Indeed: At 6 feet 2 and 230 pounds, Buck is one of the burliest, strongest players on the team.

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Tax reform is one of those issues that sounds fabulous at 30, 000 feet.

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One fault I can lay at the feet of Obama and his speechwriters is that I did not hear a lot of memorable phrases or sound bites from this speech.

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"Removing them from that type of environment is the beginning, " she says, as one of the rescued dogs sits panting at her feet.

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One of the most stunning is Sestriere, site of the Alpine skiing venues and surging skyward at more than 6000 feet.

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