There's simply too much stuff for a two-hour feature, and three writers, including Tony Gilroy, haven't figured out how to boil it down into a readily comprehensible narrative, or how to solve the problem of an ending that goes blah rather than bang.

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But the advisers know the TV networks will cut out the boring bits and boil it down to a handful of sound bites.

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And one local, who did not want to be named, told BBC Scotland her electricity - which had been restored on Thursday afternoon - cut out again when she tried to boil a kettle on Friday morning.

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What it seems to boil down to is this: being left out of the loop is perceived as a signal that one has low status or standing in the group.

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In contrast, if a frog is placed in room-temperature water, which is gradually heated to a boil, the relaxed frog will kick back, stretch out, and calmly allow itself to be boiled to death.

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They can ferret out the truth according to various legal standards that often boil down to how much control the company has over the worker.

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The match threatened to boil over with a couple of late scuffles but Leeds kept their cool and closed out the match to seal a famous win.

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This would have cleared out major debris, Scarborough said, but city dwellers likely had to boil their water or use it to make alcohol in order to make it safe to drink, as sanitation was not up to modern standards.

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