In his love of angling for trout and other freshwater fish, Walton used a long rod of spliced ash and hazelwood, with a line of about the same length as the rod, made out of woven hair from a horse's tail.

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So successful was the bank that under Cosimo de' Medici, who ruled it with an iron rod, the Medici were for a long while put in charge of papal finances.

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It was offered together with his Nobel diploma, a handsome two-page vellum document that contains an original picture of a long-haired youth in a blue tunic holding the Rod of Asclepius.

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It is being offered with his Nobel diploma, a handsome two-page vellum document that contains an original hand-colored picture of a long-haired youth in a blue tunic holding the Rod of Asclepius.

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Six years ago, the scene was was spring training in Tampa, and Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez addressed the media to publicly acknowledge what everyone already knew: the friendship between he and shortstop Derek Jeter was no longer as close as A-Rod had long maintained.

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My long bones in my arms and legs felt like someone was ramming a long steel rod into them, my joints all creaked and popped in and out and ached like the worst arthritis ever. my skin was on fire and my extremities, especially my hands and feet, where it seemed to concentrate.

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