They had shaken hands and he had saluted and gone out to the staff car where the old man was waiting asleep and in that car they had ridden over the road past Guadarrama, the old man still asleep, and up the Navacerrada road to the Alpine Club hut where he, Robert Jordan, slept for three hours before they started.
Meanwhile, London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympics -- despite a rumbling row over costs that shows no sign of abating before the torch is lit and complaints that the project has ridden roughshod over the wishes of local residents and businesses -- will ultimately mean the creation of Europe's largest new urban park in 150 years.
Paul Sagan has ridden hard over the wildest extremes of the Internet economy.
During his 21 years as a jockey, McCoy has ridden in over 13, 000 races, and been the winner on more than 3, 300 occasions.
And that means stress for people already on weight loss programs and opportunity for companies like Weight Watchers (WTW) seeking a share of the money spent by guilt-ridden holiday over-eaters the morning after their New Years Eve binges.
The actual campaign being only a part of some larger desire and little things like facts or details just get over ridden in that chase to reach the larger goal.
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"I received this motorcycle four years ago when it was brand new and I have ridden until now over 50, 000 kilometers, " says Jallow, whose work covers more than 10, 000 people in 13 villages.
Which is why many were surprised to hear the first minister say he is concerned that the benefits of wind farms is being exported out of Wales, and that local feelings may be over ridden with whatever the UK authorities says.
Called the "Father of Development" for revitalizing the debt-ridden economy he took over from Sukarno.
They will be even more miffed if they're over-ridden on financial grounds when mere tens of millions are at stake.
They argue that the prospect of being over-ridden by a vote in the House will help ensure the concerns of backbenchers are not ignored.
Berlin's iconic Tacheles arts centre has been cleared after decades of bureaucratic wrangling over the debt-ridden building.
Thus when Toyota took over the strike-ridden NUMMI plant in California from General Motors in the 1980s, the previous intractable labor disputes vanished.
People who have ridden the Apple stock in its surge over the past couple of years face a 15% tax bill if they sell now and a possible 35% one if they do in January.
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Other investors have ridden the MBIA roller coaster as the company has skirted death over its overwhelming insurance claims, then negotiated settlements with mortgage underwriters and securities issuers like Flagstar it says misled it about the quality of the underlying loans it insured.
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He was a master at defusing rows caused by over-promising salesmen, the premature release of bug-ridden software or the downright arrogance that Oracle can sometimes demonstrate.
Or is that too difficult to deal with while kvetching over having to stand on bare (and therefore possibly germ-ridden) tile in a magnificent hotel shower?
Hot Weld, ridden by 5lb claimer PJ McDonald, did it the hard way as he made all the running over an extended four miles at Ayr.
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