• The next best thing, we guess, is hoping for another Giants-Pats thriller in Indy.

    WSJ: NFL: The 49ers Defensive Effort Falls Short

  • Still, many British ex-pats see in Obama a conservative spirit that would fit right in at Westminster.

    BBC: Is Barack Obama a Tory?

  • In 2009, I predicted that CNVs would be a hot topic in autism research (pats self on back).

    FORBES: Autism And Genetics: It's Complicated

  • With 14 wins and two losses in the 2004 regular season, the Pats are on track later this month for a third Super Bowl title in four years.

    FORBES: Super Bowls Don't Equal Super-Sized Profits

  • There is a lovely post-credits shot as the Mme de Merteuil figure (Valmont's opposite number in cunning and deceit) pats her stomach bearing the now visible reward for her chicanery.

    ECONOMIST: Morals and scandal

  • The Super Bowl victory was the fourth for the Giants, which defeated the Pats 17-14 in the 2008 title game.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • But after a 17-14 loss to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII, the Pats look like just another team that couldn't win the big one.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • "Natural snow definitely gets people to remind them that there are winter activities, " Lori Rowell, director of marketing for Pats Peak ski resort in Henniker, told CNN affiliate WBZ.

    CNN: Monster blizzard set to slam Northeast

  • The first games in Japan were played by ex-pats and visiting sailors.

    BBC: Eastern Promise: Japanese rugby

  • Employers used to give ex-pats who came to work in Dubai a stipend for rent, but that is no longer the case for the most part.

    BBC: Living in: Dubai

  • Sworn enemies before Saturday's fight, Haye and Chisora finished the night exchanging pats, smiles and handshakes in front of photographers, before both publicly declaring a truce to their bitter war of words.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • Yet the Pats lagged the league average in profitability (in the sense of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, all divided by enterprise value) in both years it won the Super Bowl.

    FORBES: Super Bowls Don't Equal Super-Sized Profits

  • In that 24-21 heartbreaker, the Pats got the shaft from referee Ben Dreith, who capped a tough day of bad calls with a roughing penalty against lineman Richard Hamilton on Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler on a third-and-18 play to keep a late drive going.

    FORBES: You Cannot Be Serious! The Worst Calls In Sports History

  • Del Toro unleashed a twenty-minute critique, largely in Spanish, lessening the sting with humor and pats on the back.

    NEWYORKER: Show The Monster

  • The Parma midfielder struck on 18 minutes to decide a fiercely-fought contest in front of a large crowd of ex-pats at the London home of Queens Park Rangers.

    BBC: Australia 1-0 South Africa

  • An older woman approaches Motsepe and nearly swoons, grasping his arm and laying her head on his chest as he pats her back and murmurs thank you in Xhosa, one of the six African languages he speaks.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Steve Buckley of The Boston Herald notes that at halftime in the last game of the regular season, with the Pats down 21-0 to the Bills, Bob asked an assistant to bring that painting of Myra down from his office and place it in their locker room.

    CNN: Patriots' cry: Win it for Myra!

  • The Pats are one of only three NFL teams that play in privately financed stadiums--the Miami Dolphins and Washington Redskins are the others.

    FORBES: A Super Bowl Of Financial Champs

  • In my experience, garden parties on this soggy isle usually involve the skirting of cow pats, the sinking of one's heels into damp turf, chilly legs, tepid drink and even more lukewarm conversation.

    WSJ: Fashion Meets Flora and Fauna

  • Many ex-pats rent, and since the financial crisis of 2008, rents have come down in Dubai, in some cases to almost half of what they were pre-crash.

    BBC: Living in: Dubai

  • In Pembrokeshire, entomologist Sarah Beynon will be delving into dung and taking a closer look at cow pats to study the fascinating mating behaviour of dung flies.

    BBC: Springwatch returns to Ynys-hir reserve in mid Wales

  • Delhi pats itself on the back for the 2000s boom, but that was the result of deregulation in the 1990s, along with easy money abroad.

    WSJ: Review & Outlook: India Keeps Feeding the Beast

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