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It includes comments like I'm a first-time (or virgin) caller, I really enjoy your program (which alternates with You really have a great program tonight) , and Thank you for taking my call . I have never fathomed the purpose of the first; the second is pure sycophancy; and the third is patently ludicrous, for if a presenter of a phone-in program refused calls it would not be a phone-in program.
The Fifth Element alternates between high solemnity and low buffoonery, without for a second finding the ideal middle ground.
The novel alternates Inman's story and Ada's story.
Several team members dropped out and had to be replaced by alternates.
For relaxation, the Italian Riviera east and west of Genoa alternates a rugged coastli ne with the occasional fine sandy beach.