The Times' Richard Morrison also expressed reservations, describing the staging as "crass, profoundly anti-musical and... mind-numbingly tedious".

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"As we enter the last two weeks of 2007, we are experiencing an unprecedented frequency of serious incidents in our operations, " Richard Morrison, vice president for Gulf of Mexico production, wrote in an email to staff.

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Toni Morrison, Richard Ford, Edward P.

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Newcastle central defender Andy O'Brien is one of those who missed the journey, as did Manchester City's Richard Dunne and new Birmingham striker Clinton Morrison.

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Some critics questioned why the N-word was unacceptable in Huck Finn but OK in the works of Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin and Toni Morrison.

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