To each of you who has served in our armed forces or know and love someone who is serving or has served, thank you all for your sacrifices.

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And some of you may have seen his story, but I want to tell it again tonight because of what it says not just about our armed forces, but also what it says about the country that we love.

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But, if hypocrisy is acceptable in the office, the same does not apply in battle: when lives are at risk, the armed forces argue, an officer's judgment should not be clouded by lust or love.

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New to the game are Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), a schoolmate with whom he falls in love, and Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), a one-armed scientist who, in an effort to while away those dull days, turns himself into a lizard the size of a plow horse.

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With all the swagger and gusto of a band armed with its first album, New Zealand foursome Cut Off Your Hands embodies everything there is to love about a young band.

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