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Dune was written by Frank Herbert, who was American, but they just <I><s>[i]</s><B><s>[b]</s>had<e>[/b]</e></B><e ...

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I think it is less about the times we live in more about which country produce these films according to their cultural& ethnic audiance.<br/>
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<r> Sticking to when I was a pre-teen (through 1977):<br/>
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<I><s>[i]</s>Gumball Rally<e>[/i]</e></I> (we went to see the other movie in a double feature, but this ...

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And you have to wonder what the P-39 could have been with a proper supercharger set-up.
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No need to wonder - it was called the P-63, which first flew in December 1942. The auxiliary stage supercharger was driven ...

<r> A much more complete account is in a recent book: Calum Douglas, <I><s>[i]</s>The Secret Horsepower Race: Western Front Fighter Engine Development<e>[/i]</e></I> (Tempest Books, 2020). Douglas is a mechanical engineer who consults on racing engine development; the book appears to be a ...

You think Mighty Mouse could beat up Superman?

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It turns out there's a way to toggle to edit Types in the Ground Element tab of the editor. I created an "Electricity" ground element with type of "Electricity". My two open questions would be:<br/>
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<r> Actually, if you use the USSBS report and the later analyses, you would try to concentrate on German railyards as soon as possible. Coal was the keystone to the German economy (almost everything required coal inputs, since almost everything required vast amounts of heat), and coal had to be ...

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I never traversed Suez, not even when I was in the Navy, but I didn't believe that a single ship could totally block it:<br/>
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<r> Calum Douglas, <I><s>[i]</s>The Secret Horsepower Race: Western Front Fighter Engine Development<e>[/i]</e></I>, Tempest Books, 2020<br/>
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Very technical (the author is a mechanical engineer who has specialized in Formula One engine technology), but a fascinating look at the problems of ...

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Define 'horror' as you see it?
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Regarding movies, I forgot to mention "The Babadook", a great, great movie (to be clear: one of the best I saw in any genre ...

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You need to go to the books about the Corsair on CVE. I know the Allies operated F6F Hellcats in support of Mediterranean invasions after Spring 1944.I know they operated successfully from US and Brit CV.<br/>
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The 4 Sangamon were ...

<t> Balboa is on the Pacific side of Panama - per the Off-map area connection table (page 98 of the printed manual), the sailing distance between Balboa and the East Coast port is 60 hexes - you won't transit the canal. The distance between Cristobal (Atlantic side of Panama) and the EC port is 45 ...

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<I><s>[i]</s>Once Upon a Time in..... Hollywood<e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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Mmmmm. I watched this not knowing anything about it - other than the blurb that said it was about a fading film star (DiCaprio) in the Golden Age of Hollywood.<br ...

<t> IRL, all US carrier-capable planes did operate from CVEs at various points during the war (ex: USN Hellcats operating from Bogue and Casablanca class CVEs provided CAP for the invasion of Southern France; USMC Corsairs based on Commencement Bay class CVEs provided support during the Okinawa and ...

<t> I'm not sure many are aware of the precarious position Robinhood occupies. It must be able to pay its customers as they cash in on their trades. Because of the huge trading volume and artificially high values driven by the Reddit traders in these companies, as well as in crypto currencies, over ...

<r> Robinhood didn't change the rules to protect Wall Street; brokerages must have enough cash reserves on hand to pay their customers who are owed money on trades <U><s>[u]</s>and<e>[/u]</e></U> post additional cash to its clearing facility to protect its trading partners from potential losses ...

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Despite the more silly goings on, I'm defo looking forward to season 2.

In which two new characters are introduced, American pilots named Rafe and Danny ....

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Orm<br/>
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<I><s>[i]</s>Dead like me<e>[/i]</e></I>.
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Do you mean the old Showtime series? That was a favorite of mine; too bad it only lasted two seasons.<br/>
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<I><s>[i]</s>Le Mans 66<e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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Wasn't hugely interested in watching this (sports cars (apart from those beasts from the mid-eighties) aren't really my thing), but then thought why not - I'll give it a go....<br/>
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