After a few moments of tense conversation, the doctor ordered the test and my friend left.

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Before he bought his North American NA-50, he persuaded his friend Chuck Yeager, the legendary test pilot, to fly to California and check it out with him.

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In responding to my test post, my friend (thanks SL), wise to the possibilities of causing trouble if the report was sent to the crisis hotline, had it sent back to me.

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Manning, an Essex fan, and his friend Geoff, go to go to Test matches every year and make an annual pilgrimage to the Cheltenham Festival but are far from county regulars.

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Last weekend, in a friend's backyard, I did a little taste test with some of the weirder ideas.

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It would be hard for me to imagine that doctors could be susceptible had it not been for a friend who called me in a panic after her gynecologist recommended the test.

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And, one could add, what better test is there for a publisher than his refusal to bully his newsroom to help a friend?

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An anthropologist friend of mine has worked on many assignments over the years, but his most interesting project qualified test pilots for the Air Force.

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When he took the test at 22 years old, Christensen became the youngest person ever to pass the exam until his best friend, Ivan Carter, now the most famous elephant hunter in the world, did so at age 21 a few years later.

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