Stalwart character actors Toby Jones, William Sadler and Frances Sternhagen make strong impressions, but Harden's religious rapture sucks all the air out of the room (it's always hard to make fundamentalists seem credible).

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They suck the air out of the room.

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"There is something great about blowing all of the hot air out of a room, " commented Maurice Ashley nine years after the match.

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The question was still hanging in the air as the Minister and her officials filed out of the committee room.

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With that, he skipped out of the room, his hands in the air, and I thought for a moment that Mother was going to cry.

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Be ready to point this out to the front desk staff and request an alternate room if available or have the hotel provide an air cleaner unit, which many hotels have on hand unbeknownst to guests.

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