The woman dropped the bag from her shoulder, settling it between her boots.

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In 1802, she brought her waxworks to Britain and toured the country before settling in London, where she lived until her death in 1850.

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Ms Merkel seems unable even to make deals with her own party's powerful state premiers, some of whom seem more interested in replacing her than in settling policy differences.

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Williams' contemporary, Kylie Minogue, failed to take the number one spot in the album chart, with her album The Abbey Road Sessions settling for second place behind DJ and songwriter Calvin Harris, with 18 Months.

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Her parents moved around the West before settling on Mercer Island near Seattle where Dunham enrolled in the local high school.

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On this, Ms Bardach, who is a tenacious reporter, scores some points. (Mas Canosa sued her for libel, but ended up settling with the New Republic.) She interviews Luis Posada Carriles, Mr Castro's most persistent would-be assassin.

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Then comes an argument that Lori Gottlieb took to the mainstream with her book Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough, which advises women to stop being so picky.

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In her film, Khushf documents male programmers sleeping on couches and settling in to the office for the evening -- sometimes all night -- to eat pizza and play video games.

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Typically, it takes her about four to seven trials to nail a new flavor, settling on the right percentage of cacao in the chocolate she's using, for instance, and adding more or less of each ingredient.

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