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Inspired in part by Magnum's recent Postcards From America series, in which a loose group of the renowned agency's photographers collaborated in various locations to report live from the ground – posting work online as they made it – the project was described to me variously as an adventure, an experiment and a laboratory.
If you see this in person, it's, like, 'How the fuck do you do that?'" The World Cube Association, the governing body of speedsolving, speedcubing or cubing, as it is variously known, requires competitors to attempt five solves, the best and worst of which are eliminated, and the other three times are averaged to make sure that nothing is decided by chance.
Unsurprisingly this has not gone down well in all quarters, with Bournemouth being variously accused of cashing in, fleecing their fans and spoiling everyone's holiday fun, though chairman Eddie Mitchell is unrepentant.
His avoidance of showers or baths supposedly dated back to his youth, and is variously explained by a disdain for bourgeoise conventions or, more charitably, a fear of asthma attacks brought on by cold water.
Vince Cable, the Lib Dem Treasury spokesman, has pre-empted any number of current policy reviews by announcing that the party will not increase the existing levels of taxation and public spending; other shadow ministers have followed their own enthusiasms, variously opposing choice in education and committing the party to measures to boost public health and reduce disorder.
"I have absolutely no respect and I don't give a damn about them," he says passionately, comparing both brands, variously , to a Ponzi scheme, "a French ungifted musician trying to pretend he's rock'n'roll", and a fashion monster regurgitating the work of Céline's Phoebe Philo.
Cultural and social activities are also organised on a detachment basis, including the annual beauty contest (variously called "Miss Colony", "Miss Spring", "Miss Personality").
But it is only a small part of a story tangled in a series of criminal charges – which were variously dismissed, acquitted, or ruled mistrial – of violence, prison time, escape and political asylum in Cuba.
Variously dubbed "Macdeath", "Macflop" and an irresponsible waste of Kensington Gore, the show at least reminded us of how great an actor O'Toole could be even when awful, and how much we'd lost in Shakespearean production by throwing the baby out with the bloodbath water.
It has been owned variously by the Portuguese, Dutch, French and, until independence in 1968, the British.
Josh sees what he does as a legitimate business and compares himself variously to a doctor, a masseur and an athlete.
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Variously functions as an adverb, modifying verbs or adjectives to indicate that something is done, described, or regarded in multiple, different ways. It adds a layer of diversity or variety to the action or description. Ludwig AI confirms its correct usage in English.
Expression frequency: Very common
