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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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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