And they thought all they had to do was duck and cover.

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The class teaches students to "duck, cover and hold" when the ground starts shaking.

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The shield in Dark Souls serves a similar purpose to duck-and-cover in Gears of War, for instance.

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The duck-and-cover would be much more difficult to pull off in first-person.

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Although Worcestershire lost two quick wickets when Matthew Hoggard had Phil Jaques lbw for his second duck of the match and Vikram Solanki was caught at cover off Buck, they recovered to reach the close in a healthy position at 62 - 2.

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