Bill Clinton , in his usual manner, made a few empty gestures in the right direction (the White House Web site), but he never seem to get it himself--indeed, a few well-chosen URLs might have saved him from impeachment.

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Barra dismisses the gender issue in her usual direct manner.

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In the end, Gervais admitted in his usual self-deprecating manner that he may have bitten off more than he could chew.

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That strategy assumes that Mr Vajpayee's personal popularity, combined with outrage among India's 600m voters at the manner of his defeat, will overcome the usual hostility to incumbent governments.

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In that first spell, the impressive Sharma outbowled his more experienced new-ball partner Zaheer, who failed to find as much swing as usual early on, while the odd loose delivery was punished in a calculated manner by Hussey.

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This has provoked the usual objections to insanity pleas: that lawyers and therapists have stretched the definition of madness until it excuses all manner of wrong.

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As usual, courage and cowardice is distributed among the rich and poor, the learned and unlearned, in a haphazard manner.

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