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  • Thumbnail for Curtain
    curtain is a piece of cloth or other material intended to block or obscure light, air drafts, or (in the case of a shower curtain) water. A curtain is...
    17 KB (2,029 words) - 12:21, 18 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Iron Curtain
    During the Cold War, the Iron Curtain was a political metaphor used to describe the political and later physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate...
    73 KB (8,389 words) - 00:04, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Focal-plane shutter
    first shutter curtain, shown in red. The second shutter curtain shown in green is on the right side. Figure 2: The first shutter curtain moves fully to...
    45 KB (6,798 words) - 12:05, 4 March 2024
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    ideological tool under such regimes, calling it "a folding screen set up to curtain off death". In her 1999 book The Artificial Kingdom: A Treasury of the Kitsch...
    21 KB (2,486 words) - 18:23, 5 June 2024
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    literally means "inside the curtain", a reference to the early period of professional sumo, when there was a curtained-off area reserved for the top ranked...
    45 KB (5,726 words) - 20:53, 12 June 2024
  • the Horizon Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret ...Nothing Like the Sun The Nylon Curtain Off the Wall One of These Nights Out of the Blue Own the Night Peace Perfect...
    29 KB (2,080 words) - 20:15, 31 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Traveler curtain
    A traveler curtain, also called draw curtain, bi-parting curtain, or just traveler, is the most common type of front curtain used in theaters. Traveler...
    5 KB (643 words) - 05:58, 9 August 2023
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    particularly Irish Americans, by social class. The "lace curtain Irish" were those who were well off, while the "shanty Irish" were the poor, who were presumed...
    9 KB (997 words) - 21:18, 21 December 2023
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    safety curtain (or fire curtain in America) is a passive fire protection feature used in large proscenium theatres. It is usually a heavy fabric curtain located...
    6 KB (714 words) - 18:11, 4 May 2024
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    spot within a synagogue, the Torah ark, which is usually an ornate curtained-off cabinet or section of the synagogue built along the wall that most closely...
    20 KB (2,332 words) - 08:35, 21 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Climate Pledge Arena
    that almost half the lower level was curtained off for T-Birds games. The new scoreboard was significantly off-center in the ice hockey configuration...
    96 KB (9,553 words) - 01:46, 26 May 2024
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    Jane Curtin (redirect from Jane Curtain)
    Proposition, and performed with them until 1972. She starred in Pretzels, an off-Broadway play written by Curtin, John Forster, Judith Kahan, and Fred Grandy...
    23 KB (1,819 words) - 05:47, 7 June 2024
  • "Guruguru Curtain" (Japanese: ぐるぐるカーテン, Hepburn: Guruguru Kāten, "Round and round curtain") is the debut single by Japanese girl group Nogizaka46, released...
    14 KB (547 words) - 14:00, 7 March 2024
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    which was usually curtained off) was opened, for the only time during the year, at which women offered sacrifices. As long as the curtain remained open,...
    4 KB (500 words) - 10:41, 27 May 2024
  • The Nylon Curtain is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on September 23, 1982, and produced by Phil Ramone. The...
    22 KB (1,842 words) - 04:34, 28 May 2024
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    A Shenandoah, also known as an Amish beard, a chin curtain, a Donegal, a Lincoln, a spade beard, or a whaler, is a style of facial hair. The hair is grown...
    4 KB (473 words) - 23:34, 3 March 2024
  • Torn Curtain is a 1966 American spy political thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Paul Newman and Julie Andrews. Written by Brian...
    28 KB (3,571 words) - 21:19, 22 April 2024
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    serious that after the team's first season in Phoenix, the team had to curtain off some seats in the areas where the view was particularly obstructed, reducing...
    27 KB (2,972 words) - 19:41, 13 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Curtain ring
    A curtain ring is a small clip for suspending a curtain. They hold up curtains of all types, including shower curtains. The Romans used curtains hanging...
    4 KB (522 words) - 06:12, 24 March 2024
  • "inside the curtain", a reference to the early period of professional sumo, when the top ranked wrestlers were able to sit in a curtained off area prior...
    11 KB (1,532 words) - 07:06, 9 June 2024
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