World Cup leader Paolo Bettini is once again at the hub of the team and could pick up a stage win, if his early form is anything to go by.

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The court heard how the defendant had been at a sixth form party and left with school friends to pick up some food and cigarettes from a garage.

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He had been at a sixth form party before leaving with two school friends to pick up some food and cigarettes from a garage.

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The number of weak companies (those rated B- or lower) issuing bonds was more than a third of the total in the third quarter, a level which usually spells trouble two to three years down the line, in the form of a pick-up in default rates.

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Identity drives everything associated with a brand, all the signals consumers pick up and from which they form their opinions about the brand.

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They are demanding big chunks of equity, in the form of options or outright stock grants, to pick up stakes and start a new job.

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However, with Yakubu and Jason Euell struggling to form a cohesive partnership up front, the visitors were always looking to pick up scraps.

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