His collaborator, the comedian and sometime-actor Garry Shandling, has winnowed his autobiography down to its barest essence.

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At a time when movie musicals have come to be synonymous with emotional and visual extravagance -- the super-mega-over-the-topness of "Chicago" or "Dreamgirls" -- Mr. Carney has dared to take everything down to its essence.

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In essence, Patch has added a social layer on top of its 800-plus community websites, allowing users to form groups and consume content via interest-specific feeds.

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But no one who has been to Bruges will fail to appreciate what may be its foremost achievement: the insight with which Rodenbach has seized upon and expressed the elusive essence of an entire city, as though it had a human heart.

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In essence, the Power on Demand system, which Arista has installed in several of its small-business customers, is a storage and power management unit rolled into one.

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In essence, the Power on Demand system, which WindTamer has installed in several of its small-business customers, is a storage and power management unit rolled into one.

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The CEO and controlling influence has himself been made bankrupt, the firm is very close to losing its Hong Kong share listing and in essence seems to be spiralling the plughole.

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