He took it badly and was down for a long time, but he is a strong character and eventually bounced back.

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He took down a paperback, flipped through it, put it back.

NEWYORKER: Temporary

So he took care of that piece of business right away once it came down to him.

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As the pitch came in, he pulled the bat down, angled it parallel to the ground, and took a level swing a swing very different from the homer-seeking, flailing uppercut that has become standard among current players, who have produced the highest strikeout numbers in baseball history.

NEWYORKER: Artful Dodgers

It took us months to pin him down for an interview and he already has a reputation for dodging the media.

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It was a huge breakthrough for the fifth seed and he took full advantage by firing down an ace on his second set point to move into the lead for the first time.

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Isaac ran the FDIC when the oil patch economy took down one bank after another, and he made the decision to take over Continental Illinois and run it when none of the offers to buy it were attractive.

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