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  • Preference utilitarian

    Preference utilitarian

    Preference utilitarianism (also known as preferentialism) is a form of utilitarianism in contemporary philosophy. Unlike value monist forms of utilitarianism, preferentialism values actions that fu

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  • Flores–Lembata languages

    Flores–Lembata languages

    The Flores–Lembata languages are a group of related Austronesian languages (geographically Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages) spoken in the Lesser Sundas, on eastern Flores and small isla

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  • William Mortensen

    William Mortensen

    William Herbert Mortensen (January 27, 1897 – August 12, 1965) was an American glamour photographer, primarily known for his Hollywood portraits in the 1920s–1940s in the Pictorialist style.William

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  • Appropriation art

    Appropriation art

    In art, appropriation is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. The use of appropriation has played a significant role in the history of the art

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  • David Belasco

    David Belasco

    David Belasco (July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director, and playwright. He was the first writer to adapt the short story Madame Butterfly for the sta

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  • Bond Street

    Bond Street

    Bond Street in the West End of London links Piccadilly in the south to Oxford Street in the north. Since the 18th century the street has housed many prestigious and upmarket fashion retailers. The

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  • Philippe Grandjean

    Philippe Grandjean

    The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline.Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of t

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  • Spectral theory

    Spectral theory

    In mathematics, spectral theory is an inclusive term for theories extending the eigenvector and eigenvalue theory of a single square matrix to a much broader theory of the structure of operators in

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  • Reyner Banham

    Reyner Banham

    Peter Reyner Banham (2 March 1922 – 19 March 1988) was an English architectural critic and writer best known for his theoretical treatise Theory and Design in the First Machine Age (1960) and for h

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  • Insect repellent

    Insect repellent

    An insect repellent (also commonly called "bug spray" or "bug deterrent") is a substance applied to the skin, clothing, or other surfaces to discourage insects (and arthropods in general) from land

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