Plus, outside of the workplace, more and more Americans are bowling alone.

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Former Australian captain and match referee Barry Jarman even placed a protractor next to a picture of Murali, apparently feeling that a bent arm alone demonstrated that he was bowling no-balls.

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Smith was caught behind by James Foster off the bowling of David Masters to a ball that perhaps he should have left alone.

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He drives alone through vast stretches of the Southwest, drifting from saloon to bowling alley, performing with ragged pickup bands.

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