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  2. The Third Man - Wikipedia

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    The Third Man is a 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles and Trevor Howard.Set in post-World War II Allied-occupied Vienna, the film centres on American writer Holly Martins (Cotten), who arrives in the city to accept a job with his friend Harry Lime (Welles), only to learn that he has died.

  3. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    When an answer is composed of multiple or hyphenated words, some crosswords (especially in Britain) indicate the structure of the answer. For example, "(3,5)" after a clue indicates that the answer is composed of a three-letter word followed by a five-letter word. Most American-style crosswords do not provide this information.

  4. List of German expressions in English - Wikipedia

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    Typically, English spellings of German loanwords suppress any umlauts (the superscript, double-dot diacritic in Ä, Ö, Ü, ä, ö, and ü) of the original word or replace the umlaut letters with Ae, Oe, Ue, ae, oe, ue, respectively (as is done commonly in German speaking countries when the umlaut is not available; the origin of the umlaut was ...

  5. List of films set in Vienna - Wikipedia

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    Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948 film) The Lie of Nina Petrovna; The Living Daylights; The Long Shadow (1961 film) Love Me and the World Is Mine; A Love Story (1933 film) Malina (film) The Man with Two Brains; Maria Ilona; Maria Theresa (film) Marie Antoinette (1938 film) The Marriage Circle; Maskerade (film) Mayerling (1968 film) Mayerling ...

  6. D-Day Daily Telegraph crossword security alarm - Wikipedia

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    As a result, war-related words including those codenames got into the crosswords; Dawe said later that at the time he did not know that these words were military codewords. On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid , 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a ...

  7. Alban Berg - Wikipedia

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    Alban Maria Johannes Berg (/ b ɛər ɡ / BAIRG, [1] German: [ˈalbaːn ˈbɛʁk]; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School.His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. [2]

  8. The Blue Danube - Wikipedia

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    The first waltz theme is a familiar gently rising triad motif played by cellos and horns in the tonic (D major), accompanied by the harp; the Viennese waltz beat is accentuated at the end of each 3-note phrase. The Waltz 1A triumphantly ends its rounds of the motif, and waltz 1B follows in the same key; the genial mood is still apparent.

  9. Cryptic crossword - Wikipedia

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    A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.