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It’s the kind of zippy, immersive crime thriller that reminds you of the international lingua franca that Scorsese all but invented with “Goodfellas.”

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The thick, brown condiment - made primarily from yeast extract - was invented in the Victorian capital of Melbourne more than a century ago as an alternative to the British spread Marmite.

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He invented a safety brake that would keep an elevator securely in place, even if the main cable snapped.

“If they don’t know the answer, they will invent something.”

In Chicago, she talked to toy industry executives, game designers and inventors, including former Minnesota politician Doug Reuter, who invented the classic board game Sequence.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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