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What they have in common: An employee went out of his or her way to help me (albeit, in the case of the bank, at the point where I was contemplating closing all of my accounts).
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So it was that in her first speech as the EU's new foreign policy chief, Britain's Catherine Ashton went out of her way to condemn Israel for building in Jerusalem, closing its border with Hamas-controlled Gaza and defending itself from Palestinian terrorists in Judea and Samaria.
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They burst their way into her home in Overtown, Wishaw, and went through rooms looking for Mr Coulter.
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She cleaned, cooked, put things in order, and then, after serving mother and son their lunch, went quietly on her way.
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Uncharacteristically, Gustafsen gave up a four in her opening game against Canada and, despite fighting all the way, eventually went down by 4-5.
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In 2004, Ms DeJesus was said to be on her way home from school when she went missing.
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In Chicago, first-time voter Galicia Malone went into labour but ensured she cast her ballot on her way to hospital.
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But, we went through all this at the time of the Fund's Article IV Report on the UK, in May - when, you'll remember, the Fund's managing director Christine Lagarde went out of her way to praise Mr Osborne and his policies.
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