"It's difficult when you lose four out of five games, " Boeheim said of a streak that knocked Syracuse to the middle of the pack in the Big East and affected their NCAA seeding, as well.

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At moments of crisis in the Middle East, Christians have tended to pack and leave to build safer and more peaceful lives for themselves elsewhere - think of Palestine in 1948 or Iraq in our own turbulent times.

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Even the Atlanta Braves, currently leading the National League East, are a middle-of-the pack club in attendance.

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And some Labour MPs have protested that low-income home sellers, particularly in the north east of England, will struggle to pay for the pack.

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