FACTOID # 152: Of the eight countries which include the word "democratic" in their conventional long form name, three are dictatorships: North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic) and the Democratic republic of the Congo.
 
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Look up act in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Act or ACT may mean: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

Acts or ACTS may mean: An Act of Parliament or Act is law enacted by the parliament (see legislation). ... An Act of Vaginapenis is a bill or resolution adopted by both houses of the United States Congress to which one of the following events has happened: Acceptance by the President of the United States, Inaction by the President after ten days from reception (excluding Sundays) while the Congress is... The Statute of Grand Duchy of Lithuania A statute is a formal, written law of a country or state, written and enacted by its legislative authority, perhaps to then be ratified by the highest executive in the government, and finally published. ... Lady Justice or Justitia is a personification of the moral force that underlies the legal system (particularly in Western art). ... A legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ... A short-lived synthpop group signed to ZTT in the late 1980s, and comprising Thomas Leer and ex-Propaganda vocalist Claudia Brücken. ... In theater, an act (noun) is a short performance that is part of a longer program. ... Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The ACT® test is a standardized achievement examination for college admissions in the United States produced by ACT, Inc. ... Capital Canberra Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator none Chief Minister Jon Stanhope (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 2  - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2006)  - Product ($m)  $19,167 (6th)  - Product per capita  $57,303/person (1st) Population (End of November 2006)  - Population  333,667 (7th)  - Density  137. ... ACT Logo The Advanced Concepts Team is a group of scientists, researchers and young graduates that operate within the European Space Agency. ... Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT (pronounced act not ay see tee), is a branch of cognitive-behavioral therapy, an empirically based psychological intervention, hat uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with commitment and behavior change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. ... The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... It has been suggested that state transition system be merged into this article or section. ...

The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. ... For the trade union, see Confederation of Cameroon Trade Unions CSTS or ACTS (Crew Space Transportation System and Advanced Crew Transportation System respectively) is a crew transportation system which is jointly studied by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Space Agency (Roskosmos) with the objective to design a...

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acting (1579 words)
Acting in front of camera: is the emotion large.
Acting on the stage and for the camera are the same, the difference is proportions.
Defining acting: acting is not memorizing the text while wearing disguises or matter of pieces of business.
Acting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (330 words)
Acting is the work of an actor, a person in theatre, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play.
From the Latin word agĕre meaning "to do", this is precisely what acting is. In acting, an actor suppresses or augments aspects of their personality in order to reveal the actions and motivations of the character for particular moments in time.
Modern pioneers in the area of acting have included Konstantin Stanislavski, Jerzy Grotowski, Lee Strasberg, Uta Hagen, Stella Adler, Eric Morris, Michael Chekhov, Viola Spolin and Sanford Meisner.
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