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  2. Norman Snow - Wikipedia

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    Norman Snow (March 29, 1950 – November 28, 2022 [1]) was an American actor who is best known for his role as Xur in the science fiction film The Last Starfighter ().. Snow is acknowledged in the acting community as an accomplished character actor, with the vast majority of his work being roles in television series since the late 1970s, in series such as Man from Atlantis, Quantum Leap, L.A ...

  3. The Last Starfighter - Wikipedia

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    A saboteur eliminates Starfighter Command's defenses and the Ko-Dan attack, killing the Starfighters and destroying their Gunstars. The saboteur warns Xur of Alex's escape. Alex discovers Beta and contacts Centauri to retrieve him. Centauri arrives just as Alex and Beta are attacked by a Zando-Zan, an alien assassin in Xur's service.

  4. Three-minute warning - Wikipedia

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    In Canadian football, the three-minute warning is given when three minutes of game time remain on the game clock in the first and second halves of a game. (If the ball is in play when the clock reaches 3:00, the three-minute warning is given immediately after the ball is declared dead.) The three-minute warning stops the game clock in all cases.

  5. Three-minute pop song - Wikipedia

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    A three-minute pop song is a cliché that describes the archetype of popular music, based on the average running-length of a typical single.The root of the "three-minute" length is likely derived from the original format of 78 rpm-speed phonograph records: at about 3 to 5 minutes per side, it is just long enough for the recording of a complete song.

  6. A 3 Minute Hug - Wikipedia

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    A 3 Minute Hug is a 2019 documentary film directed and written by Everardo González. The premise revolves around the event that took place in May 2018 when the event "Hugs Not Walls" took place, organized by the Border Network For Human Rights .

  7. 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets - Wikipedia

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    3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets, also known as 3 1/2 Minutes, is a 2015 American documentary film written and directed by Marc Silver.The film is based on the events surrounding the 2012 murder of Jordan Russell Davis and examines the shooting itself, as well as the subsequent trial, media coverage and protests that resulted from the shooting.

  8. Roger Bannister - Wikipedia

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    The roar of the crowd drowned out the rest of the announcement. Bannister's time was 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. [13] The claim that a four-minute mile was once thought to be impossible by "informed" observers was and is a widely propagated myth created by sportswriters and debunked by Bannister himself in his memoir, The Four Minute Mile (1955).

  9. Sidereal time - Wikipedia

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    Right: a few minutes later the Sun is on the local meridian again. A solar day is complete. Solar time is measured by the apparent diurnal motion of the Sun. Local noon in apparent solar time is the moment when the Sun is exactly due south or north (depending on the observer's latitude and the season). A mean solar day (what we normally measure ...