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"We never talked about that but when everything passed, it became a joke, " Urzua says.
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They knew he was sound, and soon the stuff about Flynn became a joke.
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So common were attempts by various factions of the army to usurp power - 17 coup attempts in all - that Thailand's struggling democracy became a joke.
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Federline became a joke in the industry.
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Mr Rafsanjani's candidacy became a joke.
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The recorded exchange became a running joke, helping break the tension.
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He became something of a joke figure during his two and a half seasons at Old Trafford, going 27 games without scoring and notching only 10 goals in England's top flight.
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His return to Derby year after year, despite not having a real shot to win it, became a kind of running joke.
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While the West marveled at his initiatives and elan, Russians tired of a transition figure who never really gave up on communism, who ignored ample warnings of a coup, whose convoluted, long-winded oratory became a kind of national joke.
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After speaking out, Wright became a target of criticism, name-calling and worse from fans who said the sign was a harmless joke.
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He would bring her flowers, or fruit from the orchard, and when it became clear that they were serious about each other he had created a long-running joke about their having identical tattoos: hearts, roses, Celtic knots, tiny bluebirds tucked away in the secret angles of their bodies, where only they could see.
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