After that, he sniped from the sidelines.

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"Somehow to allege that the United States of America -- our government -- will drop a drone Hellfire missile on Jane Fonda, that brings the conversation from a serious discussion about U.S. policy to the realm of the ridiculous, " he sniped.

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He has sniped at the plan for Europe's single currency, but, now that its arrival seems inevitable, he has changed tone again.

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The scrum-half then sniped over from a five-metre scrum to score the first try of the match and although he missed the conversion a second penalty gave the fired-up visitors an 11-3 lead after 11 minutes.

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