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When was the MRA founded ?
In 1912 the Titanic had a squash court in first class .
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When was the MRA founded ?
It was not until 1923 that the Royal Automobile Club hosted a meeting to further discuss the rules and regulations and another five years elapsed before the Squash Racquets Association was formed to set standards for squash in Great Britain .
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When was the MRA founded ?
The sport spread to America and Canada , and eventually around the globe .
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When was the MRA founded ?
It was founded in 1924 in New York as Metropolitan Racquets Association , or MSRA .
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What is chiaroscuro ?
Quite poor , Sien 's family often relied upon the public soup kitchen for food .
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What is chiaroscuro ?
Hulsker called the signed drawing " The Public Soup Kitchen " ( F1020a below ) important and attractive .
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What is chiaroscuro ?
Van Gogh and his contemporary George Hendrik Breitner had sketched together at a soup kitchen in the Geest ( it is not known which of the several possibilities it was ) .
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What is chiaroscuro ?
After going to the trouble and expense of installing shutters in his windows to adust the light and to recreate the scene itself in his studio , van Gogh was able to study his models at lesisure .
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What is chiaroscuro ?
In this way he was able to introduce more " chiaroscuro " ( light and dark ) in his drawing , which he executed with the natural ( ' mountain ' ) chalk that Theo had sent him and whose properties he lauds in his letters .
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What is chiaroscuro ?
All the models are from Sien 's family : her mother and baby on the left , her sister , back turned , and her daughter , hair cropped as a precaution against lice , in the center , with Sien herself , superbly executed in profile , on the right .
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What is chiaroscuro ?
The watercolor F1020b ( below ) is much less successful as van Gogh himself acknowledged , blaming the paper in part for not being right for the job .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
Ireland is a constitutional republic with a parliamentary system of government .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
The is the bicameral national parliament composed of the President of Ireland and the two Houses of the Oireachtas:The President serves as head of state , and is elected for a seven - year term and may be re-elected once .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
The President is primarily a figurehead , but is entrusted with certain constitutional powers with the advice of the Council of State .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
The office has absolute discretion in some areas , such as referring a bill to the Supreme Court for a judgement on its constitutionality .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
Michael D. Higgins became the ninth President of Ireland on 11 November 2011 .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
The serves as the head of government and is appointed by the President upon the nomination of the .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
Most "" have served as the leader of the political party that gains the most seats in national elections .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
It has become customary for coalitions to form a government , as there has not been a single - party government since 1989 .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
Enda Kenny assumed the office of Taoiseach on 9 March 2011 .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
The is composed of sixty members , with eleven nominated by the , six elected by two universities , and 43 elected by public representatives from panels of candidates established on a vocational basis .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
The has 166 members ( ) elected to represent multi-seat constituencies under the system of proportional representation and by means of the single transferable vote .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
The Government is constitutionally limited to fifteen members .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
No more than two members can be selected from the , and the , ( deputy prime minister ) and Minister for Finance must be members of the .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
The Dáil must be dissolved within five years after its first meeting following the previous election , and a general election for members of the Dáil must take place no later than thirty days after the dissolution .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
According to the Constitution of Ireland , parliamentary elections must be held at least every seven years , though a lower limit may be set by statute law .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
The current government is a coalition administration led by with Enda Kenny as , supported by the Labour Party with Eamon Gilmore as .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
Opposition parties in the current are Fianna Fáil , Sinn Féin , the Socialist Party , the PBPA , the WUAG , as well as a number of Independents .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
Ireland has been a member state of the European Union since 1973 , but has chosen to remain outside the Schengen Area .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
Citizens of the United Kingdom can freely enter the country without a passport due to the Common Travel Area , which is a passport - free zone comprising the islands of Ireland , Great Britain , the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands .
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When did Enda Kenny assume the office of Taoiseach ?
However , some identification is required at airports and seaports .
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How does natural astrology differ from judicial astrology ?
In the seventh century , Isidore of Seville argued in his " Etymologiae " that astronomy described the movements of the heavens , while astrology had two parts : one was scientific , describing the movements of the sun , the moon and the stars , while the other , making predictions , was theologically erroneous .
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How does natural astrology differ from judicial astrology ?
In contrast , John Gower in the fourteenth century defined astrology as essentially limited to the making of predictions .
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How does natural astrology differ from judicial astrology ?
The influence of the stars was in turn divided into natural astrology , with for example effects on tides and the growth of plants , and judicial astrology , with supposedly predictable effects on people .
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How does natural astrology differ from judicial astrology ?
The fourteenth century skeptic Nicole Oresme however included astronomy as a part of astrology in his " Livre de divinacions " .
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How does natural astrology differ from judicial astrology ?
Oresme argued that current approaches to prediction of events such as plagues , wars , and weather were inappropriate , but that such prediction was a valid field of inquiry .
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How does natural astrology differ from judicial astrology ?
However , he attacked the use of astrology to choose the timing of actions ( so - called interrogation and election ) as wholly false , and rejected the determination of human action by the stars on grounds of free will .
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How does natural astrology differ from judicial astrology ?
The friar Laurens Pignon ( c. 1368–1449 ) similarly rejected all forms of divination and determinism , including by the stars , in his 1411 " Contre les Devineurs " .
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How does natural astrology differ from judicial astrology ?
This was in opposition to the tradition carried by the Arab astronomer Albumasar ( 787-886 ) whose " Introductorium in Astronomiam " and " De Magnis Coniunctionibus " argued the view that both individual actions and larger scale history are determined by the stars .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
In 2006 , the UK was the world 's ninth - largest consumer of energy and the 15th largest producer .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
The UK is home to a number of large energy companies , including two of the six oil and gas " supermajors " – BP and Royal Dutch Shell – and BG Group .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
In 2011 , 40 % of the UK 's electricity was produced by gas , 30 % by coal , 19 % by nuclear power and 4.2 % by wind , hydro , biofuels and wastes .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
In 2009 , the UK produced 1.5 million barrels per day ( bbl / d ) of oil and consumed 1.7 million bbl / d.
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
Production is now in decline and the UK has been a net importer of oil since 2005 . the UK had around 3.1 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves , the largest of any EU member state .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
In 2009 , 66.5 % of the UK 's oil supply was imported .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
In 2009 , the UK was the 13th largest producer of natural gas in the world and the largest producer in the EU .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
Production is now in decline and the UK has been a net importer of natural gas since 2004 .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
In 2009 , half of British gas was supplied from imports and this is expected to increase to at least 75 % by 2015 , as domestic reserves are depleted .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
Coal production played a key role in the UK economy in the 19th and 20th centuries .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
In the mid-1970s , 130 million tonnes of coal was being produced annually , not falling below 100 million tonnes until the early 1980s .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
During the 1980s and 1990s the industry was scaled back considerably .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
In 2011 , the UK produced 18.3 million tonnes of coal .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
In 2005 it had proven recoverable coal reserves of 171 million tons .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
The UK Coal Authority has stated there is a potential to produce between 7 billion tonnes and 16 billion tonnes of coal through underground coal gasification ( UCG ) or ' fraking ' , and that , based on current UK coal consumption , such reserves could last between 200 and 400 years .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
However , environmental and social concerns have been raised over chemicals getting into the water table and minor earthquakes damaging homes .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
In the late 1990s , nuclear power plants contributed around 25 % of total annual electricity generation in the UK , but this has gradually declined as old plants have been shut down and ageing - related problems affect plant availability .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
In 2012 , the UK had 16 reactors normally generating about 19 % of its electricity .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
All but one of the reactors will be retired by 2023 .
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How much of the UK 's electricity was gas - produced in 2011 , percentage - wise ?
Unlike Germany and Japan , the UK intends to build a new generation of nuclear plants from about 2018 .
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Where are the most internet users , or the highest internet penetration rate ?
Companies linked to the government control much of the domestic media in Singapore .
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Where are the most internet users , or the highest internet penetration rate ?
MediaCorp operates most free - to - air television channels and free - to - air radio stations in Singapore .
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Where are the most internet users , or the highest internet penetration rate ?
There are a total of seven free - to - air TV channels offered by Mediacorp .
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Where are the most internet users , or the highest internet penetration rate ?
The channels are Channel 5 ( English channel ) , Channel News Asia ( English channel ) , Okto ( English channel ) , Channel 8 ( Chinese channel ) , Channel U ( Chinese channel ) , Suria ( Malay channel ) and Vasantham ( Indian channel ) .
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Where are the most internet users , or the highest internet penetration rate ?
Starhub Cable Vision ( SCV ) also offers cable television with channels from all around the world and Singtel 's MioTV provides an IPTV service .
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Where are the most internet users , or the highest internet penetration rate ?
Singapore Press Holdings , a body with close links to the government , controls most of the newspaper industry in Singapore .
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Where are the most internet users , or the highest internet penetration rate ?
Singapore 's media industry has sometimes been criticised for being too regulated and lacking in freedom by human rights groups such as Freedom House .
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Where are the most internet users , or the highest internet penetration rate ?
In 2010 , Reporters Without Borders , a France - based international non-governmental organisation , ranked Singapore 136 out of 178 in its Press Freedom Index , just below Mexico .
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Where are the most internet users , or the highest internet penetration rate ?
The Media Development Authority regulates Singaporean media , claiming to balance the demand for choice and protection against offensive and harmful material .
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Where are the most internet users , or the highest internet penetration rate ?
Private ownership of TV satellite dishes is banned .
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Where are the most internet users , or the highest internet penetration rate ?
Television is censored , and shows like Sex and the City and Queer as Folk ( UK TV series ) are banned .
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Where are the most internet users , or the highest internet penetration rate ?
There are 3.4 million users of the internet in Singapore , one of the highest internet penetration rates in the world .
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Where are the most internet users , or the highest internet penetration rate ?
The Singapore government does not engage in widespread censoring of the internet , but it maintains a list of one hundred websites ( mostly pornographic ) that it blocks as a ' symbolic statement of the Singaporean community 's stand on harmful and undesirable content on the Internet ' .
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Where are the most internet users , or the highest internet penetration rate ?
As the block covers only home internet access , users may still visit the blocked websites from their office computers .
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Where was World War 1 fought ?
World War I.
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Where was World War 1 fought ?
The First World War ( 1914–1918 ) was fought across Europe , the Middle East , Africa and Asia .
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Where was World War 1 fought ?
Countries beyond the war zones were also affected by the disruption of international trade , finance and diplomatic pressures from the belligerents .
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Where was World War 1 fought ?
In 1917 , two revolutions occurred within the Russian Empire , which led to the collapse of the Imperial Government and the rise of the Bolshevik Party led by Vladimir Lenin .
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Which Academy Award did Kevin Spacey win for his work on The Usual Suspects ?
Christopher McQuarrie was nominated for the Best Original Screenplay and Kevin Spacey was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards .
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Which Academy Award did Kevin Spacey win for his work on The Usual Suspects ?
They both won , and in his acceptance speech Spacey memorably said , " Well , whoever Keyser Söze is , I can tell you he 's gon na get gloriously drunk tonight .
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Which Academy Award did Kevin Spacey win for his work on The Usual Suspects ?
" McQuarrie also won the Best Original Screenplay award at the 1996 British Academy Film Awards .
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Which Academy Award did Kevin Spacey win for his work on The Usual Suspects ?
The film was also nominated for Best Film , and best editing .
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Which Academy Award did Kevin Spacey win for his work on The Usual Suspects ?
It won for best editing .
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Which Academy Award did Kevin Spacey win for his work on The Usual Suspects ?
The film was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards — Best Supporting Actor for Benicio del Toro , Best Screenplay for Christopher McQuarrie and Best Cinematography for Newton Thomas Sigel .
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Which Academy Award did Kevin Spacey win for his work on The Usual Suspects ?
Both Del Toro and McQuarrie won in their categories .
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Which Academy Award did Kevin Spacey win for his work on The Usual Suspects ?
" The Usual Suspects " was screened at the 1995 Seattle International Film Festival , where Bryan Singer was awarded Best Director and Kevin Spacey won for Best Actor .
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Which Academy Award did Kevin Spacey win for his work on The Usual Suspects ?
The Boston Society of Film Critics gave Spacey the Best Supporting Actor award for his work on the film .
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Which Academy Award did Kevin Spacey win for his work on The Usual Suspects ?
Spacey went on to win this award with the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review , which also gave the cast an ensemble acting award .
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The Kid with a Bike got what rating from Peter Bradshaw ?
The film received near universal acclaim .
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The Kid with a Bike got what rating from Peter Bradshaw ?
It scored a 96 % " Certified Fresh " approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 109 reviews ; the film review aggregate site described the critical consensus that the film " is a heart - wrenching , thematically and spiritually rich drama . "
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The Kid with a Bike got what rating from Peter Bradshaw ?
Jonathan Romney wrote in " Screen Daily " : " After the slightly sub-par " Lorna 's Silence " ( 2008 ) , the brothers are back on peerless form with this story of innocence betrayed and befriended , which must count as one of the best films about childhood since " Kes " – or for that matter " Bicycle Thieves " , to whi...
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The Kid with a Bike got what rating from Peter Bradshaw ?
Romney further commented : " Shooting as usual with cinematographer Alain Marcoen , and in their familiar stamping ground of Seraing , the brothers this time bring a somewhat different , airier look to their locations , more suburban than in the past .
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The Kid with a Bike got what rating from Peter Bradshaw ?
Marcoen 's camerawork , also , is rather more free - wheeling than the tightly constrained ( and often imitated ) tightness of " The Son " . "
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The Kid with a Bike got what rating from Peter Bradshaw ?
At the 2011 London Film Festival it was among " Sight & Sound " s 30 recommendations ; according to them , " The Dardenne brothers may be the most consistently high - achieving filmmakers of our time – the kings , if you like , of poetic neorealism .
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The Kid with a Bike got what rating from Peter Bradshaw ?
Like all their films , " Le Gamin au vélo " ( " The Kid with a Bike " ) is near perfect . "
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The Kid with a Bike got what rating from Peter Bradshaw ?
Upon its March 2012 UK release , Peter Bradshaw gave it ( four stars out of 5 ) and said it " revive the memory of De Sica 's 1948 classic " Bicycle Thieves "" ; it is a " heartfelt , boldly direct film composed in the social - realist key signature of C major , revisiting the film - makers ' classic themes of parentho...
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The Kid with a Bike got what rating from Peter Bradshaw ?
" On the negative side , one critic called the film " trite " and its thinking " lazy " , while another reviewer called it " formulaic " and " superficial " .
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Which version of the song ' Jingle Bell Rock ' is the most popular around the world ?
" Jingle Bell Rock " has been performed by many , but Helms ' version is the most known in the world .
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Which version of the song ' Jingle Bell Rock ' is the most popular around the world ?
Its title and some of its lyrics are takeoffs on the old Christmas standard , " Jingle Bells . "
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Which version of the song ' Jingle Bell Rock ' is the most popular around the world ?
It makes brief references to other popular songs of the 1950s , such as " Rock Around the Clock , " and mentions going to a " Jingle hop . "
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Which version of the song ' Jingle Bell Rock ' is the most popular around the world ?
An electric guitar played by Hank Garland can be heard playing the first notes to the chorus from " Jingle Bells .
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