The officer is said to have mistaken Mr Farmer's white stick for the sword.

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Mr West said that the lack of raised pavements and kerbs created problems, especially for the visually impaired who rely on a dog or a white stick.

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Schedule the white space and stick to it.

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Coach Jake White was able to stick with the side that beat Argentina 37-13 in their semifinal as tight-head prop CJ van der Linde shrugged off concerns over a knee problem.

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Just because I'm white, I can't stick with my own group?

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For Yandell, his wife and many other residents trying to stick it out, the white picket fence of an American dream has faded into a seemingly hopeless suburban nightmare.

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Some white-bearded old men turn up with an axe or just a stick.

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The walls are covered with psychedelic paintings of women and on display on the second floor, thousands of carefully catalogued beetles, stick insects, butterflies and mosquitoes are labelled and pinned to white boards, the life work of owners Manop and Dr Rampa Rattanarithikul, a local husband and wife team of insect specialists.

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