"Congress is a place where good ideas go to die, " Melinda Pierce, legislative director for the environmental group the Sierra Club, said last month.

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The role of 007's gadget designer was played by Desmond Llewelyn in From Russia With Love and most recently by John Cleese, opposite Pierce Brosnan, in 2002's Die Another Day.

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"Casino Royale" was Fleming's first story and the film features a harder, grittier character than the one portrayed by Pierce Brosnan in 2002's "Die Another Day, " a special effects-laden commercial success but critical flop.

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