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...shocked to see him enter the room), from the Spanish Spirit of the Beehive to Del Toro's own The Devil's Backbone. And there are moments when plausibility takes a back seat to the need to make Laura stay one or two more nights in the condemned manor - when she does things because, well, because it's a scary movie. But there will be other moments so tense, you'll need to calm yourself by saying, ?It's only a movie...
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...raced to his first British championship. And countless more karting titles followed before he made the switch to cars in 2001. En route to winning the entry-level British Formula Renault series in 2003, he "made seasoned drivers look silly," says Tony Shaw, Hamilton's then team manager at Manor Motorsport. Hamilton's raw, natural speed and canny race craft nudged him closer to the big leagues. Hamilton's "understanding of when and where to overtake and how to take advantage of a situation is very advanced," Shaw says...
...GARSINGTON OPERA The auditorium on the terrace at 17th century Garsington Manor, just outside Oxford, seats around 500. You can eat in the restaurant, order a picnic or bring your own. Dine in the all-weather tents or the Italian gardens with their yew hedges, statues and water features, which are sometimes used as scenery for productions. The 2007 season includes Richard Strauss's modern take on Greek mythology, Ariadne auf Naxos...
...careless pastiche of gaudiness and “history” in these homes is quite disturbing. It is likely a bad sign that our wealthiest citizens are ensconcing themselves in Disney versions of feudal manor homes. As income disparities continue to widen, one wonders if these houses might become even more fantastic. (As of yet, few have moats, but plenty of subdivisions are gated to keep out the lower orders...