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“Everybody was on alert because little balls of grease drifted out. People floated backwards, like in the Matrix film, to dodge the balls of meat juice.”

“There’s a shared sense that we have drifted from our core,” Niccol wrote.

England's autumn campaign drifted further off track as Australia stunned Allianz Stadium by landing the decisive blow in a 42-37 barnstormer.

The Surge has often heard in the past month or two from media observers how it was odd that the assassination attempt drifted so quickly from the election discussion, overtaken by other flashy news, given that it was a major historical event.

Orbital mechanics mean it's unlikely the half-tonne military spacecraft simply drifted to its current location.