Laws joked he would buy Ferguson - whose habit it is to treat visiting managers to a post-match tipple - to a crate of wine should Burnley manage a shock victory.

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He looked skinny in his post-bypass body and still sported his trademark shock of white hair.

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As youngsters, these people were the shock troops during the golden period of Japan's post-war economic transformation.

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There is a recognition that, with more than 100 days to absorb the shock of the SNP majority, the re-start of politics-as-normal post-summer requires a clearer strategy.

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From an economic perspective, the recent discoveries of abundant domestic shale oil and gas supplies may help us avoid the likelihood of an oil shock and buy us the breathing ground to plan for a more gradual transition to a more efficient post-fossil world.

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