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  • The owner of the theater didnt own the property (it was in a mini mall of sorts) The property owners were schisty as all hell, would barely make an effort to repair the place, and at one point basically told us "SUCKS FOR YOU" when their construction company blew a water main in the building next door, and flooding one of theaters.

    Quentin Tarantino Keeps A Classic Movie Theater Open; Who’ll Save the Rest of the Country’s Indie Theaters? | /Film 2010

  • Then, joining the eight hundred Italians, -- a battalion of the soldiers of Labour, -- we got into a box, and set off to relieve eight hundred other such soldiers who for eight hours had toiled in the schisty heart of the mountain.

    The Princess Passes 1901

  • A fairly standard Languedoc blend of Grenache, syrah, mourvèdre and carignan, rich and savoury, but it sings with herby garrigue scents and the minerality imparted by the schisty soil of the upland Pays d'Oc.

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

  • A fairly standard Languedoc blend of Grenache, syrah, mourvèdre and carignan, rich and savoury, but it sings with herby garrigue scents and the minerality imparted by the schisty soil of the upland Pays d'Oc.

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

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