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Speech during the Peloponnesian War. Pericles's Funeral Oration (Perikles hält die Leichenrede) by Philipp Foltz(1852)[1] "Pericles's Funeral Oration" (Ancient Greek: Περικλέους Επιτάφιος) is a famous speech from Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War.[2] The speech was supposed to have been delivered by Pericles, an ...
v. t. e. A funeral oration or epitaphios logos ( Greek: ἐπιτάφιος λόγος) is a formal speech delivered on the ceremonial occasion of a funeral. Funerary customs comprise the practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.
Good night boys and girls, pleasant dreams." At the beginning of the song. Jay Chou "You Can Hear" "Only you can hear it" Following the same line forwards. This is done intentionally, so if you play it backwards, "only you can hear it". Chumbawamba "Mary, Mary" A woman recites the Hail Mary. "Mary" recites the Hail Mary.
Graffiti in Poznań, Poland: "Boy–girl is the normal family". This has, in turn, been graffitied to add the word "not" in Polish, and two female symbols. Describing homosexuality as unnatural dates back to Plato, Aristotle, and Thomas Aquinas. However, there is no single definition of "unnatural".
e. Within ghost hunting and parapsychology, electronic voice phenomena ( EVP) are sounds found on electronic recordings that are interpreted as spirit voices. Parapsychologist Konstantīns Raudive, who popularized the idea in the 1970s, described EVP as typically brief, usually the length of a word or short phrase. [1]
Beyond the veil [4] The mysterious place after death. Neutral. Originally used to refer to the 'veil' that hides the innermost sanctuary of the Temple in Jerusalem. Sometimes refers to just a mysterious place. Big sleep [4] To die or be killed. Euphemistic. Could be in reference to Raymond Chandler's 'The Big Sleep'.
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Missing white woman syndrome is a term used by social scientists [1] [2] [3] and media commentators to denote disproportionate media coverage, especially on television, [4] of missing-person cases toward white females as compared to males or females of color. The syndrome also encompasses disproportionate media attention to females who are ...