But one break of serve saw a nervy-looking Murray concede the first set and, although he hit back in the second, three break points went begging in game one of the third set, which Roddick went on to take on a tie-break.

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He is now widely regarded as one of the best speakers in the world begging the question what does he actually do that is so persuasive?

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One by one they have all had to hold out the begging bowl.

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Some of the homeless are remarkably entrepreneurial: one woman has trained her cats to do the begging while she goes about her other business.

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Mr. Montebourg's full title is "Minister of Industrial Renewal, " but hardly a month seems to pass without another story about a plant shutting down, or Mr. Montebourg threatening a CEO for threatening to shut down a plant, or begging a CEO (sometimes the same one) to stay in France.

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One of his friends said Ben made a desperate phone call begging for help minutes before he died.

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The idea that the law went too far reached across party lines, with one conservative commentator saying it offered unions nothing more than collective begging.

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Laithum is one of dozens in Detroit who spend their day trolling the streets begging for spare change.

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That, however, showed signs of changing this Back to School season, begging the question will the 2012 holiday shopping season be (finally) a social one?

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