After a rain interruption and tea, Justin Kemp was lbw on the back foot to the left-arm spin of Ian Blackwell and Thomas picked up the important wicket of Van Jaarsveld, caught behind gloving an attempted hook.

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Four minutes later full-back Briscoe joined the line to spin out of a tackle before touching down.

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Hamilton lost the lead to Raikkonen with an early spin but fought back in the closing laps to re-take the lead with two laps to go.

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South Africa began well but Pietersen's off-spin and the recalled Steve Harmison's pace struck back.

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Unlike the blades on old-fashioned propeller engines, these blades spin around at the back of the engine.

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My guess: a rise in LBO firms that will take older companies private, square them with the 21st-century dynamics of infinite and free, then spin them back out.

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The Way Institute will eventually have the capacity to spin off for-profit ventures that will ultimately feed money back into the project, and make sure technologies developed during the 100YSS are applied correctly.

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Furthermore, other unionised employees at Northwest refused to back the striking mechanics, perhaps sensing that it would hasten the airline's tail-spin into Chapter 11 and a full-scale restructuring that would see many more jobs go.

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Offspinners are less likely to pitch the ball way outside off stump and spin it back in, England's Graeme Swann notwithstanding, and leg-spinners and left-armers are less likely to pitch the ball outside the batsman's leg stump, rendering an LBW decision impossible.

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The right-hander, who is an occasional spin bowler, will be hoping to win back his place in the team in time for November and December's tour of India.

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