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But in these overwrought scenes, Mr. Emmerich has reverted to the hyperadrenalized style of his big-budget disaster films like “The Day After Tomorrow” and “Independence Day.”

Contrary to popular belief, the largest lake in the world is not Lake Superior but mighty Lake Michigan-Huron, which is a single hydrological unit linked at the Straits of Mackinac. Of all the Great Lakes, Michigan-Huron is the least regulated...

His great advertising line, “For That Tired Feeling Take Hood's,” has come into national fame.