He made his initial decision at the age of seven, while waiting in line for ice cream in Wilmington, Delaware, where the family then lived.

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He was made the scapegoat for the lackluster initial sales (by Iphone standards) and bugs with the system.

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The crash caused an "earth-shattering rumble, " sparking a "huge fireball" and sending piece of the jet hurtling into the neighborhood, said Yelinek, who estimates he was about 100 yards from where the jet made its initial contact with the trees.

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Jacques Kallis made the initial breakthrough when he bowled Gilchrist and then a brilliant catch by Lara dismissed Ponting.

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It was Garcia who made the initial visit to Access in Hanwell to ascertain whether he could hire a unit to store the ammonium nitrate.

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Jonas Kaufmann made Parsifal complicated and vivid, from the adolescent shrug with which he conveyed his initial lack of understanding to the pure, messianic authority of his final transformation.

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