| 1. | The play suffered from contrivance, but it gleamed with eloquence.
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| 2. | But even Crowe's contrivances land for potent emotional effect.
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| 3. | So they relied on several contrivances to make the numbers fit.
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| 4. | So the presence of Grant comes off as an awkward contrivance.
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| 5. | Hence I prefer to think of them as a mathematical contrivance.
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| 6. | This is where the plot contrivances of all three movies wear thin.
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| 7. | In other words, it's an expertly assembled Hollywood contrivance.
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| 8. | The Masters needed none of those contrivances and trappings Sunday.
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| 9. | But beneath the contrivances there is always the bedrock sense of family.
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| 10. | The plot, obviously, is a contrivance, but cleverly devised.
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