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    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...
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    During the Cold War, the Iron Curtain was a political metaphor used to describe the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the...
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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...
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    A curtain rod, curtain rail, curtain pole, or traverse rod is a device used to suspend curtains, usually above windows or along the edges of showers or...
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    during repair. Additionally, they can be used to strengthen foundations and contain spills. A grout curtain usually consists of a row of vertically drilled...
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  • McCurtain, Mac Curtain, or variations may refer to: Conchobhar Mac Curtain (1660–1724), officer in the Royal Irish Army of King James II Dermot Mac Curtain...
    928 bytes (152 words) - 18:59, 24 October 2023
  • American scientist who appears to defect behind the Iron Curtain to East Germany. It is the first of Hitchcock's films to be released without a score by...
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    The Steel Curtain was the defensive line of the 1970s American football team Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). The line was the...
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  • derived from the act of raising the stage curtain. The fashion in the late Victorian era and Edwardian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and...
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  • performance. Curtain call may also refer to: Curtain Call (1940 film), an American film comedy Curtain Call (1998 film), a film by Peter Yates Curtain Call (2000...
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  • album, Curtain Call: The Hits, which was issued in 2005. The compilation covers the most recent years of Eminem's career, since his return to music from...
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    A curtain wall is an exterior covering of a building in which the outer walls are non-structural, instead serving to protect the interior of the building...
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    The Orange Curtain is a local term for the border between Orange County and Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California. It is a sometimes derogatory...
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  • Air curtain may refer to: Air door, a fan-powered device used for separating two spaces from each other Pneumatic barrier for containing oil spills Curtain...
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    A front curtain, also known as a (front-of-)house curtain, act curtain, grand drape, main curtain or drape, proscenium curtain, or main rag is the stage...
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    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...
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  • Stevie Wonder is also credited as a writer due to the sampling of his 1976 song "Pastime Paradise". "Curtain Falls" was released on 8 November 2004 as the...
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    A curtain call (often known as a walkdown or a final bow) occurs at the end of a performance when one or more performers return to the stage to be recognized...
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    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...
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  • Ramone. The Nylon Curtain peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard albums chart, with two million sales in the U.S. It was one of the first albums to be digitally...
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