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  2. Albatross (metaphor) - Wikipedia

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    In the UK show Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge, Alan Partridge requests the audience to desist responding to his catchphrase "aha!" stating, "can we stop that now? It's becoming a bit of an albatross". In Showtime's Weeds, the main character Nancy refers to another character as, "[an] albatross: my own personal cinder block." Season ...

  3. Allia Potestas - Wikipedia

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    Your patronus with tears that know no end gives these verses as a tribute to you who are lost — your patronus from whose heart you have never been torn — verses which he thinks are pleasing gifts for the dead. Since your death no woman has seemed good to him. He who lives without you, while still living, sees his own death.

  4. Patronage in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Patronage (clientela) was the distinctive relationship in ancient Roman society between the patronus ('patron') and their cliens ('client'). Apart from the patron-client relationship between individuals, there were also client kingdoms and tribes, whose rulers were in a subordinate relationship to the Roman state.

  5. Patronus - Wikipedia

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    Patronus may refer to: The patronus (Latin) or patron in ancient Roman society; see Patronage in ancient Rome The apparition produced by the Patronus Charm in Harry Potter

  6. Fictional universe of Harry Potter - Wikipedia

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    A Patronus is conjured with the Patronus Charm and is primarily used to repel Dementors. The charm is vocalised as "Expecto Patronum". It can also be used for communication by a talented wizard. Albus Dumbledore devised a method of using Patronuses to deliver vocal messages, which he used in the service of Order of the Phoenix. Minerva ...

  7. On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis appeals for courage to better ...

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    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis said the story of Jesus' birth as a poor carpenter's son should instil hope that all people can make an impact on the world, as the pontiff on Tuesday led the ...

  8. Patronage - Wikipedia

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    From the ancient world onward, patronage of the arts was important in art history.It is known in greatest detail in reference to medieval and Renaissance Europe, though patronage can also be traced in feudal Japan, the traditional Southeast Asian kingdoms, and elsewhere—art patronage tended to arise wherever a royal or imperial system and an aristocracy dominated a society and controlled a ...

  9. A startup tested if ChatGPT and other AI chatbots could ... - AOL

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    Patronus ran different kinds of tests, including one known as a retrieval system, in which the researchers would ask the AI chatbots a question about SEC filings and other financial documents ...