Sierra had planned to go on the trip with a friend, but went alone when the friend couldn't make it.
In each of these stories there was a certainty of knowing right from wrong when they were alone, but somehow their judgement became clouded when they were in the company of friends and they did not speak up to the wrong they knew they were doing.
But Bush is hardly alone when it comes to a president going back on his tax promise.
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She had originally planned to travel with a friend but ended up traveling alone when her friend canceled.
But ultimately, when voters stood alone in polling booths, facing the choice of where the Netherlands would have the best hope of emerging from the crisis, they placed their faith in Europe.
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Bharara says the fraudulent activity dates back to 2007 when Countrywide stood alone but continued after Bank of America purchased the mortgage origination company.
Actually, I find Microsoft users are a bit like young Republican voters in the States: it's not cool to publicly say you like them but what you do when you are alone--voting, or Net surfing in Microsoft's case--is your own affair.
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Other things probably happened when I was that age, but this memory alone remains vivid to this day.
But at least I know I'm not alone when I lie to my kids in the name of good parenting.
There is always some danger when you are trying new things, but that danger alone does not mean that those things should not be done.
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But when it comes to numbering them for posterity, Brodeur is alone, according to several teammates.
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But when it comes to adapting a signature, one man stands alone, Napoleon Bonaparte.
Alone, our individual talents are powerful, but when combined with others unique talents, they can become unstoppable.
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Jack had not taken part in an organised swimming session on the day he died but when his friends left the pool complex, he apparently got changed alone in the unlocked changing rooms or climbed through a hole in the fence before entering the water.
It is a major change from the last three seasons, when drivers had just one lap to set their time but they ran alone on the track.
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Regent edited the unwieldy service menu and turned six treatment tents into full-fledged cottages, but when it came to core treatments and therapists, they left well enough alone.
In 1987, a year after the scandal had broken, he resigned, but was spared the ignominy of even a trial, let alone a conviction, when George Bush senior gave him a presidential pardon shortly before leaving office.
But it's also possible that long-term use of Tysabri alone is also dangerous when given for a long time.
But even when combined, they are unlikely to make for the revenue lost by the patent expiration of Lipitor alone.
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