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  2. Notes on a Scandal (film) - Wikipedia

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    Budget. $15 million. Box office. $50.6 million. Notes on a Scandal is a 2006 British psychological drama thriller directed by Richard Eyre and produced by Robert Fox and Scott Rudin. Adapted from the 2003 novel of the same name by Zoë Heller, the screenplay was written by Patrick Marber. The film stars Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett and centres ...

  3. Notes on a Scandal - Wikipedia

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    Notes on a Scandal in the U.S.) is a 2003 novel by Zoë Heller. It is about a female teacher at a London comprehensive school who begins an affair with an underage pupil. Heller said to The Observer in 2003 that the real life controversy of American middle-school teacher Mary Kay LeTourneau 's affair with a student was the inspiration for the ...

  4. Azeotrope - Wikipedia

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    Azeotrope. Vapour-liquid equilibrium of 2-propanol /water showing positive azeotropic behaviour. An azeotrope ( / əˈziːəˌtroʊp /) [ 1] or a constant heating point mixture is a mixture of two or more components in fluidic states whose proportions cannot be altered or changed by simple distillation. [ 2] This happens because when an ...

  5. The New Sorrows of Young W. - Wikipedia

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    In the beginning, Edgar is already dead. The narration begins shortly after the publishing of the death notices, when the father visits the mother's flat, where she raised Edgar without a husband. The father tries to find out more about Edgar, to "get to know" him. He talks to Willi, Charlie, Addi. Although Edgar is already dead, he makes long ...

  6. Jona Oberski - Wikipedia

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    20 March 1938 (age 86) Amsterdam, Netherlands. Nationality. Dutch. Occupation (s) Writer, nuclear physicist. Notable work. Kinderjaren (1978) Jona Eliëser Joseph Oberski (born in Amsterdam, 20 March 1938) is a Dutch writer and a nuclear physicist.

  7. Lotus case - Wikipedia

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    The Case of the S.S. "Lotus" (France v. Turkey) Decided. 7 September 1927. Claim. Turkey has illegally arrested Mr. Demons, captain of the Lotus. Ruling. There is no rule of international law reserving jurisdiction of crimes committed in high seas to the flag State; Turkey did not violate any law in arresting Mr. Demons. Court membership.

  8. Oil Platforms case - Wikipedia

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    United States of America) The Oil Platforms case (formally, Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) ICJ 4) is a public international law case decided by the International Court of Justice in 2003 in which Iran challenged the U.S. Navy 's destruction of three oil platforms in the Persian Gulf in 1987-1988. [ 1]

  9. Eweida v United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Eweida v United Kingdom [2013] ECHR 37 is a UK labour law decision of the European Court of Human Rights, concerning the duty of the government of the United Kingdom to protect the religious rights of individuals under the European Convention on Human Rights. [1] The European Court found that the British government had failed to protect the ...