Posture and pontificate as they might, Julia Gillard, the prime minister and Labor leader, and Tony Abbott, the right-wing coalition leader, were both rejected for being several hat-sizes too big.

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But she was too burdened by the headquarters move to throw her hat into the ring for the Asian job.

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As play continued, May was denied his hat-trick when he struck his volley just too close to Cerny.

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There are also two hat tips to the every impressive power of mother nature, too.

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There he was befriended by Ferdinand Ward, a typical all-hat-and-no-cattle fast talker whom Grant was too naive to recognize as such.

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Michael Hussey survived the hat-trick ball but two overs later fell for a duck too when Dale Steyn angled a ball across the batsman and De Villiers took a brilliant catch at third slip.

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His bright orange suit, white hat with a feather, had a lot to say, so I figured he might, too.

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If the chance comes - Ryan's got a niggle, but I don't think it's too bad - I've just got to put in a decent performance and have my name in the hat for the games to come.

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