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  2. Ernst Stavro Blofeld - Wikipedia

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    Ian Fleming includes information about Blofeld's background in his novel Thunderball.According to the novel, Blofeld was born on 28 May 1908 (which is also Fleming's birthdate) in Gdingen, Imperial Germany (now Gdynia, Poland); his father Ernst George Blofeld was Polish of German descent, and his mother Maria Stavro Michelopoulos was Greek, hence his Greek middle name Stavro. [1]

  3. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    Tropes (from Greek trepein, 'to turn') change the general meaning of words. An example of a trope is irony, which is the use of words to convey the opposite of their usual meaning ("For Brutus is an honorable man; / So are they all, all honorable men"). During the Renaissance, scholars meticulously enumerated and classified figures of speech.

  4. Man in the Chair - Wikipedia

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    Man in the Chair is a 2007 independent film written and directed by Michael Schroeder. The film stars Christopher Plummer, Michael Angarano, M. Emmet Walsh, ...

  5. The Man in the Chair - Wikipedia

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    The painting shows an old man sitting in a chair (or on his throne) with his feet on a cushion. He sits beside an open window. [9] Above the man's head there hangs a painting and a statue of Saint Arnolfus. Daylight enters the room through the open window. De Braekeleer worked out the small details very carefully in this oeuvre. [10]

  6. Antardwand - Wikipedia

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    But the man takes his money and again locks him up. The next day when the man comes to give some food to Raghuveer. Raghuveer hides behind the door and attacks the man and he escapes, the man shouts that Raghuveer has escaped. The men follow Raghuveer and caught him. Raghuveer is tied to the chair and he asks the men that why they have ...

  7. Disability in the media - Wikipedia

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    The existence of disability tropes in mass media is related to other stereotypes, or tropes, that have developed when other marginalized groups in society are depicted, [23] such as the Magical Negro trope identified, and criticized, by film director Spike Lee. The mocking names often given to these tropes when they are identified indicates a ...

  8. Road movie - Wikipedia

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    Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour (1945), a film noir about a musician travelling from New York City to Hollywood who sees a nation absorbed by greed. [1]A road movie is a film genre in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives. [2]

  9. List of Hindi comedy shows - Wikipedia

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    A Hindi sitcom that revolves around the lives of two neighboring couples, the show focuses on the humorous interactions between the men, who are both infatuated with each other’s wives. Edit II Productions &TV [66] 2016 – 2017 May I Come In Madam. Season - 1 This is the story of a man who works under his attractive boss.