Orient hung on thanks to keeper Jamie Jones and a replay seemed imminent, but two minutes from time Tate swung at a cross and sliced into his own net.

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This is hardly the first time European banks have seen their debt ratings sliced.

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He led from the start and sliced more than 1.5 seconds off his best time to win in one minute 53.46 seconds.

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The actual is sliced, diced and winched forward, only to tumble off time's assembly-line into the great slag-heap of now.

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The Russian's ability to serve out the set was not fully tested when, at 5-3, Djokovic double-faulted on the first point of a game for the second time, soon found himself two set points down, and then watched as a Davydenko sliced return floated past him into the corner.

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Moments later Stoke forward Sidibe was granted the time and space to line up a volley on the edge of the area, but he sliced his effort horribly wide.

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