And, and several times, the officials had to take the flame and put it in a bus, as you mentioned earlier, to get it through the crowd.

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Japan were still competing gamely though and when Mortlock tugged Hirotoki Onozawa's jersey to concede the penalty, Ono stroked the ball through the posts to get his side on the scoreboard to the delight of the crowd.

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Another policeman, who said he saw one body being taken away, reportedly stated that the crowd had surged while people were lining up to get into the ground through its four entrances.

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And so I would try to just get through ball of sock to try to even them out or I would just stay away from the crowd.

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Then, after dessert, we'll fill out our Oscar ballots in a leisurely fashion, and when everyone's set, and coffee poured, we'll zip through the crane shots, and the red carpet, and the pans of the crowd, and get right to Stewart's monologue.

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