And thanks to my injured buddy Kjetil Jansrud for being a good travel partner on the road and a great training partner.

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Here's my line for a detective novel: Buddy Shepard(ph) wasn't the brightest crayon in the box, and on this particular evening he was going out of his way to prove it.

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My buddy Mikey and I would always break for supper, usually chili dogs, and drop a few quarters playing Spy Hunter in the Dream Machine.

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"He's my buddy, so I always try and look out for him, " said Sontag, who has known Bailey seven or eight years.

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First at a buddy's house, then in my garage for 13 years, and then, as my wife and I set about an historic home restoration (obviously I never learn) in my mother's garage for the last five.

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Many websites such as FitLink, My Sports Partner, BuddyUp, and Jogging Buddy, act as matchmakers for solo exercisers.

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My buddy who owns a string of McDonald's restaurants notes that credit card sales account for 16% of store volume, an unusually high ratio.

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