In Italy, where I can slide my mortar and pestle across a counter, brace myself, and move it to the table, the only thing that ever fell on my foot was a full bottle of Barolo, and it was three in the morning, I had been working late, and the fig tart in the oven was about to burn.

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The system offers the usual satellite-radio amenities (XM NavWeather, local fuel prices, real-time traffic and stock updates, and more) as well as a brace of Internet apps, such as Pandora and Open Table.

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The Blues got their season up and running with a win against table topping Shrewsbury Town last weekend, Palmer scoring a brace in a man of the match performance.

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Ronaldo converted the penalty to spark the deluge of goals with the Portuguese forward also scoring a header, Wayne Rooney weighing in with a brace, while Dimitar Berbatov got on the scoresheet to lift the Old Trafford side to the top of the table, three points ahead of Liverpool.

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Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning shook off his neck brace and passed for more than 4, 000 yards, Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson jumped off the operating table and produced the second-highest rushing total in history, and Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis returned to the field just 12 weeks after tearing his triceps.

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The Rays were 3-0 down at the end of the first period against Nottingham but hauled themselves back into the game to trail 5-4 just a minute into the final period after Kozak's brace and further strikes from Jeff Glowa and Matt Reynolds but the Panthers showed their class to go top of the table with two late goals.

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