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  2. City of God (2002 film) - Wikipedia

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    City of God ( Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a 2002 Brazilian epic crime film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. Bráulio Mantovani 's script is adapted from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins, but the plot is also loosely based on real events. It depicts the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb ...

  3. Idiocracy - Wikipedia

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    Idiocracy is a 2006 American science fiction comedy film directed by Mike Judge from a screenplay written by Judge and Etan Cohen. The plot follows United States Army librarian Joe Bauers and prostitute Rita, who undergo a government hibernation experiment. Joe and Rita awake five hundred years later in a dystopian anti-intellectual society.

  4. Water scarcity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In a sense, it is transporting water from areas of high availability into low availability. Aqueduct systems do the same. In the American West, water scarcity largely revolves around a drought which is drying up the Colorado River, the primary source of freshwater for a number of Western States. However, in the American Northwest, there is an ...

  5. Peachoid - Wikipedia

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    Peachoid. Coordinates: 35°5′43″N 81°41′9″W. The Peachoid. The Peachoid is a 135 foot (41 m) tall water tower in Gaffney, South Carolina, U.S., that resembles a peach. [1] The water tower holds one million U.S. gallons (3.78541 million litres) of water and is located off Peachoid Road by Interstate 85 between exits 90 and 92 (near the ...

  6. Category:Films about water scarcity - Wikipedia

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    Films about water scarcity, the lack of fresh water resources to meet the standard water demand. There are two types of water scarcity namely physical and economic water scarcity. Physical water scarcity is where there is not enough water to meet all demands, including that needed for ecosystems to function. Arid areas for example Central Asia ...

  7. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    economic and economical. Economic means "having to do with the economy". Economical means "financially prudent, frugal" and also figuratively in the sense "sparing use" (of time, language, etc.) Standard: Buying in bulk can often be the most economical choice. Standard: The actor should be economical in his use of movement.

  8. Category:Films about water - Wikipedia

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    Films about water, vital for all known forms of life, despite not providing food energy or organic micronutrients. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.

  9. List of water deities - Wikipedia

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    Hebo, god of the Yellow River. Longmu, goddess of the Xijiang River in the Lingnan area. Mazu, goddess of the sea and protector of seafarers. Shuimu, goddess of the water. Shui Wei Niang, goddess of the water. Shuidexianjun (水德星君) Tam Kung, sea deity worshiped in Hong Kong and Macau with the ability to forecast weather.