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Directed by Joss Whedon. 2012. N.B. Due to recent criticism I have taken special effort to ensure all images used are precisely appropriat...

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To achieve at least C1 fluency in German, Italian, and Russian. To read the entire Old Testament in Hebrew. To read the Iliad and the Od...

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