He reread them multiple times, scribbled notes in the margins and wrote summaries of the action on large sheets of paper.

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Hytner returns the script with notes scribbled in the margins, then follows up with more forensic suggestions.

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More than 150 years ago, a birdwatcher on a trip to the Falkland Islands scribbled down some notes about the behavior of a winged creature that sailors called the Johnny Rook.

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The upper rows of boxes have fluorescent pink and yellow Post-it Notes in the m scribbled with answers.

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Once I'd scribbled down the recipe and lots of notes, I set aside the next Sunday for Project Babka.

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Inevitably, the notes are hurried, disjointed, scribbled and abbreviated.

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