And that's why as we move forward making sure that in this last leg, these five yards before we get to the goal line, that everybody understands exactly what's going on in the health care bill, that there are no surprised, no secrets.

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It leveled a 50-foot-long stretch of the 15-foot wall in front of the prison and caused damage to the market around the area with a radius of about 50 yards in every direction, blowing away these metal doors in front of the market stalls.

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Phoenix starred with Wahlberg in Gray's "The Yards" some years back, and watching him in these pictures you appreciate what a great film noir actor he would have made.

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If anyone makes it past all these obstacles, there are checkpoints at the bus station, at railroad yards and on the main roads out of town, complete with dogs to sniff out stowaways.

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"I always thought that Freddie, with his length, can win it, because he hits it a good 30 yards by me, which helps a great deal on some of these holes, " Langer said.

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Meeting these regulatory requirements is time-consuming (years), effort-intensive (yards-high stacks of paper) and very costly (tens of millions of dollars per application).

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Both of these thoroughly flogged carcasses of stocks must feel a lot like this target I took aim at from 20 yards away a few years ago in Arizona.

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