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1. A person who controls and profits from the sexual activities of others, typically women.

2. (Slang) To act in a stylish or impressive manner.

Canks is a slang term that is a shortened form of cankles, which refers to the appearance of having no distinction between the calf and ankle, due to a buildup of fat in that area. It is often used to describe individuals who are overweight or obese.

a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

A leading indicator is a measurable or observable variable that changes or moves ahead of changes in economic trends or market events. It is often used in forecasting to predict future outcomes. Examples include stock market performance, unemployment claims, building permits, or consumer confidence indices. In essence, a leading indicator is a predictive sign that a certain event or trend is likely to occur in the future.

Metropolitan Theodosius was the primate of the Orthodox Church in America from 1977 until his retirement in 2002. On April 2, 2002, Metropolitan Theodosius submitted a petition to the Holy Synod of the OCA, requesting his retirement. The Holy Synod granted his request, and announced an election for his replacement to be held on July 22, at the OCAs Thirteenth All-American Council in Orlando He was succeeded by Metropolitan Herman.

black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil

to cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox

Georges Méliès (1861–1938), a French filmmaker and magician, made a variety of short actuality films between 1896 and 1900. Méliès was established as a magician with his own theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin in Paris, when he attended the celebrated first public demonstration of the Lumière Brothers Kinetoscope in December 1895. Unable to purchase a camera from the Lumières, who insisted that the venture had no future, he bought a film projector and some films from the British film experimenter Robert W. Paul and began projecting them at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Meanwhile, Méliès studied the principles on which Pauls projector ran, and in 1896 was able to modify the machine so that it could be used as a makeshift camera. At first, Méliès followed the custom of the time, and the example memorably set by the pioneering Lumières, by producing actuality films—brief slice of life incidents made by preparing naturalistic scenes for the camera or by filming events of the day. These cityscapes, scenic views, and domestic vignettes closely followed the model already set by the Lumières and their salaried operators, who had already been sent to various points abroad to publicize the Lumière camera and bring home actualities filmed in foreign climes. All told, Méliès filmed 93 films, or 18% of his entire output, outdoors as actuality footage.However, Méliès was also interested in expanding his line of films to include less common genres. His second film, Conjuring, captured a theatrical magic act on film; his sixth, Watering the Flowers, moved into comedy, remaking the Lumières influential LArroseur Arrosé. Following his discovery of the substitution splice in 1896, Méliès moved further into fiction and trick films, building his own studio on his property in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis to allow for the filming of his theatrically inspired, storytelling-based scènes composées—artificially arranged scenes. His last nonfiction work was the seventeen-part Paris Exposition, 1900 film series. Because of his move away from actualities into fiction, he is generally regarded as the first person to recognize the potential of narrative film. In an advertisement, Méliès proudly described the difference between his innovative theatrical films and the actualities still being made by his contemporaries: these fantastic and artistic films reproduce stage scenes and create a new genre entirely different from the ordinary cinematographic views of real people and real streets.

divide or split up

a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others

Crispate usually refers to something that is curled, crinkled, or wrinkled in appearance. It is often used in botany to describe the texture or form of leaves, petals or other parts of a plant.

imparting vitality and energy

David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art of the narrative film.Griffith is known to modern audiences primarily for directing the film The Birth of a Nation (1915). One of the most financially successful films of all time, it made investors enormous profits, but it also attracted much controversy for its anti-Semitic views and degrading portrayals of African Americans, its glorification of the Ku Klux Klan, and its racist viewpoint. The film led to riots in several major cities all over the United States, and the NAACP attempted to have the film banned. Griffith made his next film Intolerance (1916) as an answer to critics, who he felt unfairly maligned his work.
Together with Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks, Griffith founded the studio United Artists in 1919 with the goal of enabling actors and directors to make films on their own terms as opposed to the terms of commercial studios. Several of Griffiths later films were successful, including Broken Blossoms (1919), Way Down East (1920), and Orphans of the Storm (1921), but the high costs he incurred for production and promotion often led to commercial failure. He had made roughly 500 films by the time of his final feature, The Struggle (1931), all but three of which were completely silent.
Griffith has a complicated legacy. Although far from universally so, he was a widely celebrated and respected figure in his lifetime, and modern film historians still recognize him for his technical contributions to the craft of filmmaking. Nevertheless, many critics have characterized both Griffith and his work (most notably, The Birth of a Nation) as white supremacist, both during his life and in the decades that have followed since his death. Historians frequently cite The Birth of a Nation as a major factor in the KKKs revival in the 20th century, and it remains largely condemned to this day.

Branch water refers to pure, natural, and unprocessed water directly sourced from a stream or spring. It is often used in bartending and mixing drinks, particularly whiskey.

To be after something generally refers to trying to obtain, achieve or reach something, to pursue a particular objective, or wanting to talk or interact with someone. It can also be used in the context of a time connotation, meaning that one event is following after another in sequence.

Draba verna, also known as spring draba or shadflower, is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family. It is often found in rocky areas and can grow in various types of stressful environments, like heavy metal-polluted soil. This plant blooms in early spring producing small white flowers. It is native to Eurasia but has spread to many other parts of the world.

any obstacle or impediment

To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.

A chequebook is a book containing pre-printed paper instruments issued to an account holder by a bank or building society. Each piece, called a cheque, can be filled out to instruct the bank to pay a certain amount of money from the account holders account to another person or organization. The account holder signs the cheque before handing it over to the payee.

a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float