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Rushdie notes that Dorothy’s weeping makes other characters cry, as when her tears “undam a quite alarming reservoir of liquid” from the guard in an extreme performance outside the Wizard’s palace (223).

The sheer number of occasions on which people cry in The Wizard of Oz is astounding.

Rushdie points out the number of characters who weep in The Wizard of Oz: Dorothy cries tears of frustration before being allowed to enter the Wizard’s palace, the guard at the palace becomes sodden with tears, the Cowardly Lion cries when Dorothy hits him on the nose, the Tin Man nearly rusts up again from crying, and Dorothy cries again when captured by the Witch (223).

After pointing out how many times characters cry in The Wizard of Oz, Rushdie observes that “if the hydrophobic Witch could only have been closer at hand on one of these occasions the movie might have been much shorter” (223-24).

Totalitarianism is best described as a multi-party democracy.

Presidential electors from each state who meet after the popular election to cast ballots for president and vice president:

Individual who argued against the divine right of kings to rule over the people:

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The Boston Massacre occurred in 1777.

Which drug is a beta blocker used as an antiarrhythmic to decrease heart rate and blood pressure?