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With major guild nominations out, awards columnist Glenn Whipp takes stock of the best picture race as Oscar nominations voting commences.
From Los Angeles Times
Notice the weakness commenced with a bearish evening star completed on Oct.
From Barron's
Tomlin’s expected to sit out at least a season to relax on TV, and just wait: Any time there’s a team in trouble, a merry Tomlinpalooza will commence.
This stress becomes all too real in the documentary when the brothers and their writing team are still working on the final episode's script when filming commences.
From BBC
A local media reported that Japanese PM Takaichi plans to dissolve the House of Representatives when the regular Diet session commences next week.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.