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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.
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Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
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American bison (Bison bison) also known as buffalo or plains buffalo on the prairie, western U.S.
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“One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” - film

  • Louise Fletcher in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
    In One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest

    Nurse Ratched (played by Louise Fletcher) enters for work, and the patients line up to receive their medications. A new inmate, R.P. McMurphy (Nicholson), arrives as a transfer from a prison work farm. As soon as he arrives on the ward, McMurphy begins interfering with…

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portrayal by Fletcher

  • Louise Fletcher in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
    In Louise Fletcher

    …portrayal of the rigidly authoritarian Nurse Ratched in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), which earned her the Academy Award for best actress.

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