"They liked to hire college kids, you know, just regular-looking guys, " says Tom.

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Once more Tom Coughlin's team stumbled over the regular campaign, dropping four in a row, and five out of six.

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In his Paris Review interview, Tom Wolfe refers to Zola at length, saying that regular deadlines can be good for fiction writers, because it forces them to create semi-believable plots and characters without being excessively fussy.

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We're all for technology being used to free wage-slaves from the tedium of their jobs, but until they can invent a robotic bartender that flips bottles and woos patrons a la Tom Cruise in Cocktail, we'll stick with regular old human suds slingers who regale us with their false tales of bravado and sports heroics.

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Maybe you fancy the Tom Brady-led 2004 New England Patriots, who blazed through the regular season with a 14-2 record, outscoring their opponents by an average of 11 points per game before squeaking by the Philadelphia Eagles, 24-21, in the Super Bowl.

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Tom Croci, the supervisor of Islip Town, said the municipality's regular plows weren't powerful enough to move such heavy, wet snow in such volumes.

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Tom Brady remains the steady leader, passing for more than 5, 200 yards in the regular season, but there are fresh targets, including a pair of second-year tight ends, Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski.

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