About the PG-rated "How to Train Your Dragon, " for example, we learn that it includes such phrases as, "All hell is going to break loose in my undies, " "The gods hate me, " "This is stupid, " "It's us, idiots!"

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Yet it doesn't go far enough for us to feel much of anything as Algren goes through all sorts of hell on a mission most improbable, first as Katsumoto's captive (he learns to speak Japanese in a matter of months), and later as his acolyte, ad hoc strategist and joyous -- except not joyous enough -- companion in arms, if need be to the death.

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Then you have a Congressional hearing starring self-indulgent, preening traders from guilty as hell organizations testifying that they had no idea all this was coming, that it was an act of nature and the reason they did so well was they just know more and therefore still deserve their bonuses.

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Thumma said it's a clear effort to avoid some of the stereotypes about Southerners, such as negative perceptions of their racial views or reputed "damn-us-all-to-hell" fundamentalism.

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We all ran like hell to the center of the island and later took shelter in the cliffs as we kept hearing that we would be getting another, bigger wave, which, fortunately didn't ever come but we did run for the cliffs several times.

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Lewsey won his first caps at inside centre and fly-half against the All Blacks on England's "Tour of Hell" in 1998 but did not establish himself as a first-choice starter until 2003, when he starred in wins in New Zealand and Australia after a Six Nations Grand Slam.

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