He did double duty around the house when I went back to school to get my master's degree, watched nervously as I took a ride on a Harley and silently cringed when I insisted on going parasailing.

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Recently FORBES took a boat ride on the river and its canal system.

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While walking home from her job at Burger King that night, she too took a ride from Castro on Lorain Avenue.

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She then took a six-hour taxi ride to Madrid and after failing to get on a ferry, took two days to drive to Paris.

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Last time around, LTRO sparked a risk rally that took U.S. equities on a joy ride, with major Wall Street names like Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Citigroup rallying.

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That damage was apparent last year when Paul Kemp, of Louisiana State University, took NPR on a boat ride along one levy.

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Erickson baked the original Clif bar 15 years ago after finding himself disappointed with the energy bars he took along on a 175-mile bike ride.

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One time he took film actress Shabana Azmi for a ride around Dal Lake on his motorbike.

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So I was pleasantly shocked when I hopped on the Trek Madone and took it for a test ride.

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On February 27th he took the one-hour hydrofoil ride to give a lecture at a university.

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Like me on that long ago plane ride, they will never know why a stranger took the time to extend a hand.

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