• Finally, they moved me into a pick-up truck, then the back of a tail-dragger Cessna with a couple of nurses on it and flew to Nairobi.

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  • Stories abound of how she has exploited friends, belittled her ex-husband and once tried to back over a gardener in her pick-up truck.

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  • Armed with guts--and the product to back them up in battle--some upstarts pick a fight with a bigger competitor.

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  • The quarterback, who finished 22-of-36 for 306 yards, two touchdowns and a pick, threw a beautiful second-down pass to Lee Evans in the back corner of the endzone that nearly went for a touchdown.

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  • "Once you submit your papers and passport, along with the visa fee - which is by the way non-refundable and ridiculously priced - there's normally a 15-working day period after which you are called back to pick up your passport and your visa which you may or may not get, " he said.

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  • The New York Giants' fifth-round draft pick is big for a defensive back by any standard.

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  • The chance appeared to have gone when Agbonlahor's pull-back initially failed to pick out a Villa player but the ball rolled all the way out to the winger, who closed in on goal before shooting.

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  • Note: WR Stephen Hill, the team's second-round pick a year ago, is looking to bounce back from a disappointing rookie season in which he had 21 catches for 252 yards and three touchdowns, and ended up on injured reserve after spraining a knee ligament.

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  • There seems little point ordering chart-toppers that I can get in the city today, but I can pick and choose from the back catalogue much more easily than at a brick-and-mortar store.

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  • He suggests an idea of "virtual towing" where an idle car could pick up on another vehicle and follow it back to a stack, using inter-car tracking software.

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  • Fortunately, we had a back-up helicopter that came in and was able to pick up the people that were there.

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  • Firms were keen to invest on the back of healthy profits, solid foreign demand and hopes of a pick-up in consumer spending.

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