Prior to filming The Awakening, Hall read Robert Graves' Goodbye to All That, The Great Silence: 1918-1920 Living in the Shadow of the Great War by Juliet Nicholson and "a lot of war poetry".

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Such a history no doubt inspires the romantics from Lusaka to Libreville, and the sermon that says "in the shadow of tragedy walks great opportunity for those who dare to believe" is played out.

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Falcao who has scored five goals in six qualifying games, wants the latest generation of Colombian talent to write their own records and emerge from the shadow of former great players such as Carlos Valderrama and Faustino Asprilla.

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Consider the facts: the great hype around the iPhone has put even otherwise impressive Apple announcements under a shadow.

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And there's also a really great documentary called "In the Shadow of the Moon, " which is really heroic, just about the moon mission.

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Marlborough exemplified England's class system, for it lay in the shadow of Marlborough College, one of the nation's great public schools, a preserve of tradition and privilege.

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In a speech to the manufacturers organisations EEF, shadow chancellor Ed Balls committed Labour to studying "with great care" Sir George's proposals and he urged the government to adopt the plans "before we get the chance".

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Shadow local government minister Lord McKenzie of Luton said the changes could cause "great hardship to many".

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