With his colorful arms and a rose creeping up the side of his neck, he looks the part.

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The disease might then move down lymphatic ducts to nodes in the armpit on the same side of the neck.

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It took a dozen visits for Warren Christopher, an American secretary of state, to persuade Mr Assad to sit face-to-face with him, instead of the normal neck-straining side-by-side.

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Contepomi then took centre-stage, grabbing the game by the scruff of the neck to help guide his side to victory.

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The Welsh side then took the game by the scruff of the neck and that pressure almost resulted in the first try of the game.

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The symptoms of bacterial meningitis are a very high temperature, stiff neck, and a blotchy red or purple rash which does not fade when the side of a glass is pressed against it.

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And we hit the notorious bars in the sky: Vertigo, atop the Banyan Tree (banyantree.com), which has D gibbering with health-and-safety-induced anxiety and requires us to neck two vast martinis each to facilitate the walk down the vertiginous steps clinging to the side of the building.

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