"My specialist advised me to miss the game, but Lord's really wanted me to play to prove my fitness - and I didn't have a choice, " the Yorkshire Post quoted him as saying.

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In fact, I did make a major detour when the Model S's GPS caused me to miss my correct exit.

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"After a long and very positive season, it pains me to miss the two main objectives of the year, Shanghai and the Davis Cup final, " he said.

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Aleph's death convinced me not to miss this never-to-be-repeated opportunity.

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But it is amazing to me how many start-ups miss this.

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When I asked my close friend, a stay-at-home mom, about it, she told me about her own husband, who had to miss the first week that their young son spent at a new school because of a business trip.

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Miss Wawa is my second mom, she's the best thing that happened to me in the past year.

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Not wishing to be catty and hoping her Godspeed in recovery, Miss Zeta Jones has struck me for quite some time as being out of focus.

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The first time you hear "You Can't Hurt Me Now, " it's easy to get carried along by its sweeping beauty and miss the fact that its lyric is all about isolation and loneliness.

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What I uniquely failed to remember was that Kimberly Quinn had given me a print copy of a letter concerning the progress of Miss Casalme's application having already discussed it with me sometime earlier.

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