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  2. Infinite Jest - Wikipedia

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    In one scene, Hal, on the phone with Orin, says that clipping his toenails into a wastebasket "now seems like an exercise in telemachry." Orin then asks whether Hal meant telemetry. Christopher Bartlett has argued that Hal's mistake is a direct reference to Telemachus, who for the first four books of the Odyssey believes that his father is dead ...

  3. The Rain It Raineth Every Day - Wikipedia

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    The title of the work refers to a line from either William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, where the fool, Feste, closes the play with a song having as its refrain "the rain It raineth every day" (Act 5, scene 1, line 415), or from King Lear, where an unnamed fool declares in Act 3, scene 2: "He that has and a little tiny wit / With heigh-ho, the ...

  4. The Changeling (play) - Wikipedia

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    The title page of the first edition of The Changeling attributes the play to Middleton and Rowley. The division of authorship between the two writers was first delineated by Pauline Wiggin in 1897, and is widely accepted. [3]

  5. Rienzi - Wikipedia

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    Act 4, last scene, in the Dresden Opera House (1842) The opera opens with a substantial overture which begins with a trumpet call (which in act 3 we learn is the war call of the Colonna family) and features the melody of Rienzi's prayer at the start of act 5, which became the opera's best-known aria. The overture ends with a military march.

  6. The Shoemaker's Holiday - Wikipedia

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    Scene 3. The King travels towards Simon Eyre's feast and looks forward to meeting the new Lord Mayor. Scene 4. Eyre's men serve a feast to the apprentices of London. Margery reports that the King is on his way. Lacy asks Eyre to advocate for him with the King. Margery warns Eyre to speak politely to the King, and Eyre berates her. Scene 5

  7. John L. Clendenin - Pay Pals - The Huffington Post

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    From January 2008 to May 2009, if you bought shares in companies when John L. Clendenin joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -3.9 percent return on your investment, compared to a -38.2 percent return from the S&P 500.

  8. The Battle of Alcazar - Wikipedia

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    Act 5, Scene 1: The battlefield at Alcazar As the battle begins, Abdelemec dies (apparently of grief) after receiving news that his army will likely lose. In an effort to maintain the soldiers’ morale, his officers prop up his corpse in order to make it appear as though he is still alive.

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