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No matter how far out some of the criticisms of a public figure are, if they are allowed to fester and be amplified by a very biased (in the Pope's case, anti-Catholic) media, they will eventually become the story-line of record.
Pope Benedict XVI, the ecclesiastically incorrect" pontiff 2009
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The story of the building's challenges--from concept stage through financing and construction-- could have been the book's sole story-line, complete with notable detours such as overcoming cracked foundations on adjacent property.
Charles R. Wolfe: Sustainability and Authenticity, Personified Charles R. Wolfe 2011
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Netanyahu's main story-line is that Israel is being delegitimized and that its very existence is called into question.
Carlo Strenger: Israel's Paranoid and Vicious Circles Carlo Strenger 2011
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A different theme could have been used with a change in the story-line.
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This is a tricky genre where you cannot afford to surrender good drama, good plot, good story-line ... and yet they do (sigh!).
Warner Bros Turning Leonardo Da Vinci into an Action Hero? | /Film 2010
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It was actually a very emotional film with plots, complexity, development of story-line, development of characters, etc.
First WARLORDS Trailer Starring Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Jet Li – Collider.com 2009
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The action is unremarkable, the comedy is simply not funny, and the bone-dry story-line is painfully generic with literally no payoff at the end.
REVIEW: The Losers « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2010
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If I post my fiction, I have to worry about students, parents, colleagues wondering whether a character/story-line is based on a real individual.
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“Hey, I have this great story that will really mess up the story-line for future writers of this book!”
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While I was disappointed each time a story-line chopped off, it brought me back to another I wanted to follow as well.
Good review of Terra Insegura at SF Scope ewillett 2009
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