Some said she was the ultimate gold-digger and for many she became a figure of fun.

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Mr Prescott is not yet a figure of fun, but he is coming close.

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Harrison has gone from being Britain's charismatic star of the Sydney Olympics to a figure of fun in less than a decade.

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Hansonism was short-lived, with its one-time figurehead now a figure of fun.

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But Stanton is neither a two-dimensional figure of fun nor a murderous bogeyman, and this is why Primary Colors marks an advance over most presidential movies of the past and present.

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Just for fun I tried to figure out how much he saved, but there are a lot of different options when it comes to hunting licenses in Montana.

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