Finally, note that there are two pleasant surprises in this briar patch.

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"September is usually the worst month for stocks, so it's no surprise that we're in a bit of a briar patch here, " says Granville.

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One of those was Barbara Perry, a professor of government at Sweet Briar College who specializes in the study of the United States Supreme Court.

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Dump a good company like Intel into that briar patch anytime!

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Artur Okrutny, 23, from Briar Road, London, who was convicted of committing acts tending to pervert the course of justice, was sentenced to a year in prison.

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All around the castle a briar hedge began to grow.

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The income is taxed at lower rates in Whitney's pocket and should cover her last semester at boarding school and her first semester at Sweet Briar College this fall.

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Mr Clegg is plunging into a briar patch, and may find the thorniest tangles in the Lords, where an impressive array of vastly experienced peers are poised to try and tie him in knots.

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And Justices Souter, Ginsburg and Briar dissented.

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