We outran a 15 ft. wall of water 300 yards from the beach...

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Welles gives us a portrait of a gargantuan man of unlimited ambitions and appetites, whose excesses outran his resources.

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His resolve is tempered by thoughts of a friend's disappeared daughter and of the wall of water he just outran.

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Last week, Italy also outran England with the ball by 46 meters.

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Danny Fox powered away on a solo run from his own half and outran the Aberdeen defence before striking for goal, but Langfield parried wide.

BBC: Sport - Football - Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen

But when the RPi launched in February of this year, demand far outran supply, and all 10, 000 sold out immediately -- crashing the distributing websites in the process.

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Two minutes later, the stalemate was broken when Sheils broke free on the counter-attack and outran the United defence to round Zaluska and confidently bury the ball in the back of the net.

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Closer to home, demand for loans outran supply.

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