At the moment the first plane hit, I had just finished doing a bit of color commentary on some eminently forgettable technology news for a Boston business station on AM radio.

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"The mothership is now completed, finished and flying and doing its testing, whilst the spaceship will be completed at the end of the year, " added Branson.

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He finished what he was doing.

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The Rockies finished with 17 hits, doing most of their damage against the Mets' bullpen.

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"The first couple of years I was relieved to have finished that chapter of my life and I was really enjoying doing other things, " he reflects.

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Suffice to say the projects are finished or largely so, and I can now commit to doing what I really want to do, which is on a daily or several time weekly basis, analysis and impressions of what is going on in Japan.

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You know who the contractors are, you know who's doing the work, you know when it's supposed to be finished.

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Szaky entered the idea of doing the compost tea on a mass basis in a university contest but finished fourth.

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With Shivnarine Chanderpaul doing his bit from the other end, Bravo held his nerve and finished with a majestic lofted cover-drive for six to ease West Indies to a wonderful victory.

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Keith finished the London Marathon and did a parachute jump, both of which were fantastic, but he's never doing them again!

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