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The guiding hand in Rock Center's growth was John R. Todd, a garrulous real estate man who controlled every element of the operation.
Police say the increase stems from more aggressive police work and a bolder criminal element more apt to flee routine traffic stops.
(Our favorite element: finally getting a look, at long last, at original Indy candidate Tom Selleck's screen test.) And the three movies themselves, of course, look great, polished with all the remastering technology at producer George Lucas's disposal.
Yes, there's a heavy freaks-on-parade element, but the filmmakers actually exercise a surprisingly objective eye.
Yes, the biographical element meant she was taking on added responsibilities, "but I very early on said to Jim what I thought.
"I let the autobiographical element go from day one and I respected the project and the script.
Needless to say, nothing of this Gothic element has survived the recent restoration.
Strong job creation has been the missing element in the powerful U.S. economic rebound that became evident late last year, and it's been a very important absence indeed.
The "fire-safe" cigarette laws may be based on an element of truth, that putting "speed bumps" in the cigarette paper wrapper will cause cigarettes to self-extinguish when not being puffed at the "speed-bump" rings.
Just last week, for the first time ever, Secretary of State Colin Powell admitted that "the most dramatic" element of his speech to the United Nations was based on bogus sources.
Chromium is a soft metallic element that's used to create the shiny finish used for decorative purposes (bumpers, mufflers, etc.)
Castiglione is politic in the extreme where the Red Sox and, indeed, Major League Baseball are concerned -- though certain phenomena, such as the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome or Jose Canseco, do bring out an element of welcome acerbity.
But perhaps the most heartening element of Martin's medicare musings was implicit.
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