The rapier was suited equally to duelling and showing off, and duelling quickly became the rage in Europe.

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Kalou then got on the end of a rapier-like Chelsea counter-attack inspired by Didier Drogba and Robben.

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But it took until round seven before he had the Dane in trouble, putting him on the canvas with a rapier combination.

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And in the 16th century, Spanish craftsmen invented the short, slender rapier.

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Forbes energy blogger Robert Rapier wrote about the potential of coal-derived ethanol a few years ago.

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Rapier walks me into the two-story home he shares with at least six other packing plant workers.

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It was more of the same in the next round, with Pacquiao landing with two looping rights and a rapier left-right-left combination.

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If Rapier is so eager to tax American energy companies, why not end the massive tax subsidies and tax breaks that Big Oil and gas companies get?

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