Nirvana ranked the album "The Man Who Sold the World" at number 45 in his top 50 favourite albums. A live rendition of the song was recorded by the band in 1993 during their "MTV Unplugged
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The Man Who Sold the World (album)


up your sleeves and show us your arms"—a pun on record players, guns, and drug use—but Mercury found the idea too risqué and the balloon was left blank. According to Bowie biographer Nicholas Pegg, "at this point, David's intention was to call the album "Metrobolist", a play on Fritz Lang's "Metropolis": the title would remain on the tape boxes even after Mercury had released the LP in America as "The Man Who Sold the World"." Bowie was enthusiastic about the
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really cool". While promoting "The Man Who Sold the World" in the US, Bowie wore the Mr Fish dress in February 1971 on his first promotional tour and during interviews, despite the fact that the Americans had no knowledge of the as yet unreleased UK cover. The 1971 German release presented a winged hybrid creature with Bowie's head and a hand for a body, preparing to flick the Earth away. The 1972 worldwide reissue by RCA Records used a black-and-white picture of Ziggy Stardust on the
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single under the name T. Rex, "Ride a White Swan", which peaked at No. 2 in the UK charts. In a retrospective review for AllMusic, senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine cited "The Man Who Sold the World" as "the beginning of David Bowie's classic period" and complimented its "tight, twisted heavy guitar rock that appears simple on the surface but sounds more gnarled upon each listen". Erlewine viewed its music and Bowie's "paranoid futuristic tales" as "bizarre", adding
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with such thrilling abandon again". "The Man Who Sold the World" was first released on CD by RCA in 1984. The German (RCA PD84654, for the European Market) and Japanese (RCA PCD1-4816, for the US market) masters were sourced from different tapes and are not identical for each region. The album was reissued by Rykodisc (RCD 10132)/EMI (CDP 79 1837 2) on 30 January 1990 with an extended track listing, including a 1974 re-recording of Bowie's single "Holy
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What a Man (song)


the song retitled "Whatta Man" for "Runaway Love", an EP by En Vogue, who is credited as the featured group. Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor wrote the rap lyrics and produced the version. Salt-N-Pepa sampled Lyndell's original recording and remade the song as a rap song throughout the recording. En Vogue sang the refrain of the song, "Whatta man, whatta man, whatta mighty good man." While Terry Ellis and Maxine Jones sing intro, bridge, background and lead
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The Man Who Sold the World


memorable acoustic performance up until lead singer Cobain's death in 1994. In 2002, the song was re-released on Nirvana's self-titled "best of" compilation. Bowie said of Nirvana's cover: "I was simply blown away when I found that Kurt Cobain liked my work, and have always wanted to talk to him about his reasons for covering 'The Man Who Sold the World and that "it was a good straight forward rendition and sounded somehow very honest. It would have been nice to have
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The Man Who Sold the World (album)


, at the last possible moment, Bowie would reluctantly uncurl himself from the sofa on which he was lounging with his wife, and dash off a set of lyrics." Despite his annoyance with Bowie's fixation on married life during the recording of "The Man Who Sold the World", Visconti still rated it as his best work with Bowie until 1980's "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)". Bowie himself was quoted in a 1998 interview as saying "I really did object to the impression that I did
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The Man Who Sold the World (album)


Holy" originally issued as a b-side (but incorrectly identified as the 1971 original.) Rykodisc later released this album in the Au20 series (RCD 80132) with 24-bit digitally remastered sound. "Holy Holy" was incorrectly described in the liner notes as the original single version, recorded in November 1970 and released in January 1971. Bowie vetoed inclusion of the earlier recording, and the single remained the only official release of the 1970 recording until 2015, when it was included on "Re:Call 1",
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Big Butter and Egg Man


and egg man to treat her well and let her play so she doesn’t need to work all day. After the popularization of the term, some merchants who sold eggs and butter were upset because it painted them in a negative light. One such merchant, from Minneapolis, even sued the theater and its star for vilifying the hardworking merchants, claiming that when the star sang about them, she did so with “certain tones and gestures to convey that all dealers in butter and egg were men of immoral and licentious character
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Dalziel


the Dalzell estates were sold to the Hamiltons of Orbiston, who held them until the 20th century. Scottish emigration has dispersed the Dalziel family across the English-speaking world. The Dalziel coat of arms is "sable, a man's body proper", i.e. the flesh-coloured silhouette of a man against a black background. The origin of this peculiar arms was written about by Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet, in 1764: People with this surname include: Dalyell Dalzell Dalziel Fictional people People with the given name:
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General Computer Corporation


boards for Atari's games without permission). They created an enhancement kit for "Pac-Man" called "Crazy Otto" which they sold to Midway, who in turn sold it as the sequel "Ms. Pac-Man"; they also developed "Jr. Pac-Man", that game's successor. Under Atari, Inc., GCC made the original arcade games "Food Fight", "Quantum", and the unreleased "Nightmare"; developed the Atari 2600 versions of "Ms. Pac-Man"
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Karl Slover


the sleepy heads, and was among those who sang "Follow the Yellow Brick Road". His "Oz" co-stars, The Matina Triplets whose names were Bela "Ike", Lajos "Leo", and Matjus "Mike" were originally from Budapest. They also appeared in the film as Munchkins. After filming "Oz", Slover began working for the 'Original World Famous Singers Midget Show' where he sang and danced throughout the United States. When the show ended in 1942, Slover joined the
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Michigan Opera Theatre


Godunov"; Nicole Cabell who sang Musetta in "La bohème" in 2005, a few months after winning the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition; Australian soprano Dame Joan Sutherland who sang the title role in Donizetti's Anna Bolena; Martina Arroyo and Ghena Dimitrova who sang in MOT's 1986 production of Turandot; Luciano Pavarotti who sang at Joe Louis Arena in 1989; Irina Mishura who played Carmen during the 1996-97 season; The Three Tenors in 1999 at the historic Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Andrea Bocelli who
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Cesira Ferrani


as the title role in Catalani's "Loreley" under Arturo Toscanini. On 1 February 1893, Ferrani sang the title role in the world premiere of Puccini's "Manon Lescaut" at the Teatro Regio di Torino. It was the first time of many that she would sing opposite Giuseppe Cremonini, who originated the role of Chevalier des Grieux. In 1894 Ferrani and Cremonini reprised their roles in "Manon Lescaut"'s La Scala premiere and sang opposite each other in the world premiere of Alberto Franchetti's "Il fior d'Alpe
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Forbes House, Belgravia


Day sang "Que Sera Sera" in the ballroom, in Alfred Hitchcock's film, "The Man Who Knew Too Much". For over 50 years until 2010, it was the headquarters of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. In 2010, the remaining 47 year lease was sold for about £40 million. In 2012, "The Guardian" reported that it had been bought by David and Frederick Barclay through "offshore entities in Jersey and the British Virgin Islands (BVI)", and that they had
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A Hearty Response


is an upright and virtuous police officer who was assigned with his partner, Long Man (David Lui), to arrest drug dealer Addict Hung (Ng Hong-sang) in a supermarket. There, Long Man sees Kong-sang stealing from the supermarket and arrests her. As Ting-pong was distracted by this, Addict Hung manages to get on a car and runs over Kong-sang before fleeing. After regaining consciousness in the hospital, Kong-sang feigns amnesia to avoid being repatriated and identifies Ting-pong
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Paris Bennett


and in the girls' medley sang "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!", "Natural Woman", "I'm Every Woman", and "Trouble". Prince, who was appearing for a surprise performance, met and thanked Bennett for singing his song. Bennett recorded Midnight Train to Georgia for the compilation album. The track has sold 9,100 legal downloads as of August 10, 2006. After “American Idol”, Bennett at age 18 began recording and preparing for the release of her debut album
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Simulation heuristic


when that ticket won. Kahneman and Tversky explained these findings through the understanding of the norm theory, by stating that "people's anticipatory regret, along with reluctance to sell the ticket, should increase with their ease of imagining themselves still owning the winning ticket". Therefore, the man who recently sold his ticket will experience more regret because the "counterfactual world", in which he is the winner, is perceived as closer for him than the man who sold his ticket two weeks ago. This example shows the bias
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Ben Folds


fact that his bassist Jared Reynolds was with his wife who had just given birth to their first son. Folds made a brief solo tour of Australia during August 2009; at one of his sold out Sydney Opera House concerts he was joined onstage for several songs by Aimee Mann, who was also touring Australia at the time. At the Palais theatre in Melbourne Missy Higgins joined him for "You Don't Know Me", a single from "Way to Normal" that Folds originally sang with Regina Spektor. In 2010,
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Robert Fleck


, he is remembered fondly by the club's fans, who sang a song in his honour – "We all live in a Robert Fleck world" – based on the lyrics of Yellow Submarine by The Beatles. Fleck re-joined Norwich (who had just been relegated from the Premier League) for £650,000 in September 1995 after a loan spell, to begin with he made an impact forming a solid partnership with Ashley Ward up front, but after Ward was sold due to Norwich's financial problems, his performance was
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Lèvres de Sang


Lèvres de Sang (English title: "Lips of Blood") is a 1975 French horror film directed by Jean Rollin. The film tells the story of a man who begins to have visions of a young woman dressed in white who is locked behind the gates of a château. The director was "forced" to shot the hardcore version as well under the title "Suce Moi Vampire". At a reception for the launch of a new perfume, a man named Frédéric sees a photo of the ruins of an old
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Holy Holy


the song was recorded in late 1971 for "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars". It was dropped from the album, but subsequently appeared as the B-side to "Diamond Dogs" in 1974. This version was also released as a bonus track on the Rykodisc reissue of "The Man Who Sold the World" in 1990 (despite the sleeve notes referring to it as the original cut), as well as on the "Ziggy Stardust – 30th Anniversary Reissue" bonus disc in
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Leanne Mitchell


, but ended up in the bottom 3 after they lost to Ruth Brown, who won the vote. Tom Jones chose to save Leanne, taking her to the Semi-Finals. In the Semis, she performed Whitney Houston's Run to You and won the public vote against Ruth Brown. In the Live Finals, she first sang It's a Man's Man's Man's World as her solo song, her duet with coach Tom Jones being Mama Told Me Not to Come and her Song of the Series was yet
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Sandhy Sondoro


first Southeast Asian to participate. The first day of the competition the contestants were required to sing world hits, and Sandhy sang "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge. He received 9 points from one of the twelve judges, while the rest gave him 10, giving him 119 points in total. Sandhy came in first place, followed by Jamala from the Ukraine in the second place, who sang "History Repeating." The second day the contestants were required to sing national hit songs, and Sandhy
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Bell Homestead National Historic Site


Prince Company) given to the Homestead museum by the granddaughter of Jenny Cowherd (who later became Mrs. Joseph Durnan). Jenny's father was Thomas Cowherd, whose hardware store supplied stovepipe wire to Graham Bell, and her brother was James, who built almost 2,400 telephones for Melville's telephone company and for the Bell Telephone Company of Canada. Jenny also played the melodeon and sang for at least one of Alexander Graham's telephone demonstrations. Many of the items had originally been sold at auction in 1881 by Melville's family when
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David Live


Aladdin Sane" and the atmospheric instrumental additions to "The Width of a Circle" from "The Man Who Sold the World". The record is also notable for including Bowie's first release of "All the Young Dudes," a song originally given to the band Mott the Hoople for their 1972 album of the same name. Mick Jagger commented about the album at the time, saying he thought "Knock on Wood" was "awful". Jagger went on to say, "If I got the kind of
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A Reality Tour (film)


A Reality Tour is a DVD released in 2004 of David Bowie's performance at Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland in 2003 during the A Reality Tour. The set list includes tracks spanning Bowie's 30 plus years in the music business, from "The Man Who Sold the World" (1970) all the way to "Reality" (2003), along with collaborations such as "Sister Midnight" (with Iggy Pop; originally from "The Idiot" (1977)) and "Under Pressure" (with Queen
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American ginseng


, the roots have been collected by ""sang" hunters" and sold to Chinese or Hong Kong traders, who often pay high prices for particularly old wild roots. Originally, American ginseng was imported into China via subtropical Guangzhou, the seaport next to Hong Kong. Since American ginseng was originally imported into China via a subtropical seaport, Chinese doctors believed American ginseng must be good for "yang", because it came from a hot area. They did not know, however, that American ginseng can only grow in
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Hair (musical)


, Sally Eaton and Shelley Plimpton reprising their off-Broadway roles as Jeanie and Crissy, Melba Moore as Dionne, Steve Curry as Woof, Ronnie Dyson (who sang "Aquarius" and "What a Piece of Work is Man"), Paul Jabara and Diane Keaton (both Moore and Keaton later played Sheila). Among the performers who appeared in "Hair" during its original Broadway run were Ben Vereen, Keith Carradine, Barry McGuire, Ted Lange, Meat Loaf, La La Brooks, Kenny Seymour (of
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Alfred Hitchcock


with Kelly. She married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956, and ended her film career. Hitchcock then remade his own 1934 film "The Man Who Knew Too Much" in 1956. This time, the film starred James Stewart and Doris Day, who sang the theme song "Que Sera, Sera", which won the Oscar for Best Original Song and became a big hit for her. They play a couple whose son is kidnapped to prevent them from interfering with an assassination. As in the 1934 film, the
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Nikki Gil


radio serial of Salvador Royales' "Mundo Man ay Magunaw", originally played by Jennifer Sevilla in the film version and was produced by SEIKO Films. Monica Pauline Gil (aka Nikki Gil) was born in Manila to Dino and Julie Gil. She is of Filipino, Spanish and German descent. Born to a father who plays the piano and a mom who sang in a church choir, Nikki showed early signs of musical talent. At the age of four years, Nikki was already singing and doing voiceovers for commercials.
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Cinderella Man (TV series)


Cinderella Man () is a 2009 Korean drama directed by Yeo Jeong-Joon and starring Kwon Sang-woo and Im Yoon-ah as the main protagonists. The drama is about lookalikes Oh Dae-san and Lee Jun-hee (both played by Kwon Sang-woo) who live very different lives. It was first aired on April 15, 2009 and was last aired on June 4, 2009. Modeled after a more modern, masculine version of Cinderella. Dae-san is a clothing designer who operates
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Judith Mason


mixed media sculpture, have together come to constitute the signature piece of the Constitutional Court's collection. Justice Albie Sachs considers Judith Mason's "The Man Who Sang and the Woman Who Kept Silent" (1998) to be "one of the great pieces of art in the world of the late 20th century" This piece was inspired by two stories Mason heard on the radio at the time of the Truth and Reconciliation hearings. They told of the execution of two liberation movement cadres by the security police. One was Harold
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Glad to Be Gay


a verse about Peter Wells not used since the original demo. Wells was a young man, later shot dead, who had been imprisoned for two and a half years for sex with an 18-year-old man. Had his partner been a woman it would have been legal, but the gay age of consent was 21 as opposed to 16 for heterosexuals. Robinson sang this pointedly, as Amnesty were refusing to acknowledge gay prisoners as "political prisoners". Queercore band Sister George covered the song – retitled "100xNo" –
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Big Boss Man (song)


Jimmy Reed's manager, Al Smith, and Vee-Jay Records staff writer Luther Dixon. The song is one of the few Reed hits that was written by someone other than Reed and his wife. Backing Reed, who sang and played harmonica and guitar, are Mamma Reed on vocal, Lee Baker and Lefty Bates on guitars, Willie Dixon on bass, and Earl Phillips on drums. "Big Boss Man" was originally released on Jimmy Reed's 1960 album "Found Love". In 1961, it was released
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A Reality Tour


somewhat staged pieces, were informal often with a dialog between Bowie and his audience, jokes, band introductions, and the occasional "Happy Birthday To You". The set list included tracks spanning Bowie's 30 plus years in the music business, from "The Man Who Sold the World" (1970) all the way to "Reality" (2003), along with collaborations such as "Sister Midnight" (originally from "The Idiot" (1977) by Iggy Pop) and "Under Pressure" (released
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Mother Is a Whore


Mother Is a Whore () is a 2011 South Korean drama film written and directed by South Korean indie provocateur Lee Sang-woo. It is based on a true story in Korea where a man was using his mother as a whore. Sang-woo (Lee Sang-woo), who is HIV-positive, lives with his 60-year-old mother (Lee Yong-nyeo) in a small hut. Abandoned by his father Jung-il (Kwan Bum-tack) who left his mother for a younger
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Reckless but Happy


Reckless but Happy () is a South Korea variety show program on SBS starring Lee Sang-min, Seo Jang-hoon, Kim Jun-ho and Lee Sang-yeob. The show airs on SBS starting September 13, 2018 and ended on October 25, 2018. It was broadcast by SBS on Thursdays at 23:10 (KST). This is a show about 3 men who experienced divorce (Lee Sang-min, Seo Jang-hoon & Kim Jun-ho) and a man who experienced break-up
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Smilin' Ed McConnell


100,000 or better, a year." In the early 1930s Smilin' Ed McConnell promoted Aladdin Kerosene Lamps with remarkable success over WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio. He became a well-known radio personality as "The Aladdin Lamp Man", who sang songs, told stories and sold Aladdin lamps over the air. By 1948, 145 ABC stations were subscribing to his 15-minute programs. Smilin' Ed's humor, songs, and music were condensed into a five-minute program especially for electric lamp dealers. So it is
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The Man Who Falls


"The Man Who Falls" is a 1989 comic book story by Dennis O'Neil and Dick Giordano. It is an overview of Bruce Wayne's early life, including his parents' murder, his time spent traveling and training throughout the world, and his return to Gotham City to become Batman. The comic was initially published as the only original story in the "Secret Origins" trade paperback collection. It was later included in the 2007 trade paperback, "Batman: Secrets of the Batcave." "The Man Who Falls
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Sang Doo! Let's Go to School


hwan's family goes bankrupt and debtors rush to collect their belongings. Eun-hwan tries to reason with a debt collector who is taking her father's old record player, but he takes it anyway. Sang-doo, on his way to walk to school with Eun-hwan, sees the whole thing. He tries to purchase it from the man, but is refused. In a struggle to retrieve the record player, Sang-doo ends up throwing a man off a bridge and putting him in a coma.
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The Man Who Sold the World


song was reworked by Bowie, featuring atmospheric synths, a new bassline, techno-style drums and a notably darker mood, for performances in concerts from 1995 to 1997, including the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards. Bowie later returned to playing the original version in the 2000s. The person in the song has an encounter with a kind of doppelgänger, as suggested in the second chorus where "I never lost control" is replaced with "We never lost control". Beyond this, the episode is unexplained: as James
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The Man Who Sold the World


-season finale of French and Saunders in 1988. Midge Ure covered this song in a 1982 studio release, which appeared on the "Party Party" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (released 3 December 1982) and promotional 7" single (backed with "Band of Gold" by Modern Romance). The track was subsequently re-recorded/re-mixed and released as a B-side to Midge Ure's "If I Was" 12" single (released 13 September 1985). This later version is featured as
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The King's Singers


establishment of the original stable male-only group cited above, several of the parts were taken by other singers, including three females. The four founding members, who first sang together within a six-man group in 1965, were Alastair Hume, Alastair Thompson, Simon Carrington and Brian Kay. From 1965 until 1968 the first countertenor was Martin Lane and the first baritone was Richard Salter. It was this group of six singers who gave the first concert under the name of the King's Singers on 1 May 1968 at
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Sumi Jo


In 1994, however, Jo became the world's first artist who sang the song with unedited original record. She recorded this song with a Japanese American conductor, Kent Nagano, in Lyon, France. Jo said it was the hardest record to sing ever. In 1993, she became first oriental soprano to win the Italian Golden Goose Award. In addition, Jo won six international competitions for the first time as an oriental soprano, and was recorded as the first prima donna of the orient who starred in the world's
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Michigan Opera Theatre


who sang in the 1970 "The Barber of Seville" production; Leona Mitchell, who sang Bess in the company's 1975 production of "Porgy and Bess"; Kathleen Battle, whose 1975 performance as Rosina in "The Barber of Seville" marked her operatic debut; Catherine Malfitano, who created the role of Catherine Sloper in MOT's world premiere staging of "Washington Square" in 1976. Other notable artists include The Metropolitan Opera's Jerome Hines, a bass, who in 1974 sang the title role of "Boris
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Metamorfosis World Tour


especially fond of the play of opposites...unlike some of his fellow Latin pop stars, Mr. Arjona is no saccharine lover boy." Aracely Chantaka of the Mexican newspaper "La Vanguardia" said after the show in Monterrey, "Arjona's metamorphosis has been noticeable throughout the years. He's not the same young man who sang in a bar accompanied only with a guitar. Today he's surrounded by a great production." She finally stated that "essentially he's the same: the one who sings to love.
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Seine


Seine was the river that Javert, the primary antagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel "Les Misérables", drowned himself in. In the 2016 film La La Land, Mia, the female protagonist, sang about her aunt who jumped into The Seine without looking and how it is similar to all the dreamers in the world who keeps on dreaming, in her final audition “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)”. The song was nominated for Best Original Song in the 89th Academy Awards. During the 19th and the
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New York Dolls


original drummer. Thunders played lead guitar and sang for the band Actress. An October 1971 rehearsal tape recorded by Rivets was released as "Dawn of the Dolls." When Thunders decided that he no longer wanted to be the front man, David Johansen joined the band. Initially, the group was composed of singer David Johansen, guitarists Johnny Thunders and Rick Rivets (who was replaced by Sylvain Sylvain after a few months), bass guitarist Arthur "Killer" Kane and drummer Billy Murcia. The original lineup's first performance
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Tess Gardella


member of the original Broadway cast to appear in blackface; the show featured an African-American chorus. Jules Bledsoe, who originated the role of Joe in the same production and sang "Ol' Man River", was also African-American. She left the cast in 1930, returning to the vaudeville stage. During the 1930s, Gardella appeared in occasional movie shorts filmed in New York, including the Vitaphone series "Rambling 'Round Radio Row" (1932–34). She appeared in the film that made Shirley Temple a
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Willie Dixon


four Dixon was first introduced to blues when he served time on prison farms in Mississippi as a young teenager. Later in his teens, he learned how to sing harmony from a local carpenter, Theo Phelps, who led a gospel quintet, the Union Jubilee Singers, in which Dixon sang bass; the group regularly performed on the Vicksburg radio station WQBC. He began adapting his poems into songs and even sold some to local music groups. Dixon left Mississippi for Chicago in 1936. A man of considerable stature, standing 6
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Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary


orchestra was conducted by David Charles Abell, who also conducted the 10th Anniversary performance in Royal Albert Hall in 1995. For the encore, four Jean Valjeans sang "Bring Him Home": Colm Wilkinson from the original London cast, John Owen-Jones from the 25th Anniversary touring production, Simon Bowman from the current London cast, and Alfie Boe, who sang the role in the concert. The original 1985 cast (excluding David Burt, who had played Enjolras who states he can no longer sing the part and Patti LuPone
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La Esmeralda (opera)


placed on the "Index Librorum Prohibitorum", the list of works condemned by the Catholic Church. The opera libretto was submitted to the censors in January 1836 who required the title to be changed to "La Esmeralda" and all references to Claude Frollo as a priest to be removed. (The printed libretto which was sold prior to the premiere did have the change of title but retained the use of "priest" regardless, and some of the singers at the premiere sang the original lines, claiming they had forgotten which
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2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game


years it won the All Star Game. This All-Star Game marked the seventh All-Star appearance for the Naval Station Great Lakes color guard from Waukegan, Illinois, who this year was joined by police officers from the Kane County Sheriff's Department who presented the Canadian and American flags in the outfield. Both the five-man color guard and the sheriff's department officers accompanied Michael Bublé, who sang O Canada, and Vanessa Carlton, who sang The Star-Spangled Banner. Bublé's performance of "O Canada
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C-57D


weighed . In 1970 MGM sold off these miniatures as part of the large MGM studio auction, but there was no record kept of who bought the largest of the three. A North Carolina man, who originally bought it for $800.00, stored it in his garage but hadn't realized its market value until 2008; he finally put the saucer up for auction that year, and it sold for $78,000. The three miniatures were reused in several episodes of Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" TV series, sometimes slightly
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Im Sang-ok


. Their family was merchants family. Im Bong-haek. He wanted to be official translator, so he was good at Chinese language and Machu language. Im Sang-ok learned Chinese and Manchu from him. At the time, ginseng was popular product in Qing, as a medicine. Im Bong-haek was a smuggling merchant who followed bureaucrat to Qing every year, sold ginseng, bought silk and sold it in Joseon again. However, he couldn't succeed on his business, all his family
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All the Madmen (song)


varispeed vocals, which Bowie had first employed – though only for comic effect – on "The Laughing Gnome" in 1967. Bowie has said that the song was written for and about his half brother, Terry Burns, a schizophrenic and inmate of Cane Hill Hospital (pictured on the original U.S. cover of "The Man Who Sold the World") until his suicide in 1985. The lyrics include references to lobotomy, the tranquilliser Librium and EST, or Electroshock Therapy, a controversial treatment for some types of deep depression and
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The Man Who Sold the World (album)


guitarist Mick Ronson and bassist/producer Tony Visconti. Although Bowie is officially credited as the composer of all music on the album, biographer Peter Doggett quoted Visconti saying "the songs were written by all four of us. We'd jam in a basement, and Bowie would just say whether he liked them or not." In Doggett's narrative, "The band (sometimes with Bowie contributing guitar, sometimes not) would record an instrumental track, which might or might not be based upon an original Bowie idea. Then
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Charles Kensington Salaman


an article in "The Musical World", he publicly denounced Richard Wagner for his anti-Semitic views. Salaman died on 23 July 1901 at his residence, 24 Sutherland Avenue, Maida Vale. His last articulate words were "I arise from dreams of thee"—the title of his most famous song, of which he was reminded by hearing the name of Barton McGuckin, who often sang it, and who had just called to make inquiries. A religious man, many of Salaman's compositions are musical settings of religious texts.
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The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon


The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Johnnie To and starring Chow Yun-fat, Sylvia Chang, Nina Li Chi and Lawrence Cheng. Lam Bo-sang (Chow Yun-fat), who was born into a wealthy family, is the richest man in Hong Kong who is rich enough to build a space station. Sang, who lives in a luxury villa like a palace being served by many maids, is envied and worshiped by millions of people. However,
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W (TV series)


out that if he is in the real world he can actually summon characters from the webtoon world to the real world when that character comes into his mind. He inadvertently does the exact thing to an imprisoned Sang-hoon, who kidnaps Yeon-joo upon arrival. Sang-hoon brings Yeon-joo to the webtoon world as a trap for Kang Chul and commands Seong-moo to break his own tablet. Before Kang Chul was able to reach the Sang-hoon's hideout, Sang-hoon shoots Yeon-joo
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The Man Who Sold the Moon


Destination Moon" is generally described as being based on Heinlein's novel "Rocket Ship Galileo", the story in fact bears a much closer resemblance to "The Man Who Sold the Moon". However, the technology of "The Man Who Sold the Moon" is very different: its rocket is multi-staged, while "Destination Moon" uses a single-stage-to-orbit spaceship that takes off and lands vertically, both on Earth and the Moon. (Dialogue in the film makes it very clear
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Kerry Livgren


rendered by a marching band. In a small twist of irony, "Dust in the Wind" was also covered in 2006 by John Elefante, Kansas' lead singer following the departure of Steve Walsh, who sang lead on the original version in 1977. The single was certified gold as a digital download by the RIAA in 2005, almost 30 years after it sold 1 million copies as a single. Livgren's music is used by permission for the Theophilos Bible Software. The intro music is an excerpt from "And I
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The Fifth Estate (band)


Sirius XM play in the US and around the world. The original five-member band lineup was consistent for six years. In that time they recorded about 100 songs, and released 13 singles and one album. Sam & Dave joined them on stage and sang "Soul Man" with them at one of their theater shows, while one of the Vandellas sang and recorded one of their tunes, "How Can I Find A Way," with them as her next release. They also appeared in a 1967 TV episode
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Adanna Duru


I" by Lady Gaga. She sang "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" in Showcase Week, where she got a standing ovation by Jennifer Lopez and was advanced into the Top 24. She originally was not voted into the Top 12 but was chosen as a wildcard to continue. She was eliminated on March 25, 2015, where she placed joint 10th/11th with Maddie Walker. She appeared on the season finale on May 13, 2015, to join Janelle Monáe and Jidenna to perform "Yoga"
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Nick Lowe


originally got together to record Hiatt's 1987 album "Bring the Family". In 1990 he wrote a song, "Who Was That Man?" about a man who died in the King's Cross fire. In 1992 "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" was covered by Curtis Stigers on the soundtrack album to "The Bodyguard", an album that sold about 44 million copies worldwide. A New York "Daily News" article quoted Lowe as saying his greatest fear in
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Étienne Daho


of the Comateens, Sarah Cracknell (who co-wrote "Les passagers"), and Elli Medeiros. "Eden" was subsequently re-released for the anglophone market with great reviews with the song "A New World", which was an English-language version of "Au Commencement". Daho performed in a sold out Institute of Contemporary Arts. He also sang at the Marquee in 1989. After a double platinum greatest hits compilation "Best of Singles" in 1998, the number one "Corps & armes
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Seascape with Sharks and Dancer


Seascape with Sharks and Dancer is a 1974 play by Don Nigro. The story focuses on a young man, Ben, who saves a young woman named Tracy from the ocean outside his beach house. The struggle between his more tolerant approach to life and her fear of human relationships becomes the main conflict in the play. This fine work in the Pendragon cycle of plays enjoyed a sold out, critically acclaimed production at the world famous Oregon Shakespeare Festival. It was originally produced at the Theatre Barn at the University of Massachusetts in
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London Blues


adult bookshops and encouraged to become a pornographic photographer himself. The customers like his pictures, which are sold under the counter, and Purdom makes some good money. He is initiated into the world of private parties where old blue movies of foreign origin are shown to middle-aged upper middle class men in the company of young, attractively made up women. At one of those parties, where he works as the projectionist, he meets a man who later turns out to be Stephen Ward, one of the key figures in
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Josh Ho-Sang


Lemieux, who in response to controversy generated by the choice said he had no problem with Ho-Sang wearing the number. Ho-Sang defended his choice, arguing that he did not merely homage Lemieux's on-ice prowess, but also his contributions to the community of Pittsburgh. "He fought and continues to fight for other people," Ho-Sang said. "He thinks outside himself. For me, that's a man worth looking up to. That's why I wear the number. That's
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Reprise


Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat", the song "Ol' Man River" is reprised three times after it is first sung, as if it were a commentary on the situation in the story. In some musicals, a reprise of an earlier song is sung by a different character from the one who originally sang it, with different lyrics. In "Mamma Mia!", however, the reprises for the title track, Dancing Queen, and Waterloo have no altering of the lyrics, and are just shortened versions
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Im Sang-ok


, gave him 10 times of money he spent for buying her. Using that money, Im Sang-ok could had success on his business. One man brought big ginseng and asked Im Sang-ok to valuate it. Im Sang-ok looked the ginseng with morning sunshine and answered correct that it was transplanted to somewhere else and grown. So people call Im Sang-ok Bak mul gun ja(박물군자, 博物君子)(someone who have deep knowledge in everything) and no one tried to cheat on him. Ater
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Manning, Western Australia


Manning is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The land was originally purchased by Henry Manning in 1856. He was a bachelor and his land in Perth was administered by his brother Charles Alexander Manning who arrived in the colony in 1854 and subsequently became Mayor of Fremantle. The land was left to his brother's descendants. In 1936/37 167 acres was sold by the family to the Christian Brothers for the construction of Aquinas College. The suburb subdivided in 1948, initially being named The Manning Estate. Eventually Manning became the official
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Call Me Madam


in Love", their single reaching "Billboard" magazine's number 30 for a week) and Eileen Wilson (who sang "It's a Lovely Day Today" with Haymes). RCA Victor went ahead with the original cast album replacing Merman with Dinah Shore. Merman was called back into the Decca studios to record additional songs from the show, and the label quickly re-released the album as a 12-inch LP under the title "Ethel Merman: 12 Songs from Call Me Madam". The Victor album sold reasonably
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Death of Jason Callahan


Exploited Children. The man who had originally bought the tickets found in Callahan's pocket did not remember the person to whom he had sold them. At least 221 missing people were ruled out as possible identities of the victim. In 2015, photographs surfaced of a young man wearing similar clothes to those worn by the then-unidentified Callahan, and who bore a strong resemblance to the reconstruction images. The person in these photographs was named Jason and was described to have been a fan of the Grateful Dead. He had not
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Villa Park, Denver


Villa Park and the Barnum neighborhoods. Original plans called for a subdivision with artificial lakes, ravines and beautiful landscape design by Frederick Law Olmsted, the man who designed Central Park. The plan never came to fruition and the land was sold to Judge Hiram Bond who operated a cattle brokerage there until 1878. At that time it was sold by Bond to Helen Barnum Hurd Buchtel the daughter of circus owner Phineas Barnum, whose family was active in Denver real estate. Because of unfavorable geography, the Villa Park was slow to develop
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Breathless (2008 film)


regularly paying the rent. Her father is a war veteran who has delusions that Yeon-hee's mother is still alive. Both her father and brother, Han Young-jae, frequently threaten and verbally abuse her. A junior colleague of Sang-hoon recruits a friend, Young-jae, to work as a debt collector for Man-shik. On his first day, he accompanies Sang-hoon and his friend on their rounds. He is hesitant and Sang-hoon berates him. One day, as Sang
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Doris Day


1 hit. Day starred in Alfred Hitchcock's suspense film "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956) with James Stewart. She sang two songs in the film, "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and "We'll Love Again". The film was Day's 10th movie to be in the Top 10 at the box office. In 1956, Day played the title role in the thriller/noir "Julie"
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