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  2. Statue of J. Marion Sims - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] This statue became a cause of controversy in 2017 due to Sims' experimental operations on enslaved black women. [5] In August of that year, the statue was vandalized, with someone writing the word "racist" on it in spray paint. [6] Activists' push to remove the statue intensified following the publication of the book Medical Apartheid. [7]

  3. Teleportation in fiction - Wikipedia

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    [4] "Travel by Wire!" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke. His first published story, it was first published in December 1937. This story is a humorous record on the development of the "radio-transporter" (actually a teleportation machine), and the various technical difficulties and commercial ventures that resulted.

  4. Category : Anime and manga characters who can teleport

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    Anime and manga characters who can teleport, transfer matter or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.

  5. Contrapposto - Wikipedia

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    The first known statue to use contrapposto is Kritios Boy, c. 480 BCE, [6] so called because it was once attributed to the sculptor Kritios. It is possible, even likely, that earlier bronze statues had used the technique, but if they did, they have not survived and Kenneth Clark called the statue "the first beautiful nude in art". [7]

  6. Statues (game) - Wikipedia

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    Red Light, Green Light is a variation of Statues played throughout North America. The title of the game refers to the colors of a traffic light. Like Statues, Red Light, Green Light is played in a field or another long space. One player, the Caller, stands at one end of the field and calls out to the rest of the players who line up at the other ...

  7. List of Disney's Aladdin characters - Wikipedia

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    At some point, she formed the El Khatib, a legion of monsters that have the power to teleport through shadows and are created from children with true seeds of evil. Every seven years, during the three nights of the full moon, she sends out the El Khatib to find potential recruits, enticing them with the promise of power and immortality.

  8. Rocky Steps - Wikipedia

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    The statue was replaced with a bronze inlay of Converse sneaker footprints with the name "Rocky" above them. [9] The statue's removal was the subject of a joke in Rocky Balboa . On September 8, 2006, the Rocky statue was returned to the Art Museum and placed on a pedestal in a grassy area near the foot of the steps to the right of the Museum.

  9. Teleportation - Wikipedia

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    Teleportation is the hypothetical transfer of matter or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. It is a common subject in science fiction and fantasy literature.