Monty succeeded in breaking the Guinness World Record for most costume changes in an 8 hour period.

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Over the same period in 2009, record-breaking blockbuster Avatar was in its second week of release and box office hit Sherlock Holmes had just opened.

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But the slowdown is not yet having any effect on what all the estate agents report to be a record-breaking period for sun-starved Britons buying houses in Europe, cashing in on a strong domestic economy and the weakness of the euro.

ECONOMIST: Hot property

But the game's most critical sequence came with 6 minutes, 15 seconds remaining in the third period, when the Rangers' Carl Hagelin was penalized for slashing and breaking the stick of Capitals defenseman John Carlson.

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They spent the beginning of the second period encamped in Everton's half and two Drogba free-kicks came close to breaking the deadlock - the first picked up well by Howard, the second headed wide by Lampard.

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Michael, it turns out, is only slightly less disgusted by the dirty business than the litigator is, and the movie catches him during a period of four frantic days in which all the strains in his life are pushing him to the breaking point.

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