With the cowbells greeting his victorious arrival at the finish line, Hirscher soaked up the adulation in front of an adoring crowd.

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Instead, it was the arrival of our new conservative majority in Congress that held the line on spending increases and dragged former President Clinton into an agreement to hold the line on spending.

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On arrival in Jakarta, desultory passport inspectors may keep him waiting in line for an hour.

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