This was a country aching for change.

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I'd be paddling a kayak for the final segment of this seven-hour adventure race, so there was no need to conserve what was left of my aching knees and burning thighs.

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We need to remember this structure because innovation is being discussed today as if the speaker just discovered something rare, something with the same magical powers that the oil of a snake was supposed to have over aching joints.

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And as time ticked by, her concern was not with her tired body or aching feet, but whether folks like her would get to have their say.

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In Glasgow, Peterborough and Cardiff they knew different: Mr Pitney's voice, one of the stranger instruments ever heard in pop music, swooping and aching through three octaves, was still ringing round them.

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It was a really steep downslope and it's really aching now like I'm doing too much too soon.

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From developed countries mired in economic woes to developing countries aching for change, people and especially young people found a voice where there was none before.

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Most notable at this week's show was the Huawei Ascend Mate, a gargantuan 6.1-inch device that is aching to take the title of world's largest phone away from Samsung.

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