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The original Airflow was a tour-de-force, with all-steel unibody construction, a flat floor, and excellent weight distribution.
Classic Rewind: 3 Cars Ripe for Neo-Retro Stardom Dan Neil 2011
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Anchored by an Oscar winning tour-de-force performance from Daniel Day-Lewis as turn-of-the-century oilman Daniel Plainview, the film is a disturbing and darkly funny portrait of a man who slowly and completely loses his humanity.
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Her spring-summer 2011 ready-to-wear collection was a tour-de-force that channeled McQueen's darkly surreal style, remodeling his signature elements into strange and beautiful confections that managed to be at the same time new and reassuringly familiar.
McQueen House Stuns With First Runway Show Since Designer's Death (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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This tour-de-force was the catalyst for the maudlin meditations of Milly Theale, the American heiress heroine of Henry James's The Wings of the Dove.
Bronzino's Medici portraits – review James Hall 2010
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It runs 75 minutes without an intermission, and you will love this tour-de-force!
Jay Weston: Kathleen Turner Stars as Molly Ivins at Westwood's Geffen Playhouse Jay Weston 2012
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Her spring-summer 2011 ready-to-wear collection was a tour-de-force that channeled McQueen's darkly surreal style, remodeling his signature elements into strange and beautiful confections that managed to be at the same time new and reassuringly familiar.
McQueen House Stuns With First Runway Show Since Designer's Death (PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2010
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"Cerulean Skies" is an orchestral tour-de-force from her 2007 "Sky Blue," which, unbelievably, is her most recent album.
Music With All the Fixings Will Friedwald 2011
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On Wednesday, two such productions, the interactive walk-through "Sleep No More" and the tour-de-force "Jerusalem" announced extensions of their limited New York engagements.
Two Popular Productions Extend Runs Matthew Oshinsky 2011
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Her spring-summer 2011 ready-to-wear collection was a tour-de-force that channeled McQueen's darkly surreal style, remodeling his signature elements into strange and beautiful confections that managed to be at the same time new and reassuringly familiar.
McQueen House Stuns With First Runway Show Since Designer's Death (PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2010
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Award-winning creator David Lapham (YOUNG LIARS, Stray Bullets) is joined by artist Kevin West in a shattering 6-issue tour-de-force epic!
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Comic Book | My[confined]Space 2009
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