Even those setting off the firecrackers would dart out into the road, light the fuse and then rush back into a doorway to take shelter from the downpour.

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He shot it with a tranquilliser dart and loaded into the back of his truck to drive out to the wilderness.

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Feasibility research is being carried out by Plymouth University and Totnes Renewable Energy Society (TRESOC) into the River Dart at Dittisham.

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For less extreme entertainment, stroll down the inn's jetty and hop into a jet boat for a tour up the Dart River.

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As we walk into our separate rooms, the event's organizers, Cassidy Dart and James Simpson of Pol Roger, announce that we have 40 minutes for the six white wines, a 20-minute break, followed by 40 minutes on the reds.

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Marjorie was no longer as adept as she had been when she was younger and able to unroll a bolt of cloth and see every seam and dart, every buttonhole and facing, when she could tell, even before putting one pin into the cloth, how it would all fall together.

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Hull managed to work their way back into the game after Motu Tony marked his 100th appearance for the club with a clever dart from dummy-half.

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