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I borrowed (slightly modified) title from some other comment.
Strikingly, the movie despict the original spirit very well, though the plot was modified tremendously.
This guy is an amazing shot, with either his modified M 16 or his revolver.
Also, Prince Hamlet's film "The Mouse Trap," which is crucial to the original drama because it seals Claudio's guilty conscience, cannot serve its function in this film because it has been modified from a drama reenacting King Hamlet's murder into a bad montage of random student-filmmaker camera shots which one can scarcely connect to anything in the plot.
I modified some of my behavior with him beginning that day and talked to our doctor, family members and educators I knew about whether he could be autistic.
Had the script been modified and some good songs or some interesting people been added, the movie could have been much better to watch.
Considered anticapitalist, it was suspected of being pro-Communist, so the film version is somewhat modified from the play.
I personally knew the family depicted in this movie and as most things from Hollywood it has been modified to make it more entertaining.
Having Hemingway in this story was an interesting idea, but all of the scenes with him are either parts from the book modified to have him in it, without really changing them, or really boring, which just makes it longer and makes it take more time to get to the interesting part, when he catches the marlin.
The Brit Gangster revival cycle initiated by "Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels" seems to have cross germinated with the "Oceans Eleven" remake and spawned a genetically modified caper for the 21st.
And some invent a duty to remember, an obligation to keep in mind, even when we are two or three or more generations after the conflict and we do not have direct witnesses to speak of it any more, and their word is only their word modified by time, propaganda, celebrations and simply the desire to forget.
The story is a little modified from the original but that's okay, it still works very well.
The movie was okay in the sense that unlike all other New Zealand movies, it didn't try to dig into quirkiness that defines just about every other NZ movie out there - think genetically modified killer sheep.
Genetically modified hounds?
He drives a modified Mitsubishi and thinks he's all that.
Cargill’s new product is an example of synthetic biology, a form of genetic engineering that uses modified organisms to manufacture compounds that would never be produced naturally.
In a recent opinion, European Union scientific committees concluded that while the risk assessment used for evaluating genetically modified organisms should be applicable to aspects of synthetic biology, in specific cases new approaches may be needed to evaluate the safety of the technology.
The increasing use of genetically modified mice since their advent 20 years ago amplifies this problem.
Genetically modified mice either lack a specific gene or gene-pair (knock-out mice) or carry a piece of foreign DNA integrated into their own chromosomes (transgenic mice), and are used to deduce the functions of particular genes.
But, if politicians are to become less anxious about jobs, perhaps we need to start discussing whether jobless recoveries are here to stay, and whether the US safety net, devised for a different era, needs to be modified.
Similarly, the one-child policy that has been enforced for the last 34 years will be modified.
The Chinese government recently modified the tax law to exclude employers’ contributions to employee pension plans from taxable income and to allow the funds in those plans to accumulate tax-free.
These two scenarios follow a familiar story line: technological progress, such as the development of nuclear power, genetically modified organisms, information technologies, and synthetic organic chemistry, first promises salvation, but then threatens doom as the consequences, often environmental, become apparent.
Food FightEurope's parliament has passed stringent new rules for genetically modified food, raising American objections.
The evolution of European attitudes toward genetically modified foods and plants reflects just such a dual concern with health and identity.
Since April 1990, when the EU Parliament, with no significant opposition, adopted the first two directives on the use and release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), public opinion has grown increasingly suspicious and hostile.
Such discussions might help negotiators settle ongoing disputes over the "Codex Alimentarius" (global food standards set by the World Health Organization and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization), the EU regulation on labeling and tracing genetically modified organisms, and the application of World Trade Organization rules.
They continued to use the old discredited models, perhaps slightly modified.
Another factor in the relationship between genetic composition and observable traits is the way that proteins can sometimes be modified.
Northern European countries, in particular, cherish their local standards and spurn the thought of eating chlorine-disinfected chicken or genetically modified fruits and vegetables, even if there is no scientific evidence that these production methods pose a health threat.
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