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111Russian jokes — ( ru. анекдоты (transcribed anekdoty), literally anecdotes) the most popular form of Russian humour, are short fictional stories or dialogues with a punch line. Russian joke culture features a series of categories with fixed and highly familiar… …
112All About H. Hatterr — (1948) is a classic novel by G. V. Desani chronicling the adventures of an Anglo Malay man in search of wisdom and enlightenment. As far back as in 1951, Desani later wrote, I said H. Hatterr was a portrait of a man, the common vulgar species,… …
113Ricardo Güiraldes — (13 February 1886 8 October 1927) [IMDB entry.] Escuela Normal Superior de Chascomús] was an Argentine novelist and poet, one of the most significant Argentine writers of his era, particularly known for his 1926 novel Don Segundo Sombra , set… …
114Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …
115rhetoric — I (insincere language) noun affectation, artificial eloquence, bombastic speech, declamation, euphuism, grandiloquence, grandiosity, inflated language, loftiness, magniloquence, pomposity, pompous speech, pompousness, pretension, pretentiousness… …
116SHALOM ALEICHEM — (Sholem Aleykhem; narrative persona and subsequent pseudonym of Sholem Rabinovitsh (Rabinovitz); 1859–1916), Yiddish prose writer and humorist born on February 18, 1859 (old style; March 2, new style), in Pereyaslav (today: Pereyaslav… …
117Dad's Army — For other uses, see Dad s Army (disambiguation). Dad s Army Series title card Format Sitcom Written by Jimmy Perry and …
118Frasier Crane — Dr. Frasier Crane Cheers / Frasier character First appearance Rebound: Part 1 (Cheers) Last appea …
119The Jungle Book (1967 film) — Infobox Film name = The Jungle Book |right|thumb|250px|caption = Original Theatrical Poster director = Wolfgang Reitherman producer = Walt Disney writer = Rudyard Kipling (novel) Larry Clemmons Ralph Wright Ken Anderson Vance Gerry starring =… …
120Revolting People — Infobox Radio Show show name = Revolting People imagesize = caption = other names = format = Historical sitcom runtime = 30 minutes country = United Kingdom language = English home station = BBC Radio 4 syndicates = television = starring = Andy… …
