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who played the respectable hooker in 'from here to eternity'?

who was the first lady to have made the 'old blue dress' she wore to an inauguration?

who is paul mccartney singing about in 'here today'?

how does the mermaid buy the gift for tom hanks in 'splash'?

what rock music term was coined by william burroughs in his book 'the soft machine'?