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...Lord of the Rings...
...progeny of Lord Redesdale, and his wife Sydney, the Mitfords (Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, Deborah and their brother Tom) grew up in "a sort of upper-class poverty" (which entailed, at its worst, six servants). They referred to their eccentric parents as "Farve" (their father had such a formidable temper that he banned the Duchess of Marlborough from his home because she left a paper handkerchief on a hedge) and "Muv" (their slightly dotty mother considered dinner napkins an extravagance). Nancy, the eldest child, would capture both their peculiar family life and the milieu of the "Bright Young Things...
...strong Shouters, who yell out a condensed version of the Lord's Prayer during their services, are one of many underground Protestant groups that have flourished in China in recent years, circumventing the state-supported Catholic and Protestant churches. That makes their meetings (often in basements or abandoned buildings) illegal, but many of the devout want little to do with "patriotic" churches. "How can I believe in a Jesus who has to listen to leaders in Beijing?" asks an underground preacher from Henan province, who leads a group of Shouters. "My Jesus does not have any masters...
After being asked if he preferred the Lord of the Rings books to the films, Wood replied that, even though he thought the film was as good as it could be, he still preferred the books...
Although he was not presented with an award for being the “Best Actor of All Time,” Wood was awarded a “Lord of the Wings” trophy for winning a chicken-wing eating competition which took place before he began speaking...