You will find no nuptial caresses in this account of a Martian invasion of England.

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Time your arrival in Venice when the moonlight caresses the dome of Santa Maria della Salute.

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And everything changes: Ismaila's mother hugs and kisses him, she caresses his hands, as if to make sure he is real.

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Yusuf Pathan is the new man at the crease as Yuvraj caresses a cut over point for four, but is fortunate survive the next delivery as Fletcher grasses a tough chance running around from on midwicket boundary.

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