• While John Adams had groomed his son to be president, George Bush, the 41st president, insisted he was surprised when the eldest of his six children became interested in politics, became governor of Texas, and then went on to the White House.

    WHITEHOUSE: George W. Bush

  • If John was a genius and had a B average in school while Jim was not the genius sort but also had a B average, Jim was more likely than John to be successful.

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  • Roy McFarland and Gary Johnson were well liked at the Abbey and have garnered respect in the game while John Taylor, Ian Atkins and Tommy Taylor had mixed fortunes.

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  • He had been detained while changing planes at John F Kennedy airport in New York.

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  • Jamie Carragher and Ryan Babel had reasonable chances, while Torres and John Arne Riise were thwarted by some well-timed tackles.

    BBC: CHOOSE A SPORT

  • Andre Botha and John Mooney both had their heads shaved, while Boyd Rankin and brothers Niall and Kevin O'Brien all opted to have their hair dyed.

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  • People say they should give it to Gary Neville or John Terry but Beckham has had it a while and he has done OK so it is not a big decision for me.

    BBC: England's midfielders

  • Gavin Brown, the finance spokesperson for the Scottish Conservatives, said while he approved of a number of the measures John Swinney had mentioned in his speech, there was still "a bit of a sense of complacency" in the Scottish government's response to the crisis and it was "not being treated as seriously" as it should be.

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  • La Guardia Airport and Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey had delays of up to 90 minutes, while John F.

    WSJ: Damaging storms moving through east, south

  • Senior agent in the US Drug Enforcement Administration John Comer warned that while the operation to dismantle this particular cell had been successful, it was just one of many operating in the Atlanta area.

    BBC: Mexico drugs cartel suspects arrested in Atlanta area

  • While several cardinals had initially tapped Cardinal Bergoglio as a possible successor to John Paul II, a majority coalesced around the then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

    WSJ: Argentina's Cardinal Bergoglio Elected Pope

  • Lily-Mae's family were even more surprised when the discovered that Elton John had recorded a personal message for Lily-Mae while he was on tour in New York.

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  • Dr John Crompton, from North Yorkshire's Local Medical Committee, said while GPs "had an open mind" about the Telehealth scheme, they remained unconvinced.

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  • Speaker John Boehner twisted the knife, announcing that while Congress was also getting hit by sequester, it had planned wisely, and tours of the Capitol would continue.

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  • John Rafferty was favourite to take the job earlier this week while Donal Murtagh, Eamon McEneaney and Peter McGrath had also been linked with post.

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  • John O'Shea and Park Ji-Sung both had good opportunities blocked in the box, while Zenit keeper Vyacheslav Malafeev did well to deny Rooney with the minutes ticking down.

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