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The no-frills approach has made it difficult to integrate some of her older work, particularly the ornate psych-folk tunes from “Solar Power.”

“Will There Ever Be Another You” is a mixed bag; readers must sift through “clods” of ornate prose to pluck nuggets of gold.

Renderings provided by the White House show that the ballroom will be similar architecturally to the rest of the White House, with a lavish interior including chandeliers and ornate columns.

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After the ornate sprawl of the novel, he revels in the shorter form, a palpable joy on the page.

Such is the rub you may find yourself in with iconoclastic Spanish director Albert Serra’s “Afternoons of Solitude,” his first nonfiction film, an unflinching gaze at bullfighting, its hushed, ornate rituals and gruesome realities.

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