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1
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An A-list

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celebrity

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Mainland developers loosen purse strings to

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snap up prime real estate in Hong Kong

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Yuan makes beeline

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for the exit into HK’s insurance policies

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He is a jumped-up

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vulgarian

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5
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She became an instant Internet

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darling

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The press agents were () when asked to explain the rules and the legal implications

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stumped

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7
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Commentators were left stumped when the Ukrainian national gymnastics team

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willingly took scores of zero

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Switzerland would understandably have been

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peeved to see Ukraine’s actions in the final

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9
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Ethiopian swimmer displays a very unathletic

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paunch for 100 metres

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10
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I need a

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breather

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11
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That’s world is not yet an

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offer

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12
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Campaign

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bluster

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13
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In a sport where hundredths of a second matter, every tiny bit of drag can be the difference between a medal and

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a good-job, good-effort

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14
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Their English proficiency put further pressure on

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their performance

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15
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Their online research skill could use

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some improvement

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16
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There were about a dozen students who sat at the back of the classrooms and seemed

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at best uninterested from Day 1

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17
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This compares

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unfavourably with

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18
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The Professor’s verbal directive to me had been to

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stretch the students

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19
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Cantonese TV coverage of Olympics is yet another display of

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ill-formed, nauseating amateurism

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20
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As an Olympic Games couch potato, I am bitterly

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disappointed, once again, with Hong Kong’s Cantonese TV coverage

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21
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We talk grandiosely about

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being part of the Olympic movement

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22
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Filled with non-stop

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chatter from people who know little about the events

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23
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Aided and abetted by an outsized panel of eight talking

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heads, each vying for air time

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24
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Let’s face it, there is no Olympic fever in this city, however hard they pretend otherwise. I squirm at the

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jibber-jabber night after night. I know I am not alone in frequently muting the babbling commentators

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25
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Giving us more than just pretty faces with loud outfits. I apologise for this

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uncharitable characterisation

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26
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Sports writing, as a consequence, has become a separate and specialised genre,

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producing its own galaxies of stars

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27
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By contrast, in money-mad Hong Kong, sports is only an

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afterthought

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28
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A simmering

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feud with

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29
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Anyone is qualified as long as they have a well-exercised tongue and

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no Frankenstein features

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30
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The viewer experience is no less

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painful if you happen to be unilingual Chinese

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31
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The difference between English and Chinese commentaries is like

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night and day

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32
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The commentators milk their

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words for their economy, humour and rich imagery

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33
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Our media outlets should raise the

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bar when hiring sports writers

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34
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We should stop embarrassing ourselves further with

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subpar broadcasts

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35
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This marks the city as the

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backwater of international sports

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36
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Malaysian superstar stays on course for his first Olympic gold as he overcomes his

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nemesis in three hard-fought games

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37
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He dropped to his

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knees after hitting the winning drop shot against the defending medalist

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38
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The pair, in a symbol of their long

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rivalry and friendship, exchanged shirts

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39
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Lee prevailed in a match full of twists and turns, with the final game providing the vocal

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crowd of around 2,000 edge-of-the-seat action

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40
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Despite a brief comeback by the Malaysian, Lin

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eased to a 1-0 lead

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41
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Lee took a firm grip on the second game, rushing to a 9-2 lead before

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Lin knew what had hit him

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42
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Lee then gave himself three match points, but forever the

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fighter, Lin hauled back with some incredible defensive and attaching play to make it 20-20 and force deuce

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43
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He drew

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strength from his family

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44
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Helped him get

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back on his feet

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45
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He was given a provisional suspension, which was ratified as an eight-month ban in April last year and

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backdated so he could resume playing almost immediately

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46
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Lee is seeded to meet Lin in the semi-finals and if he can get that far and overcome his long-time nemesis, he could have overcome a major

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obstacle in his quest for gold

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47
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Science is getting to grips with

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ways to slow aging

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48
Q

He had the whip hand

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over other members of the cabinet

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49
Q

A slinky black

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evening dress

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50
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The dumbest bell that

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ever rang

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51
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As time takes

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its toll

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52
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Will bosses cling on, stymying the careers of their

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underlings, or will they get bored, quit and do something else entirely

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53
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The pension pots would have to be

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enormous to support their extended lifespans

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54
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The promise of a longer life, well lived, would

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round a person out

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55
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Biological understanding is advancing

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apace

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56
Q

Be sure to draw up a very long

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bucket list

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57
Q

The detective trained his

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gun on the side door

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58
Q

He laid into the

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character of Mr Trump

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59
Q

Mr Trump is not as saintly as

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he makes out

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60
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He would have to make

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do with an old car

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61
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To swing the

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axe at acquired firms

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62
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You were hard

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up

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63
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A sore

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loser

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64
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I decided to go for broke and

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turn professional and see how I got on

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65
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Youths involved in drug

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peddling

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66
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To allow him time to take up the much expanded portfolio, the Panel recommended a 12-month acting period, after

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which he could be confirmed in that position subject to the performance review by the Panel

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67
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To heap more on

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the plate

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68
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Step up to

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the plate

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69
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Bonus holidays, free tolls and tickets

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galore: how Hangzhou residents are being lured out of town for G20

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70
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Business owners will feel the

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pinch

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71
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He was stockpiling food and planning

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trips outside the city

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72
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It might stop you getting a couple of scuffs, scratches and

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bumps but that’s about it

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73
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Fortunately my shoulder and cheek took the brunt of the

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impact, and I was wearing a helmet that saved my life

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74
Q

It is his latest brush

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with danger

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75
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He was pictured wearing a

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neck brace

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76
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The 26-year-old felt Barlow had not won the ball cleanly and complained to the referee only

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for his protest to be waved away

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77
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He decided to take matters into his own

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hands by going for the middle of Barlow’s shin with a studs-up tackle

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78
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We will vigorously pursue

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offenders and bring them to justice

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79
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Italy’s wobbly lenders teeter

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on the brink of a banking crisis

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80
Q

The economy has been moribund for years, suffocated

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by over-regulation and feeble productivity

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81
Q

Renege on

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its promises

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82
Q

To shake any

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complacency

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83
Q

The high mark available for participation

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subsidised poor performance in the three tests

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84
Q

They passed on account of a reasonable to

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high level of attendance

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85
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To draw greater

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focus on the final test

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86
Q

Now come reports of a truck driver in Japan who,

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distracted while playing Pokemon Go, crashed into two pedestrians

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87
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Its preferred approach will be to delay and let “time” take its course, rather than tinker

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with the contentious colonial-era relic

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88
Q

The widening schism between Church leaders

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and politicians

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89
Q

Earlier, the firm ramped up its push for new drivers and

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passengers with an advertising blitz

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90
Q

Investor odds of a lift-off are

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hovering near 70 per cent for December

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91
Q

The temptation might be to opt for a weaker currency to shore up

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their competitive position

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92
Q

An anaemic

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recovery

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93
Q

China arguably has more wiggle

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room, if it so desires, to weaken the yuan given that Beijing now targets the yuan’s value against a basket of currencies rather than just the dollar

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94
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The euro zone’s

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taped-together single currency

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95
Q

But if sheer size is your

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yardstick, nothing beats America’s housing market

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96
Q

Gu could have run

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afoul of mainland authorities over that

97
Q

The newspaper raised eyebrow in Tuesday with a full-page

A

commentary accusing Leung of indirectly encouraging Hong Kong independent talk

98
Q

Hong Kong Legco candidates go down to

A

the wire

99
Q

The actress flaunts her enviably peachy

A

posterior in thong-style bikini bottoms

100
Q

Lean on a

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railing

101
Q

Wearing her long locks loose and

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tousled, her only accessory was a white cap that tamed her damp tresses

102
Q

The prince looked glum but

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later cheered up

103
Q

He will tell us in the

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fullness of time

104
Q

They made political

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hay out of the issue

105
Q

Better to have loved and

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lost

106
Q

I took a shine to Liz straight away but

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didn’t fancy any chances

107
Q

The two candidates share many strongholds, with their biggest voting

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clusters from polling stations in Hung Hom

108
Q

Her strongest support base

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netted her 829 votes

109
Q

He took a swipe

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at his critics

110
Q

A feast to celebrate a son

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cutting his first tooth

111
Q

A lone battle that he cut his

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political teeth on

112
Q

Rigged

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elections for village heads

113
Q

Hongkongers are too

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docile

114
Q

A concept gaining

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currency in Europe

115
Q

The parties have declared their

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support for the cause

116
Q

To utter a

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yelp

117
Q

Not for the faint

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hearted

118
Q

US

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lackeys

119
Q

Hold victory

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parades to thank supporters

120
Q

It has earned him a

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following in rural regions

121
Q

It is about time I came

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clean and admitted it

122
Q

Localists who sloganeer about independence or shredding the Basic Law are a dime

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a dozen. But Chu has bigger and more dangerous fish to fry

123
Q

To take on powerful vested interests that have profited

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mightily from the dysfunctional development

124
Q

He is about to kick the hornet’s nest, but he cannot win this fight alone. Already

A

he has been followed and threatened

125
Q

Apple is no stranger to killing things people use all the time — and even love. The headphone jack predates

A

not only Apple, but computers themselves. And it is ubiquitous

126
Q

It is up to Apple to make the

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case that this is a worthwhile exchange

127
Q

For 25 years, the country has seen falling fertility rates coincide with widespread aging, a worrisome

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trend that has now reached a critical mass known as a demographic time bomb

128
Q

They seem to be quite content in their plain

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vanilla domestic life

129
Q

I can’t wait to party and have a

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blast at your restaurant

130
Q

The party had been a

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blast, but the cleaning up was no fun

131
Q

I went there last night for the first time - what a

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blast

132
Q

The rank-and-file

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street sellers

133
Q

Marathon runners found they often hit the

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wall after 17 or 18 miles

134
Q

I think the teaching plan may

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slip, as we are put more effort into interactivity

135
Q

Question, if I may - having no time to consider

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the answer myself yet

136
Q

Loan commercials are dragging young people into a

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morass of debt

137
Q

This is a mix

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blessing

138
Q

I hesitate to use the incendiary words of censorship, freedom of speech and intellectual freedom. However, it has become increasingly

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clear to me, as events have unfolded, that these are precisely the issues

139
Q

The summit bears

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testament to the legacy of the peaceful settlement and reconciliation of a little known war between two of ASEAN’s founding members

140
Q

The police notified the next

A

of kin

141
Q

China is about to lift a ban on its state-owned enterprises buying terminals from Bloomberg as a

A

goodwill gesture to foreign investors

142
Q

Pay workers only a

A

subsistence wage

143
Q

The failure was a consequence of many factors, a full accounting of which would

A

require more space than we can dedicate here

144
Q

Don’t stretch yourself

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too thin

145
Q

With world-leader London compromised by Brexit, the Asian tigers sniff

A

blood in the arena of financial technology

146
Q

Perennial frenemies Singapore and Hong Kong have never shield

A

away from an opportunity to slug it out

147
Q

HKT entered the

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fray with nifty mobile apps and internet-based services

148
Q

Usurp London’s throne as it reels over

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question marks on whether investment will still flow into Britain

149
Q

This is a sledgehammer

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approach to hitting a pesky mosquito - don’t get me wrong, the mosquito is carrying malaria, but this is not the way to fight it

150
Q

He was desperate not to slight

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a guest

151
Q

Leung and his top officials took

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pains to explain their roles as they denied bowing to pressure from rural leaders with vested interests

152
Q

Ironclad

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evidence

153
Q

Ironclad

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guarantee

154
Q

There was a moment of comic

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relief - but fully open to further interpretation

155
Q

Leung mouthed

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a “no”

156
Q

Tsang dallied before leaving the room with housing minister Cheung good-naturally

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pushing him from behind

157
Q

I may succumb to bouts of

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coughing as I have a cold, but let’s hope not

158
Q

You got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and

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latch on to the affirmative

159
Q

He always was too

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clever by half

160
Q

They sent him to America, just to get him

A

out of their hair

161
Q

Hong Kong

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divas

162
Q

She is much more the dedicated maverick than

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the petulant diva

163
Q

Love is a bastion

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against loneliness

164
Q

Reportorial tag

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teams

165
Q

Armrest

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hoggers

166
Q

A milk

A

run

167
Q

Hong Kong markets fall on

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weak yuan, and as oil drops on glut concerns

168
Q

The home removal and storage company arrives next Monday and I am busy beyond

A

words, but I hope my offering is nonetheless reasonable

169
Q

It enables the brightest to

A

stand out

170
Q

I am inclined to leave this one, but I am very

A

willing to be outvoted

171
Q

We don’t want to inadvertently

A

induce a higher failure rate

172
Q

I wouldn’t be seen (caught)

A

dead in a navy suit

173
Q

I wouldn’t be seen

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dead with these guys on my bookshelf

174
Q

Hong Kong leadership rivals trade

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blows

175
Q

Failing to see the wood

A

for the trees

176
Q

If his wife wasn’t around, he had

A

roving eye

177
Q

Call it

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kinship

178
Q

Let no one be fooled by the defendant’s superficial

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charm. He has not shown a shred of remorse

179
Q

There are insufficient superlatives to

A

describe the cruelty he has done

180
Q

She could put up no resistance even

A

to his most depraved acts

181
Q

Festering

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pustules

182
Q

During this trial we have been made to dredge the very

A

depths of the depravity during the three days of torture he subjected the victims to

183
Q

He showed no emotions as the judge recounted the details of his crimes, his head

A

tipped slightly to one side, eyes staring at the floor

184
Q

There is no

A

telling how that’s going to affect the confidence of investors in Hong Kong

185
Q

We have to plug the

A

dyke, but there is nothing Hong Kong people can do

186
Q

A history of chafing

A

under Beijing’s yoke

187
Q

This polarizing election will leave a deep scar and racial

A

divide in the US for years to come

188
Q

Not that there is any

A

point to

189
Q

An educated

A

guess

190
Q

She broke off,

A

stifling a sob

191
Q

Stupidity of the highest

A

order

192
Q

I will reserve judgement on whether your post is a

A

troll

193
Q

Just keep in mind that hateful comments and

A

trolls will be deleted

194
Q

To put up with such treatment you must be either a saint or

A

a doormat

195
Q

It’s a factual account of the

A

nonsense our police face every day

196
Q

Water in the boat sloshed

A

about under our feet

197
Q

We can give her a figurative

A

kick later

198
Q

That would give him a bit of a

A

knock

199
Q

She started to blush despite

A

herself

200
Q

Can you drive

A

stick?

201
Q

For the first time in years we had a game that went down

A

to the wire and was actually exciting

202
Q

The existing law is riddled

A

with loopholes

203
Q

I just couldn’t be

A

arsed to read this article

204
Q

His witty comeback to the professor’s stern comment earned

A

him a complimentary “Touche”

205
Q

Shut up

A

already

206
Q

She pushed a morsel of

A

toast into her mouth

207
Q

Not a moment to

A

lose

208
Q

The financial secretary has come in for a

A

pasting from his boss

209
Q

No light yet at the end of

A

retail tunnel: Esprit

210
Q

It sets its sight on dethroning the turbocharged car that had come into

A

prominence in various car touring championships

211
Q

People will have to dig in their heels and grit

A

their teeth

212
Q

Vehicles parked where they cause an obstruction will be

A

impounded

213
Q

Secondary home buyers, sellers in Mexican

A

standoff

214
Q

Frugality goes out of fashion in China. China’s savers, who sock

A

away cash like almost no one else in the world, are racking up more debt as borrowing options proliferate

215
Q

The argument goes that a one-off devaluation would end the

A

drip-feed pressure on outflows

216
Q

Eyes were glued to television screens and mouth hung open in shock as a grim-faced Leung Chun-ying told Hong Kong that he was calling it

A

quits in a hastily arranged press conference at 3:30pm, an hour after the government gave the media a heads-up

217
Q

His announcement upended every

A

expectation that his re-election bid for March was a done deal

218
Q

To take the bull by the

A

horns

219
Q

He was desperate not to slight

A

a guest

220
Q

Put word out.

A

I hire the clown

221
Q

His unique brand of

A

droll self-mockery

222
Q

You got a little fight

A

in you

223
Q

I gotta take a

A

leak

224
Q

Keep an eye

A

out for me

225
Q

The present study is a foray

A

into uncharted territory

226
Q

Public confidence collapsed, pulling the rug from

A

under the financial institutions and the economy

227
Q

Moving home could hardly have

A

come at a worse time

228
Q

Stop jerking

A

me around

229
Q

Taxing a woman

A

up

230
Q

Interest rates will only have a marginal impact on prices. All the pent-up

A

demand will put the breaks on a precipitous fall in prices

231
Q

I put forward the

A

case against the said placement

232
Q

I categorically

A

requested that

233
Q

To say that the relocation work this morning, without our prior consent, has

A

dismayed us is an understatement

234
Q

I appreciate that he doesn’t want to raise taxes, but sooner or later you

A

have to stop kicking the can down the road

235
Q

No one can easily pull the

A

plug in its financial system

236
Q

Curse

A

you!

237
Q

I shed my

A

mortal shell

238
Q

He behaves, acts and

A

conduct himself like a real actor

239
Q

I allow myself some

A

latitude

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