"The Aviator" bites off only a slice of Hughes's story, choosing to avoid his unsavory sex life and crackpot politics, and ending before his move to Las Vegas, where he descended into the depths of solitary madness.

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To an extent, long-form TV series like "The Sopranos" and "The Wire" have raised the bar by exploring this kind of material in the depth a mere movie can only hint at, and "American Gangster" bites off more than it chews.

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The mosquito bites one person or animal with malaria, takes the parasite on board, flies off to another victim, bites and implants the parasite, which proceeds to multiply like crazy, sickening if not killing its victims.

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Grandpa Sawtooth is shuffled off to a retirement home after he bites a tourist.

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With no bites and a pending divorce, the house fell off the market.

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"A lot of people in my generation are very turned off by the glossy campaign ads, sound bites on television news shows, and politicians basically acting like politicians and not like real human beings, " he says.

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Sound bites and tweet-speak were dispensed with ease at the recent kick-off debate among the, now, gang of seven, and just as easily forgotten.

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However, if he or she increases the hours above that level, the family income falls off as the combination of childcare costs and withdrawn support through the tax credit system bites into earnings.

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