As for unsightly wires, the Audyssey Wireless Speakers have two: the unavoidable power cord (with a chunky power supply) as well as a thin black-and-red cable that connects the left and right channels. (You may want to replace this with more discreet, clear speaker wire if you can't hide it somehow.) Both make the speakers better suited to a permanent set-up than on-the-go listening.

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His next film, "Days of Heaven" (1978), hauntingly photographed but less compelling than "Badlands, " was followed by a long hiatus before he returned with his wrenching James Jones adaptation, "The Thin Red Line" (1998), and his glittering reverie about the colonization of Virginia, "The New World" (2005).

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Beneath her no-fuss cropped red haircut and chic white blazer, her mouth hardens into a thin, straight line.

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