It was a crime that saw the nation catch its breath: two constables hurrying to answer what they thought was a call for help from a stranger when, upon the ordinary lawn of an unremarkable house, their lives were cut short in an explosion of bullets and grenade shrapnel.

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It's easy to see why Robbie Rogers gave the answer he did when a journalist asked him what he thought the reaction might be if he were to line up for Leeds against, say, Millwall.

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But think of them less as questions with a single correct answer, and more of an opportunity to show the interviewer your thought process and what you bring to the table.

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Nearly two decades after South Africa became a democratic nation, he was still meeting people who thought the country needed to have a white-controlled government as if that was the answer to whatever woes the South African people might be facing.

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It was such a crazy request my boss must have decided I really thought it would pay off, so the answer was yes.

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He gave a digressive answer about contracts and how he once had a lifetime contract in Japan, or so he thought.

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