• Its first grainy, wide-angle images showed its own left rear wheel parked on the surface of Gale Crater near the equator of Mars, close to the foot of a three-mile-high mountain it aims to explore in months to come.

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  • Marlon Harewood was the next to go close, hitting the foot of the upright after leaving the Dutchman stranded out of position.

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  • One of the most important points to remember about this particular shot is getting your front foot as close to the pitch of the ball as possible.

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  • Kleberson went close with a left-foot strike from the edge of the penalty area after a neat cutback from Scholes.

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  • At the other end, Zerara brought down a cross with ease and scuffing his left foot finish too close to Gallacher.

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  • The new owner--and guests--can enjoy the property's 155-foot pier, close to 300 feet of beach and a blue stone pool with a Jacuzzi.

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  • Wood uses his own 150-foot yacht to get close to the clientele, docking in hot spots like St.

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  • He was on hand to awkwardly steer home from close range with his weaker right foot after Eren Derdiyok -- who like Yakin is of Turkish origin -- beat the offside trap to collect a long pass from defender Philippe Senderos.

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  • TechCrunch reported on Saturday that Facebook is close to a deal to move to the former Sun site from its current 150, 000 square foot home on California Avenue in Palo Alto, close to the Stanford University campus.

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  • Four years ago, the 5-foot-4 Schaaf weighed close to 250 pounds.

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  • Skipper Adam Barrett tried to clear a weak Wordsworth strike but his foot stuck in the sand close to the goal and the ball dribbled over the line.

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  • Chelsea's anger boiled over minutes later when Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole were both booked for dissent after which Joseph Yobo went close for Everton as he hooked his foot around a low right-foot volley to force Cech into a smart low save.

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  • This involved lifting a ten-foot log from a stand at close to shoulder height, then pressing it overhead repeatedly.

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  • She said even though the pub is close to the Mississippi, it got just a foot of water three years ago when levees gave way and flooded the area.

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  • The split and several recent deaths of people close to him sent Linklater, a 6-foot-3-inch slender man with nervous energy and a remarkably thick thatch of brown hair, into a dark period that fueled his first play.

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  • He was five shots out of the lead, until making a 20-foot birdie on the 15th and coming close to the water on the 18th, stopping short of a bunker for an up-and-down birdie that gave him a 71.

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  • Firstly, Gall's goalkeeper Ronan Gallagher dropped a Paul McFlynn free before the ball was cleared but the custodian redeemed himself seconds later as he saved a close-range effort with an out-stretched foot after another McFlynn free had pin-balled around the small square.

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  • England marksman Rooney then set up Tevez with a flick of the foot for the Argentine to fire home from close range.

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  • Pompey's Aruna Dindane saw his strike saved by Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard before Marouane Fellaini's close-range header was kept out by James' foot.

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  • Chelsea had lost Ramires for a second booking before the break, but Lampard fired in a left-foot shot on the hour and finished from close range with nine minutes to play to take his tally to 15 this season in the EPL and 17 overall.

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  • Toure came close to scoring on 75 minutes, crashing a right-foot shot on to the base of Taylor's upright.

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  • Although the victory was not enough to lift Brian Flynn's side off the foot of the table, it does see them close the gap on the teams above them.

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  • ' And she says, she walks into my office and stands very close to me, she says, she's about a foot, maybe two feet from me, she says, pointing at my chair, 'Do you mind if I look at the serial numbers?

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  • And although Villa dominated much of the opening half, Steven Fletcher sprang into life with a crisp and technically difficult left-foot strike that drew a decent save from Brad Friedel close to the break, with the Villa keeper making another stop to deny Doyle with the rebound.

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  • Bournemouth kept Boston on the back foot throughout the opening period with Hayter and Wade Elliot going close to extending the visitors' lead.

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  • Bristol made the Scarlets pay, wing Robinson came close to going over in the corner but like Rees, had a foot in touch as he went for the try-line.

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  • Should these trends continue, a jump in store revenue per square foot could provide upside to our price estimate, which stands close to 12% below the current market price.

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  • Riise should have scored the winner soon after but flashed a left-foot shot narrowly wide of Brill's post and Edwards went close for Luton with a dipping volley.

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  • He allayed any concern almost immediately after, though, when he calmly hit a contested 19-foot jumpshot from the top of the key and helped his team close its deficit to four, 77-73 by quarter's end.

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  • Honduras could barely get into Spain's half let alone create a chance of their own, though on one occasion David Suazo did send a left-foot shot wide from outside the box - but that was as close as Iker Casillas came to being put under pressure on a comfortable night for the Spanish goalkeeper.

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