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...wonderful things about the scene is that it's pure theater. Turn it into a movie, and we would be dragged, inevitably, into the action outside. Which would spoil the point: the unmistakable sense of both the ordinariness and the utter incomprehensibility of the experience of men in war. Outside, soldiers are racing across a patch of ground scarcely bigger than the width of a rugby field. Inside, the bunks are still warm; the bacon and tea are waiting. The men are gone for just three minutes. When they return, everything has changed. When it was first staged in London...
...characters to ponder, and the result feels more like an episode of “The Today Show” made of pretend news and cut with plenty of fluff. Stop and thihjgnk about the situation too much and the ending seems inevitable (I won’t spoil it, but you can probably guess). What should have been a profound conclusion becomes perfunctory and awkward...
...billion deal with pan-European operator Euronext is just one of a string of mergers in recent months - could make it tougher for the lse to stay ahead. For now, though, with two dozen of Broadgate Tower's floors already taking shape, it seems there's little to spoil the view...
...Education Canine's "headmaster" Franck Philip pronounced the drink a success. "I can definitely see this taking off," he said while taking a few sips, "but more so in America than in Europe. Americans like to spoil their pets with expensive accessories and dog hairdressers, but I like my dog to be a real...
...projects, and so the fight is being taken to state courthouses and pitting neighbor against neighbor. The first lawsuit is set to begin in this week in Abilene as 18 residents of Taylor County sue their neighbors and FPL Energy, claiming the wind turbines are a public nuisance that spoil their views, create noise and cast strobelike flicker effects as the sun sets behind the giant propellers...