The Dons defence allowed a high ball to bounce without clearing and McCarthy muscled Andrew Considine off the ball to steer it past Langfield.

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He released the rampaging Bale with a neat flick and, as he drove deep into Villa territory to release Lennon, Van der Vaart arrived with perfect timing to steer low past Friedel once more with his left foot.

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Dueling worldviews compete to define our past so to steer our future.

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Walcott made amends by finally unlocking Sunderland's brave resistance after 80 minutes, sliding in a neat pass for Van Persie to steer a left-foot finish past Gordon.

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The first winners, however, could be the dudes in the back of electronics stores who have had to steer their customers through the wreckage over the past month.

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But given its past performances, the question is whether SAARC will be able to steer the regional ship through the climate change storm.

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Opinions are a dime a dozen and the past two years have allowed much pontification on the correct way by which to steer an economy through the recession.

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