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The hyped political plot-line that cast Li Na's historic French Open win as the start of a sweep by the world's most populous nation was doused as Asia's first winner of a grand slam tennis event fell in the second round to Germany's Sabine Lisicki.

Wimbledon 2011: Li Na loses way and husband as Sabine Lisicki triumphs 2011

The very idea that the members of Congress would come up with a budget that calls for five years of spending freezes and dishes out huge tax breaks to the wealthy in the middle of a recession cannot be taken as anything other than either a joke or a plot-line from an SNL skit.

GOP Follies 2009

“Americans are flocking to buy and read ‘Atlas Shrugged’ because there are uncanny similarities between the plot-line of the book and the events of our day” said Yaron Brook, Executive Director at the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights.

atlas huh? | clusterflock 2009

OTOH, I kind of like to watch Red Dawn, when I can, not because of any intrinsic wonderfulness of story or plot-line or great acting, but because it was shot in NM.

Think Progress » Defending ‘Tea Party Profiteers,’ Odom Tells Activists ‘We Should Reward Them With Our Pocketbooks’ 2010

What is so powerful about story is not the plot-line of the story itself, but the way that we are drawn into that story, how we feel the drama and identify with the protagonist.

Derek Flood: Why Faith Is A Story, Not Doctrine Derek Flood 2011

The hyped political plot-line that cast Li Na's historic French Open win as the start of a sweep by the world's most populous nation was doused as Asia's first winner of a grand slam tennis event fell in the second round to Germany's Sabine Lisicki.

Wimbledon 2011: Li Na loses way and husband as Sabine Lisicki triumphs 2011

But much of that sense of change and growth is secondary to the main plot-line of any particular book, and, well -- it takes up pages.

msagara: Progress report msagara 2009

As it goes for plot-line, it was simple and easy to follow and predictable in parts, but it was good to see them up to their old hi jinks again and hear their banter back and forth, so a simple plot-line is ok by me in this case.

Review- Dead Like Me: Life After Death « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009

The Neville plot-line carried one of the many stings.

Tottenham's efforts to secure striking reinforcements meet with failure 2011

OTOH, I kind of like to watch Red Dawn, when I can, not because of any intrinsic wonderfulness of story or plot-line or great acting, but because it was shot in NM.

Think Progress » Defending ‘Tea Party Profiteers,’ Odom Tells Activists ‘We Should Reward Them With Our Pocketbooks’ 2010