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Because Barbour, Burns and Scott had all written about Bannockburn, and had all done so with a four beat line, I decided my piece would be in tetrameter too, as a homage.
Spain's second seed Nadal beat Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic 6-4 6-4, while Argentina's Nalbandian, seeded four, beat USA's Justin Gimelstob 6-4 6-4.
After that we had to go and beat Argentina four days later and then try to beat Australia, which proved beyond us.
Labour's Mr Lloyd beat four other candidates to win 51.2% of first preference votes.
Michigan survived Illinois in the Final Four and then beat Seton Hall for the title two days later.
Ireland will now probably have to score four tries and beat Argentina by more than seven points in their final match to reach the quarter-finals.
Murray said he had expected a tough match from Federer, who just four weeks ago beat Murray for his seventh Wimbledon title on Centre Court, also the site of the Olympic final.
Lock James Horwill charged onto George Smith's pass for the opening try, Giteau added a penalty before converting the first score by Mitchell, who picked up and beat four defenders before stretching over.
France, who have beaten Argentina 12-6 and the Pacific Islands 42-17 in their autumn Tests to date, (although the latter did not count towards the rankings), could also move into the top four if they beat Australia on Saturday and results elsewhere go in their favour.
Meanwhile, Clijsters, the 2005 Miami champion, needed four match points to beat Henin 6-2 6-7 7-6.
When Bill Clinton beat Bush four years later, his favorable rating was 60 percent just after the election.
They beat Orlando four times this season and are 17-0 against teams that were under .500 when they played them.
Federer will play unseeded Nicolas Kiefer in the last four after the German beat fifth seed Fernando Gonzalez 7-6 (7-5) 6-2.
Other seeds to progress were Nikolay Davydenko (four), who beat Florian Mayer 6-3 6-4 and David Ferrer (eight), who overcame Denis Istomin 6-4 6-1.
During that same period, Samsung was the only company among the top four phone makers to beat the industry average in terms of revenue, according to researcher iSuppli.
She was the team's only medallist at the 2006 Winter Olympics but at the Vancouver Games the British are being tipped for possibly their best medal haul, if they can beat the four medals won in 1924.
Pakistan are now level on points with New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the top of Group F and, depending on other results, they could seal a last-four spot if they beat Ireland at The Oval on Monday.
Knowledgeable people do not pick VCU to make it to the final four, or Lehigh to beat Duke.
After four years on the political beat, including regular trips to Northern Ireland, Andrew headed off to India.
But in the second singles match, world number four Mauresmo hit back to beat Anastasia Myskina 6-4 6-2.
He had watched games on video and was telling me how many times one pass beat the back four.
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And in case recent history is a factor, you add the fact that Michigan State beat Michigan for four straight years.
Ukraine's Roman Gontyuk added Beijing bronze to the silver he won in Athens four years ago as he beat Mongolia's Damdinsuren Nyamkhuu.
The arrest came four days after Northampton Town beat Cheltenham Town 1-0 in the second leg of their League Two play-off semi final.
They were still fuming four years after the Netherlands beat them twice in the 2009 WBC's first round for a stunning early exit.
Ninth seed J uan Martin del Potro was also taken to four sets before the Argentine beat Spanish veteran Albert Montanes 6-2 6-7 6-2 6-1.
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