Santana even left a precious parting gift before he went -the first no-hitter in franchise history.

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And though they did not stay long, they left behind a devastating parting gift.

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Why would the school shovel still more money to an employee as a parting gift before he heads off to Wall Street?

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There is no little irony in Thomas Fingar's parting gift to the nation, a just-released National Intelligence Estimate entitled Global Trends 2025.

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Mr. MORRIS: Al Sistero's brother Aaron(ph) recalls that Mark's friends had a parting gift for him when he left to head back overseas.

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Leon Panetta has completed his final overseas trip as US defence secretary, being presented by his staff with a plastic meat cleaver as a parting gift.

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In the spirit of the history of this -- and as a nod to what might have been -- we leave you with a parting gift of music.

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With a parting gift of a large, spherical rice cake to allow each child to grow a year older in peace, the Toshidon walk backwards out of the house and proceed to the next family.

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