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n. An object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration.

n. Something that serves to guide.

n. Ursa Minor or Polaris, the North Star, used as a guide by navigators.

n. That which serves to guide or direct; a guiding star.

n. Something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration.

n. The constellation of the Lesser Bear (Ursa Minor), to which, as containing the polar star, the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed.

n. That which serves to direct.

n. Anything to which attention is strongly turned; a center of attraction.

n. Something that strongly attracts attention; a center of attraction.

n. something that strongly attracts attention and admiration

n. something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners)

"His brisk What Happens Next recounts the history of American screenwriting from the silents to 2005, but its cynosure is the studio era, a period he writes about with romanticism and passion."

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