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Oh, the little village is quaint until it gets hit by what seems to be a large cloud of talcum powder and tapioca.
But to also find her an accomplished actress of the melodrama is quite astonishing, since Day is often known as the fluffy powder puff of feather weight musical tripe, or, the squeaky clean, yet strangely asexual appendage of Rock Hudson.
Anyway, tabloid blah blah blah and girl rivalry and itching powder... Geez, can you get any more lame.
Powder Keg has been promoted heavily on cable.
The random slaughter of buffalo is the spark that sets off a powder keg that explodes with Indians going on the warpath to drive the white invaders from their hunting grounds.
Powder Keg concludes the BMW short film series "The Hire" by adding a very human element to the enigmatic and elusive series title character played by Clive Owen.
this was categorized as a scary movie..........to a 10 yr old he may pee his pants but i don't think it should for the later,this i would say because the ghosts in the movie(a Totally GRUDGE MOVIE RIP-OFF)are shown a lot of times in daytime.......that totally ruins it.....we can clearly see the white powder on the ghosts..............and lot of the movie is 'The Shining' 's RIP-Off.........i don't remember whats scenes are but some like when the kid rides the3 wheeler bicycle and the camera follows him like the same way in the shining......and the background music too was playing same.....DAMN!!!!,i would also say that the story is bit like the the shining.i
Normal, run of the mill teens would TP town hall, put itching powder in the school principal's undergarments, or short sheet each others beds.
At the end the seemingly unstoppable train is being stopped by a bomb made of black powder from two dozen shotgun shells!
Powder Keg is the fifth short made by BMW.
In the midst of the protests, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar sparked further outrage by suggesting that women carry chili powder to deter would-be rapists.
With all sides keeping their powder dry, failure to reach a constitutional settlement could plunge Nepal back into war.
Indian children inhale large doses of sulphur and potassium chlorate to fashion flammable powder into matches.
Without reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians, it is only a matter of time before the Palestinian powder keg ignites once again.
Vast areas of vegetation are being destroyed for lines of white powder.
Beyond that, one can say only that the Middle East will remain the powder keg of world politics in the twenty-first century.
Research commissioned by the National Farmers Union predicts that a post-Brexit UK is likely to see its imports of beef, poultry, butter, and milk powder increase.
So it was only a matter of time until this powder keg was ignited.
Two years ago, Egypt believed that major discoveries of offshore natural gas would defuse its dangerous youth bomb, the powder keg that fueled the Arab Spring in 2011.
Isolated, destitute, and in a state of permanent rage, the French banlieues and immigrant ghettos of British cities have turned into powder kegs where young Muslims easily fall prey to radical religious preaching and political extremism.
Detection technology must be capable of analyzing all forms of a drug – whether powder, pill, capsule, or syrup – and of detecting several different grades of quality, not just the junk.
Without diplomacy and the willingness to work toward viable mutual understandings, as has just happened with the framework agreement negotiated with Iran, the new Middle East will remain the powder keg of world politics – one whose fuse has already been lit.
And does he understand that China’s private debt bubble is a powder keg under the global economy?
Jerusalem, a convenient rallying cry for Muslims throughout the world, is a powder keg with too many candidates ready to light a match.
Trump may just be keeping his powder dry until a real conflict erupts.
They raise their glasses, filled with the finest scotch, which has been sprinkled with a fine powder.
Not gold powder, as lesser moguls might offer, nor even the purest cocaine.
Potential army recruits were turned away if they had tooth decay or missing teeth, because they would be unable to bite open a powder cartridge for a musket or use their teeth to remove a grenade’s safety clip; they would also struggle to eat properly.
In addition, Draghi kept some of his powder dry in case new threats emerged; for example, earlier this month, he announced asset purchases in response to low eurozone inflation.
Around the world, in order to enhance performance, people are popping pills and powder known as amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS).
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