However acclaimed he was late in life for his filmmaking, he never stopped regarding himself above all as a painter.

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He went into a violent struggle with his better judgment, wrestling with his mouth as he started and stopped himself from speaking a dozen times.

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Kerry, 60, injured his shoulder in January during the primary campaign in Iowa, when he caught himself as his bus stopped suddenly.

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He stopped her on the street and introduced himself.

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He waved his hand as he pulled around stopped cars, trying to make himself visible to the drivers approaching from behind him.

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Late on, De Laet came to Norwich's rescue when he first stopped a goalbound Moses strike before picking himself up to block Hugo Rodallega's follow-up.

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Though he devoted much spare time to tracking atmospheric pressure with a portable barometer, by age 50 he had stopped writing scientific papers and instead occupied himself with obscure religious controversies.

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He is a well-known black in a largely black district, and, after winning a special election in February that winnowed the final candidates for the seat down to himself and Ms Bock, he virtually stopped campaigning.

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While Hyperion was quietly buying up land options, he stopped by Elk Point's county building and, without identifying himself, picked up meetings minutes and maps.

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He made a good save five minutes later when he stopped Craig's low angled drive after the St Johnstone midfielder lost his marker to put himself clear on goal, then his luck held out as as Sandaza hit the bar from 10 yards from the rebound.

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