Eventually he persuaded Jagger to forego the Rio beach gig for a double date at New York's Beacon Theatre.

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The whole encounter felt like a double date gone horribly wrong.

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Saturday nights with Suze Orman count as a double-date.

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So far this year we've seen around 50 incidents a month to date, which is around double of that seen during January and February of last year.

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But let me double-check on the early January date.

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Year-to-date, major index returns in double digits would suggest good things have happened so far.

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To date, mobile has been a double-edged sword for Facebook.

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That first-day total was double the number of iPhone 4S pre-orders the company took last year, and an initial Friday shipping date was quickly pushed back.

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