One afternoon the head wrangler Dave and I huddled under a couple of pine trees while hail beat down on our hats -- his more weather-beaten than mine -- and our horses' manes.
His funeral resembled a medieval pageant, with giant umbrellas, white horses in black cloaks, and tens of thousands of weeping mourners following his coffin through the streets of Addis Ababa, as rain beat down on them from the grey skies above.
Listening to Leal's recitation is jarring for me because I hear it in a different rhythm, as though it were a song with the down-beat on every other digit.
Now that the world has gone digital and online, people who want to watch a game that is blacked-out on television no longer beat-down the doors of the cable operators, the leagues, Congress or the Federal Communications Commission.
Littler touched down from a Smith grubber before Broughton beat Ferres on the left wing to race over in the corner from 50 metres out.
Five minutes after the break, Lampard's chipped through-ball found the Frenchman, who beat the offside trap on the left and bore down on goal before rifling his shot past James and into the roof of the net from a tight-angle.
You qualified for the playoffs on the last day of the season with a losing record. (Laughter.) That's cutting it a little close, guys. (Laughter.) You beat your biggest rival, took down the defending champions on your way to the title game.
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In France's Ligue 1, Paris St Germain came from a goal down to beat Nancy 2-1 at Parc des Princes on Saturday.
Racing clear down the left from Jaaskelainen's throw, he bore down on goal but, with only Carson to beat, he clipped his shot wide of the near post.
Zumiez was down more than 5% Friday despite the earnings beat, probably on a too-weak outlook from the company.
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The Swiss ace dropped his serve early on but dominated from 3-1 down to beat the 16th seed in 76 minutes.
Shares jumped more than 7% in extended trading as the chip maker beat the Street by 4 cents on inline revenues, which were down 35% year over year.
At the other end Sol Campbell timed his tackle perfectly as Folan bore down on goal, and David Unsworth saw his lob beat James but drift wide of the target.
Rose is undoubtedly the most talented player on the Bulls, but Chicago's soul belongs to players like Joakim Noah, struck with plantar fasciitis, pogo-sticking himself up and down the court on one foot to help his team beat Brooklyn.
"It came down to a few points, " said Ward, who beat Grigelis on his Davis Cup debut on Friday.
First to threaten was Miguel Simao who took on Hibs defender Mathias Jack and easily beat him for pace down the right-hand wing.
Then in added-on time at the end of the game, Emnes beat Jack Hobbs for pace down the right-flank to square for Sinclair as the former Chelsea winger poked home his 10th goal of the season.
Calzaghe impressed on his American debut as he came back from a first round knock-down to beat Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas in April.
Steve Ott and Cody Hodgson also beat Pittsburgh's Tomas Vokoun as the Sabres took a quick three-goal lead and then clamped down on the league's highest-scoring team.
Bothroyd reduced the deficit on 32 minutes with their first real chance when he beat the offside trap to superbly chest down Chris Burke's ball over the top and coolly fire past Dorus de Vries in bottom left-hand corner.
Crime rates were well down, fear of felony was low and the citizenry could scarcely move without bumping into bobbies on the beat.
But with three minutes left and Bloomfield Road counting down the seconds to the final whistle, Etuhu raced clear on to Moussa Dembele's pass to beat Matt Gilks.
Poland levelled with their first meaningful attack as Jelen beat the offside trap, raced clear and produced a shot of such power that Taylor could only slow the ball down on its way into the net.
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