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Ms. GRAY: They saw him as - because he came from a military background - as being a real patriot, a real nationalist, and that's because Lebanon is such a divided country.
NPR: Lebanese Rivals Agree on Compromise Candidate
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And Jeonathan wanted to serve the country he considers his own -- even though he was not yet a citizen -- because America had been so good to him, from the time he came here from Nicaragua as a child.
WHITEHOUSE: My Fellow Americans
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Collingwood's total was more than the rest of his first-class innings this summer put together, and came after he had been dropped from the team for the second Test because of his poor form.
BBC: Collingwood elated to end bad run
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He said it was possible that people came over from Ireland to north Wales because it was the closest point, and the same for people coming to south Wales from the continent, as it was nearer.
BBC: Welsh people could be most ancient in UK, DNA suggests
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Garrick's fortune came from his management of the Drury Lane theatre, but he was famous because of his acting.
ECONOMIST: Theatre history
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He told BBC Wales the airport's transformation in the decade from 1997 came because it found a niche in the market with low cost airlines and was able to offer passengers something different from its nearby competitor, the much bigger Manchester Airport.
BBC: Cardiff Airport's ?500,000 'welcoming' revamp
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Rosen cautioned that consumption may slip in the second quarter because so many of the gains in the first quarter came from motor vehicle purchases, but he said that the trend should remain up as long as consumers perceive that future income growth can subsidize current consumption.
FORBES: INTERVIEW: U.S. To Continue To Grow, Albeit Slowly, In Second Quarter -- Briefing Research's Rosen
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Part of the drop from the highs came because of the rally in the U.S. dollar, he said.
FORBES: Price Outlook, China's Influence Among Topics For Aluminum Conference
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"I came because he's a real crooner, one of the best in the world, " said Didier from Paris.
BBC: Ray Charles gig worth the wait
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In any case, Sam told me, he had told the men that he had expected Judy to return at eleven-thirty or twelve simply because that was the time she normally came home from the stables.
NEWYORKER: A Loaded Gun