With Gemma Arterton, who lights up the action, all too briefly, as a fellow British spy.

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Their performance seemed to remind everyone, if only too briefly, that Dr. Seuss's ultimate message is to seek out the fun in life.

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However, for many the definitive Nine Inch Nails experience remains bellowing the chorus of Head Like a Hole, surrounded by a crowd doing exactly the same thing, and realizing that nerds could be jocks, too, if only briefly.

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In the making of a perfect espresso, too, the hot water and the coffee combine only briefly ideally, for 30 seconds.

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We talked briefly about selling, but we loved the penthouse too much.

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Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, who began his career at 3D Realms and briefly worked on Duke Nukem Forever, attributes the delay to too-small development and too-loose planning.

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If the scallops have cooled too much, return them to the pan with the sauce to warm very briefly over medium heat before serving.

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The ramifications of this are far too broad to tackle in a single post, so this installment will look briefly at how Apple got here.

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Politically too, he does not fit the usual Labour template, having been, briefly, a member of the Oxford University Conservative Association at the same time as William Hague.

BBC: Chris Bryant