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"It expresses an attitude of character that is so desirable that it is splendid to see in people," Mr. Hinckley said.

"As Tony Benn well knows, the point of having nuclear weapons is to deter people and not to use them, and I'm afraid it's just one of the many subjects where he is splendid to read but splendidly wrong".

But clarity of intention aside, the biennial is one of the most ambitious and important dance festivals in the world, and its largeness of scale and intention is splendid to see at a time of ever-shrinking financing for the arts.

COMMENTER #1 -  Andrew Weir, Africa journalist and broadcaster The rapture of the feckless, poorly educated foreigner in Africa when he confronts his ignorance is splendid to behold but as rarely observed as the nesting places of the Saharan sea eagle.

3.37am BST After the disappointment of Gatorland it was splendid to be offered a beer by Chris Hardy, an Englishman turned Floridian.

It was splendid to welcome back to the stage seven of the company's former luminaries -- Lupe Serrano, Martine van Hamel, Nina Ananiashvili, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Alessandra Ferri, Natalia Makarova and Frederic Franklin -- but much more could have been made of their historical significance.

The first letter the Labour peer revealed was a typed invitation to a meeting of Regional Development Agency leaders in 1999 in which Charles said it would be "splendid" to see Prescott.

It was splendid to see Azeem Rafiq, brought back to the colours after time out of the county game, produce figures of 1-20 in his four overs, backing up last week's figures of 1-22 in 3.5.

Instead, it's splendid to look at, and a joy to drive.

But not 10 miles from the Tappan Zee Bridge, Peter Xaviar Kelly's restaurant, with its comfortable chairs, sophisticated décor, attentive service and finely crafted fare, is splendid enough to be a destination in itself.

The party, it correctly noted, was splendid at preaching to the converted, but hopeless at winning newcomers.