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House of Cards is a 1993 American drama film co-written and directed by Michael Lessac and starring Kathleen Turner and Tommy Lee Jones . It follows the struggle of a mother to reconnect with her daughter who has been traumatized by the death of her father. ...

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n. a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble" [syn: bubble ] an unstable construction with playing cards; "he built three levels of his cardcastle ...

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noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Alongside the urge to blow down the house of cards comes a tender impulse towards reconstruction. ▪ If the house of cards that is the budget agreement should shiver, skin the Madagascarians. ▪ Or building a house of cards . ▪ ...