This First World War espionage thriller, which lurches between sobriety and suave levity, is one of the weirdest movies Alfred Hitchcock ever made.

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"Your Majesty, Mummy, " began Prince Charles, as he delivered a touching speech with the right mix of levity and respect.

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Lopez rings the changes with levity and charm, and if each encounter leaves you wanting to know more, that only sharpens the melancholy of the film, the knowledge that satisfaction hangs just out of reach.

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Dennis Kucinich, a short congressman from Ohio and sometime presidential candidate who claims to have seen a UFO, added a touch of levity by jumping manically up and down at the podium, but Mr Obama's team reportedly censored his punchiest line.

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It meant the commissioners had to go back and redo their earlier work, but at least this change injected some levity into the process.

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The levity in the sitcom made it easier for many viewers -- and me -- to swallow.

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