Occasionally she reached over and speared some of her companion's french fries.

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Without taking her eyes off the advancing stranger, she reached her arm over the seat, down into the space behind.

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She spun the stool to the right height and, balancing herself on it, reached over her pregnancy as though across a counter.

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With over 6, 000 people cheering her on, you can perhaps appreciate why she reached for the word "mental", especially as it's so often used in a casual manner away from the arena of mania and schizophrenia.

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She had a narrow lead over the incumbent, Jean Ping of Gabon, through the first three rounds and reached the required two-thirds majority with 37 votes in the fourth round.

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