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...Order's Bernard Sumner and Oasis' Noel Gallagher. Gallagher has worked with the duo before, but it's "Out of Control," the piece with Sumner, that's most memorable. Sumner's work certainly was another one of the Chemicals' influences, and to hear his familiar voice, his usual quasi-cryptic lyrics and a quintessential New Order guitar break over the loping hypnotic beat the Chemicals supply is one of the album's many high points...
...battle between the evil Claw and the clueless Inspector for the safety of the world all wrapped up into cheery half-hour segments. Matthew Broderick stars as the detective hunk and Rupert Everett takes up the role of Claw, who in the cartoon was never seen except for a cryptic hand massaging a big fat ugly cat. The plot is similar to the cartoon--in this one Gadget is blown up during a chase with Claw but is miraculously put back together by the seductive surgeon Brenda (Joely Fisher). Brenda also seems to have some vendetta against the Claw...
...cited inscription on the two sides of Dexter Gate has never seemed more relevant. But though many of us have passed beneath the gate opposite the Harvard Book Store daily for the past three years, do we know what the words really mean? The inscription is poetically vague, even cryptic, and merits a few minutes' reflection before leaving Cambridge for good...
...person in mind. It's like opening a letter that was misdelivered to your house--you know you really shouldn't be reading it, but it's just too absorbing to put down. When the intended audience is a tight group of friends, the plan file is characterized by cryptic in-jokes, humorous anecdotes and such. In other cases, the author knows he or she is being stalked by a particular person (usually some jilted romantic flame), and tailors the text accordingly. These plan files are addressed to a mysterious "you," and contain accounts of the exciting/depressing life the author...
...According to Kugel, the first references to the Bible's cryptic nature, its fundamental relevance, its completeness and its divine origin are found in the exegesis of the ancient interpreters...