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Francis W. Parker School (Chicago)

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Francis W. Parker School is an independent school serving students who live in the Chicago area from kindergarten through twelfth (senior year in high school) grade. [1]

98 relations: Abstract expressionism, Alan Pierson, Alarm Will Sound, Albert Einstein, Alexandra Bruce (filmmaker), Alicia Patterson, Amy Landecker, Anne Heche, Arnold Horween, Association football, AstroTurf, Barack Obama, Barney Rosset, Billy Zane, Blade Runner, Blue, Bobby Florsheim, Brad Thor, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Carleton Washburne, Celeste Holm, Chuck Gelatka, Colonel (United States), Conducting, Daryl Hannah, David Mamet, Devil in a Blue Dress (film), Donnie Brasco (film), Edith Pattou, Edward Gorey, Elise Paschen, Entrepreneurship, Eric Forsberg, FASA, Filmmaking, Filter (band), Flashdance, Francis Wayland Parker, Glengarry Glen Ross, Haskell Wexler, Henry Channon, Hillary Wolf, Illinois, Illustrator, Independent school, Independent School League (Illinois), Jacob Weisberg, Jane Addams, Jay Pritzker, Jennifer Beals, ..., Jeremy Sisto, Joan Mitchell, John Dewey, John Lewis (civil rights leader), Jonathan Alter, Jordan Weisman, Justin Hall, Karyn Kupcinet, Kate Levant, Katharine Holabird, Kevin A. Lynch, Kill Bill: Volume 1, Kill Hannah, Kindergarten, Lincoln Park, Chicago, Lisa Zane, Mark Pincus, Member of parliament, Mixed-sex education, Newsweek, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Olympic Games, Paul Adelstein, Peter Jacobson, Ping Tom, Private school, Progressive education, Psycho (1998 film), Publishing, Ralph Horween, Sarah Haskins (comedian), School, Screenwriter, Six Days, Seven Nights, Slate (magazine), Splash (film), Tennis, The L Word, The Verdict, Twelfth grade, United States dollar, University of Chicago, Urban area, Wag the Dog, White, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film), WizKids, Zynga. Expand index (48 more) »

Abstract expressionism

Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York in the 1940s.

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Alan Pierson

Alan Emanuel Pierson (born May 12, 1974, Chicago, Illinois) is an American conductor.

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Alarm Will Sound

Alarm Will Sound is a 20-member chamber orchestra that focuses on recordings and performances of contemporary classical music.

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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).

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Alexandra Bruce (filmmaker)

Alexandra "Chica" Bruce is a Brazilian-American publisher, author and filmmaker, who began her career working on independent films and directing music videos in New York City, soon after graduating from Brown University.

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Alicia Patterson

Alicia Patterson (October 15, 1906 – July 2, 1963) was the founder and editor of Newsday, which became a respected and Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper.

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Amy Landecker

Amy Lauren Landecker (born September 30, 1969) is an American film, stage and television actress.

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Anne Heche

Anne Celeste Heche (born May 25, 1969) is an American actress, director, and screenwriter.

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Arnold Horween

Arnold "Arnie" Horween (originally Arnold Horwitz; also known as A. McMahon; July 7, 1898 – August 5, 1985) was a college and professional American football player and coach.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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AstroTurf

AstroTurf is a brand of artificial turf playing surface.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.

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Barney Rosset

Barnet Lee "Barney" Rosset, Jr. (May 28, 1922 – February 21, 2012) was the owner of the publishing house Grove Press, and publisher and editor-in-chief of the magazine Evergreen Review.

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Billy Zane

William George Zane Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor and producer.

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Blade Runner

Blade Runner is a 1982 American-Hong Kong neo-noir science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos.

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Blue

Blue is one of the three primary colours of pigments in painting and traditional colour theory, as well as in the RGB colour model.

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Bobby Florsheim

Robert Florsheim (born December 19, 1969) is an American screenwriter, best known for co-writing The Passion Of The Ark with Josh Stolberg, (the basis for the film "Evan Almighty").

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Brad Thor

Bradley George "Brad" Thor Jr. (born August 21, 1969) is an American thriller novelist, and putative Republican presidential candidate challenging Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election.

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Brooklyn Philharmonic

There have been several organizations referred to as the "Brooklyn Philharmonic." The most recent one was the now-defunct Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, an American orchestra based in the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City in existence from the 1950s until 2012.

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Carleton Washburne

Carleton Wolsey Washburne (December 2, 1889 – November 27, 1968) was an American educator and education reformer.

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Celeste Holm

Celeste Holm (April 29, 1917 – July 15, 2012) was an American stage, film and television actress.

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Chuck Gelatka

Charles T. Gelatka (January 28, 1914 - May 23, 2001) was an American football end who played four seasons with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).

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Colonel (United States)

In the United States Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force, colonel is the most senior field grade military officer rank, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and immediately below the rank of brigadier general.

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Conducting

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert.

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Daryl Hannah

Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is an American film actress and an environmental activist.

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David Mamet

David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, film director, screenwriter and author.

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Devil in a Blue Dress (film)

Devil in a Blue Dress is a 1995 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Carl Franklin and photographed by Tak Fujimoto.

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Donnie Brasco (film)

Donnie Brasco is a 1997 American crime drama film directed by Mike Newell, and starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp.

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Edith Pattou

Edith Pattou is an American writer of fantasy fiction, including the novel East, an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults for 2004.

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Edward Gorey

Edward St.

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Elise Paschen

Elise Paschen (born January 1959) is an American poet.

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Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is the process of designing, launching and running a new business, which is often initially a small business.

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Eric Forsberg

Eric Forsberg (born December 16, 1959) is the writer and director of the feature film Mega Piranha, as well as the writer of the feature film Snakes on a Train, one of the first mockbusters produced and released by The Asylum.

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FASA

FASA Corporation was an American publisher of role-playing games, wargames and board games between 1980 and 2001, after which they closed publishing operations for several years, becoming an IP holding company under the name FASA Inc.

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Filmmaking

Filmmaking (or, in an academic context, film production) is the process of making a film, generally in the sense of films intended for extensive theatrical exhibition.

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Filter (band)

Filter is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Cleveland, Ohio by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang.

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Flashdance

Flashdance is a 1983 American romantic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne.

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Francis Wayland Parker

Francis Wayland Parker (October 9, 1837March 2, 1902) was a pioneer of the progressive school movement in the United States.

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Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross is a play by David Mamet that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984.

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Haskell Wexler

Haskell Wexler, ASC (February 6, 1922 – December 27, 2015) was an American cinematographer, film producer and director.

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Henry Channon

Sir Henry Channon (7 March 1897 – 7 October 1958), often known as Chips Channon, was an American-born British Conservative politician, author and diarist.

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Hillary Wolf

Hillary Wolf Saba (born February 7, 1977) is an American former child actress and judoka.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Illustrator

An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea.

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Independent school

An independent school is independent in its finances and governance; it is usually not dependent upon national or local government to finance its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, donations, and in some cases the investment yield of an endowment.

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Independent School League (Illinois)

The Independent School League (ISL) is an athletic league comprising nine private secondary schools in the Chicago metro area.

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Jacob Weisberg

Jacob Weisberg (born 1964) is an American political journalist, serving as editor-in-chief of Slate Group, a division of Graham Holdings Company.

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Jane Addams

Jane Addams (September 8, 1860May 21, 1935), known as the "mother" of social work, was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, public administrator, protestor, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace.

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Jay Pritzker

Jay Arthur Pritzker (August 26, 1922 – January 23, 1999) was an American entrepreneur, conglomerate organizer, and member of the Pritzker family.

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Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress and a former teen model.

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Jeremy Sisto

Jeremy Merton Sisto (born October 6, 1974) is an American actor, producer, and writer.

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Joan Mitchell

Joan Mitchell (February 12, 1925 – October 30, 1992) was an American "second generation" abstract expressionist painter and printmaker.

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John Dewey

John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, Georgist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform.

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John Lewis (civil rights leader)

John Robert Lewis (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician and is a prominent civil rights leader.

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Jonathan Alter

Jonathan Alter (born October 6, 1957) is a liberal / progressive American journalist, best-selling author, and television producer who was a columnist and senior editor for Newsweek magazine from 1983 until 2011, and has written three New York Times best-selling books about American presidents.

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Jordan Weisman

Jordan Weisman is an American game designer, author, and serial entrepreneur who has founded five game design companies, each in a different game genre and segment of the industry.

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Justin Hall

Justin Hall (born December 16, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American journalist and entrepreneur, best known as a pioneer blogger.

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Karyn Kupcinet

Karyn Kupcinet (March 6, 1941 – November 28, 1963) was an American stage, film, and television actress.

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Kate Levant

Kate Levant (born 1983) is an American artist.

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Katharine Holabird

Katharine Holabird (born January 23, 1948) is an American writer, best known as the author of the Angelina Ballerina series and Twinkle.

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Kevin A. Lynch

Kevin Andrew Lynch (January 7, 1918 – April 25, 1984) was an American urban planner and author.

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Kill Bill: Volume 1

Kill Bill: Volume 1 is a 2003 American martial arts film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

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Kill Hannah

Kill Hannah was an American rock band formed in 1993 in Chicago, Illinois.

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Kindergarten

Kindergarten (from German, literally meaning 'garden for the children') is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school.

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Lincoln Park, Chicago

Lincoln Park is a designated community area in North Side, Chicago, Illinois.

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Lisa Zane

Lisa Zane (born Elizabeth Frances Zane; April 5, 1961) is an American actress and singer.

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Mark Pincus

Mark Jonathan Greg Pincus (born February 13, 1966) is an American Internet entrepreneur known as the founder of Zynga, a mobile social gaming company.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Mixed-sex education

Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is an American weekly magazine founded in 1933.

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North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), also known as the North Central Association, was a membership organization, consisting of colleges, universities, and schools in 19 U.S. states engaged in educational accreditation.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Paul Adelstein

Paul Adelstein (born April 29, 1969) is an American television and film actor, known for the role of Agent Paul Kellerman in the Fox television series Prison Break and his role as pediatrician Cooper Freedman in the ABC medical drama Private Practice.

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Peter Jacobson

Peter Jacobson (born March 24, 1965) is an American actor.

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Ping Tom

Ping Tom (April 15, 1935 – July 7, 1995) (pinyin: Tān Jìpíng) was an American businessman and civic leader in Chicago.

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Private school

Private schools, also known to many as independent schools, non-governmental, privately funded, or non-state schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments.

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Progressive education

Progressive education is a pedagogical movement that began in the late nineteenth century; it has persisted in various forms to the present.

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Psycho (1998 film)

Psycho is a 1998 American horror film produced and directed by Gus Van Sant for Universal Pictures and starring Vince Vaughn, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy and Anne Heche in leading and supporting roles.

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Publishing

Publishing is the dissemination of literature, music, or information—the activity of making information available to the general public.

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Ralph Horween

Ralph Horween (born Ralph Horwitz; also known as Ralph McMahon or B. McMahon; August 3, 1896 – May 26, 1997) was an American football player and coach.

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Sarah Haskins (comedian)

Sarah Haskins (born August 3, 1979) is an American comedian known for her satire about gender stereotypes in the media.

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School

A school is an institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students (or "pupils") under the direction of teachers.

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Screenwriter

A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter for short), scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs, comics or video games, are based.

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Six Days, Seven Nights

Six Days, Seven Nights is a 1998 adventure-comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Harrison Ford and Anne Heche.

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Slate (magazine)

Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States from a liberal perspective.

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Splash (film)

Splash is a 1984 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard, written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, and Eugene Levy.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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The L Word

The L Word is an American/Canadian co-production television drama series portraying the lives of a group of lesbians and their friends, connections, family, and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles, California city of West Hollywood.

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The Verdict

The Verdict is a 1982 American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by David Mamet from Barry Reed's eponymous novel.

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Twelfth grade

Twelfth grade, senior year, or grade 12 is the final year of secondary school in North America.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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University of Chicago

The University of Chicago (UChicago, U of C, or Chicago) is a private, non-profit research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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Urban area

An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment.

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Wag the Dog

Wag the Dog is a 1997 black comedy film where a spin doctor and a Hollywood producer fabricate a war to distract voters from a presidential sex scandal.

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White

White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue), because it fully reflects and scatters all the visible wavelengths of light.

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1966 American black comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols.

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WizKids

WizKids/NECA, LLC is an American company based in New Jersey that first made its mark in the game industry producing collectible miniatures wargames.

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Zynga

Zynga Inc. is an American social game developer running social video game services founded in April 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_W._Parker_School_(Chicago)

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