We stood on the empty foundation where all you could see next to this giant levee that had been repaired -- all you could see were the cement foundations not unlike the podium that I stand on, for as long as you could see.

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The 86th floor was where you would have bought your blimp tickets, had the plan not been permanently scuttled by high winds.

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The cynic in me questions just how seriously you can take a competition where three of the seven teams had been eliminated before United even touched down in Tokyo.

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Some - you know, in certain environments like health clubs or in schools where there are people who've known - where people have had MRSA who've come in - you know, have been in contact with various surfaces, probably want to clean those surfaces and maybe do that more regularly.

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The survey had been "extremely well supported... even in the most built-up areas where you might not expect people to watch birds, " Mr Bashford added.

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But the phrase had been in earlier use in England in the 1700s, where brokers on the London Stock Exchange called you a lame duck if you tried to go on trading securities after you had failed to make good on settlement.

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