Beyond movies, Disney's attraction to Marvel comes from being able to use its characters in its theme-parks, video games, merchandise and other outlets.

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The success of the attraction could see it staying beyond the original March deadline.

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Ms Thompson recounts the little that is known about her and, drawing on her own experience, imagines, beyond the perils and discomforts, the attraction that must have existed on both sides, in particular the discretion and forbearance of the Maori whom she herself encountered in her husband's village.

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The bridge will cut 80 minutes off the road-and-ferry journey from Kobe to Tokushima, one of the bigger towns on the island of Shikoku beyond Awaji, and will be something of a tourist attraction.

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All this may be great fun for foodies, but the attraction of Mr Barlow's book is that he goes well beyond the business of eating.

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