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...e is typically accountable to a third party, usually the parents of one of the accompanied young people. ...omes from the sport of falconry, where the word meant the hood placed over the head of a bird of prey to stop its [[desire]] to fly.

|caption=''Penitent Magdalene'' by Baudry, the model was Blanche d'Antigny ...whose fame today rests chiefly on the fact that [[Émile Zola]] used her as the principal model for his novel ''Nana''.

.... In architecture, the style continued throughout the 19th, 20th and up to the 21st century. ...ravings, which subtly smoothed and regularized, "corrected" and "restored" the monuments of Greece, not always consciously.

...age name '''Florence St. John''', was an English [[singer]] and actress of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras famous for her roles in operetta, musical ...n burlesque ''Faust up to Date'', which toured America (1889–90), and then the British provinces. She then starred in ''Carmen up to Date''.

The torture has notably been used against political prisoners. ...ilippine-American War. The Human Rights Watch organization reports that in the 2000s, security forces in Uganda sometimes forced a detainee to lie face up

...the Ziegfeld Follies of 1911 and 1915; in the latter show, he popularized the Turkey Trot dance.[2] ...not as grand as the Ziegfeld Follies, his Scandals were quite successful. The shows, which were micromanaged by White and reflected his tastes, were fast

{{Header|Grand Tour 05/25}} ...om other Protestant Northern European nations and, from the second half of the 18th century, by some North and South Americans.

...cially sign the necessary documents under the Antiquities Act to establish the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument in Washington, D.C. ...ch has been emblematic of the mission to advance women’s rights throughout the 20th century.

The Lumière Brothers were the first filmmakers in history. They patented the cinematograph, which in contrast to Edison's "peepshow" kinetoscope (1888) ...e Lyon'' ("the exit from the Lumière factory in Lyon) (1895) is considered the "first true motion picture."

...mp;S>{{cite journal|last=Gaimster|first=David|title=Sex and Sensibility at the British Museum|journal=History Today|year=2000|volume=50|issue=9|url=http:/ ...It is said to have been formally created in answer to the requirements of the [[Obscene Publications Act]] of 1857.

...its name refers to ''Ba-ta-clan'', an operetta by Jacques Offenbach. Since the early 1970s, it has been a [[venue]] for rock music. ...November 2015, 90 people were killed in a coordinated terrorist attack in the theatre.

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...artist known for his ballpoint pen drawings and his erotic fiction. He was the husband of poet Madeline Mason-Manheim. ...he summerhouse of his wealthy New York City family. He completed the Grand Tour of Europe twice before turning eighteen, and these trips piqued his interes

...sgender women. In 2002, he retired from the brand, and returned in 2013 as the creative adviser. ...s staged at the Cirque d'hiver venue in Paris; and has been referred to as the "Woodstock of Fashion", for having over 300 designed looks, an elaborate se

...cember 2006 she was called, "the most talked-about actress this year," and the Japanese AV industry named her Best New Actress for 2006. ...r AV career. Yuzuki and director Toshio's most recent collaboration was in the March 2007 release, ''High School Uniform and Machine-Gun''.

...ey are situated above the village of West Wycombe, at the southern edge of the Chiltern Hills near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, Southeast England. ...o-founder of the [[Hellfire Club]], whose meetings were held in the caves. The caves have been operating as a tourist attraction since reopening in 1951.

...pornographic actor currently residing in Long Island, New York. Nicknamed the ''Hedgehog'' for his "spherical hirsuteness", he was ranked by ''[[AVN|AVN ...has since stated in a 2003 interview that all he can do these days is kiss the tip of his penis due to his weight gain.

...d to make films, which is handled by the production company. Most firms in the entertainment industry have never owned their own studios, but have rented ...dio near [[Berlin]] was the first large-scale film studio in the world and the forerunner to Hollywood. It still produces movies every year.

[[File:A.'.a.'._seal.png|center|thumb|{{bc|The seal of the A∴A∴}}]] ...s a leading editor of the occult works of Aleister Crowley, the founder of the philosophy and religion of Thelema, who is regarded as its prophet.

...ion to the Victorian era was characterized by religion, social values, and the arts by a shift in tone away from rationalism and toward romanticism and my ...an" refers to the acknowledgment of the influence of Latin literature from the ancient Roman Republic.