With the Angels, Wells figured to be a spare part.

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With the Angels, he figured to be a spare part.

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Yet they entered Friday with a 17-10 record in part because of the spare parts they have picked up.

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Paid-for expansion packs are also available, and represent a mix of shortcuts to in-game content (a personal space station to store spare ships, rather than part-exchanging them) and further chapters for those who have finished the story missions.

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But when a crucial printing machine broke down recently, he told me he faced a mountain of red tape and delays just to buy in the necessary spare part.

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