Two members of his security detail -- already waiting outside for the mayor -- noticed flames coming out of a second-story window of the neighbor's home and called fire dispatch before banging on the door to alert the home's occupants.

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Then I saw our next-door neighbor walk out of the lift.

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In March, Damstadt, Germany-based Merck set out on its own hostile bid for German neighbor Schering (nyse: SHR - news - people ), bypassing Serono's "For Sale" sign.

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In this flat, sour, and contrived comedy, Roger (Jon Heder), a timid New York City parking cop who is overmatched at work and in love, signs up for classes with a macho confidence guru, Dr. P. (Billy Bob Thornton), and, taught to find his inner lion, gets up the nerve to ask out his secret dream girl, his Australian grad-student neighbor, Amanda (Jacinda Barrett).

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Two utterly soul-crushing ties with our gentle, soccer-impaired neighbor to the north have been balanced out with wins against Italy and Mexico (in Mexico City, a first).

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In March, Damstadt, Germany-based Merck set out on its own hostile bid for German neighbor Schering, bypassing Serono's "For Sale" sign.

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We slept the soundest when our next-door neighbor was a state police officer and parked his patrol car out front.

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