Kasey Kahne, who wound up finishing second behind Kevin Harvick, said he thought his eyes were playing tricks on him when he saw something strange on the track.

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She cautions against playing tricks on customers, like getting rid of an angry English-speaking caller by transferring him to a Spanish-speaking operator, because that worker will be caught.

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It is impossible to know, of course, what those in the crowd felt as this black blanket swallowed them completely, engulfing the afterglow and playing tricks on their eyes.

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If it looks like the Bush administration is playing games, playing tricks, prolonging this process, and so on, then we may someday decide to take this case, which today is what they've done.

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Of late, companies have been playing new tricks with an old tool--"pro forma" results.

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Apollo Robbins, a performer and expert in deception, takes advantage of that fact when playing card tricks and engaging in other trickery on the show.

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This sort of thing goes on the world over, you may say, but one Portuguese economist who spent many years in an international economic organisation thinks that his country's government is now playing cheekier tricks than most.

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Egypt is known for playing all types of tricks in order to qualify for international tournaments.

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"Being in a nursing home by myself, I entertained myself for many hours playing with this dog, getting him to do new tricks, " says study participant Louise Crooks , 93.

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