Having looked a winner, Quinn was pipped at the post by Scot David Sneddon. |
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But on the evidence of the letter that handsome, hard-drinking Scot was much more than a manservant. |
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The 33-year-old Scot is a canny businessmen who always has an eye out for a good investment. |
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Like all white and single backpackers, Scot arrives in India with the idea of travelling without blending in. |
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The author is himself a sixth generation Scot with a Highland background that has not been dimmed by 200 years of separation from his homeland. |
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The next few events should also favour the Scot but he needs to make no mistakes if he is to capitalise on his advantage. |
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Initially careful not to catch himself out, or say something that might subsequently trip him up, the Biarritz-based Scot pauses for a second. |
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Later, Scot and bassist Liebig are featured in a duet, and the two sound like a pair of elegant elephants doing a stately little dance. |
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We are perhaps inured to some of its excesses, but I don't think any Scot does not find it reprehensible. |
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It is virtually impossible to find one Scot who hasn't belted out one of this speccy duo's hits at some time in their life. |
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A remarkable man named Reginald Scot was a Justice of the Peace in Kent, England. |
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A native untravelled Scot would rather be right then rich, whereas many of the best leaders can be both. |
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I expected West Virginia to be full of uneducated poor white people of Scot and Irish descent. |
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The second-in-command, a tough Scot and son of the manse, also fought to the end. |
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As the only Scot in the company, it was my duty to address the haggis, which we had brought with us in tins. |
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He offered Angus a high-powered job and, eventually, the likeable Scot became Sales Manager. |
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Seasoned observers of the unpredictable Scot will know not to take too seriously these idle threats. |
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The Scot powered round the track in a time of one minute 0.711 seconds, the fastest time ever at sea level. |
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Ever the inquiring mind, the Scot was intent on explaining the existence of giants. |
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Beyond that, there were 10,000 further titles of nobility, so that one Scot in 45 belonged to a noble house. |
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The taciturn Scot who was known for his pauciloquent manner, was appointed physician-in-chief. |
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The young Scot comfortably out-pointed his opponent over the next seven rounds. |
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Anne is proposed as honorary Scot in chief, mascot to the Scottish rugby XV and, in general, Scotia's darling. |
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God forbid a Scot ever leaves the sacred shores and goes to somewhere warmer. |
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The Scot said he was frustrated by his inconsistency despite a comprehensive win and two 130-plus breaks. |
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The Scot looked cool and mature and fought cannily before dispatching his opponent with a thunderous hook to the body. |
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While he often raged against the race, Byron was a Scot at heart and retained a strong Aberdonian accent throughout his life. |
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And if the proposed Scottish academy offers a professorship of all-weather jockeyship, only one Scot should be considered for the post. |
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A Scot and a keen sportsman he had extended the company's welfare and recreation activities. |
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He was a stout older Scot by the name of Ian, with whiskers of a beard, and a rough voice, but had a kind heart. |
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The Scot writhed and wiggled as much as his constraints would allow, trying to escape. |
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The Scot has therefore taken a decision which he thinks will make or break his career. |
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The thrifty Scot is well aware that some nifty wheeling and dealing has left him in a win-win situation. |
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Jason White is not the only Scot to have received an honourable mention in dispatches from abroad. |
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I'm sure there are those down here who just see me as a Scot with a Calvinist streak and a puritanical attitude. |
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He and Graham Gordon, another young Scot soon to join the paid ranks, have big ambitions. |
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The big Scot will be anxious to prove that, even after his infamous 84, he need not be put out to grass. |
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MacLean later learned, in 1942, while he was fighting in North Africa, that the Scot had lied. |
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To be tested in the key hunting grounds of the London orchestras at such an early stage in his career was not something the Scot took lightly. |
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The quiet, unobtrusive Scot has gone about his task of having the course in pristine condition. |
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The Scot began yesterday's round with a par that gave no indication of what was to come. |
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The Scot hardly spent any time planning or visualising the climb ahead, preferring just to get on with it. |
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As a Scot I welcome a Scottish Prime Minister, whichever side of the political equation. |
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The Scot had moved to the US with his American father in 1992 after his parents divorced. |
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This is the story of a young Scot of Pakistani descent and a young white woman of Irish descent. |
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The popular Scot has the honour and responsibility of captaining the European team. |
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In her heat, the Scot equalled her British record mark, winning in 25.07 seconds. |
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I'm a Scot by birth living in Australia and writing about London detectives. |
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It argues that Hepburn was a proud Scot who was loyal to his Queen and fought for Scottish independence. |
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The young Scot was ostracised by the Italian manager and cut adrift by his club. |
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At one point there was an Englishman, an Irishman, a Welshman and a Scot on the first page of the leaderboard. |
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The same year there came into England Master John, a Scot by nation, a man of an apprehensive mind and of singular eloquence. |
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So, when the Scot arrived at Heathrow baggage reclaim following a tour of the Far East, he was understandably anxious to find his precious piece of wood. |
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Back then, Ramsay was an up-and-coming player in the food world, a working class Scot whose father drank too much and abused him. |
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Their fellow Parisian, Scot Bill Gear, is well represented too, along with important pieces by Alan Reynolds and the still underrated Fife-born abstractionist Stephen Gilbert. |
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It was in his one game as Newcastle United's caretaker that the Scot gained his first taste of awayday anguish in charge of a team. |
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However, rather than easing off as he approaches official retirement age, the Scot remains as committed and feisty as ever, with thoughts of stepping down a long way off. |
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His red eyebrows and sandy whiskers suggest a Scot or Irish background, which carries some particular negative associations for a 19th-century audience. |
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One Scot ran past me on my ascent of the highest mountain in Britain. |
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Hodges was one of many people who helped the young Scot on his way to becoming an internationally-known photographer. |
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A Scot who had immigrated to Canada in 1853, he was a well-known Montreal merchant. |
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Back with the Team Scot in 2007, his best finish was a 4th place in the wet in Japan. |
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The power of a whining drill to strike terror into the most stout-hearted Scot is a key reason why the country has one of the worst records on dental health in Europe. |
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It is much more disappointing to see a Scot willingly ditching it, almost in the manner of those who, post-1707, were desperate to rid their speech of Scotticisms. |
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But the Scot is still struggling with a wrist injury that forced him to miss Wimbledon in June. |
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In what proved to be the final frame, the Scot looked set to level proceedings with a break of 53 only to miss another yellow and then find himself snookered. |
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Once again the affable Scot, who had already suspended the institutions twice in four months, was on the cusp of another deadline and between the devil and the deep blue sea. |
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The speccy Scot and star of BBC2's Mock The Week is pure hilarity. |
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The Scot outsprinted the remainder of a five-man breakaway to take the win in Beziers 24 hours after one of the worst days of his brief Tour career. |
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A Scot with an Indian connection, Fraser incidentally was one of the first few Britishers noted writer William Dalrymple was inspired by during his research for a book. |
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It is about a Scot in London by a Scot and it was a great read. |
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Amidst a plethora of depressing statistics, perhaps the biggest downer is the fact that, for the first time since 1986, no Scot won an event on the European Tour. |
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Things then went steadily downhill for the troubled Scot as he struggled to a demoralising 75 which leaves him in grave jeopardy of missing the cut. |
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The 25-year-old Scot had never skied the Bormio piste before this week and the Edinburgh-based skier has only had two training runs on the treacherous slope. |
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Busby is on the brink of 60, a Scot whose considered, relentlessly specific use of words rides easily on wayward grammar. |
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Not that I am in any way unpleased that a long-term single, cosmetically challenged Scot can make the big time. |
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One of the first two Labour MPs to be elected to parliament was the Scot Keir Hardie, for Merthyr Tydfil constituency. |
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George Matheson Murray, the man she was to meet in South Vancouver, was an oatmeal porridge Scot as Canadian as maple syrup. |
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Forrest was a 31-year-old Scot working in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh when he noticed a want ad, dated April 30, 1904 in The Gardeners Chroniclee. |
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Recruited by the Scot team to ride again a Honda machinery, he clinched the world title ahead of the Aprilia armada and Marco Simoncelli on his Gilera, the defending champion. |
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Carlin was next, and as a Scot there were plenty of wisecracks about his stereotypical love of a tipple. |
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The Scot prefers to do his talking on the track, and so far this year that loquacity has reaped a fourth, a seventh and two eighth-place finishes. |
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As if the sight of you holding up the red briefcase wasn't already enough to have any self-respecting Scot reaching for his claymore, you've stirred the pot still further. |
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Busby had a special affection for Law, who was rated alongside Edwards, Charlton and Best, but when the Scot absented himself once and issued an ultimatum seeking more money he was promptly transfer-listed. |
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A mix-up in the home goalmouth ended with Scot Mauchline picking up possession and driving the ball past Ryan Carnie from 12 yards. |
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Ryan was the first Scot to win the Grand National since since 1896, when David Campbell won on The Soarer. |
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With Brother Thomas, the women's guestmaster, occupied, I was welcomed by Judy, a motherly Scot who visits Pluscarden so often she's almost an honorary member of the community. |
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And Niners star Justin Smith wants to give the adopted Scot the perfect leaving gift. |
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Pearl Scot is a blend of nitrocotton and glycerol trinitrate plus a graphite coating. |
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The Scot was admitted to hospital in Kilmarnock, near Glasgow, last week where she was put on a ventilator because of an extreme reaction to the H1N1 virus. |
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Whatever party you support, you have to agree she's a great role model A super Scot as well as a superwoman. |
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A BLIND Scot and his guide dog walked into the record books yesterday by completing the 268-mile Pennine Way for charity. |
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But if Fleming was a Scot he was also a super-Canadian. |
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He's been hailed as the world's most famous Scot but Simpsons grouch Groundskeeper Willie was meant to be Swedish. |
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The star of Dodgeball and Meet the Fockers was at Flushing Meadows to watch the Scot win his third-round clash with Florian Mayer. |
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I was told by John Horner, secretary of the fire brigade union and later a Labour MP, that Rushbrook had been quite outstanding, combining skill and bravery, a most welcome Scot among the Cockneys. |
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The 33-year-old Scot insists he is not ready to step down but if there is no other option, he knows hewe will have to. |
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Incumbent carrier Scot Airways is keeping its plans quiet and continues four times a day flown by the popular Dornier 328, also a propjet. |
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Scottish poets who emerged in the same period included Carol Ann Duffy, who, in May 2009, was the first Scot named UK Poet Laureate. |
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In modern times the words Scot and Scottish are applied mainly to inhabitants of Scotland. |
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He had a long correspondence with fellow Scot Robert Louis Stevenson, who lived in Samoa at the time, but the two never met in person. |
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Also, among party employees, being a Scot or a Munro-bagger, or both, is a good path to promotion. |
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In the early years of Spanish colonization of the Americas, a Scot named Tam Blake spent 20 years in Colombia and Mexico. |
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His father, Alfredo, is a Scot of Italian descent from Tuscany, while his mother, Linda, is of Scottish descent. |
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Kuhn has been in temporary charge of Aalborg since Scot Bruce Rioch was sacked last month and has yet to lose a game. |
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The young Scot turned over the ace of diamonds and three of clubs against Juanda's king of diamonds and two of diamonds in the last hand. |
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The Scot was given a reprimand after missing the weighbridge in yesterday's qualifying session in Turkey. |
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Next up was a trip on the Eurostar from Waterloo to Lille, where my fellow Scot Paolo Nutini was playing at the Aeronef. |
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But the work has been worth it, since the brand brings with it a prestige that has been good for business, said General Manager Scot Reinhardt. |
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The three Ayrshires will be working together again on the production of a new booklet to go with their Young Scot 'smartened' cards. |
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An ambitious Everton start had already seen Barthez backbreakingly tip over Scot Gemmill's dipping long range shot. |
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The Scot then broke for 2-1 with a trademark backhand pass but Verdasco hit straight back when Murray netted a backhand. |
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Bahrain-based Scot Jackie Beedie, Caledonian Society committee member and former chieftain, has been in favour of independence all of his life. |
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A SUPER 65 from Scot Andrew Coltart was not enough to shake Bristol's Andrew Sherborne out of the lead at the Qatar Masters. |
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But where'er a Scot Will gather, they still remember me, And the English, when the new year chimes, Will mispronounce my Auld Lang Synes. |
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And when Fraser became a screenwriter, he penned a role as a Scot in Mother Lode for his dad. |
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Kenneth Mure QC, a Scot who works as a barrister in England, chaired the trio's meetings, which dragged on for 25 months. |
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I'm like any other Scot in that we could all geta lift we if we finish second in the group and then go on to make next year's finals. |
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Our Great Scot awards ceremony is just three weeks away and host Jackie has her hankies at the ready. |
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The 32-year-old Scot ended protractive talks with the League Two club by signing a two-year contract. |
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How annoying for the Scot that while he pumps fists and pretends to pump iron, Rafa pumps everything else. |
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The Scot had the sell-out Hydro crowd on their feet when he sat second in the table with a dazzling display on the floor exercise. |
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If not hostility, there had been frostiness from many spectators to the Scot before that point. |
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The Scot is now unbeaten in 21 fights, including 12 knockouts, and outclassed Csala who failed to live up to his Furioso nickname. |
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Madalina, 26, who has dated muscly Hollywood Scot Gerard Butler, 45, saw his eyes bulging as they chatted and placed an encouraging hand on his shoulder. |
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The 38-year-old Scot guaranteed himself at least a silver by dispatching Aussie Aron Sherriff 21-15 in the semifinals to set up a showdown with Ryan Bester of Canada. |
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Particularly important was the work of the Lutheran Scot Patrick Hamilton. |
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The problem for the Scot Nats is that they think they have a monopoly on patriotism and those Scots who don't subscribe to their Scots Wha Hae mentality are gormless gowks. |
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Charles Gillion, 65, has been married to a Scot for 45 years. |
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A Scot called Macmillan, a man holding a master's square-rig ticket, gave me a portion of a shanty related in tune to the foregoing, and also to the British Rolling Home. |
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The Scot spent most of his career using cavity-back Callaway irons which have a much larger sweet spot than most and can be reasonably forgiving to off-centre strikes. |
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And if you've not already got membership of the SYHA but have a Young Scot Card, then sign up now for free to enjoy access to hostels across Scotland and further afield. |
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The new Pool boss is a braggadocious Scot with a nice line in inspirational talk, but when matters turned to budget the words of chief executive Russ Green were instructive. |
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Starting pitcher John Lackey, pitching on three-days' rest, was replaced by Scot Shields with two outs in the sixth, and Shields got out of the inning. |
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At the most recent induction ceremony, Alan Rough, Martin Buchan, Eddie Gray, Tommy Docherty, Scot Symon and Bobby Walker were added to its membership. |
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But Hakkinen gave Coulthard a tow down the back straight as the 29-year-old Scot started his final flying lap, effectively known as the slingshot effect. |
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It comes hot on the heels of a month-long training stint alongside Botswanan star Amos who invited the Scot out to join him in Potchefstroom ahead of the outdoor campaign. |
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And it was the moment when Scot Laura, who joined the programme as methylamine supplier Lydia Rodarte-Quayle in season five, started to relax and enjoy herself. |
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However, when James Loughran, a Scot, conducted the Last Night concert in the late 1970s and early 1980s he included the piece as part of the programme. |
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Unfancied Japanese Morihiro Hashimoto had a shock 4-2 win over Matt Padgett to win over the crowd and set up a clash with Scot with Gary Anderson, who is raknked 11th. |
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David Tennant, the Doctor before Smith, was another scot but he adopted an English accent for the role. |
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This allows news reporters to translate whatever is said by a scot being interviewed into whatever will make the most news. |
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Experienced men of the world know very well that it is best to pay scot and lot as they go along. |
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And then when they do, because of you, they get off scot free! |
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The 25-year-old scot is the best player in tennis right now. |
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A SCOT accused of storing a massive stash of IRA Semtex was freed on bail yesterday after a priest wrote him a reference. |
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