The ship looked like it hadn't been refitted since the Flood, and it smelled like Noah's old boot.

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Worm Trench, Louse Post, Bug Alley, Old Boot Street.

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What's more, if you saw the first part of this upgrade diary, then you'll know I was aiming for a trickier-than-average setup, with Windows 8 Pro running on a brand new and untouched SSD, alongside Windows 7 Ultimate running in dual-boot mode on my old HDD.

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Khuder Al-Sweady told the inquiry 19-year-old Hamid's body had a boot-shaped bruise on the forehead, a broken arm, bullet wounds and signs of hanging.

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The current argument is not about the age when people can start their state pensions, nor about whether older people should be forced to work, but about whether employers should be allowed to boot them out for being old.

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The 23-year-old striker, who has won the Golden Boot in South America, signed from Peruvian club Melgar where he scored 26 goals in 36 games.

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It was not a vintage display for the 28-year-old Canterbury fly-half, especially with the boot as he missed four out of his first five kicks at goal, but he and his team had enough in the locker to see off Wales for the 24th time in a row.

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It took the old head of Shearer, or rather his fiercely-accurate right boot, to demonstrate the art of clinical finishing.

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Beckham, who famously suffered a cut above his eye when hit by a football boot accidently kicked by Ferguson in the dressing room, left Old Trafford in 2003 for Real Madrid.

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First Frederic Piquionne had a low shot from 25 yards beaten away by the 26-year-old, before Mexican Pablo Barrera struck a shot with the outside of his boot that had to be tipped over.

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