The crucial session didn't come together for us but in the end if I was on pole I'm still not world champion.

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Investors should be aware that (despite the often generous payouts) debentures are usually at the low end of the credit totem pole, and payouts may be deferred until the redemption date of the security.

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The Geomagnetic pole is the north end of the axis of the geomagnetic field which surrounds the Earth and extends into space as the magnetosphere.

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The pear picker comes back to me now, a long pole with pincers at one end to cut the pears and a net to catch them.

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Stoner, who has announced he will retire at the end of this season, claimed his third pole position of 2012.

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The end result was that nobody knew who was on pole and the top 10 drivers got out of their cars and were swapping times to work out who had actually set the hot lap.

BBC: David Coulthard column

At precisely 1100 local time a large greased pole with a ham attached to the end of it is hoisted into the air, and there is a mad scramble as people struggle against each other to pull it down.

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John Hopkins claimed his first MotoGP pole after beating Shinya Nakano's time at the end of qualifying.

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