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Books: Long waits and short explosions At last, this monumental epic of the Second World War arrives. It's just like a battle - lots of tedium, then fireworks.
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The Book of Kings by James Thackara Duckworth, pounds 19.99, 773pp
GREAT WAR novels are probably the most difficult of all fictional
endeavours. How does one create memorable characters who can hold
their own amid the spectacular carnage and mayhem? Either the battles
will feature as "noises off" or the heroes and heroines will be
overwhelmed by the historical drama. Even Tolstoy's War and Peace has
its longueurs, with Pierre, Natasha, Rostov and the rest often
dwarfed by the Napoleonic canvas.
To my knowledge, only Emile Zola's La Debacle, the classic of the
Franco- Prussian War, really ...
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An Imaginative Experience.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Antioch Review
; ...having become entirely involved in the adventures of the main characters: Sylvester Wykes, member of a publishing firm, and Julia...train glimpse a sheep with its legs in the air, brings the main characters into conjunction - a masterful touch. This is a thoroughly...
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 "Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England)")
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Costume thieves are the real beasts in the story.
Newspaper article from: Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England)
; ...sterling]3,000 costumes included the outfits for all the main characters, but today the Key's artistic director Michael Cross insisted...launch for the show and we have no costumes for all the main characters. It must have been someone who is in the theatre world because...
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Rock and roll artist sues Disney, Pixar in 'Monsters, Inc.' dispute. (Up Front).(Stanley Miller on copyright infringement)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal
; ...as Stanley Mouse, claims that Mike and Sullivan, the two main characters in Monsters Inc., were illegally copied from his original...Monster Corporation of America. In Monsters, Inc. , the two main characters were buddies living in Monstropolis, which was owned and...
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Jungle Fever.
Magazine article from: National Review
; ...little sense, its plot and subplots unable to mesh, its main characters either unbelievable or boringly obvious, its minor characters...most obstreperous albatross ever hung on a soundtrack. The main characters include Flipper Purify, a young black architect (sleepily...
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Friendship & desire: Augustine reviews `Will & Grace'.
Magazine article from: Commonweal
; Will and Grace are the main characters in NBC's wildly successful sitcom about the relationship...Augustine would say about the lives and loves of the two main characters. Such speculation is not quite as crazy as it sounds. Augustine...
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On the silver screen, Zirh products. (Marketing News).
Magazine article from: Household & Personal Products Industry
; * On the silver screen, Zirh products can be seen in Metro Goldwyn Mayer's film, A Guy Thing. Executives said a scene, in which the main characters find themselves trapped in a bathroom to escape a dog, features three Zirh items: Soothe, Shave cream and Zirh body bar.
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(book reviews)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter
; Candice Sackuvich is a journalist who lives in Kansas City, Kan. All four main characters in The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje (Knopf, 1993), came to a bombed-out Italian villa near the end of World War II bearing...
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Trouble at the movies.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter
; ...story of unfulfilled love (NCR, Jan. 20). It is a story of unfaithfulness. Regardless of the initial sexual interlude of the main characters, both marry. This means that they have deceived innocent life partners, and they continue to live lives based on unfaithfulness...
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Y Tu Mama Tambien IFC Films.(Reseña)
Magazine article from: Latin Beat Magazine
; ...teenagers in the midst of raging hormones can, sets the tone for this coming-of-age, self-discovery, bittersweet film. The main characters, Luisa (Maribel Verdú), Julio (Gael García Bernal), and Tenoch (Diego Luna) are so diverse and complicated as human beings...
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Jenkins, Beverly. Belle and the beau.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Kliatt
; ...typical happy ending. All the loose strings are neatly tied up and the most unbelievable finale becomes true for the two main characters. Yet, we read these stories for just that outcome and the author does a tremendous job of telling this bittersweet tale...
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