In fairness, it should be stated that there's a sweet, amusing sequence set in heaven, in which Reese Witherspoon plays the leader of a bunch of Valley Girl angels.

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The snarky character banter is here, along with the buddy-cop dynamic between Downey Jr. and Don Cheadle, the extended sequence set in a random small town dive bar, the almost subtle politics, and of course the self-depreciating macho sensibilities.

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To help spot factory or commercial goods sellers, which Etsy calls "resellers, " it uses a software program called SCRAM, which can identify problem sellers by predicting the rate and sequence by which they set up their shops.

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It's also the 10th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project, which set out to sequence the more than 3 billion letters in our genetic code.

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At a brisk 93 minutes, "Haywire" runs along at breakneck speed, pausing only for brief scenes required to set up the next action sequence.

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More than anything else, I realized, it had to be boring to be crazy, to think the same sequence of thoughts and come up with the same set of bizarre conclusions, to voice those conclusions using the same words, several times an hour, day in and day out.

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Fortunately the Collector's Edition DVD, which features a video interview with Mr. Spielberg, gives us the movie's set pieces -- like the dance-hall sequence -- in all their swooping glory.

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The third episode, which is set in Miami, features a gorgeous, wordless sequence at dusk, as fat bald men like Louie gather to swim once the hard bodies have packed up for the night.

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She's set to play Garbine Muguruza on Thursday as she pursues her own sequence of three.

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