With Congress barely able to order lunch without inciting gridlock, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has played an outsized role in deciding how to create jobs and growth in an economy with too little of either.

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He seeded what became a very substantial stock portfolio by paying utility bills in person during his lunch hour in order to invest the money he saved on stamps.

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That three-wicket drama meant Katich and Clarke had to restore some kind of order and they survived well until lunch, nudging the score to 74-3.

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Shortly before then I had turned down an offer of home-cooked delicious lunch by my wife in order to have enough free space in my stomach for the anticipated banquet.

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For lunch, Smith says he might order the cheesesteak melt with hash browns and fruit punch.

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She cleaned, cooked, put things in order, and then, after serving mother and son their lunch, went quietly on her way.

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It is unlikely England coach Duncan Fletcher ate his lunch with a smile, even though two lower-order men included in the side for their batting would accompany Paul Collingwood into the afternoon.

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But dependable lower-order man Martin Bicknell joined Ramprakash in an unbroken eighth wicket stand worth 19 to steer Surrey home shortly before lunch.

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Bond, playing his first Test match on his home ground, ripped through the Sri Lankan top order, taking three wickets in his first seven overs of the day, while Franklin picked up his three after lunch.

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