In the mirror we stood there, she in her shimmering green blouse and I with a glow of sunburn on my face.

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We stood there looking toward the house.

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"We stood firm on our stance that there is no way to support charging veterans' insurance companies for service-connected treatment, " said Jim King, executive director of AMVETS, a leading veterans' advocacy organization.

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"I have to say, if the Lamh Dhearg (the other club involved in the match) people hadn't have been there, we wouldn't have stood a chance, " he said.

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"As a sport, we've stood up and said enough is enough because there is no place for steroids in sports, " Teixeira said to applause.

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There was nowhere to wait really so we stood around in the garage having a chat with the owner and drinking takeaway coffee until it was time to hit the road again.

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"We threw the kitchen sink at him at times and he stood there and defended, " said Washington's Mike Green, who led NHL defensemen with 12 goals this season.

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When we were done, we stood in the middle of the room, and I hoped that there would be something else for us to do, but then Father disappeared into his room, and Naima returned to the kitchen.

NEWYORKER: Naima

As she stood up to leave there was a collective scraping of chairs from all around us and we realized that at least a dozen of our fellow diners were in fact photographers awaiting their moment to flash.

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