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But becoming a scriptwriter was something of a twist in Stockwell's own story.

In something of a twist, the researchers found that compared to nonsmokers, marijuana users performed slightly better on the lung function test, though the improvement was minuscule.

However long its run, the remaking of "Little Shop" represents something of a twist on the often-bumpy road to Broadway.

It was also mentioned prominently on the BBC 10 o'clock news bulletin, but with something of a twist - its reporter, Lucy Manning, spoke of Miliband "appearing" to support working people (appearing?).

The loan from Madoff, though, was executed with something of a twist, according to the court papers: Madoff and the owners of the Mets, Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, would disguise the loan, making it seem instead as if Madoff's wife Ruth was actually investing in the team's new cable television enterprise.

In a sense then, we put something of a twist on Christie's criteria of multiple perspectives.

The lapse, despite Mr. Shahzad's ultimate capture, put something of a disheartening twist on an otherwise fast-moving and successful investigation.

But in something of a format twist, Bernie Sanders – an old-school socialist – has crowdfunded himself into a credible position for the Democratic nomination.

So it came as something of a plot twist last week when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, visiting a high school English class in the Bronx, confessed that he was not averse to a spy novel now and again.

With the Mets in need of arms, it seemed like something of a cruel twist that they would be facing Chris Capuano, a left-hander whom they let leave after last season.

As Davis's smart, pretty girlfriend she doesn't have much to do, frankly, but does it with charm, and its something of a nice twist that while Teller and Kendrick's characters have obstacles, their relationship remains solid.