Monday's royal vigil was reminiscent of a ceremony mounted for George V, 66 years ago, also in the medieval setting of Westminster Hall, when his sons -- Edward, Albert, Henry and George -- stood guard around the late King's coffin.

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Nets general manager Billy King was able to convince star point guard Deron Williams to resist going back home to Texas and taking less money from Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks.

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In 1940, in Romania, the pro-Nazi Iron Guard slaughtered more than 60 aides of the exiled king, including former Prime Minister Nicolae Jorga.

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Mark had been working off-duty as a security guard for a downtown Greyhound Bus station connected to a Burger King.

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With captain Lawrence Dallaglio, Ibanez, Vickery, Shaw, King and Waters all off the field by the end, Wasps' old guard left the young guns to deliver the last rites, a sixth consecutive final victory at Twickenham in the bag.

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Jordan's old-guard politicians, on the other hand, do not seem to have any of the new king's sense of urgency.

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