That's exactly what Ann and Tom Kent did when they took their kids and grandkids to the Galapagos Islands last Christmas to celebrate their 50th anniversary, a trip arranged by Thomson Family Adventures.

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Former Ohio Liberty Coalition leader Tom Zawistowski of Kent said the IRS should be abolished, and he urged activists to tell their friends and neighbors that the IRS probe is important to all of them.

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Included, along with Mary Landrieu, Claire McCaskill , Joe Manchin, Ben Nelson and Debbie Stabenow, are Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Bob Casey (Pennsylvania), Tim Johnson (South Dakota), Tom Carper (Delaware), Kent Conrad (North Dakota), Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota), Jim Webb (Virginia), Carl Levin (Michigan) and John Rockefeller (West Virginia).

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"We call it jerky shame, " says Tom Ennis, chief executive of Oberto Brands, of Kent, Wash.

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The HOF cupboard is not likely to be this barren in 2014 with Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Mike Mussina and Jeff Kent to be among the first-timers on the ballot.

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Det Ch Insp Tom Richards led the investigation by the Special Branch Investigations Team and the Kent Police Digital Forensic Unit.

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However, a seventh-wicket stand of 39 between Dimitri Mascarenhas (14 not out) and Tom Burrows (21 not out) ensured Hampshire have a chance of overhauling Kent's total on day two.

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But Kent seemed intimidated by his superstar mentors (who brought on advisors like Grant Achatz, Tom Colicchio and others).

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