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    best of people. In Jenny Goebel’s novel The 39 Clues, there is the imminent threat of a nuclear strike off the coast of the Netherlands, during “King’s Day,” one of the biggest celebrations in the country. A powerful family known as the Cahills are the only ones who know about it besides the ones who are planning the detonation. They send three people to deal with the nuclear threat, and three to deal with people who are trying to gather the 39 Clues, which once gathered, would lead to riches and

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    Jackson, Janet, Loretta Devine, Michael Ealy, Kimberly Elise, Omari Hardwick, Hill Harper, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anika N. Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Macy Gray, Khalil Kain, Richard Lawson, Ozzie Areu, Joseph P. Genier, Nzingha Stewart, Michael Paseornek, Roger M. Bobb, Paul Hall, Tyler Perry, Alexander Gruszynski, Maysie Hoy, Aaron Zigman, and Ntozake Shange. For Colored Girls. Santa Monica, Calif: Lionsgate, 2011. Tyler Perry’s movie adaptation of Ntozake

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    Jonathan Lynn Clue

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    Jonathan Lynn, Clue is certainly an American film. The film was produced by Paramount Pictures, as well as co-written and produced by the American John Landis, who was originally slated to direct the film until scheduling conflicts caused him to offer the job to Lynn. (Vary 2013) Jonathan Lynn combined impressive cinematography, sound design, and a unique narrative structure to recreate the both the spirit and experience of the playing original board game into the film adaptation of Clue. Clue is set in

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    Blue Clue Essay

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    Blue’s Clues specifically set out to fix these problems. Cognitive development was vital, but they wanted to do it in a way that didn’t sacrifice fun or comprehension. First, they addressed the issue of comprehension. As long as things happened logically, as long as kids could make a connection, it didn’t matter the length of the segments. At the time a dominant theory in developmental theory, Piaget’s work meant that easily distractible children couldn’t handle large jumbles of video or longer segments

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    Blue's Clues Essay

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    television series: Blue’s Clues Blue’s Clues is a popular television series for children. This show is produced by one of the biggest American companies, Nickelodeon. The company produces these series to entertain an educate children through its exploring game. Blue’s Clues series tells about an animated blue-spotted dog named Blue and the host, Joe. Joe presents the viewers with a puzzle to be solved. To help the viewers unlock the puzzle, Blue leaves a series of clues. The clues are marked with one

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    Movie Review: Clue

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    Movie Review Clue Rohan Kartik 25th September, 2017 Introduction Clue directed by Jonathan Lynn. Based on the game Cluedo by Hasbro. Released in 1985. Not a commercial success but a cult classic that gained popularity after its release. This was the same year that Back to the Future had come out starring Christopher Lloyd who plays an intellectual Professor Plum in the movie. Critically or commercially the movie did not make box office success, but - it has received mixed reviews from audiences

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    A Clue Book Report

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    Get a Clue (Not a lower level reading book! Just saying) Written By: Kim Ostrow Genre: A Mystery Plot Summary: Your average teenager is back at school. She is fierce, and determined to learn. Lizzie McGuire. She has a plan. At the beginning of the book, Lizzie describes how “complicated” and “boring” her life is, but really, she’s in for a surprise. Lizzie lives with her little brother, and her mom. Her mom is very lazy, but can be strict. And her brother is annoying. At school, Lizzie lives a

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    A Clue Short Story

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    Clue Story by Micah I stepped out side went up the steps to my invitation in the mailbox to a party Ms. Peacock was having. Then I came back inside when Mrs. White was cleaning the toilets. When I came in the living room to find my husband Colonel Mustard. He said "did you get the letter." I said "yes, yes I did." He said "its not really a party it’s a meeting in the back of Mr. Plum's library." The next day we got up and got ready. We got in Colonel Mustard's

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    Everyone around me was silently sitting, staring down at their laps. Me, on the other hand, would just sit there and stare at a wall, while humming to myself. I never understood why all of my classmates enjoyed reading books. Correction; I actually just did not understand what was wrong with me, and why I did not enjoy reading like all of the other kids did. Reading never sparked my interest due to many reasons, including; being distracted, being laughed at, and the books I was forced to read. I

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    To Not Have a Clue: The Etymology of an Indication Clue, in the English language, may possess one universal definition. However, it deviates from mythology to modern discourse. For example, Theseus, the son of an Athenian King, narrowly escaped a Minotaur by ways of a clew. Clew derives from an undated Greek source denoting a ball of threadlike fabric. Middle English adopted a more figurative sense from the story of Theseus and the Minotaur. The word gradually progressed, according to

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