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It seemed so essential and yet as improbable as Birnam Wood coming to Dunsinane for a Republican to venture into the Hempen Forest.
Dar Williams: Hemp: Republicans to the Rescue! Dar Williams 2011
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It seemed so essential and yet as improbable as Birnam Wood coming to Dunsinane for a Republican to venture into the Hempen Forest.
Dar Williams: Hemp: Republicans to the Rescue! Dar Williams 2011
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Shakespeare's character was told by witches not to fear until "Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill shall come against him."
Disappearing Forest Spooks Investors Tom Orlik 2011
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The enemy promptly chopped down Birnam Wood and used it as camouflage for their march on Dunsinane.
Disappearing Forest Spooks Investors Tom Orlik 2011
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After all, Raimi swears he was hardly a horror film buff, and had stumbled upon the idea for “Dead” when pondering the trees of Birnam approaching Dunsinane in “Macbeth,” a work more to his taste.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009
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Word Craft In "The Lost Weekend," the alcoholic protagonist Don Birnam pretends to teach his favorite novel, "The Great Gatsby," to an audience of students, all agog: F. Scott Fitzgerald, he says, "has the one thing that a novelist needs: a truly seeing eye."
Great Scott! The Guy Could Write Blake Bailey 2010
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Macbeth was right to worry when 'Birnam Forest come to Dunsinane'.
The Mighty Tree 2008
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I don't often give much thought to the lighting designer of a play but Kai Fischer created convincingly - eerie marshland, claustrophobic castle and Birnam Wood.
Archive 2005-09-01 Sharon Bakar 2005
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I don't often give much thought to the lighting designer of a play but Kai Fischer created convincingly - eerie marshland, claustrophobic castle and Birnam Wood.
A Babelous Macbeth Sharon Bakar 2005
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I really looked upon as almost as improbable as that ‘Birnam wood should come to Dunsinane’.
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