Of course Diller was not the first woman to do stand-up, but she was perhaps the first solo woman to successfully break into that male bastion and become a household name.

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After the break, Onuoha's fine solo effort made it 4-1 and Adebayor ran clear late on to complete the rout.

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Since then Miranda, a soft-spoken, cheerful Salvadoran woman approaching 50, is covering janitorial duties solo for two floors of offices, five bathrooms, three kitchens and the break room for the men in the warehouse attached to the offices.

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Gale converted all three tries but Sinfield brought his side back into the game just before the break when he went through a yawning gap in the visitors' defence for a solo try.

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After Bonnie Pointer left the group to start a solo career, the remaining sisters went on to release several more albums including 1983's Break Out, featuring hit Jump which was covered by Girls Aloud in 2003.

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Navarro hit a solo homer just over the basket at the wall in left-center in the second to break a 1-all tie and added a two-run shot down the left-field line off John Danks (0-1) in the fourth, with both drives coming from the right side.

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Bradford were 8-6 up at the break after tries from Andy Lynch and Paul Sykes either side of Richie Myler's solo effort for Warrington.

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