There is no fumbling with wallets in the dark, no waiting for change and no need for lightning-quick mental math skills for calculating gratuity.

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She has been described as "a lightning rod for change", testimony to the fact that she has not been afraid to put a few noses out of joint in the society.

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That concluded a wild sequence in the Rangers' end that began with a 4-on-1 rush by the Lightning after a bad line change by the Rangers.

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The vote by a group that claims to embody the very definition of American masculinity and honor became a lightning rod for debate about the nature and pace of change on gay rights.

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Williams turns the Genie into a quick-change artist and mimic: to express his darting thoughts, he does lightning impersonations of everyone from William F.

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