He sent shivers along Paris catwalks by appointing obscure and, even worse, foreign designers to French fashion labels, such as Britain's John Galliano at Dior and America's Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton.

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Struck in the lower right leg by Mark Ellis' sharp grounder in the third inning, Niese sent shivers through the Mets and their fans when he limped off during Tuesday night's 7-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Shivers' attorney has described him as an "unlikely terrorist" because he had cystic fibrosis and a doctor had told him he only had a few years to live.

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