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  2. Moment of silence - Wikipedia

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    A moment of silence (also referred to as a minute's silence or a one-minute silence) is a period of silent contemplation, prayer, reflection, or meditation. Similar to flying a flag at half-mast, a moment of silence is often a gesture of respect, particularly in mourning for those who have died recently, or as part of a tragic historical event ...

  3. One-act play - Wikipedia

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    One-act play. A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. The 20-40 minute play has emerged as a popular subgenre of the one-act play, especially in writing competitions. One act plays make up the overwhelming majority of Fringe Festival ...

  4. Teleplay - Wikipedia

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    Teleplay. A teleplay is a screenplay or script used in the production of a scripted television program or series. In general usage, the term is most commonly seen in reference to a standalone production, such as a television film, a television play, or an episode of an anthology series. [1] In internal industry usage, however, all television ...

  5. One-minute film - Wikipedia

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    A one-minute film is a micro movie that lasts exactly 60 seconds. Although it belongs to the microcinema constellation, it is distinct for being precisely timed. There are film festivals dedicated to it. The one-minute film implies a creative challenge due to its brevity, which demands an exercise of synthesis when writing the script.

  6. Argument Clinic - Wikipedia

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    Argument Clinic. " Argument Clinic " is a sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman. The sketch was originally broadcast as part of the television series and has subsequently been performed live by the group. It relies heavily on wordplay and dialogue, and has been used as an example of how language works.

  7. Shorthand - Wikipedia

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    For machine stenography, see stenotype. Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek stenos (narrow) and graphein (to write).

  8. cron - Wikipedia

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    cron. The cron command-line utility is a job scheduler on Unix-like operating systems. Users who set up and maintain software environments use cron to schedule jobs [1] (commands or shell scripts), also known as cron jobs, [2][3] to run periodically at fixed times, dates, or intervals. [4]

  9. Four Sheets to the Wind - Wikipedia

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    The script was developed with the support of the Sundance Institute [3] and was filmed in Holdenville, Oklahoma (Harjo's hometown) and in Tulsa. [1] [4] Harjo has commented that one of his purposes in writing the script was to react against expectations and stereotypes, for example by depicting Cufe "drinking a beer" while not making alcoholism a central issue, and showing him becoming ...