"He was beating horses and he was beating me, but more importantly, I think, was that he was beating a whole generation into understanding that there must be a better way, that we have got to get away from this, " Roberts says.

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An advanced education and a fancy title did not add up to market beating performance for me.

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"None of my clients are beating a path to tell me to buy equities, " Mr. Buckingham said.

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To stop me from brow beating her, Diana doubled her hourly coaching fee and tripled her training fees.

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The Aussies will not thank me for saying this, but they needed a beating like this to look at their game from top to bottom, and put some plans in place to address their problems.

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"Beating M'Baye was a massive shock to many people - but not to me, " said Rees.

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Twelve other defectors told me that they had been beaten by Miscavige, or had witnessed Miscavige beating other church staff members.

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He still occasionally blacksmiths in a little tin shed on the Patagonia campus, and he showed me his latest project, a metal mussel knife that he's been beating into perfect shape sharp at the blade to pry open the shells, blunt at the handle to knock away the barnacles.

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And after beating the so-called new kids on the block, you can't hold it against me to be fighting guys of my own age!

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"For those who didn't believe in this national team, for those who treated me like garbage I say we are in the World Cup with all the honours, beating a team like Uruguay, " the 48-year-old said.

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