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Then, off to my right around 10 metres, the shark bent, twisted and went

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volte-face on a sixpence, gathering speed as it cruised back toward me

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I stared at her, breath ragged, as she walked to the door, sashaying

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her hips calmly

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She draped the white fur coat seductively around her shoulders and

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sashayed into the sitting room

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They’ve spun, tangoed, waltzed, rumbaed, salsaed, funked, jazzed, hip-hopped and twirled their little hearts out and now they’re sashaying

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off into the sunset in an hour-long final

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5
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The script is laced

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with expletives

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His voice was laced

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with derision

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The communications director had drawn criticism after calling a reporter to give a profanity-laced

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tirade against his colleagues

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8
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There is no guaranteed

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fail-safe procedure

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9
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Europe was first to introduce habeas

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corpus and the jury system

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10
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To overstep their

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power

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11
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You’ve got a lot on your

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plate at the moment

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12
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Postnatal

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care helper

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13
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It’s like taking candies

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from a baby

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14
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Baby

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blues

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15
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He acts like a

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crybaby

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16
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Don’t fight before

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bed

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17
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Whatever will be,

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will be

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18
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Black letter

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law approach

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19
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China fleshed out its

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stand in the Himalayan border row with India on Wednesday, saying the number of Indian troops in what Beijing claims as its territory had dropped to 40 from a peak of 400

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20
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Police talked down a man in Hong Kong window ledge

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stand-off sparked by an axe attack on his wife

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21
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Everyone is hard

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at work

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22
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It’s revolting. It put me

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off my food

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23
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A hospice

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nurse

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24
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She sounded pretty

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freaked out

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25
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A do-

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gooder

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26
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A triage

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nurse

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27
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Everything around us, from the inescapable rat race to the gender imbalance, seems

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primed to facilitate a single lifestyle

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28
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There’s a lot of casual dating and hooking up, but there is a

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dearth of deep and meaningful relationships

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29
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It means we have a foot out the door, waiting for someone better to

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cross our path

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30
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Most respondents say they would be willing to go down a couple of

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notches in looks to be with someone who met a lot of their other criteria

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31
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What about who think love is

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overrated and genuinely don’t care

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32
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Is it wrong to be alone?

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Different strokes for different folks

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33
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The play’s cast was excellent, but the dialogue was unforgivably

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cringeworthy

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34
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He had long cherished a secret

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fantasy about his future

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35
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It remains vital both to China and to the country’s trading partners–the adaptor that converts the mainland’s financial and legal

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voltage into the one used by the rest of the world

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36
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Business folk have three worries: that Hong Kong will be usurped by Shanghai; that it can no longer claim to be a pan-Asian hub; and that it is a

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laggard in technology

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37
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Foreign banks are all

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but excluded

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38
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The banks are assumed to fudge their futures. Property rights are fluid, as evidenced by

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crackdowns on tycoons in the past three years

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39
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Few multinationals would domicile a big holding company on the mainland under its opaque

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laws and tax code

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40
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Instead a riot of free trading by individuals, buy and sell orders are

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aggregated by the authorities on both sides of the border, and settled bilaterally once a day

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41
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China can keep tabs on mainland investors and it requires them to

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repatriate the proceeds of share sales, in yuan

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42
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It was unbecoming for a university to do anything so

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crass as advertising its wares

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43
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Could you enlighten us

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more on the project and your plan in mind

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44
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We would camp out in the backyard and run

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naked through the grass on a dare

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45
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Trump ramps up

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threats to North Korea: ‘fire and fury’ wasn’t tough enough

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46
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The fear of financial turmoil still trumps Beijing’s

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desire for a global currency or a clean float system

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47
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August 11 2015 (the date of the yuan devaluation) left no

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fond memories for him as many of his bank’s clients panicked

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48
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Some insiders consider this

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to be moral turpitude on my part

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49
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His actions amounted to an act of

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moral turpitude

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50
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He could spot hypocrisy, pomposity, smugness,

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snobbery, tomfoolery and turpitude from miles away

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51
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  • Does he?
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  • Not that I saw
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52
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I swung by

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that place down the street and got you some dinner

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53
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Philip was a serial philanderer who did not bother to conduct his affairs very

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discreetly, which infuriated the moody and jealous Joan

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54
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We joined the tail

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end of a queue

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55
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The guy down the hall says he didn’t hear anything.

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Ditto the manager

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56
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Correct the, sort of, daffy

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things that she says

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57
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A steep membership

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fee

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58
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The most romantic

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gesture he ever made

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59
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  • You’re gonna think I’m crazy
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  • Try me
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60
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How are we gonna fit a dinner

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date in

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61
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That’s pretty much not in the

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cards

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62
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You know, old like a shriveled-up

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raisin

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63
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She’s proved she’s got

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swag with this sporty two-piece

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64
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Adam had swag – he moved like a man who had the

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world at his feet

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65
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He was an amazing dancer and his demeanor radiated

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confidence and suave

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66
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As e-commerce giants put the squeeze on brick-and-mortar

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shops in the Lion City’s malls, savvy operators are rethinking the world of retail by offering food, drink …. and experiences

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67
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More and more Singaporeans are shopping like her – with clicks of a mouse rather than

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heels

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68
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Even the annual Great Singapore Sale cannot forestall

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the decline

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69
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The Goliath of online shopping Amazon landed

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on the island

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70
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Given the sweltering tropical heat, seeking

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refuge in air-conditioned malls remains a national pastime

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71
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These shops saw rents grow in the first half of thins year,

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bucking the industry trend

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72
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Eateries are low-hanging

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fruit for malls – they fill up the vacant spaces and go some way in helping to draw crowds as most activities in Singapore revolve around eating

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73
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Others take on their rivals online, opening virtual

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storefronts to complement their physical presence

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74
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Asked if he thought the death of retail was inevitable, he

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demurred

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75
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Seat-of-the-

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pants

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76
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I always had a sense of music and rhythm. And that worked in

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my favour

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77
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Lam hitched up his bermudas to show 21 staples driven into the flesh, which he said were the

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handiwork of his torturers

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78
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The team scored a four-nil victory and earned bragging

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rights over their opponents

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79
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We have been given the

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runaround many times

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80
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We have been given the short

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end of the stick many times

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81
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The kids play merry

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hell until she tells them to go to bed at once

82
Q

He would raise hell and would not budge

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an inch

83
Q

What woman would consider a date with him,

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much less a marriage?

84
Q

The Green Paper does not mention this issue,

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still less propose change

85
Q

This is understandable enough – but the idea that the former should find it surprising,

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still less offensive, is anything but

86
Q

Is it that the administration rides a tiger and is

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afraid to dismount

87
Q

She was riding a tiger and there was

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no way of escape

88
Q

She was always giving it to him about the radishes and the

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vegetable skins in the garbage disposal

89
Q

I asked the waiter for a clean folk and all I got was

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attitude

90
Q

Chinese children head off or return to boarding schools in Britain for a

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prized education

91
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Asian would remain a rare

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sight at the school for a decade more

92
Q

A public school education was prohibitively

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expensive

93
Q

Abandoned and desolate, I sobbed until I thought my heart would

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break. I was told that crying was not allowed and that it was a weakness only for girls

94
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When I was sweaty, I doused myself with water

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scooped from an earthenware jar

95
Q

Twenty pieces of music is a bit much to take in at one

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sitting

96
Q

In his place as discipline master was a thickset, older man with broad shoulders, short red hair and steely,

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pale blue eyes

97
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He was as strong as a bull and had a personality

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to match

98
Q

He was a rough, tough man, fond of

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lording it over us seven- to 12-year-olds, whom he called “weedies”

99
Q

Then came the underpants examinations, and woe

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betide those found with a “skid mark”

100
Q

I was sometimes one of the kneeling boys, looking left under the tunnel of arched bodies, listening as the

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thwacks and the whimpering drew ever closer

101
Q

His rules could be whimsical. I copped

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it once for jumping down a couple of steps instead of walking down them

102
Q

To my incredulity, the priests shrugged and

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gave embarrassed smiles

103
Q

He spread his arms in

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invitation

104
Q

I was astonished but, although I well knew the monster that lurked

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behind the mask, my curiosity overcame my trepidation

105
Q

Has the world cottoned on to my gentle wit, my innate sense of style, or my ability to tug

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at the emotional heartstrings so dexterously?

106
Q

The clip was deemed too

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racy for TV

107
Q

Although shallow charges and discharges hit the longevity sweet

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spot, there are exceptions to this rule

108
Q

Make sure to keep it in a Goldilocks

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spot: not too hot and not too cold

109
Q

Don’t get marry just

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for the sake of it

110
Q

The Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal provided limited

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sailings

111
Q

No fear shone in their orange eyes, only an evil deadness that could be felt, making one’s skin

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crawl

112
Q

Yet in one scene he overturns the balance of power between them with a single disturbing gesture, and the sleazy

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satisfaction on his face makes one’s skin crawl

113
Q

All these books were shelved indiscriminately without regard to the language in which they were written, and this jumble proved that the captain could read fluently whatever volumes he

A

chanced to pick up

114
Q

It’s becoming a

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stroll

115
Q

This morning she lost her fight

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for life

116
Q

He strummed a few

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chords

117
Q

The ref called me and over and gave me my marching

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orders

118
Q

He ended the fight with his face

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bloodied and battered

119
Q

Is Gareth Bale to Man Utd back on the

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cards

120
Q

Young Kim is justified in responding the correct

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proportion to the military provocations from US-Japan-SK warmongers

121
Q

In a majority decision, the full bench of the Supreme Court quashed

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the previous suspended sentence

122
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In a written decision following the two day hearing the tribunal

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bench unanimously backed her claim for unfair dismissal

123
Q

Although the first lady tried to pull together a utilitarian look for the occasion, her stilettos are

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throwing people off

124
Q

She wore an all-black ensemble of cropped tailored trousers and a simple black top, fittingly

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accompanied by an army-green bomber jacket

125
Q

How out of

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touch can you be

126
Q

More notably, FLOTUS slipped

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on some white Stan Smith Adidas sneakers

127
Q

The fire started in a wheelie

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bin pushed against a door and the flames were already starting to spread

128
Q

Drag races are a regular event on the stretch and motorcycle riders pulling

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wheelies and other stunts are a common sight in the late hours

129
Q

Soft to the foot, the densely textured lawns would have rivaled the most

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luxuriant carpets woven by the hand of man

130
Q

I am at a total loss of

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words

131
Q

He was tempted to take off his shirt, but knew that the wicked little insects would

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eat him alive

132
Q

I think there are times when he needs to retreat from media attention, because the same media that will give you exposure is same media that will

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eat you alive later on

133
Q

They ganged up

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on him

134
Q

You’re in for a rude

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shock

135
Q

They had overlooked the red

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flag that should have alerted them to the country’s disastrous investment strategy

136
Q

For an immigrant boy this marital alliance was no mean

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feat

137
Q

They sold 1 million cards in the first year of business – no mean

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feat, given the problems many businesses are facing

138
Q

He penned several newspaper articles that introduced

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snippets of linguistic and cultural paraphernalia

139
Q

His works has been a desk

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staple of almost all sinology and translation scholars and students

140
Q

This is a peach of a site that deserves the application of real

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genius, not dull commercialism

141
Q

It was another peach of

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a day

142
Q

They stuck to their task and broke through with a

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peach of a try

143
Q

Beautiful people masquerading as mingers guarantee

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brilliant transformation for the crucial ‘before’ and ‘after’ photos

144
Q

We’re nothing that special; not mingers but not

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beauty queens either

145
Q

I’ve always been a sucker for a good sense of humour and turn of

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phrase; that can cover many flaws

146
Q

I’m always a sucker for these kind of movies, with innocent, dreamy teenagers wandering around in orange

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sunlight, seeking some sort of self-discovery

147
Q

Those that pay for their pieces of paper from unscrupulous overseas institutions in the West are

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utter fools

148
Q

The recent test, a slap in the face for both China and the US, could have a sobering

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effect on the two powers, sharpening the choices before them and strengthening their resolve to cooperate for a solution – by military means if necessary

149
Q

He had them falling for it; hook,

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line, and sinker

150
Q

The media swallowed it – as they always do –

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hook, line, and sinker

151
Q

He looks a sorry

A

sight with his broken jaw

152
Q

The judge gave a short

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shrift to an argument based on the right to free speech

153
Q

He liked to boast and she would egg

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him on shamelessly

154
Q

Step up to the

A

plate

155
Q

Did someone just pick a percentage out of a

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hat and declare it to be fair

156
Q

Boats that can turn on

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a dime

157
Q

Waste not,

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want not

158
Q

Pale, foul-smelling

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stool

159
Q

We live in the moment; and whatever floats

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your boat is okay

160
Q

If that’s what floats your boat, go for it, but it leads us

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nowhere fast

161
Q

That would suit them

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just fine

162
Q

The absurdly lenient sentence is a

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travesty of justice

163
Q

Temper your enthusiasm.

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It’s not much

164
Q

If worst comes to the

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worst, we get caught, we get a bed, three meals a day and better healthcare than we get now

165
Q

You want to drift off into the sunset, or do you want to go out with

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a bang

166
Q

Oh, good. Chicken thighs are

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on special

167
Q

This is not an admission of

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guilt

168
Q

I think we can make the

A

light

169
Q

You show us the ropes, you

A

get paid

170
Q

Efforts were made to interest her

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in a purchase

171
Q

He was literally dying with

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laughter

172
Q

Shades

A

off

173
Q

I saw a happy gleam in the gallant lad’s eyes, and to communicate his

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pleasure, he jiggled around inside his carapace in the world’s silliest way

174
Q

I can’t for the life of me understand

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what you see in her

175
Q

I could not, for the life of me, find my wedge

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of Parmesan cheese

176
Q

My mind goes blank, my heart beatboxes inside my chest, my skin tingles and dampens and I cannot, for the

A

life of me, think of anything to say

177
Q

A smooth-tongued critic who doesn’t pull his

A

punches

178
Q

Browser was daring, versatile, and never pulled

A

his punches

179
Q

He isn’t exactly known for pulling his punches and the remark is in line with his

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sharp-tongued commentary

180
Q

Such complaints have been dismissed by many as excuses for not

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making the grade

181
Q

McCrann has exhibited how superior intellect will defeat sloganeering hands

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down

182
Q

Bad guy, for all inconvenient

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truth which surely will hurt. Lol

183
Q

How dare you desecrate this holy

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ground with foolish intentions

184
Q

He didn’t care

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twopence for her

185
Q

He was sitting bleary-

A

eyed on her mattress, his elbows on his knees

186
Q

We take the liberty to take what was stated in the email as

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your stance

187
Q

Dismissing any agreement as transitional or denying it afterwards, I am afraid, would never lead to

A

constructive progress

188
Q

I can’t pass up a

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bargain like this, can I?

189
Q

Argentina must scale

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mountain to secure World Cup place

190
Q

Compromising letters and

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blackmail

191
Q

He was found in a compromising

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position

192
Q

My phone dinged within minutes with a reply, rare because she was one of the least

A

affable people on the planet

193
Q

Her bedside manner left

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something to be desired

194
Q

She was no longer able to keep the

A

lid on her simmering anger

195
Q

Terri tried to keep a lid on her anger, but was rapidly losing

A

the fight

196
Q

Knowing that we have options can be very

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liberating in itself

197
Q

To spring the

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surprise

198
Q

I don’t want to carp

A

about the way you did it

199
Q

All the rest is a soap opera dreamed up by politicians and their lickspittles in the London media, just as mad Roman emperors gave their citizens

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bread and circuses to keep them from revolting

200
Q

If you want it reduced to a bunch of craven

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lickspittles, then you seem to be following the correct procedure

201
Q

It is advisable that he weigh more carefully his disdainful utterances if he wants to be taken seriously beyond the narrow

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cycle of his lickspittles

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