But Police Federation vice-chairman Simon Reed said the suggestion that police had changed their approach after the government stepped in was "a cheap shot" - and Sir Hugh was "clearly upset".

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His liver-spotted hands caress the cheap cameras with which he shot his first movies most of them crude but imaginative animated shorts with paper-cutout characters.

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Rush Limbaugh has been just as ham-handed, missing no chance for a cheap shot at Obama (see a detail of his flaming Volt image above).

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Everything was so affordable that I gorged on the local salty, bread-like oscypek cheese, eye-wateringly cheap cherry vodka and Polish Mountain Tea (tea with a double shot of spirytus, 190 proof and 95% alcohol).

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The 31-year-olds were both shot in the head while their killers made off with their mobile phones, a cheap digital camera and a handful of cash.

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