But Pollack and his team do come up with a more logical line of action and give the hero and his wife (Jeanne Tripplehorn) a smidgen of self-awareness. (The sexy, skeptical Tripplehorn handles the challenge far better than Cruise does.) And they soup up the side characters.

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Having fought its neighbors for centuries, Japan knows that the only real friend it has is America, so picking the plane likely to dominate U.S. tactical air forces in the future as its own top-of-the-line fighter was a logical step.

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That is it seems to me quite good, quite logical, quite reasonable and the bottom line to me is that the government will be - that is the nation will be - investing more in higher education.

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"Transportability was the next logical step in the evolution of our Sony Dash product line, " said Brennan Mullin, senior vice president of Sony's personal imaging and audio business.

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Mr. Martin said that going into a "new line of business" was the "next logical step" for the housing group at a time when its traditional role of helping build housing has been shrinking along with funding for government housing programs.

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