Several doctor friends said he needed surgery, but he didn't want anyone slicing up his back.

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They stand on their feet for long hours in the cold, sharpening fillet knives and slicing up and de-boning the monkfish, cod and halibut that the fishing boats bring in.

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"We're just slicing up the pie differently, " he says.

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One of the most recent companies to get an infusion of cash from the U.S. spy bureau's investment fund is Cleversafe, a Chicago-based startup that offers software to keep data stored in cloud networks secure by slicing it up and storing it in different locations.

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Already, it seems, Italian, French and German housewives (and house-husbands) are getting fed up with all the slicing, chopping and marinading involved in preparing meals for their pampered families.

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Before her father died of complications from lymphoma, Leroy worked her way up from baking cookies and slicing lemons at Central Park's Tavern on the Green, also owned by the company, to head of kitchen control.

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Rooney then put England up 2-1 in the 77th minute, slicing toward midfield before burying a booming kick just inside the far post.

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Not only is the party over, but those outside of the business have been left picking up the broken bottles and stepping on the shards of glass, slicing themselves open without any health insurance to pay for the stitches.

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