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But when asked to name his top three priorities, he does not miss a beat: anti-corruption laws, a social safety net for people who are "slipping through the cracks", and incentives for growth - including tax breaks - to help small businesses.
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When I asked him to name his greatest philanthropic mentor he responded without hesitation: Michael Dell.
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Even in the 911 call, when they asked him to give his name or his number, if he wanted to, he said of course, I'll give my name, my number.
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When Hossler was asked to name something cool about his U.S. Open experience, he praised, of all things, the free dry cleaning. ("That's pretty sweet, " he said.) Hossler slid late on Sunday, finishing nine over par, and won't get to keep a nickel of the check he earned this weekend.
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When he was a child he was asked how to pronounce his name.
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When Obama was asked to name the wisest people he knew, he included his wife and his grandmother.
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His mother, who loved books so much that when she was asked to name 100 favorites she could only narrow the list to 165, was suddenly veering from being able to do crossword puzzles one moment to being unable to remember what she had just said.
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"Calvin was in Studio 54 in the wee hours of the morning when a guy sent by Carl came up and asked him if he wanted to put his name on a pair of jeans, " recalls Barry Schwartz, Calvin Klein's business partner.
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When all the puffs were gone, Aron flicked a few golden crumbs off his shirt and asked Milena what her name was.
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The senior judge said that when O'Connor was asked by an officer for his details he began to give "a wrong and misleading name" and pushed past and ran off.
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