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...suddenly seem so vulnerable? One source of the BBC's problems can be seen on EastEnders: only 9 million viewers tuned in to the finale of the hostage plotline--far shy of EastEnders' record episode in 1986, when more than 30 million watched nothing more dramatic than the marital breakdown of a pub owner and his barmaid wife...
...with the local literary savant, a family of bizarre survivalist neighbors, Pais’ puberty issues, and one ubiquitously symbolic elm tree, and you have something close to the film’s narrative. The character dynamic, from the beginning of the film, is in a perpetual state of breakdown. Kidman finds Leigh and Black in a delicate emotional equilibrium that’s quickly thrown into disarray upon her arrival. Every conversation between the two sisters is ripe with tension, which spills over into the Leigh’s engagement, Kidman’s marriage, and the more central...
...think the biggest thing—and it’s just totally inexplicable—was the major communication breakdown that took place between Yale, Harvard, and the Houses,” Rosenblum said. “They didn’t get us any information for such a long time. Then we got the information and it was so cryptic and incomplete...
...several strong performances in net, including a weekend against Union and Rensselaer during which he blocked 50 of 53 shots. But the rookie faltered in a decisive set against Brown and Yale late in the spring, surrendering 10 goals as Harvard dropped both games. Richter’s breakdown in net cost him the starting job, and Tobe took over as netminder for the rest of the season. “As a freshman last year, his consistency maybe wasn’t where we had all hoped it to be,” says Crimson coach Ted Donato...
Images of filthy water engulfing Mexico's southern city as residents clung to the rooftops were reminiscent of the flooding that devastated New Orleans in 2005. But in the desolation of Villahermosa, there has been no widespread breakdown in law and order or four-figure death tolls. On the contrary, observers here say that Mexico's rapid response to its worst flooding in recent history was a factor in averting a catastrophe on the level of Katrina...