| Or if passengers were treated like customers rather than inconvenient hangers-on. |
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| I see no future in this game other than a free trip down under every few years for the lucky ones that are picked plus all the hangers-on. |
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| Nor was it particularly funny when he turned up for their first date accompanied by a coterie of managers, friends and hangers-on. |
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| There were always crazy hangers-on lounging around, but the people who worked with Andy formed a tight circle. |
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| The rivalry between the two aforementioned politicians and their hangers-on is having fatal consequences. |
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| A dictatorial leader may fill his inner circle with hangers-on who will do anything to keep him in power. |
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| It was more a platform for independent MPs and senators backed by the coup leaders and the usual mob of hangers-on. |
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| Autobiography used to be the preserve of hammy actors, gammy lieutenant commanders and superannuated hangers-on to the Bloomsbury Group. |
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| And like those spectators there were polarized groups, followers and hangers-on to the Candidates. |
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| Chris and Emma got married among friends, family and associated hangers-on on Saturday night. |
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| We shared a dressing rooms with some of the big stars, but many had their own hangers-on so you couldn't really get near them. |
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| The privileged royal family includes thousands of members, surrounded by tens of thousands of retainers and hangers-on. |
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| Thousands of journalists, TV producers and sundry hangers-on depend for their livelihoods on a good election. |
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| Over hedge and fence they race, hounds in the lead, redcoats and hangers-on following on horseback. |
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| There's nothing worse than a bunch of old hangers-on that get in the way of young people running for office. |
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| He even has a pop at the police for failing to clamp down on the hangers-on who follow parades. |
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| Yet far worse, this self-electing oligarchy, largely consisting of senior owners, military types and their hangers-on, seem fatally compromised. |
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| What the Democrats do have is a mother lode of celebrity kibitzers, hangers-on, wannabes, kingmakers, cause-stars and flirts. |
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| The majority of Sheard's jokes are directed outward, at various hecklers and hangers-on. |
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| On the rare occasions when he did appear, he was encircled by aides-de-camp, soldiers, and various hangers-on. |
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| It's the hangers-on, the landed aristocracy, the Princess Beatrices and Eugenies, who serve no purpose. |
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| But he also set an undisputed world record, for the number of aides, acolytes, spongers and hangers-on that he assembled in one place at the same time. |
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| The arrival of another couple dozen reporters to the team's camp in Victoria and a mob of hangers-on signals this increase in anticipation and gives the side the air of rock stars in this sleepy sea-side town. |
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| At her funeral, Patrick must suffer the sight of his mother's friends, supporters, and hangers-on eulogizing her world-historical generosity. |
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| It's the world of an apparently mad rock star who's bored with it all and so contemptuous of the hangers-on that surround him, he speaks only to himself. |
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| The Continental became the meeting place for journalists covering the Vietnam War and for all the multi-plumed hangers-on anxious to make a dollar out of chaos. |
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| A new crowd of hangers-on has gathered, all unfamiliar. |
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| He has no deputies, assistants, entourage, or hangers-on. |
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| Interns like Mr. Grant aren't groupies, roadies or hangers-on. |
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| These privileged persons arrive with families and hangers-on in helicopters, which land them at a helipad near the Park entrance, all at the taxpayer's expense. |
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| It also stars the amazing Slam as well as all the usual residents, hangers-on and general noisemakers. |
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| Her mum, who has been with her every step of the way, was suddenly dunted to the back as organisers and hangers-on thronged around her. |
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| Several hangers-on. They are available aplenty everywhere in the country and are often known in the local market as Chamcha. |
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| Instead he arrogantly hung on, telling the hangers-on and yes-men who surround him that he had nothing to say sorry for. |
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| Listen, according to her horsey hangers-on, after a day's tallyhoing Camilla often slips out of her breeches and into evening wear. |
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| It could save you a packet and allow you to spend money on hospitals and schools rather than waste money hosting sporting zillionaires and their army of hangers-on. |
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