Walker met free blacks there who would have helped her escape, but with three children still in bondage in North Carolina, and a promise of freedom from the Camerons, she was loath to run away.

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The growing use of English courts by foreign litigants is arousing increasing concern among free-speech campaigners such as Chris Walker of Freedom House, an American lobby group.

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In case we missed the blooming-and-blossoming theme, the heroine, Charlie (Jennifer Lopez), a Venice Beach free spirit who works as a dog-walker, caterer, and temp, also paints floral whatnots on the walls of her apartment.

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After two skin grafts, six weeks of keeping her foot elevated above her pelvis for 23 hours a day, and four months of using a walker and wheelchair, she was cancer-free.

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Walker said he chose to eat at the restaurant Wednesday "in support of free speech" and waited 40 minutes to receive his order.

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Boone Pickens' son Thomas and Christian Melhado, of the Ford family--invited Walker to a benefit for the Children's Storefront School, a private tuition-free elementary school in one of Harlem's most blighted areas.

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Once free agency began Tuesday, the Titans agreed to terms with Buffalo guard Andy Levitre and San Francisco tight end Delanie Walker, a person familiar with the situation said.

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