The second set was one-way traffic and it was only repairs to a dead spot discovered on the court at the start of the third set that extended the contest to almost two hours.

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His support team desperately fought to pull off the trailing hose but by the time they had succeeded he was in 18th spot and dead last.

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The risk is that in single-mindedly looking out for inflationary icebergs, a central bank will fail to spot the rocks that lie dead ahead.

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The wider cull was postponed on Tuesday after farmers protested against plans to bury 2, 500 dead sheep at the south Armagh beauty spot Slieve Gullion Forest Park.

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She pointed across the street to what she said was the exact spot her brother was shot in the back five times in 2001, dead at the age of 24.

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He is also something of a dead ball specialist, with many of his goals coming from free-kicks or from the penalty spot.

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The bottom spot was taken handily by Brad Johnson of the Orange County Register, who came in dead last in the Culinary Knowledge and Integrity categories.

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