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He who gives nothing to the media but a cursory nod, performed the gig quietly on Sunday in front of Wikingsson and eight cameras.

I had only intended to give it a cursory scan, but three hours later I was still there, unable to consign anything to the bin.

But however effective it is as a piece of cinema, even a cursory look into the film's backstory – and particularly the public reaction to its release – raises disturbing questions about which stories we choose to codify into truth, and whose, and why, and the messy social costs of transmogrifying real life into entertainment.

Elsewhere, the wilderness still rules, and a cursory glance at a map reveals that Argentinian Patagonia is mainly empty spaces and ranching country, while Chilean Patagonia is a collage of islands, inlets and labyrinthine channels.

In my mind though, the wider question is not whether or not Lily Allen's feminist song is a success or not; it's why is it that one single music video containing some fairly cursory observations on sexism is able to stir up such a reaction in the feminist movement.

Yet it's clear from even the most cursory reading – or even not reading and just looking at the pictures – that the earlier autobiographies were intended as fantasy-pornography rather than strictly documentary material.

Additionally, audits are cursory, incomplete, and easily fooled by fake justifications.

Yet even a cursory reading of the workings of this bill demonstrates that it goes against each of these goods.

Even a cursory look at Queensland's weather patterns near the Reef over the past decade would show that severe weather, including tropical cyclones and flooding, is a regular occurrence, even if you disregard massively destructive events like Cyclone Yasi.

Their ostensible grasps at scientific credibility crumble upon even a cursory inspection, and their odious arguments, bereft of facts, should not be allowed set the tone of the conversation.

Not sufficiently so however not to pitch up and find covers on, a bit of cursory mopping going, and the umpires chatting away to Jack Birkenshaw, wearing his Brit tracksuit, a legacy from his time as a coach to the England Women no doubt.

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