The indefatigable Trott brought up his second Test score in excess of 150 as wickets tumbled around him, with the ever-persistent Peter Siddle rewarded for a spirited bowling display with figures of 6-75, his fourth five-wicket haul in Test cricket.

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As far as the rest of humanity goes, ever since the persistent Dennis Tito secured his place as the first tourist in space, he has become a rallying point for enthusiasts trying to get access to space for a broader (ie, poorer) range of customers.

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She remembers his suffering from persistent indigestion ever since Arda, her mother, who is also his paternal aunt, brought him from a nomadic hamlet during his early teens as her charge in order to facilitate his receiving proper schooling in Mogadiscio.

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But no one, not even the police, believes that any sentencing policy, however draconian, can ensure that it will be impossible for persistent sex offenders ever to have the opportunity to prey on the young and the vulnerable.

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Those symptoms started within a few weeks: "I experienced a sudden, severe pain in my left abdomen, perhaps the worse persistent pain I have ever known, " Smarr wrote in an article in Strategic News.

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Today more than ever, job hunters in every field need to be creative and persistent.

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