Then they beat him in the bottom of the ninth inning.

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In testimony in March 1988 on the death of black leader Steve Biko in 1977, police officers who interrogated him admit they beat him but still say his death was accidental.

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For half an hour, they grilled him for the names of other Americans in Beirut, but he gave no names and they did not beat him or press him further.

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Already, opposition leaders privately fear that they will not manage to beat him at the polls if things go on as badly as they are.

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They said that Passaro kicked the man and beat him with a metal flashlight.

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Still, they think it would be awfully nice to beat him in the Granite State.

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Indeed, he usually beat the expectations of analysts, even after they grew accustomed to him outperforming.

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That has come reluctantly because he's beaten them so badly over the years and they're not in any rush to help him because if he's gone that's one less guy they have to beat.

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