One element, however, that is not a part of farce, is breaking the fourth wall.
Diners are often so disarmed by the food that they break the fourth wall to consult with their neighbors.
It was when they're speaking to camera and breaking the fourth wall.
Claptrap breaks the fourth wall with gusto, assigning absurd MMO-styled instructions (collect brown rocks, then defeat a high-level monster, find a lost staff, bring him the head of the Destroyer of Worlds and then dance for his amusement) to complete a quest which, it turns out, can be finished by clicking on a door six feet away.
Over appetizers her friends have analyzed how Kevin Spacey's character in Netflix's "House of Cards" adapts the Brechtian strategy of breaking the "fourth wall" speaking to the audience directly as if from a three-walled stage.
After Toronto took a 2-1 lead against Phil Hughes on Lind's RBI single in the fourth and Izturis' run-scoring double off the base of the right-field wall in the sixth, the Yankees overcame a deficit for the fourth straight day when Lyle Overbay hit two-run homer in the seventh that was caught on the fly by Yankees reliever David Robertson in the right-field bullpen.
European shares closed lower on Friday on what was a relatively light day of trading due to the American Fourth of July holiday and the closure of trading on Wall Street.
Citigroup missed Wall Street estimates in the fourth quarter but was able to post its first full-year profit since the credit crisis.
As the market sinks and other e-businesses flounder, Dallas-based i2 (nasdaq: ITWO - news - people) says it will beat Wall Street estimates for the fourth quarter.
The Chicago-based online commerce company reported fourth quarter results yesterday that were much worse than Wall Street expected, with the company in the midst of a business model pivot.
The fourth side was partly closed by a high wall, surmounted by jagged edges of broken glass set firmly in old lime plaster, and pierced in its center by a wide entrance-way.
The company particularly disappointed Wall Street by booking just 55 cents a share in fourth-quarter profit, less than the 57 cents that analysts predicted.
The company earned 47 cents per share in the fourth quarter, up 27% from a year ago and well above the 36 cents expected by Wall Street analysts.
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Brazil counts with the second largest markets for wall and floor tiles and cosmetics in the world, the third largest cell phone, fourth largest chocolate, fifth largest soft drinks, vehicles, and computer markets, and eighth largest education markets.
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Morgan Stanley climbed 1.63, or 7.9%, to 22.38, after the Wall Street firm reported it swung to a fourth-quarter profit, helped by surging investment-banking and trading revenue.
The paint and chemicals supplier reported fourth-quarter revenue that beat Wall Street estimates, but its earnings fell short of expectations.
Currently, Wall Street is expecting the company to post a fourth-quarter profit of 60 cents per share, an improvement of about 30% over the same period last year.
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Costco, the largest warehouse retailers by sales, posted fourth quarter earnings, meeting Wall Street expectations on income and beating them on revenue.
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Walt Disney reported fourth quarter earnings Thursday that matched Wall Street estimates, but the stock is down more than 5% Friday after revenues came up just short of expectations.
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Although the Wal-Mart's fourth-quarter earnings were exactly in line with Wall Street's expectations, its first-quarter and full-year guidance range were on the wrong side of analyst's predictions.
Leon Osman tapped in Everton's fourth from close range after Johnny Heitinga's free-kick came off the wall.
On Feb. 7, the oil and gas services company met Wall Street expectations of 91 cents a share for its fourth-quarter earnings.
Let's start with the announcement last week from Apple that its fourth-quarter earnings would be "substantially below" Wall Street estimates--as low as 30 cents per share instead of the predicted 45 cents.
Since the tax's inception in 1994, Estonia has had an average growth of 5.2% a year, and now also ranks fourth (out of 155 countries) in the Index of Economic Freedom, published by The Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation.
But in the fourth quarter of 2008, these unsung heroes, too, were laid low by the scumbags on Wall Street and in Washington.
Wells Fargo posted fourth quarter earnings before the bell on Wednesday with an EPS of 61 cents, in line with Wall Street expectations as it continued to improve in most lines of business.
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Although the exact reason for the drawback is not known yet, Harman's fourth quarter and full year results did fall short of Wall Street's expectations.
Backcourt leadership remains a mystery fans are swooning for rookie Iman Shumpert (18 points in second game) but it's hard to imagine he won't hit a wall as last year's rookie pet, Landry Fields, did (Shumpert left in the fourth quarter Wednesday with leg cramps).
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