(SAYING) On the southern coast - known as the Costa del Sol - block after block of apartments lie empty or half finished, many of them designed for foreign buyers who have long since abandoned the idea of investing in Spain.

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They were silent for the last half block, their footsteps sounding on the sidewalk.

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Villa could only half block Cruyff's cross and the ball broke to Sheringham who planted it left-footed into the corner of the net, although Enckelman managed to get a hand to the shot.

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In my own experience, carrying my son on the subway every day so that he could go to a daycare that was a half block from my office, and I could run over and nurse him when he got hungry, was both exhausting and satisfying.

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