From the standpoint of golf-architecture buffs and historic preservationists, however, all this besieging is a heartbreak.

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The besieging forces are U.S. Army airborne and special-operations forces from Fort Bragg.

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You couldn't imagine that fate for the 69-year-old Carl Icahn (besieging Time Warner) or the 88-year-old Kirk Kerkorian (shaking up General Motors).

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The game finished with Wednesday besieging the Palace goal, but the visiting team held on to clinch the point they needed to seal their survival.

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Chelsea ended the half besieging the Inter goal and their prospects looked bright for the second half, but it was Inter who proved the more dangerous on the break.

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In 656, Caliph Uthman, the third caliph to rule after the death of the Prophet, was assassinated at his home in Medina (now Saudi Arabia) by besieging Muslim rebels from Mesopotamia.

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She says in her memoir that her husband made all decisions without taking her needs into consideration or asking her opinion, while relegating her to the role of a mother, cleaning lady, cook and nurse for their large family and all the advisers, co-conspirators and journalists constantly besieging their home.

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