At a food-court table close by, in early May, Pacific Palisades resident Michelle Lande had soft pretzels she had bought for her three children to eat when they emerged from the play area.

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Warwickshire are trying to close a 29-point gap with table-toppers Worcestershire before their head-to-head at New Road next week.

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All being well, prime ministers will bring them to a close with some decisive late-night table-thumping in December.

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Just 48 hours after being thumped by Sheffield, Tigers ran the table-toppers close, leading 7-4 before Phoenix rattled in the goals in the final period.

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Uranium is so close to the water table such that by-products like radium and radon are already in the water.

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It does make for a self-evidently international atmosphere - Italians sitting close to the Indians, Chinese at the neighbouring table to the Germans.

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But with 10 minutes remaining Lee Grant failed to collect a cross from Chris Cohen and Blackstock showed quick reactions to stab the ball home from close range to ensure Forest remain only one point behind the second-placed Baggies in the Championship table.

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One Friday night in May, Zikmund-Fisher looked across the dinner table at 3-year-old Jesse and noticed that his right ear, which usually lies close to his head, was sticking out.

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