"I sometimes feel closer to the SAS than anyone else, " he once told me in private.

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And sometimes it was images even closer to home that made for the best moments of the year.

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Third party opinions help to instill confidence in others who would use your services as well as lessen skepticism, sometimes getting them one step closer to filling out your web site contact form.

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Write performance is the strong suit, staying closer to the ideal where others sometimes trail off quickly.

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They're sometimes younger, but more importantly, they're "closer" to voters, giving them an edge in selling themselves outside their home states.

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To address fears of becoming isolated from a sometimes unstable neighbourhood, Michelle Bachelet, the current socialist president, has stressed closer ties with Latin America.

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He began teaching, long before he had a degree, over in a one-room schoolhouse amid the hollows of Overton County in a place known informally as Booze, and soon became principal in a community closer to Carthage called Pleasant Shade, living where he could, sometimes in the homes of his students, who took to calling him Professor.

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And while Twitter sometimes reveals the stupid side of celebrity culture, it's also brought fans closer to their favorite actors, musicians, writers and athletes than was ever possible before.

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Sometimes it might make more sense , even given our inept political parties, to look at opportunities closer to home, where constitutional protections, a large domestic market and a diversified economy may provide better long-run prospects.

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