STAR WARS V/S LORD OF THE RINGS In a battle between the two greatest sagas of all time, who would win? ... Ok, maybe it's not THAT bad Well, first of all, "LOTR" and "Star Wars" share a long list of structural and thematic similarities. ... For example, in Star Wars, you've got a protagonist living away from the troubles of the world and is pointed to adventure by an old man who has great power, and he must battle against a great evil by destroying his instrument of destructive force. ... Realism: The Star Wars" heroes are a lot more convincing than those in the Lord of the ...

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The primary area of research was how to construct networks that could withstand power outages in times of war (for instance nuclear attacks). ... An extension of e-mail is chatting. ... It was uneconomical to talk often by phone so chatting was a lifeline. ... For some people the Internet is an easy place to meet and chat to like-minded people so it is easy to make friends. ... This erotic chatting leads onto the hunt for pornography. ...

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They can sit in a tavern and chat with other characters or band together to explore an ancient cavern. ... But according to Haden Blackman, producer of Star Wars Galaxies, that doesn't mean much. ...

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The star child is motionless in his state of complete awareness, and traverses further into the universe with a brave sense of curiosity. ... Floyd video chats with his daughter to ask what she wants for her birthday, and there is similar shot toward the middle of the film where Frank Poole gets a recorded birthday message from his parents. ... Kubrick alludes to what the history of the world has demonstrated and "mimicked" for thousands of years; such as figures in history attempting to preserve power out of fear by exerting it forcefully, resulting in violence and war. ... He is re...

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In the middle of the war, there was no question that Roosevelt would be renominated. ... For the first time the Republican platform totally abandoned its traditional opposition to involvement in foreign treaties and supported the United States participation in post war organizations. ...

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In 1942, Lafferty enlisted in the United States Army and served in World War II until 1946. He achieved the rank of Sergeant and received a New Guinea Campaign Star. ... It seems that time travelers often stop and chat with him. ... It is the biography of a fictional character "Hannali Innominee", a Choctaw chief, which begins around 1830 and ends after the Civil War around 1870. ...

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With 1964's Goldfinger, the third James Bond story to reach the screen, the "Bond formula" had reached maturity. Screenwriter Richard Maibaum, a participant in the scripting of the previous two movies, Dr. No and From Russia with Love, had identified those elements of the series that audiences liked...

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In the days after Sept. 11, it also became clear that there was no Arab leadership with the inclination or stature to call a jihad against suicide bombings and the latter-day cult of martyrdom that may date from the Iran-Iraq war, in which Iranian teenagers, sent out by the thousands to be human minefield sweepers, were given keys to wear around their necks. ... We ticked off the bombings but didn't pay close attention when, three years ago, Osama bin Laden declared ''war'' on the United States. ...

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