The bottom line is that the boys on Wall Street had tied their computer toys (i.e. the buy and sell algorithms) to the price of crude.

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"The bottom line is that there were boys, including myself, who weren't giving that level of commitment last year".

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We played five games in three days, finishing second bottom in a less than illustrious group comprising Shamrock Boys, Craigavon United, San Francisco United and Donegal Schools.

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Sir Paul McCartney's Kisses on the Bottom record was named best traditional pop vocal album, while The Beach Boys won best historical album, their first ever Grammy, for The Smile Sessions.

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