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In the third series ( novelized as The Better World of Reginald Perrin ), after seeing two men arguing pointlessly in a queue at the bank, Reggie and his wife open a community called Perrins for the middle-aged middle class, designed to help them become ‘ better, happier people ’.
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third and series
Usually the third to the eighth waves in the series are the biggest.
Although it is the third element in the transuranic series, it was discovered fourth, after the heavier curium.
Douglas Adams's 1982 science fiction comedy novel Life, the Universe and Everything – the third part of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series – features the urn containing the Ashes, as a significant element of its plot.
In 2003, Cuarón directed the third film in the successful Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
She made substantial contributions to the PBS documentary series Cosmos and was the third wife of the late Carl Sagan.
The Lions won the third Test 28 – 9 at Ellis Park, and the series finished 2 – 1 to South Africa.
Watterson opposed the structure publishers imposed on Sunday newspaper cartoons: the standard cartoon starts with a large, wide rectangle featuring the cartoon's logo or a throwaway panel tangential to the main area so that newspapers pressed for space can remove the top third of the cartoon if they wish ; the rest of the strip is presented in a series of rectangles of different widths.
This role was taken in the first two series by Lord Percy Percy, played by Tim McInnerny, with Hugh Laurie playing the role in the third and fourth series, as Prince George, Prince Regent, and Lieutenant George, respectively.
This was followed by a second series, Blackadder II ( 1986 ) set during the reign of Elizabeth I, a third series Blackadder the Third ( 1987 ) set during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the reign of George III, and finally Blackadder Goes Forth ( 1989 ) in 1917, set in the trenches of the Great War.
* In the third UK series, " Big Brother " set live tasks for the housemates on a Saturday night in order to win treats ; this was used until Series 5 of the program.
* In November 2007, it emerged that more than £ 400, 000 had been accepted by the Labour Party from one person through a series of third parties, causing the Electoral Commission to seek an explanation.
Children of Dune is a 1976 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, third in a series of six novels set in his Dune universe.
After hiring Buddy Bell as the club's third manager, O ' Dowd proceeded to make a series of offseason deals that would change the face of the franchise.
Clark also developed a method of rapidly spinning into his costume at super speed which became a trademark change, especially during the third and fourth seasons of the series, and extremely popular with the show's fans.
In Dune: House Corrino ( published in 2001 and the third novel in the Prelude to Dune prequel series by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson ), Piter De Vries discovers the Harkonnen heritage of Lady Jessica and her newborn son Paul, and attempts to kidnap and ransom the infant.
After producing the third volume of his series in 1976, he expressed such frustration with the nascent state of the then newly-developed electronic publishing tools ( especially those that provided input to phototypesetters ) that he took time out to work on typesetting and created the TeX and METAFONT tools.
Element 105 is projected to be the third member of the 6d series of transition metals and the heaviest member of group V in the Periodic Table, below vanadium, niobium and tantalum.
: In April 2009, a third series was announced for broadcast later in 2009.
The clip is incorporated into the series ' opening credit sequence from the third season onward.
During the same year, British author George MacDonald Fraser published Flash for Freedom !, the third novel in the Flashman series that was set partially in Dahomey.
They advanced to the third round of the 2007 Stanley Cup playoffs after defeating the Calgary Flames and San Jose Sharks both in six games, coming back three straight after the Sharks ' 2 – 1 series lead.
After Disney acquired Saban during the third series, the first three series moved to the cable network ABC Family, while the fourth ( Frontier ) premiered on UPN.
third and novelized
The second and third novels were novelized forms of their respective movies and more-or-less reflected movie continuity.
third and Better
After the release of You Could Have It So Much Better, the band took some time recording their third album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, which was released internationally on 26 January 2009, and made the top ten in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Produced by Cecil English and recorded mostly live in the studio, SNFU's third record, Better Than a Stick in the Eye, was issued in 1988.
A third party had also been in the fray in the first round, Barbudans for a Better Barbuda.
The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, said the first two segments worked better than the third, " but this is a marvelous episode, and set a high standard for the Halloween specials to come.
Friction, Baby is Better Than Ezra's third album.
A third manuscript, Better, was published by Akashic Press in 2009.
* Pallot along with her husband Andy Chatterley wrote and produced two songs for Aphrodite, the 2010 album by Kylie Minogue, the title track " Aphrodite " and third single " Better Than Today ".
* Alongside her husband Andy Chatterley, she wrote and produced Kylie Minogue on her album " Aphrodite "-writing the title track ' Aphrodite ' and confirmed third single " Better Than Today " which first appeared on Nerina's " Buckminster Fuller " EP from 2009.
The third single, " Eyes Better Not Wander ", peaked at # 71 on the Billboard Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs chart.
His third album, So Much Better, was released May 30, 2007 and reached number 25 on the US Billboard 200.
A follow-up in 2004 featured Pat McGee Band and Bowling for Soup, and the third and final incarnation in 2005 featured Better Than Ezra, Vertical Horizon and Hootie and the Blowfish.
Build a Better Mousetrap is the twenty-first episode of the third series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman.
" Better the Devil You Know " is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue, which was taken from her third studio album Rhythm of Love ( 1991 ).
Steps cover of " Better the Devil You Know " was later included as the opening track on their third studio album Buzz but the song didn't serve as a lead single.
Edwin's third album, Better Days, was released on October 10, 2006, featuring a softer sound and Edwin playing acoustic guitar on many of the tracks.
third and World
The Yankee triumph made Ralph Houk only the third man to lead a team to both a pennant and a World Series victory in his first year as a manager.
To `` Monty '', the American people, who in two previous world wars were very reluctant to join the fight, `` now look like the nation most likely to lead us all into a third World War ''.
* 1916 – World War I: The Battle of Verdun – German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
After winning the Dutch Mixing Championships ( DMC ) in 1988, he was invited for The World Mix Championships in the London Royal Hall and won third place in a fierce competition.
Jack Brabham won his third title in 1966, becoming the only driver to win the Formula One World Championship in a car carrying his own name ( cf Surtees, Hill and Fittipaldi Automotive ).
In the 2007 World Series, the Rockies faced the Boston Red Sox, and were swept in four games ; the first game was 13 – 1, the second game was 2 – 1, the third game was 10 – 5, and the fourth and final game was 4 – 3.
In the film, a survivor of a futuristic third World War is obsessed with a distant and disconnected memories of a pier at the Orly Airport, the image of a mysterious woman, and a man's death.
Since World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany, only the third stanza has been used as the national anthem.
The studio sessions continued and resulted in Bowie's third album, The Man Who Sold the World ( 1970 ).
Of note here is the remark concerning the second hypostasis or Creator and third hypostasis or World Soul within Plotinus.
At the 1970 World Cup England wore a third kit with pale blue shirts, shorts and socks against Czechoslovakia.
For the World Cup in 1986 England had a third kit of pale blue, imitating that worn in Mexico sixteen years before and England retained pale blue third kits until 1992, but they were rarely used.
( The ACT concept is drawn from the Marvel Super Heroes game published by TSR shortly before development of Gamma World < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s third edition.
According to the Guinness World Records, the passenger terminal of the HKIA was the world's largest airport terminal upon opening, and is at present the world's third largest airport terminal building, with a covered area of 550, 000 m² and recently increased to 570, 000 m².
A boom was created by the First World War, with the shipbuilding industry expanding by a third, but a serious depression hit the economy by 1922.
First was the foundation of Edo ( in 1603 ) to whole inland economical developments, second was the Meiji Restoration ( in 1868 ) to be the first non European power, third was after the defeat of World War II ( in 1945 ) when the island nation rose to become the world's second largest economy.
Brabham confirmed his third championship at the Italian Grand Prix and became the only driver to win the Formula One World Championship in a car that carried his own name.
They formed part of the third squadron of the High Seas Fleet as it was constituted for World War I.
According to the World Health Organisation ( WHO ), over a third of people in most countries report problems at some time in their life which meet criteria for diagnosis of one or more of the common types of mental disorder.
In December 2008, the club won the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup and followed this with the 2008 – 09 Football League Cup, and its third successive Premier League title.
A second wave of success came in the late 1980s and early 1990s, led by Kent Hrbek, Bert Blyleven, Frank Viola, and Kirby Puckett, winning the franchise's second and third World Series ( and first in Minnesota ).
These and other movements such as the Philippines 1995 Mining Act led the World Bank to publish a third report ( Assistance for Minerals Sector Development and Reform in Member Countries ) which endorsed mandatory environment impact assessments and attention to the locals.
Their third single " World of Magic " was not quite as successful as the first two singles ; however, it entered the Top 30 both in Germany and Sweden.
In this conflict, which included many of the most lethal battle operations in human history, Soviet military and civilian deaths were 10. 6 million and 15. 9 million respectively, accounting for about a third of all World War II casualties.
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