Word: bafflements
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...Maybe trilogies only work for Tolkien. Though it remains visually stylish and features several excellent performances from some of Hong Kong's most versatile stars, IA3 sags under a load of familiar third-act baggage. Too little story spread over too much movie? Check. Total narrative bafflement for those who haven't dissected the first two films? Check. An unshakable sense of fatigue for the directors and audience alike? Double check. Even without the furry merchandising gimmicks, IA3 is more Return of the Jedi than Return of the King...
...northeastern Portugal, a blaze of some 7,000 hectares claimed two victims as well, and new wildfires were under way at the end of last week in the southern tourist region of the Algarve. In both countries, the fires have left in their wake a sense of angry bafflement. Many of them appear to have been set deliberately, but to prevent future disasters authorities may have to do more than just look for firebugs playing with matches on deserted roadsides. Fire experts suggest that as much as 80% of the fires start through negligence rather than deliberate arson...
...motivation for doing so, on a rug in the middle of his living room, remains unspoken, as do the origins of the ritual. His roommate Paul, who has a similar wiener-like shape, but taller and with a nose, lips and pronounced nipples, cocks his eyebrow in bafflement. The dance seems connected to the little Ib-Ubs, tiny four-legged creatures who begin erecting small towers on the floor using the bricks that shoot out of their snout. Thus ensconced in his living-room kingdom, King Shrimpy-Ub demands a Mt. Fuji on his head (with gift shop...
...urged his troops to be magnanimous in victory, is under investigation following accusations that he assaulted and threatened Iraqi prisoners and civilians. Separately, the MoD confirmed that an inquiry is ongoing into assertions that Collins' unit suffered from a culture of extreme bullying. What Did We Do? NORWAY Widespread bafflement greeted the news that the country had been named a terrorist target in an audiotape attributed to Ayman al-Zawahiri. The al-Qaeda No. 2 was railing against the war in Iraq, which Norway actually opposed. Most likely, it was a case of fuzzy geography. "Of course he means Denmark...
...over 350 years, Harvard has stood for the advancement of knowledge, and it sometimes can seem as though everyone at Harvard knows everything. As the scholastic year begins and students decide what and how they want to learn, FM remembers that points of ignorance or bafflement can be as interesting and instructive as knowledge itself. From the clerks at 7-Eleven to fellow students to the University’s leading professors to its most glittering alums—this is...What Harvard Doesn't Know...