At one point, Minor acknowledged he got so cold that he had a trainer rub his back, arms and thighs with a heating ointment.

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Reports quoting police sources said that diaries, an Indian Sim card, a tube of ointment made in Pakistan and papers had been seized from the man, reportedly from Multan in Pakistan.

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Head trauma in current and retired players remains a fly in the ointment.

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He is getting on a bit now and is one of the senior guys out there and I think Stoner might be a fly in the ointment for him.

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But the huge, buzzing fly in that ointment is that Coulton has a very free and open relationship with his audience.

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She fretted over any imperfection in her skin, like a mosquito bite or a heat rash or a tiny pimple, and often wore a hidden Band-Aid on a shoulder or calf, holding some ointment in place.

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The biggest fly circling the ointment is Europe and the potential for a financial meltdown.

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The herb is available as dried leaves and flowers, a concentrated liquid or tincture extract, in capsules and ointment and prepared tea.

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"A lot of things, many things maybe in cups, in ointment containers, " Dr. Salim Abu Khaizaran, the head of the fertility center, says while describing the methods used by the prisoners.

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Last year MediGene, a German biotech firm, got approval from the FDA for U.S. marketing of an ointment extracted from green tea leaves to treat genital warts.

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