The potato is as close as we get to an all-purpose food, one that on its own could feed you quite healthfully.

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Mr. MOTHERSBAUGH: We're in Cleveland, that's as close as we get.

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"The pitch is going to get harder to bat on, so we have to get as close to the target as we can in the first innings, " Langer added.

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In fact this scenario of unlocked laboratories and sleeping quarters is probably as close to a global utopia as we're ever going to get.

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We spend our lives trying to get as close as we can to the sporting experience.

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So in order to increase happiness we want to get as close to full employment as we can.

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We close the book on August and get started with September as we barrel down on the holiday season when the real blockbusters start to hit the streets.

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In terms of imposing our style of play, sadly the rule changes have meant that the forwards can't get as close on the pitch as we would perhaps like.

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As you may have guessed, the only time we typically get close to breaking a sweat, is when there's some hacking involved.

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"The route we went down was to get a cast who were as close physically and naturally to the actors who portrayed those parts originally, " he says.

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We lost badly to them in Paris three weeks ago, and we know that this game will be as close to international rugby as you can get.

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