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foreword \n \n jim steinmeyer
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david berglas \n - early days
- a magical beginning
- south africa
- all in a flash
- beating the odds
- clubland
- variety
- radio
- television
- agents
- international man of mystery
- movies
- off stage \n david britland
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the book \n \n david britland \n the book \n david britland
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the picture post challenge \n slipper was hidden in london, berglas blindfolded drove by car to the correct location, found the slipper and handed it to the correct owner \n david berglas
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cresta run \n blindfolded bobsled drive \n david berglas
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the vanishing piano \n in a room full of people, piano vanishes while musician is playing \n david berglas \n misdirection \n patrick page
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magician's choice \n several spectator put objects on the table, two are selected and they match the predictions \n david berglas \n the janie test \n barrie richardson \n magician's choice \n david berglas
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musical mindreading \n several instruments on stage, performer divines thought of instruments and selected song by playing it, then some rhythms are written on cards and shuffled, performer divines the order by playing them on an instrument \n david berglas \n yesterday \n wonder man fred
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do-it-yourself \n one spectator hammers some nails in a piece of wood, a second drills some holes and a third has to saw off a piece, prediction matches \n david berglas
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pre-show in tv \n \n david berglas
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tricky, the dog \n on how to train a dog and doing magic together \n david berglas
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riddle of the sands \n symbol is thought of by a spectator in a plane, performer divines it by driving a motor scooter on field and drawing it that way \n david berglas
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regulite \n spectator thinks of an object on the table, then he holds to wires from a lamp and choses a light bulb and when concentrates on his object, the lamp lights up, eventually the object vanishes from the table and is fount inside the light bulb \n david berglas
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predicting the f.a. cup final \n written prediction of football game in trophy cup \n david berglas
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ten shilling note \n marked bill travels from one city to another, split screen on tv \n david berglas
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underwater magic \n about performing magic underwater for a tv show \n david berglas
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teleportation \n human transportation to a hung up box in another city, magic on tv and on using a double \n david berglas
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box over regent street \n passport vanishes and appears in box hung up in the streets, transmitted over the radio \n david berglas
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coin in the bottle \n coin in in bottle, as an encore marked coin is put in bottle again and handed out as a souvenir \n david berglas
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the beach in south africa \n performer put in coffin and is then sunken into the sea, when the coffin is opened again, the performer has vanished and at its place a baby shark is found \n david berglas
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revues \n magic in revues
- the post office sketch
- the estate agent sketch (doll house routine) \n david berglas
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card on the window \n card on window, then repeated with signed, which is found on other side of the glass \n david berglas
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magic fingers \n small illusion, hand on a black board, fingers can be moved away from the hand \n david berglas
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in town tonight \n stopping the traffic at piccadilly circus for thirty seconds, people, animals and cards freeze \n david berglas
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robby, the robot \n robot comes to live and divines chosen colors, kenny baker \n david berglas
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whales, cats, plants \n stopping a whale, making a cat clean itself and closing the leaves of a plant \n david berglas
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turning the clock back \n different effects are performed and noted on a board, at the end, time is turned back and everything undone until the board is blank again
- no. 1: three balls, disappear and change into a pack of cards
- no. 2: four coins vanish and reappear in a glass
- no. 3: signed card vanishes and reappears in photo frame
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rocking horse \n "the d.b. 'do-it-yourself' machine", objects selected from a catalog mounted together in a box on their own, with explanation and appearance of real horse kicker \n david berglas
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creda cookers \n magic with performer and person on tv-screen, performer lights cigarette of man on screen etc. then person appears from tv, performed in 1963 \n david berglas
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david in the lion's den \n performer in cage with a lion vanishes and appears far away, done in a zoo and appearance on a tall black, cage covered with curtain \n david berglas
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blindfold drive \n structure for a blindfold drive routine \n david berglas
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english electric \n entire routine with a washing machine, signed shirt gets clean and funny bits with a spectator and a cat \n david berglas
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identikit \n prediction of a constructed person, puzzle pieces of different parts of the face can be selected and built together, prediction is a video with the performer building together the same image \n david berglas
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casino royale \n berglas consulting work for the movie casino royale (1967) with orson welles, peter sellers, ursula andress and david niven \n david berglas
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vitonette \n by the aid of a spinning wheel dye colors are selected and the performer changes the hair of the assistant to the chosen colors, with sucker explanation using twins and wigs \n david berglas
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the table levitation \n presentation for table levitation, spectators put hands on table and it starts to move, without explanation \n david berglas
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opus 13 \n on the tv-show opus 13 and berglas encounters with fred kaps, hans moretti and henk vermeyden \n david berglas
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palmistry \n pseudo-psychometry with palmistry theme for tv, only presentation \n david berglas
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an interesting problem with numbers \n freely multiplied numbers, total matches license plate of a car, only presentation \n david berglas \n karma \n philip t. goldstein
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memory and mathematics \n pseudo mental arithmetic routine, spectators write cards with numbers, ends with a huge number, clever presentation \n david berglas
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the mexican hat dance \n six men choose different hats to music and when the music stops the selection is examined after several rounds all six wear the same hats \n david berglas
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russian roulette \n gun is loaded with five bullets and one empty chamber, spectator can choose shooting on plates or on performer, sketchy explanation \n david berglas
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it's all done by hypnosis \n on berglas hypnotism tv-show, fred kaps \n david berglas \n david britland
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the clock mystery and lie detector \n on the mysterious clocks at rijssen, where the clocks hands bent, berglas investigating and solving the mystery with a lie detector \n david berglas
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the chair mystery \n chair test, numbers on chairs reveal age of spectators, only description \n david berglas
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the albert memorial \n humorous story, pictures with berglas and the albert memorial in london \n david berglas
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a tilting ship \n making a ship tilt \n david berglas
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coloured discs \n four spectators select different colored balls from a box and put them in their pockets, then they get a board with a color matrix on one side and numbers on the other. a number is selected and the color matrix faced to the audience, eventually the performer divines the remaining ball in the box, each color and in which pocket it is and when the selected number is counted on the matrix it matches their selection. as a kicker a prediction of the remaining ball is shown \n david berglas \n precognition \n rupert gilbert \n coincidental colours \n david berglas \n colored discs \n david berglas
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the press club prediction \n prediction of an object, a word and a number, plus a knocked over bottle by a spectator and a dried up pen \n david berglas
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uri geller \n on uri geller, metal bending, robert harbin \n david berglas
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cunard international \n while doing a presentation in a hotel the performer dims the light and the back wall is removed to show another party taking place, the wall is put back and some minutes later when the wall i removed again the people, tables etc. have disappeared and instead the avenue leading to the buckingham palace could be seen \n david berglas
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chair balance \n presentation for chair suspension, spectator lies on a chair and seems to levitate \n david berglas
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blindfold routine \n two spectators on stage, various revelations \n david berglas
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man, myth & magic \n on berglas one-man show
- the hendon classic show
- introduction \n david berglas \n david britland
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are you sitting comfortably? \n seven chairs, six spectator select one, all are predicted on the back of the chairs, "my chair" for performer and a rose attached to the chair where the only woman sits, not explained \n david berglas \n that seat is taken \n jim steinmeyer \n the six chair concert \n jim steinmeyer
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shall we open the box? \n spectator puts objects on a tray and choses two, same objects are found in a box \n david berglas
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number three in esp \n routine with the corinda / berglas khan slate, esp cards match and a prediction climax \n david berglas
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coincidental colours \n brief, same as coloured discs \n david berglas \n coloured discs \n david berglas
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3 or 4 words out of thousands \n brief, same as newspaper prediction \n david berglas
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can you solve this puzzle? \n description of any card at any number, without explanation and ace of hearts / eight of hearts bit, when a card is named \n david berglas
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memories are made of this \n deck is memorized, entire deck named in order \n david berglas
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deck switch \n brief \n david berglas
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a touch of black magic \n bit of berglas' show, not a trick \n david berglas
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séance \n outline of routine \n david berglas
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the glass contains spirits \n thought of names revealed by the use of a ouija board \n david berglas
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the power of darkness \n spirit cabinet routine
- spirit message, modern style
- seeing is believing \n david berglas
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voodoo, witchcraft or... \n \n david berglas
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the monk transposition \n transposition of two people with monk mask and cowl \n david berglas
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part three \n mental epic routine, three spectators \n david berglas
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would you make a reliable witness? \n routine with reality/fantasy ambigram, lubor fiedler's posi-negative and stroop-effect, people read words and experience them differently then others \n david berglas \n the dark cloak \n docc hilford \n manipulation of perception \n luke jermay
2002
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your finger on the pulse \n pulse stop with two spectators, stage presentation \n david berglas
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shock tactics \n apparently spectators get small electro shocks, people jump or let cards drop \n david berglas
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razor sharp \n apparently a postcard becomes sharp, spectator flinches \n david berglas
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put your best foot forward \n spectator feels touching of one foot but not of other \n david berglas
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finale \n suggestion and chair balancing effect, spectators seated on chairs tilted on the back legs on performer's commando they tip forward, vague explanation \n david berglas
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questions and answers \n finishing the show by answering questions of the audience \n david berglas
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variation: the mechanical band opening \n beginning of show, mechanical band player turns out to be berglas, costume change and masks \n david berglas
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time and light \n routines with led time pen, chemical fluid light sticks and anverdi's die
- spectator names a time interval, then he gets a watch and can say start whenever he wants, the
show continues and the performer suddenly screams stop at the right moment
- pseudo psychometry routine
- woman selects one of several men, selection is divined \n david berglas
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pear in a bottle \n bottle is knotted on a string and hang outside a window, fruit is selected and ends up in bottle, more brief routines with fruits, banana cuts itself into named amount of pieces \n david berglas \n pear in bottle \n david berglas
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synchro time \n spectator selects a time and turns the handles on a clock, performer divines it \n david berglas \n synchro time \n david berglas
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mini metro launch \n car promotion, people attending find themselves on a ship and lots of cars appear \n david berglas
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contact mindreading \n on muscle reading, several ways to perform it, anecdote with paul daniels and dondo burghardo (misspelled as berkado) \n david berglas
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the knight's tour \n stage presentation, chess fields on board can be illuminated \n david berglas
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pickpocketing: the watch finale \n pickpocketing routine with several people, watches end up in a box linked together \n david berglas
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the newspaper prediction \n - the piece of paper
- the newspapers
- the proof
- the performance
- choosing the page
- tearing the paper \n david berglas
2002
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espacology \n multiple prediction routine, six spectators with envelopes stand behind six numbers, one spectator chooses one object among six and puts the rest in an order, selection matches the number, order matches and selection and number was predicted beforehand \n david berglas \n e.s.p. logie \n david berglas \n espacology 2 \n alexander de cova
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matchmaker \n balloons with folded blue backed cards, three spectator select one and the other balloons are distributed among the audience, the three partners of the spectators select a card each from a red backed deck, the cards match with the cards in their balloons \n david berglas
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sweetings \n check from checkbook is signed and burnt just to reappear back in the book \n david berglas
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mathemagic \n \n david berglas
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add infinitum \n three methods, total of three three-digit numbers is predicted \n david berglas \n ad infinitum \n david berglas
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today's date \n named numbers add to the current date \n david berglas \n n3wm3ro! \n docc hilford
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cryptomania \n board to transcribe letters into numbers, names become numbers etc \n david berglas
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magic squares \n including a birthday in the square
- constructing magic squares
- the personalised birthday square \n david berglas \n quartered magic square \n david berglas \n birthday squared \n lewis jones
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drum \n any hummed, sang or whistled tune can be named, including composer and additional infos \n david berglas
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the mind of david berglas \n on the tv-show from 1985 \n david britland
2002
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the christmas show \n about the pilot of the mind of david berglas \n david britland
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the watch steal \n while apparently doing a magic trick that fails, watch is stolen twice \n david berglas
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christmas card prediction \n \n david berglas \n christmas card prediction finale \n david berglas
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hot foil \n tin foil becomes hot in spectator's hand, candy wrapper \n david berglas \n the berglas lure \n david berglas
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christmas card prediction finale \n four spectators selected a christmas card an a gift, four prediction sculptures with names and gifts engraved \n david berglas \n christmas card prediction \n david berglas
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the series \n about the first show of the mind of david berglas \n david berglas \n david britland
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breaking the chain \n link on a chain is selected, performer breaks it \n david berglas \n the shattered link \n al mann
2002
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the quizzing glass \n selected time and object are predicted and engraved on sculpture \n david berglas
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te bah pla and name discovery \n performer writes alphabet backwards while reciting it normally, then a name is divined \n david berglas
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drinks prediction \n one of several bottles is chosen and predicted, engraved on a sculpture \n david berglas
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quartered magic square \n with 2x2 squares, that build a 4x4 square and can be rearranged anyway they like, birthday is included \n david berglas \n magic squares \n david berglas
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the human calendar \n names and birthdates are remembered, later the performer recalls the names and puts the spectators in order according to their day of birth \n david berglas
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epilogue \n on the tv show the magic of david berglas, directed by royston mayoh \n david britland \n david berglas
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think of a card \n from a fan, also with faro fan \n david berglas
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think of a card plus \n spectator spreads the cards and thinks of one \n david berglas
2002
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the berglas effect \n - any card at any number
- jazz magic
- a foundation for miracles
- the bridge
- expect the unexpected
- the psychology of numbers
- on stage
- pointing the effect
- a different presentation
- sheer devilment
- an interlude
- in conclusion \n david berglas
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The Berglas Effect
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final thoughts \n \n david berglas
2002
David Berglas
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Final Thoughts
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543
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mystery and imagination \n \n david berglas
2002
David Berglas
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Mystery and Imagination
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543
|
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style and image \n \n david berglas
2002
David Berglas
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Style and Image
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544
|
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the impossible or too impossible \n \n david berglas
2002
David Berglas
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The Impossible or Too Impossible
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545
|
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reaching the audience \n \n david berglas
2002
David Berglas
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Reaching the Audience
|
546
|
|
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the television medium \n \n david berglas
2002
David Berglas
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The Television Medium
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547
|
|
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creating mysteries off the stage \n on linking two life savers / polo mints, predicting which gush spring spouts next \n david berglas
2002
David Berglas
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Creating Mysteries Off the Stage
|
549
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opportunities and personalities \n \n david berglas
2002
David Berglas
|
Opportunities and Personalities
|
551
|
|
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decision to retire \n \n david berglas
2002
David Berglas
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Decision to Retire
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552
|
|
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my family \n on irena, peter and marvin berglas \n david berglas
2002
David Berglas
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My Family
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555
|
|
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with many thanks \n \n david berglas
2002
David Berglas
|
With Many Thanks
|
557
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|
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a final story \n \n david berglas
2002
David Berglas
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A Final Story
|
558
|
|
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the man in the glass \n poem \n dale wimbrow
2002
Dale Wimbrow
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The Man in the Glass
|
560
|
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