Strangers paused to chat, offered us their phone numbers in case we got in trouble and gave us route advice.

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McGhee, like McLeish, leaned on Ferguson for advice when embarking on the coaching route and they share some key characteristics.

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One drawback is that investors who choose to follow this route are given a bit less advice.

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So, I think given the Attorney's advice it was legal, but I think the route we got there didn't honour the legality questions.

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"It is already apparent that the Russian ambassador may have decided, for reasons we don't know, to take a different route from the one we recommended and instead to follow the advice of the Iraqis, " Vershbow said.

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