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  2. Horse's Neck (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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    She especially pointed out "Champagne on the Terraces" as "a haunting insight into alcoholism and family life." [ 1 ] Kristine McKenna at Spin said, "A thinly disguised autobiography incorporating episodes of surreal fantasy, Horse's Neck sorts through childhood memories and the rubble of an occasionally debauched past."

  3. List of The Goon characters - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of major characters in Eric Powell's comic book The Goon. The Goon An orphan raised by his Aunt Kizzie, a strong-woman for a carnival. When wanted gangster Labrazio made the carnival his hiding place, Goon snuck into his trailer after hearing about the man's reputation for viciousness. Labrazio showed the young Goon a book containing the names of his enemies, people who had done ...

  4. Two-up two-down - Wikipedia

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    Those built before 1875, the pre-regulation terraces, shared one toilet between several households. Those built after the passage of the Public Health Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55), the so-called byelaw terraced houses, each had its own toilet, usually outside. The rapid urbanisation of Britain during the Industrial Revolution meant that these ...

  5. Edging (sexual practice) - Wikipedia

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    Edging can be done both alone and with a partner. Edging, sometimes also referred to as gooning [1] [2] [Note 1] or surfing, [3] is a sexual technique whereby an orgasm is controlled (that is, delayed or prevented).

  6. Summary of Mozambican Refugee Accounts - HuffPost

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  7. Two Sisters (On the Terrace) - Wikipedia

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    Two Sisters or On the Terrace is an 1881 oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.The dimensions of the painting are 100.5 cm × 81 cm. [1] The title Two Sisters (French: Les Deux Sœurs) was given to the painting by Renoir, and the title On the Terrace (French: Sur la terrasse) by its first owner Paul Durand-Ruel.

  8. Andén - Wikipedia

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    A water channel to drain and irrigate andenes. Andenes were complicated to build, requiring provisions for drainage and irrigation. The first step in constructing an andén was to lay an underground or bedrock foundation about 1 metre (3.3 ft) deep to lend strength and stability to the retaining wall, which might rise about 2 metres (6.6 ft) above the slope of the ground.

  9. Terrace (stadium) - Wikipedia

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    The terraces were hugely popular in England, particularly from the 1920s to the 1980s, and their working class links led them to be given affectionate names by the fans who stood on them. By far the most common name was Spion Kop , named after the Battle of Spion Kop in the Boer War in South Africa in 1902 between Britain and the Boers.