Not even the men of the law, it seems, can resist a bit of Songkran high jinks.

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"Members of the Academy vote for what they like, " says Dan Cohen , who co-produced with Bruce Jinks 1999's winner, American Beauty.

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Read now, it seems less amusing, and what previously felt like a string of high jinks comes across as a tireless parade of emotional cruelty.

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Before the war it was a magnet for pre-war debauchery and high jinks - evidence of which can be found in the delightfully louche photos on the walls.

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Long running BBC Telethon Children in Need (this year taking place on Friday 18th November) will see charity challenges, sponsored events, and all manner of high-jinks happening across Britain.

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"Doc, " we learn, has ginned up a time machine out of a plutonium-powered DeLorean. (This is 1985, after all.) Following a series of high jinks and goofs the DeLorean propels Marty back to 1955.

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Despite the high jinks and copious drinking (or perhaps because of it), their large brains came up with a way of reducing risks for bond buyers: a bilateral contract that, for a fee, enabled investors to pass on the risk of default to another party.

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Being willing to reach out and touch people has yielded both great professional opportunities and interpersonal high-jinks, both of which are valuable commodities when it comes to personalizing the online space and creating awareness for who you are, what you do and why anyone should care about that.

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