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[2019]
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English
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Robotnik takes Professor Von Schlemmer hostage and uses his growth machine to try and enlarge himself. However, the machine backfires, and enlarges Tails instead in nearby Wienerville. Robotnik tricks the citizens into thinking that Sonic is the villain, while Robotnik is the hero planning to save the city from Tails. Sonic must keep the famished Tails from getting into more danger and return him to normal size.
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Eyes on the Prize volume America's Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985
America's Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985
America's Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985
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[2014], c1994
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English
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Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) come north to help Chicago's civil rights leaders in their nonviolent struggle against segregated housing. Their efforts pit them against Chicago's powerful mayor, Richard Daley. When a series of marches through all-white neighborhoods draws violence, King and Daley negotiate with mixed results. In Detroit, a police raid in a black neighborhood sparks an urban uprising...
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Learn all about the Roman Empire's amazing contributions to art, architecture, engineering and language that have profoundly shaped our society and our everyday lives. What are frescoes? What were the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Pantheon? How did the Romans transport water over long distances? How did Romans design stronger bridges? What is oratory? What Latin phrases from ancient Rome do we still use regularly today? What are Roman Numerals?...
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[2016]
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English
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A former teacher, who developed multiple emotional and mental disorders after teaching overseas, finds comfort and peace of mind thanks to a beautiful Golden Retriever named Jamie. A laid-back Bengal cat named Aragon provides love and affection to his owner, who battled bipolar disorder and alcoholism throughout her adult life. Now they are a team that provides comfort to people in their community.
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We delve into the world of contemporary Arab art through the inter-connected stories of one man, three museums. We look at his art, his protégés and the people who collect it. From exhibitions in London's British museum to the region's largest ever retrospective to an Arab artist in Qatar, this episode of Inside The Middle East gets to know artist Dia Azzawi.
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Polygamy in America used to be known as something that’s practiced solely in Mormon country, but thanks to a growing crop of unorthodox dating websites there’s a new spin on multiple marriage, one that is spreading far beyond Utah. Lisa meets open minded singles, couples and throuples who believe that love doesn’t always come in pairs.
8) Big Babies
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Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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Rocco and Brooks get taken to the market and meet the Gonch whose dad runs a stall. He explains to the boys about haggling and they compete for the best bargain. Budge misses his ride to the market, so the enterprising toy launches himself out of the nursery window using a helium balloon, when he reaches the market the balloon gets popped by a seagull and Budge lands face down in a melon. The stallholder hands him to Rocco. He's got a brand new Budge...
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English
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Learn all about the history of voting in the United States of America. Understand the tremendous obstacles and enormous sacrifices made by key people and groups throughout our country's history to secure the right to vote for women, people of color and indigenous people. What was the Women's Suffrage Movement? What were the Jim Crow laws? What was the Civil Rights Movement? What was the Voting Rights Act? How does voting affect change? Why is...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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A South African composer travels to the U.S. to hear one of his most important compositions for the very first time; a Nigerian comedian turned playwright has created a dance-filled stage play; a Kenyan comic book creator shows us what inspires his colorful characters.
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English
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Paul O’Brien is an entrepreneur, startup consultant, and founder of MediaTech Ventures. Why he says the future is now—and how his secrets could be the key to getting your next big idea funded, whether it’s VC, sponsorship, or grant—Paul breaks down the startup ecosystem as it relates to media and technology. Plus, John and Paul discuss the ever-changing role of today’s CMO, and why data should be at the top of every marketer’s mind. Filmed...
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[2017]
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English
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After sustaining a life-altering head injury, a young girl is given a second chance at a normal childhood thanks to her mobility assistance dog, Portia. In Lodi, California, a capuchin monkey named Siggy inspires newfound purpose in the life of Travis, a quadriplegic with a cervical spine injury.
14) The Achievers
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Pub. Date
[2013], c1995
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English
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This is the real-life story of the highflier who inspired the fictional character of Charles Foster Kane, in Citizen Kane of 1941 - and of his much younger lover. Newspaper giant William Randolph Hearst worshipped his young Marion by dazzling her with riches and stardom.
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[2014], c2014
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English
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Historian and author of A People's History of the United States Howard Zinn presents a moral perspective on early America, citing events and movements rarely covered in U.S. history textbooks. In this interview, he discusses Columbus' atrocities against indigenous tribes in the Caribbean, slavery and Abolitionist Movement, colonial massacres against Native Americans that marked the beginning of Westward Expansion, Civil War Indian Removal policies,...
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[2012], c1982
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English
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I would find myself very angry about something, or very unhappy about something and not really know why, and the writing was a way to put some perspective on those very powerful emotions..." says John Edgar Wideman. Wideman is the first writer ever to win the International PEN/Faulkner Award twice-once for Sent for You Yesterday and six years later for Philadelphia Fire. In this program, Wideman explains the connections he makes between the Pittsburgh...
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Razorlight premiered their new album Slipway Fires at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall. Despite being in a seated venue, the crowd sprung to their feet upon the opening track Golden Touch and remained so, singing and dancing up until the set closer Rip It Up. As well as reeling off previous hits such as Somewhere Else and 2006 UK Number One single America, the band previewed their forthcoming album Slipway Fires in its entirety.
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[2008]
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English
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This film presents an analytical look at rock and roll in the 1960s and 1970s. It offers viewpoints from managers, musicians, religious leaders, business marketers, and those who opted-out of entering the music scene. Live recordings from Mike Oldfield, Tangerine Dream, Jack Bruce, Black Oak Arkansas, Electric Light Orchestra, Manfred Mann, and Baker-Gurvitz Army are presented.
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This silent film features Renée Spitz's original footage of his studies on child development in the first year and the importance to babies of the basic needs: food, shelter, and someone to love them. The video shows the healthy development of a child who is well-loved and cared for, as well as the problems faced by children who have lost their mothers and who have inadequate mother substitutes, highlighting their mourning reactions. Black & white....
20) Freedom Project
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English
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Two years after CNN exposed "Chocolate's Child Slaves," correspondent Richard Quest takes The CNN Freedom Project back to the cocoa plantations of the Ivory Coast. It is a journey that will take him in search of progress in the fight against child labor, which ultimately has its roots embedded in poverty. Following the supply chain, from bean to bar, Quest will examine the collective efforts to reform the cocoa industry—the fundamental socioeconomic...
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