After a brief shower, the match started with a delay of about 45 minutes, and the Serb raced ahead 5-0 in 25 minutes.

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After a drink and a smoke, downtown kids and the gallery crew filed out onto the street determined not to let a brief shower dampen spirits.

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In the brief twitterstorm (twitter-shower?) after the Mirror's scoop on Mr Miliband's departure emerged, I compared him to another lost leader, Michael Portillo.

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