"Yeah, it's almost 10 years ago I was having surgery, I was going into surgery to put a rod and five screws in my back, " added Lewis.

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Rod Jensen's interception try put the Giants in front and even Ben Westwood's hat-trick could not save the Wolves.

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So successful was the bank that under Cosimo de' Medici, who ruled it with an iron rod, the Medici were for a long while put in charge of papal finances.

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He couldn't believe how strong she felt, how much pressure she put on his wrists when, with a jolt, she pulled his rod tip almost down into the water.

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She has been described as "a lightning rod for change", testimony to the fact that she has not been afraid to put a few noses out of joint in the society.

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Festival promoters have started to woo them with increasing fervor, but for the most part the closest that boomers might come to being targets of "current" music are the new albums put out by veteran artists who have been around for decades retread recordings like the ones Rod Stewart releases, for example.

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