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  • Beane goes after not just the lesser young prospects but also a bunch of butt-heavy seeming nonentities and washed-up sluggers who nevertheless get on base and generally embody the sabermetric virtues.

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  • You're as likely to see someone rocking the heavy raw denim popular among '60s bikers and rebellious youth, an '80s-inspired high-waisted, flower print, or the acid-washed, ripped-up grunge look of the '90s.

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  • If they knew they were being watched, 61% washed up--still way too low.

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  • It comprised a cot bed in a clean, white-washed cell up under the eves and adjacent to a big balcony that looked out onto the street and across the city's dark tempestuous night.

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  • Creating contrast between two white dresses can be difficult, so consider a sash or belt to break up the washed-out palette.

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  • For the moment, it's the socks used, game-worn (but washed) outer socks that come up to the knee, and Teixeira has seen his on-base plus slugging percentage rise 60 points since he put Sabathia's on.

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  • The now-common sight of bodies of Africans washed up on European beaches after trying to make a hazardous crossing shows the lengths to which people will go to try and move to a new life.

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  • When the merger wave washed across the pharmaceuticals industry in the mid-1990s, King picked up its acquisition pace.

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  • For the slightly less adventurous, Guamanchi offers easier two or three-day tours to the lower altitude white rock summit of Pico Pan de Azucar (4, 660m) or hiking around the village of Los Nevados, located about 20km outside of Merida, where mules carry loads up the steep cobbled streets and the white-washed cottages all have red-tiled roofs.

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  • Emergency crews have removed a "potentially hazardous" chemical drum washed up on a Jersey beach, in an operation taking about two-and-a-half hours.

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  • The photos of houses washed away by floods and natural disaster victims post-mortem zipped up in body bags?

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  • Hundreds of birds, mostly guillemots, were washed up on the south coast of England three weeks ago, covered in glue-like polyisobutene (PIB).

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  • About 40 large blocks of a rubber-like substance, believed to be from a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean, have washed up on European coasts.

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  • The new set-up would be a professional catering kitchen and designed so dirty dishes came in to be stacked, washed and dried, and then moved round to the preparation area where meals were made and served, he added.

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