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the title character of grey ' s anatomy, meredith, has received both overwhelmingly positive and weary feedback by critics along the course of the show, with the development of the character garnering praise from majority critics. alessandra stanley of the new york times referring to her as " the heroine of grey ' s anatomy ". buddytv praised the distinct uniqueness in the character calling meredith an " unconventional heroine " adding, " from the very beginning meredith grey has been an unconventional heroine. neither black nor white but always... wait for it... many shades of grey, she has always been, even in her lighter moments
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pascal and maximus have garnered widespread universal acclaim from film critics, who greeted both characters with nearly equal praise but generally reviewed maximus more enthusiastically. citing both characters as " right on the money, " jonathan crocker of total film described maximus as " a horse... who thinks he ' s john mcclane. " kerry lengel of the arizona republic enthused, " in true disney fashion, two of the most memorable characters are animals : pascal... and maximus, a barrel @ - @ chested horse with the tracking skills of a bloodhound and a sense of duty straight out of gilbert and sullivan.
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over 13 seasons with the white sox, pierce was the ace of the pitching staff, leading the team in wins nine times and in strikeouts eight times. he was chicago ' s opening day starter seven times ( 1951 – 52, 1954, 1956 – 59 ), and started the home opener in 1953 and 1961. he had an outstanding fastball and an excellent curveball, and in 1951 added the slider ( for which he used his motion for the curve rather than the fastball ) as a third strong pitch, as well as a changeup. he worked quickly with an over @ - @ the @ - @ top motion,
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anna appears in the fourth season of once upon a time, with actress elizabeth < unk > portraying the character. following the events of the film frozen, anna is preparing to wed kristoff when elsa finds a diary from their mother stating their real reason for their parents ' fatal trip. determined to seek answers, anna postpones her wedding and travels to the enchanted forest ( known as misthaven in arendelle ). anna meets david, a friend of kristoff ' s, and trains him in swordsmanship so he can defend his farm from the evil warlord bo peep. following bo peep ' s defeat
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sasha frere @ - @ jones, critic of the new yorker praised the self made " unpretentious, stuck together with scotch tape " style that m. i. a. achieves with her roland mc @ - @ 505 drum machine and keyboard unit, noting that many people had tried to copy the style since. her considerable influence on american hip hop music as an international artist is described by adam bradley and andrew dubois in the anthology of rap as making her an " unlikely hip hop " celebrity, given that the genre was one of several influences behind m. i. a. ' s " eccentric and energizing "
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in the 1969 – 70 nba season under new coach joe mullaney, the lakers ' season began with a shock when wilt chamberlain seriously injured his knee and missed practically the whole regular season. as after baylor ' s injury years before, west stepped into the void, leading the nba in scoring average with 31 @. @ 2 points per game, and averaging 4 @. @ 6 rebounds and 7 @. @ 5 assists per game, earning him his first of four all @ - @ defensive first team vote and another all @ - @ nba first team berth after two second team years. the lakers won 46 games, and in
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in 1950, with new worlds on a stable quarterly schedule, nova publications decided to launch a companion, science fantasy. they chose walter gillings as the editor ; but he was replaced by carnell after two issues, partly because nova could not afford to pay two editorial salaries, and partly because of " fundamental differences of opinion ". at the end of 1951 new worlds went bimonthly, and by the middle of the year had reached a circulation of 18 @, @ 000. the price had been reduced to 1 / 6 with the third issue, but with paper costs rising nova looked for a cheaper printer. the new printer,
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in 2006, norton starred in three films : down in the valley, as a dangerous drifter affecting to be a < unk >, the illusionist, which premiered at the sundance film festival and later became a sleeper hit when it went into general release, and the painted veil, for each of which he won an award. in 2010, norton appeared in two films again : in leaves of grass, as estranged identical twins ( one a small @ - @ time drug dealer and the other a harvard professor ) ; and in stone, which reunited norton with his the score cast @ - @ mate robert de niro, and in
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guitar hero and rock band have been considered a boon to the music industry in a manner similar to music videos in the 1980s. both licensed and indie bands whose works have been included in the guitar hero games have gained further popularity from this inclusion. both record companies and retailers have experienced increases of 200 % to 300 % in sales of songs after their inclusion in the series. every guitar hero iii song tracked by nielsen soundscan ( 62 of 70 ) saw an increase in digital download sales the week ending december 30, 2007, when many who got the game as a gift were playing it, and every song included in guitar hero iii and rock
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despite its troubled construction period, the circuit of the americas passed its final fia inspection on 25 september, allowing the race to go ahead. sebastian vettel took his sixth pole position of the season, whilst alonso struggled throughout qualifying to start the race ninth, which became eighth when romain grosjean received a grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change. amid concerns that drivers starting from even @ - @ numbered grid slots would suffer from a lack of grip as they were located off the racing line, ferrari deliberately broke the seal on felipe massa ' s gearbox, thereby giving him a five @ - @ place grid penalty and
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belle has garnered widespread acclaim from film critics, several of whom voiced their preference for the character over her predecessor, ariel from the little mermaid. hal hinson of the washington post described belle as a " compelling " character who is " more mature, more womanly and less blandly asexual " than ariel, as well as " a more worldly girl ", describing her as " a bookworm, with gumption and a mind of her own. " similarly comparing belle to ariel, john hartl of the seattle times wrote that, in beauty and the beast, " there ' s rarely a sense of deja vu
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in heavy rain that announcer kevin kugler described as a " deluge ", penn state ' s blue band wore ponchos in the stands during a " blue out ", to support the pennsylvania coalition against rape. after penn state went three @ - @ and @ - @ out to start the game, kent state got excellent field position at the opposition ' s 36 @ - @ yard line after penn state committed kick catching interference on the punt, but failed to capitalize as their kicker, anthony < unk >, missed a 31 @ - @ yard field goal. penn state ' s next drive stalled, and on fourth
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wulfstan ' s best @ - @ known homily is sermo lupi ad anglos, or sermon of the wolf to the english. in it he proclaims the depredations of the " danes " ( who were, at that point, primarily norwegian invaders ) a scourge from god to lash the english for their sins. he calls upon them to repent of their sinful ways and " return to the faith of baptism, where there is protection from the fires of hell. " he also wrote many homilies relating to the last days and the coming of the antichrist. age
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returning to australia in november 1949, evans was posted to central flying school ( cfs ) at raaf base east sale, victoria, where he qualified as a flying instructor. he served in this capacity for the next four years, including an exchange posting with the royal new zealand air force from may 1951 to july 1953. as he was preparing to depart new zealand, he received word that his next posting would be to the korean war as a pilot with no. 77 squadron ; the armistice prevented this and he returned to no. 38 squadron as an instructor. in 1954 he was assigned to transporting vips, serving with the governor @ -
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thorpe arrived in fukuoka having been chosen by broadcaster tv asahi as the marketing drawcard of the event. with the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay being held after the 400 m freestyle on the first night, thorpe appeared to be conserving energy when he reached the 200 m mark two seconds outside his world record. although he was 0 @. @ 93 s behind at the final turn, a final 50 m burst in 24 @. @ 36 s saw him cut a further 0 @. @ 42 s from his world record. the relay saw him dive in fractionally ahead of american jason lezak after klim, callus and
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in the final season premiere, " loser like me ", it is revealed that rachel ' s pilot bombs. it got the extremely low rating and the show was quickly cancelled. having burned her bridges in broadway, rachel retreats home to lima and discovers that her fathers are divorcing and her house is being sold. much to her dismay, sue has disbanded all arts from mckinley and rachel approaches the superintendent to reboot the glee club with her remaining tv money to fund it. he agrees as long as she runs the club. with the help of the newly broken @ - @ up kurt, both of them officially restarts the
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the teams moved to headingley for the fourth test at leeds. hutton was recalled and the home team won the toss and batted first. england tallied 496, its highest score of the series. miller took the last wicket of yardley to finish with 1 / 43. generally unthreatening throughout the innings, he bowled only 17 @. @ 1 overs ; the other frontline bowlers sent down at least 33 each. the innings started badly for miller. he bowled below his full pace and his opening over yielded three full tosses. in miller ’ s first over, hutton scored the first boundary of the day,
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his family returns to epcot, where the tension between jim and emily comes to a head after a drunk jim vomits while on the gran fiesta tour. spotting the french girls, emily argues with jim about his obvious interest in them and slaps sara. embarrassed, she returns to the hotel with elliot, leaving jim and sara to ride on the soarin ' attraction, where jim imagines a beautiful topless woman ( zan naar ) superimposed over the ride ' s video footage of landscapes, who promises they will be together soon. after the ride and spotting the french girls once again, sophie approaches and invites
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the 2000 – 01 season was the best season the team has ever had due to phenomenal play by all @ - @ time leading scorer in avalanche history, joe sakic. the avalanche won the northwest division and captured their second presidents ' trophy after having finished the regular season with 52 – 16 – 10 – 4 for 118 points. sakic finished the regular season with 118 points ( 54 goals and 64 assists ), only three behind jaromir jagr ' s 121 points. on february 4, 2001, the avalanche hosted the 51st nhl all @ - @ star game. patrick roy, ray bourque and joe sakic
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rotten tomatoes gave it a " fresh " 95 % approval rating, based on 43 reviews and metacritic gave it a 73, signifying " generally favorable reviews ". many focused on the film ' s ending title cards : several compared them to a public service announcement, and philip kemp of sight & sound wrote, " all that ' s missing is the address we should send donations to. " zhang xiaoling, on the other hand, considered the titles to be an implicit criticism of the state of rural education in china, saying, " the news that voluntary contributions have helped 15 percent of the pupils to return to school is aimed to give
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diddy @ - @ dirty money performed the song live for the first time at the 2010 american music awards on november 21, 2010. for the performance the group were joined on stage by a full orchestra, with diddy dressed in all @ - @ black but the other half of the group dressed in white gowns. the group reprised this performance on the december 4, 2010 airing of saturday night live along with the debut performance of the next scheduled single " ass on the floor ". on december 14, 2010 the group performed " coming home " on two separate occasions. first diddy appeared on daytime chatshow, the view
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the tropical banksia is generally a small tree which grows to around 4 m ( 13 ft ) or sometimes 7 m ( 23 ft ) tall, with a rough stocky trunk, spreading crown, and crooked branches. the dark grey bark is not flaky but tesselated in texture and appearance. initially covered in reddish hair that wears away, branchlets become smooth and grey with age. the large green leaves are scattered along the stems, and more crowded at the branchlet tips. they are 9 – 22 cm ( 3 @. @ 5 – 8 @. @ 7 in ) long and 2 – 9 cm ( 0
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flynn has received generally mixed reviews from film critics. kirk baird of the blade described the character as irresistible, while columbus alive ' s brad keefe called him " loveable. " georgie hobbs of little white lies lauded flynn as " a hero invested with enough colour to liven up what could have been a monochromatic role. " margot harrison of seven days concluded that the character is " better than a prince. " meanwhile, amy nicholson of inland empire weekly reviewed the character as a significant improvement upon traditional disney heroes, writing, " if anything, tangled is < unk > — one more step forward in disney ' s slow
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carey has spent 79 weeks at the number @ - @ one position on billboard hot 100, the greatest number for any artist in us chart history. on that same chart, she has accumulated 18 number @ - @ one singles, the most for any solo artist ( and second after the beatles ). carey has also had three songs debut at the top of the hot 100 chart. in 1994, carey released her holiday album merry christmas has sold over 15 million copies worldwide, and is the best @ - @ selling christmas album of all time. it also produced the successful single " all i want for christmas is you ", which became the
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grant ' s " immaculate comic performance " ( bbc ) as the trust @ - @ funded womaniser, will freeman, in the film adaptation of nick hornby ' s best @ - @ selling novel about a boy received raves from critics. almost universally praised, with an academy award @ - @ nominated screenplay, about a boy ( 2002 ) was determined by the washington post to be " that rare romantic comedy that dares to choose messiness over closure, prickly independence over fetishised < unk >, and honesty over typical hollywood endings. " rolling stone wrote, " the acid comedy of grant ' s performance carries
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k. fulford, a. smirnov, and e. snow state : " an important vulnerability factor, therefore, for the abuse of psychiatry, is the subjective nature of the observations on which psychiatric diagnosis currently depends. " the concerns about political abuse of psychiatry as a tactic of controlling dissent have been regularly voiced by american psychiatrist thomas szasz, and he mentioned that these authors, who correctly emphasized the value @ - @ laden nature of psychiatric diagnoses and the subjective character of psychiatric classifications, failed to accept the role of psychiatric power. musicologists, drama critics, art historians, and many other scholars also create their
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the series set decoration crew was led by karen bruck, whereas the costume design department was led by linda m. bass, who would leave the show at the conclusion of the season, following her being replaced by mimi melgaard. the make @ - @ up department was led by head norman t. leavitt, along with assistant make @ - @ up artist brigitte bugayong. the special make @ - @ up effects team consisted of thomas r. burman, bari dreiband @ - @ burman and bart mixon. arleen chavez was the key hair stylist for the second season. other make
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victor meldrew ( richard wilson ) – victor is the main protagonist of the sitcom and finds himself constantly battling against all that life throws at him as he becomes entangled, like the pawn he is, in < unk > plots. renwick once pointed out in an interview that the name " victor " was ironic, since he almost always ends up a loser. from being buried alive to being prosecuted for attacking a feisty pit bull terrier with a collection of coconut < unk >, victor tries to adjust to life after his infamous replacement by a " box " at his place of employment, but to no avail.
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the andean condor is a scavenger, feeding mainly on carrion. wild condors inhabit large territories, often traveling more than 200 km ( 120 mi ) a day in search of carrion. in inland areas, they prefer large carcasses. naturally, they feed on the largest carcasses available, which can include llamas ( lama < unk > ), < unk > ( < unk > < unk > ), rheas ( rhea ssp. ), < unk > ( lama < unk > ), deer and armadillos. however, most inland condor
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shortly after waking up on the morning of flight day six three and a half minutes early, they discussed with mission control in houston the day ' s timeline of events. the second lunar excursion ' s primary objective was to visit stone mountain to climb up the slope of about 20 degrees to reach a cluster of five craters known as " cinco craters. " after preparations for the day ' s moonwalk were completed, the astronauts climbed out of the lunar module. after departing the immediate landing site in the lunar rover, they arrived at the day ' s first destination, the cinco craters, 3 @. @ 8 km ( 2 @
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rebecca mader ' s audition scene was a fake flashback and she was disappointed that it was not used for the show. the character ' s name was spoiled months in advance of broadcast. charlotte was originally envisioned as an american ; however, the writers preferred mader ' s natural english accent to her fake american accent and they changed charlotte accordingly. lost ' s writer @ - @ producers compared mader to " a young nicole kidman ". during the casting process, charlotte was described as a " successful academic ". it was falsely rumored that kristen bell was offered the role of charlotte ; bell had actually spoken to the producers about having
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delayed until 10 june by a calm and still unaware of french intentions, nelson initially sailed along the corsican coast, before anchoring at elba on 12 june and sending mutine into civitavecchia for information. hardy was unable to discover the french destination and, after a detour to elba with his whole fleet, nelson continued south. two days later, the admiral spoke with a tunisian ship at < unk >, which passed on the inaccurate information that the french had been seen off trapani, and might be anchored at syracuse. on 17 june nelson anchored at the pontine islands off naples and sent tr
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know all men by these presents, that whereas charles < unk > rudd, of kimberley ; rochfort maguire, of london ; and francis robert thompson, of kimberley, hereinafter called the grantees, have covenanted and agreed, and do hereby covenant and agree, to pay to me, my heirs and successors, the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, british currency, on the first day of every lunar month ; and further, to deliver at my royal kraal one thousand martini – henry breech @ - @ loading rifles, together with one hundred thousand rounds of suitable ball cartridge, five hundred of
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to lead an army against the pindaris in the hope of engaging them in a regular battle was not possible. to effectively crush the pindaris, they would have to be surrounded so that they could have no means of escape. francis rawdon @ - @ hastings obtained authority from the british government to take action against the pindaris while performing diplomacy with the principal maratha leaders to act in concert with him. the pindaris continued to have the sympathy of almost all the maratha leaders. in 1817 rawdon @ - @ hastings collected the strongest british army which had yet been seen in india, numbering roughly 120 @
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chamberlain is regarded as one of the most extraordinary and dominant basketball players in the history of the nba. the 1972 nba finals mvp is holder of numerous official nba all @ - @ time records, establishing himself as a scoring champion, all @ - @ time top rebounder and accurate field goal shooter. he led the nba in scoring seven times, field goal percentage nine times, minutes played eight times, rebounding eleven times, and assists once. he was also responsible for several rule changes, including widening the lane from 12 to 16 feet, as well as changes to rules regarding < unk > the ball and shooting free throws. chamberlain
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patrick kevin day of the los angeles times praised michael giacchino ' s musical score, writing that " i ' m reminded of the heights of emotion this series can evoke. " jarett wieselman of the new york post thought that the finale ' s split and two @ - @ week break was " not cool ", but asked " how brilliant was sun ' s smackdown on her bad daddy? ". alan sepinwall of the star @ - @ ledger wrote that " when lost is at its best … it manages to balance revelations … with great character moments. i don ' t know that i ' d put
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burges ' s limited output, and the general unpopularity of his work for much of the century following his death, meant that he was little studied. in a seventy @ - @ one page guide to cardiff castle, published in 1923, he is referenced only three times, and on each occasion his name is misspelt as " burgess ". pevsner ' s 1951 volume on the exhibits at the great exhibition, high victorian design, makes no mention of him, despite his significant contributions to the medieval court. the 1950s saw the small beginnings of a reaction against the condemnation of all that the victorian architects, including bu
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the following year, in 1909, hogan relocated to lancaster, pennsylvania, where he replaced local ball club manager clarence " pop " foster, who had managed the red roses since 1907. once hogan signed a contract, foster moved on to lead another club in trenton, new jersey. the lancaster team ' s momentum escalated during the 1909 season, and in july of that year, sporting life reported that the red roses club was drawing positive attention. " the fast pace at which the lancaster bunch has been going lately has been the talk of the league ", the paper stated. " marty hogan was not given much consideration as a pennant aspi
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after being released from supporting the okinawa campaign, xxi bomber command conducted an intensive firebombing campaign against japan ' s main cities from mid @ - @ may. a force of 472 b @ - @ 29s struck nagoya by day on 13 may and destroyed 3 @. @ 15 square miles ( 8 @. @ 2 km2 ) of the city. the japanese mounted a strong defense that downed two superfortresses and damaged another 64 ; another eight b @ - @ 29s were lost to other causes. the americans claimed 18 japanese fighter " kills " as well as another 30 " probables " and 16 damaged
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oakley and weinstein were appointed executive producers and showrunners of the seventh and eighth seasons. they were chosen partly because they had been with the show since the third season and understood many of its dynamics. the showrunner is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the show ' s production. each episode takes ten months to produce, so the showrunner must " oversee many different episodes in different stages of production all at the same time ", with roles including head writer, making notes on the storyboards and working with the voice actors, animators, editors and composers. oakley and weinstein often set two script @ - @ rewriting
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later that same day pinkerton and mckellar were in action yet again. this time 602 was scrambled to intercept junkers ju 88 bombers of kampfgeschwader 30 ' adler ' ( eagle ) as they attacked royal navy warships in the forth near the rosyth naval dockyard. the luftwaffe ' s target that day was the battlecruiser hms hood which was believed to be in the area. in fact the german reconnaissance had wrongly identified hms repulse which was now docked safely at rosyth. at this stage of wwii german bomber crews were under strict orders to avoid bombing targets which risked british civilian casualties,
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in the immediate aftermath of the flooding in sri lanka, the country ' s air force, army, and navy, as well as police forces, operated search and rescue missions. the navy and air force collected residents stranded in trees and on roofs, and were later assisted by the indian military. however, the lack of electricity and the damaged infrastructure hampered relief work. in the hardest hit area of ratnapura, there was a shortage of doctors, prompting officials to request help from adjacent towns. there were increased reports of diarrhea, viral flu, and typhoid in the aftermath of the floods. mobile health crews treated over
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fabulous histories ( later known as the story of the robins ), trimmer ' s most popular work, was first published in 1786, and remained in print until the beginning of the 20th century. it tells the story of two families, a robin family and a human family, who learn to live together < unk >. most importantly, the human children and the baby robins must learn to adopt virtue and to shun vice. for trimmer, practising kindness to animals as a child would hopefully lead one to " universal benevolence " as an adult. according to samuel pickering, jr., a
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3 @, @ 500 people attended the event. canadian online explorer writer chris sokol rated the entire event a seven and a half out of ten, which was higher than the six out of ten given to the 2007 against all odds event by chris sokol. against all odds rating was higher than tna ' s previous event final resolution, which was given a six out of ten. it was also higher than the six given to tna ' s next event destination x. compared to rival world wrestling entertainment ' s no way out ppv event held on february 17, 2008, against all odds was rated higher as no way out
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the second season of the series received mixed reviews from critics. the review aggregator website rotten tomatoes reported a 100 % approval rating with an average rating of 8 @. @ 2 / 10 based on 5 reviews. jim kaz of ign gave the season a similar score at 8 / 10. while at first hesitant of the series, believing it to be " another horror / sci @ - @ fi / occult hybrid currently igniting ratings ", he found the " eerie and intricate storylines " to overcome the " initial impressions of clearasil ads and paris hilton in house of wax ". praising the cliffhangers and the brotherly chemistry
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davies had suspected that renwick would one day revive jonathan creek, explaining that jonathan ' s fate had been left open, unlike renwick ' s other famous character - one foot in the grave ' s victor meldrew, who was killed in a hit and run in the show ' s last episode. when the production of " the grinning man " was announced in june 2008, davies commented : " for the last five years whenever i ' ve passed a locked room i ' ve thought there might be a mystery lurking behind it, so i ' m very happy to return to jonathan creek and to have something to actually solve. "
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the album received generally positive reviews from music critics. at metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, aphrodite received an average score of 67 based on 21 reviews, indicating " generally favorable reviews ". ben norman from about. com appreciated price ' s production, noting aphrodite to be more consistent than x. although the critic mentioned that the songs do not provide the " immediate appeal ", like those in x did, he labelled aphrodite " another knockout hit album " from minogue and the " do not miss album of 2010 ". tim sendra from allmusic
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on senior day at penn state, the final home game of the season, the 6 – 4 lions were set to host the 7 – 3 nebraska cornhuskers, however despite the huskers having the better record, the opening line gave penn state a two @ - @ point advantage. earlier in the week, it was announced that, in addition to the 14 seniors, penn state would honor defensive tackle kyle < unk >, offensive tackle garry gilliam, and wide receiver alex kenney on the field prior to the game ; none of the three planned to return for the 2014 season despite each having an additional year of eligibility
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contador took the most time against the main field out of any day in stage 13. on this day, which ended at the grossglockner in austria, he and rujano again finished well ahead of the main field. as they approached the finish line, contador did not attempt to sprint for the win, allowing rujano to take it. their minute and a half time gap, plus the time bonus for second place, gave contador a lead of over three minutes in the overall standings. only in the 2009 tour de france had he ever held a larger lead. the next two days were
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burke debuted in the season opener for the 2011 – 12 wolverines against ferris state on november 11 with 3 points in 18 minutes, but did not start until the second game against towson on november 14 when he tallied 13 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. in the 3 @ - @ game november 21 – 23 2011 maui invitational tournament, the team defeated the # 8 memphis tigers 73 – 61, lost to the # 6 duke blue devils 82 – 75, and defeated the 2011 – 12 pac @ - @ 12 season favorite ucla bruins 79 – 63, which helped the team finish in third place. burke '
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upon making landfall on the texas coast late on august 27, the hurricane caused a wide swath of destruction, and was considered one of the worst hurricanes to impact the state in at least 25 years. a 400 mi ( 645 km ) wide swath of land experienced moderate to severe impacts during the storm. strong winds were reported in various locations, with a peak gust of 135 mph ( 215 km / h ) measured in < unk >, texas. at a weather station in naval air station corpus christi, a wind gust of 101 mph ( 163 km / h ) was measured. across corpus christi, the strong winds knocked
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postbellum criticism of longstreet claims that he was ordered by lee to attack in the early morning and that his delays were a significant contributor to the loss of the battle. however, lee agreed to the delays for arriving troops and did not issue his formal order for the attack until 11 a. m. although longstreet ' s motivations have long been clouded by the vitriol of the lost cause partisans ( see legacy ), many historians agree that longstreet did not aggressively pursue lee ' s orders to launch an attack as early as possible. biographer jeffry d. wert wrote, "
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the episode received generally positive reviews from critics. hitfix senior editor alan sepinwall wrote that " timothy dalton was everything we had come to expect from him in the part : scary and dangerous and then so much the funnier for the way he kept trying to work the steps and turn over a new leaf. the episode left [ alexei ] ' s sincerity up in the air for most of the hour - was he really serious about making amends, or just trying to distract chuck from his latest evil plan? - but volkoff is such a well @ - @ drawn character, and dalton so talented and versatile, that the
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on january 18 against the austin toros, he posted a game @ - @ high 24 points. he entered the starting lineup on january 20 against the texas legends and posted a team @ - @ high 17 points and added a game @ - @ high 19 points and 9 rebounds in a rematch the following night. on january 24, he contributed a game @ - @ high 32 @ - @ point effort against the springfield armor, surpassing both his professional career @ - @ high of 27 set on january 9, 2011 with cleveland and his post @ - @ secondary career @ - @ high 30 set on november 11, 2008 with michigan.
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